Both text 1 and text 2 include dialogue of writers talking to themselves.

In text 1, when Shark is

around the writer, the writer encourages himself “You can take this guy”. This helps to illustrate
how worse the situation is that the writer is at the edge of giving up and has to encourage himself
by self-talking. And this also shows the great desire of the writer of getting out of this. This helps
to build the tension as readers are expecting the writer can overcome this difficulty. Similarly, in
text 2, the writer talks to himself “Come on… move!”. The use of short sentences and tone of
command help to show how great the writer’s desire is in getting out of here, and also helps to
build tension and effectively attract the reader. Besides, this also indicates that the situation has
run out of the writer’s control and this tells that the situation is really bad that a professional even
become panicky.
Besides, both writers in text 1 and text 2 are working out how to help themselves. In text 1, when
the shark is around, the writer was trying to figure out the solution and says “An idea forms”. The
use of short sentences shows a sense of happiness and thankfulness in the writer’s mind. And also
shows how quickly this idea comes which foreshadows the craziness of this idea a few sentences
later. This helps to present how positive the writer is when seeking a solution. In text 2, the writer
explains as “My mind commands my body”. This shows that he is still attempting to remain calm
and get rid of panicky. Also, the use of simple sentences mirrors that there are not any other
thoughts in his mind and he is purely focusing on commanding his body, which implies how
challenging the situation is.
4. However, on the other hand, the two texts are different in their written style because Text 1
uses the kind of a diary, whereas Text 2 uses continuous and narrative styles. In Text 1, after
introducing the basic information about how he fell into the sea, the writer starts to record
everything since that and marks the events with time like “4.am third hour” to engage the readers
by using ethos. Writing the series of events in the 29 hours in the diary creates credibility for the
readers because the writer can express that this is his real experience, and his memory of these
events is clear because he can even record when these events happen. Using ethos, the writer
creates reliability of these events to engage the reader. Also , the passing of time creates tension
because the reader will be attracted to read to find out what happens next when time passes. But,
in Text 2, the writer writes in simple chronological order after the first paragraph and uses
language techniques to create tension. For example, in the second paragraph of Text 2, the writer
describes about how he faced troubles during the climbing and passing with time. In the second
paragraph, the writer first describes his actions as “with my feet and back”, “down the shoulder”
and “as stemming or chimneying”, which are the use of jargons to tell the readers that he is a
professional climber by the professional words of jargons and this is also an example of ethos to
engage the audience to provide them with the credibility that he is a professional climber. Later, he
describes his experience next using jargons like “I traverse”, “I press” and “I kick at” to show the
problems his faces but all of the events are in simple chronological orders like a story whereas in
Text 1, the writer assembles the chronological events as a diary.

Lastly, the two texts are different in tense. In Text One, the writer uses present tense
except for the background information, which provides the readers the sense of engagement to this
story. For the readers, using present tense in this passage seems like the event is happening now so
they feel that they are now experiencing what the writer faced before. The present tense also
implies that the writer has clear memory for that 29 hours to reinforce the credibility created and
links himself with the readers to help them engage into the story again besides style of writing.
However, in Text 2, the writer uses present tense throughout the passage to show that how he
crushed his right arm. The present tense in this passage allows the readers to understand his action
and emotions after the rock falls. Especially in the 6th paragraph when “time dilates” where the
writer presents the events in slow motion, in here, the writer presents the events as if they are
happening in front of the readers. But, unlike Text 1, Text 2 does not provide basic information so
the writer here presents tension even at the beginning of the story.