bias refers to a. writer's prejudice for one side of a particular issue. A reader can identify bias by looking carefully at the. following elements of a text: • Denotative and Connotative Meaning: the denotative meaning of a word is its literal dictionary.
A Secret Kept,” is an interesting novel written by Tatiana DeRosnay that reveals how our pre conceived thinking affects our attitudes toward people. The story explores a son’s and daughter’s search for information about their mother, who died when they were quite young. The writing is interspersed with letters written to the mother by her lover. In a discussion with several neighbors who had read this novel, they all admitted that they were quite surprised to discover that the love letters were sent by a woman. Despite other clues in the story, these readers assumed that the writer was a man. This novel is parallel to an experience I had on the evening previous to my writing this blog.
Odysseus suggests he knew about the Zeus-Helios conversation because Odysseus was told by Calypso that Hermes had told him. ... His safe passage past Scylla is credited by Odysseus to the Father of Gods and men.
