Language is a huge part of everyone’s lives. Without language, you’re unable to communicate with anyone. For two years in high school, I took an American Sign Language class and that not only taught me a super cool language, but it also opened my eyes to many things. My teacher taught us a lot about … [Read more…]
I didn’t read “Life’s Stories” by Julie Beck the first time around, but I did end up getting the general idea of the essay during our discussions in class. Reading this essay after reading “I am not a Story” by Galen Strawson made me have a completely different view on how “our lives are stories”. … [Read more…]
I enjoyed reading Galen Strawson’s essay “I am not a story”, it gave a different view on how we tell our lives as a story, or not. That first thing that stood out to me was when he began talking about how he doesn’t think that “everyone stories themselves”. It stood out to my because … [Read more…]
The first one that has provided me with the greatest learning opportunity is the box, “Have you clearly and accurately engaged the assigned texts?”. It has and will help me make sure that I am including all of the texts. It also is helping me make sure I have included enough information to support all … [Read more…]
I loved reading “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott. I wish if I read this before I began my first drafts because I believe I did not write down all my thoughts as she recommended. It surprised me that professional writers still go through this process. I think it’s good to know that the first … [Read more…]
Metaphors are around us all the time, but not everyone realizes it. I never realized it until recently. I have read a few essays about metaphors the past couple of weeks that have helped me truly understand metaphors impact. A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to … [Read more…]
Supports: “Did she, on some level, feel she lost the battle because she didn’t fight hard enough?” I chose this quote because I really connected to this. My grandmother passed away from lung cancer when I was young so she always told me she was a strong fighter and was going to win the battle. … [Read more…]
When reading this essay again, I really focused on the part about the children being compared to an orchid and a dandelion. I kind of just brushed over this the first time I read, but this time it really stuck out to me. I find it amazing how they compared children who were brought up … [Read more…]
The first thing that sparked my interest in this article was “‘Love is a tree’ might be an example of an apt metaphor, whereas, ‘a child is a machine’ seems less so.” I think the reason it sparked my interest was because I understood both of these metaphors so easily, but other people don’t. I … [Read more…]
