Passage 1 and Passage 2 are both about Florida's Okefenokee Swamp, however they both have contrasting points of view. The author of Passage 1 is writing about the swamp as it is overall- in a disconnected sort of way- which is drastically different from Passage 2 which takes the reader right inside the swamp and shows the struggle of life that exists there. Thus, the authors of Passage 1 and Passage 2, accomplish this task by an informative tone and formal diction in Passage 1, verses a malicious diction and a derogatory tone in Passage 2.

In passage 1, the author uses formal language in order to accomplish his purpose to make the Okefenokee Swamp sound as desirable as possible. Even though the passage sounds as if it is coming straight from a encyclopedia, which is suggested by the fact that the name of the marsh is written in bold, one can tell that it is a...