Sentences with phrase «disorient readers»

Mass media direct, or disorient readers, viewers, listeners, according to the journalistic principles of the definite group.

A sentence like «High heels be damned, she ran down the street towards number Twenty - Eight» begins with a first - person narrator (it's the girl who damns the high heels) and then shifts to third (it's an omniscient narrator who describes her running down the street), which can jar and disorient the reader.

Not exact matches

It is my hope that this hasty survey will allow the general reader to turn to several of Niebuhr's most important books without the feeling that he is totally disoriented in the mass and variety of Niebuhr's writings.

Writers can now assert that ideas they oppose are «myths,» and readers are left disoriented about what to believe.

Nobody wants a lecture; on the other hand, if the author's concern over infodumping borders on the obsessive — as it does for many — readers will find themselves dissatisfied, even disoriented because they're not getting the background they needed to make sense of the tale.

Reading text on a screen has always been a little hard and disorienting for me, and a tiny e-book reader screen, smart phone or whatever doesn't help much.

Some savvy readers will figure out the identity of the unnamed narrator quite early, while others may be initially frustrated by the disorienting chapters, wondering what they're doing there.

At times these musings leave the reader a bit disoriented, questioning the reality of what has or hasn't really happened.

The inconsistency in which the physical page is mimicked on a tablet leaves readers disoriented, unaware of their position in the context of the greater whole, and unable to easily scan back.

The Waste Land is a logistical nightmare, spiraling through numerous histories, miming and parodying lines and legends that frequently disorient and frustrate its reader.

A weak profile leaves a reader disoriented and confused, likely to disregard whatever else you included in your resume.