The set text that will be analyzed comes from the book, "How Things Work: A Book for Young People and Their Families". This text is an introduction to a larger text of the entire book, the writer has used simplified language and has supported his texts with images of mechanical experiments that you will discover (a maze of components that gives you few clues to the way on which the machine carries out a task.) The writer has used both of these components to not only allow the reader to feel that they have built a relationship with the writer but to continue to maintain the readers interest through the entire text of the book.
             The reader is instantly told what the text is about when read the title (How Things Work), as the reader continues to explore the text of the title (How Things Work) they will begin to realize that the focus on (How Things Work) is based around experimentation of making models and to "build real machines". The introduction of this book questions the reader in the first clause (rub a balloon on a woolen glove, then make it stick to the wall. Did you know that you are using the same scientific principle that makes a photocopier work?) The writer in this book is using both present tense and past tense (In the 1930's, an inventor realized that static electricity, which makes the balloon cling to the wall, could also be used to make an instant copies of documents) to discuss the aspects of (How Things Work).
             The writer has formed a relationship with the reader from the beginning of the texts when it is discovered that within the second clause the writer has used the pronoun "you", by doing this reader feels that the writer is talking directly to them through the text. When continuing to read the text the word "you" is continually used, This allows for a causal relationship to be formed between the reader and the writer, it also makes the reader feel comfortable in learning about the...