Q. What specific details stay in your mind? why? how do these small details lead to larger ideas?
A. This essay is chalk full of details, from beginning to end. A few for instance are his encounter with the bear where he bravely or maybe even stupidly tried to stand his ground with a 500 lbs animal. He explains how he tried to stare down the beast, “…I fervently hoped that the power of the human eye over wild beasts would prove as great as it said to be.” This small detail helps lead the reader to think of the different emotions the author might have felt in that moment, which makes that the larger idea.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
A thousand-mile walk to the gulf
Q. How does the writer structure the essay and to what effect? Is it a linear narrative? or is it fragmented?
A. The essay is structured by his trip, but the way he structured his writing was very confusing. It is as if each paragraph is a different story in its own which affects the reader because he doesn’t know what’s going on. The essay is linear structure wise but when you’re talking about text structure it is fragmented, because there are no transitions that help you into the paragraph.
A. The essay is structured by his trip, but the way he structured his writing was very confusing. It is as if each paragraph is a different story in its own which affects the reader because he doesn’t know what’s going on. The essay is linear structure wise but when you’re talking about text structure it is fragmented, because there are no transitions that help you into the paragraph.
Polemic: industrial tourism and National Parks
Q.look at the transitions between paragraphs or between sections. how does he make these transitions? what effect do they have on the forward momentum of the piece?
A. it seems like he is just explaining his job through out the text and giving his reasons why he enjoys it so much, he transitions smoothly there is no point to where you are thrown out of loop from a poor transition. the transitions have a positive effect because the paragraphs are detailed and you have to have good transitions in order to keep the details intact.
A. it seems like he is just explaining his job through out the text and giving his reasons why he enjoys it so much, he transitions smoothly there is no point to where you are thrown out of loop from a poor transition. the transitions have a positive effect because the paragraphs are detailed and you have to have good transitions in order to keep the details intact.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Speech at Grand Canyon
Q.What specific details stay in your mind? Why? How di these small details lead to larger ideas?
A. There are many details that stood out to me when I read this. One is the fact that it is President Roosevelt’s first trip to the state of Arizona and I can picture him on a podium of some sort in front on the Governor and the people of Arizona giving his speech. Another detail that I noticed was how he is so intrigued by nature; he mentions the beauty of the Grand Canyon many times. By that I noticed that he is a serious conservationist, he is adventurous, and loves the outdoors. When you have small details it is much easier to piece them together so you can form a bigger and broader meaning.
A. There are many details that stood out to me when I read this. One is the fact that it is President Roosevelt’s first trip to the state of Arizona and I can picture him on a podium of some sort in front on the Governor and the people of Arizona giving his speech. Another detail that I noticed was how he is so intrigued by nature; he mentions the beauty of the Grand Canyon many times. By that I noticed that he is a serious conservationist, he is adventurous, and loves the outdoors. When you have small details it is much easier to piece them together so you can form a bigger and broader meaning.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Poem Imitation, Voodoo V: Enemy Be Gone pg. 43
WILD FIRE
The fire left a heart broken,
the hillsides baron, minds
traumatized, and homes
extinct. He left each area black,
black as the night sky, black as the
dark lit alleys. He wasn’t swift
He stayed and mocked those
Who tried to silence him.
He was a man on mission to
Burn everything. After it was all
Said and done, the sky
Covered in smoked, air the thing we cherished
The most, so hard to get because
It hurt to breathe.
The fire left a heart broken,
the hillsides baron, minds
traumatized, and homes
extinct. He left each area black,
black as the night sky, black as the
dark lit alleys. He wasn’t swift
He stayed and mocked those
Who tried to silence him.
He was a man on mission to
Burn everything. After it was all
Said and done, the sky
Covered in smoked, air the thing we cherished
The most, so hard to get because
It hurt to breathe.
Blood Dazzler
Q. look at the transitions between paragraphs or between sections. how does she make these transitions? what effect do they have on the forward momentum of the piece?
A. Patricia Smith does different types of transitions with the many different poems in the book. for some of the paragraphs she keeps the sentencens tight so you can read them straight through and for othere she uses alot of spacing in between the sentences to create pauses so you can feel the effect of each line you are reading. I think having the different transitions keeps the momentum going because some are straight forward and then some peoms are a bit slower so the reader will know that there has been a change in the emotion of the poem.
A. Patricia Smith does different types of transitions with the many different poems in the book. for some of the paragraphs she keeps the sentencens tight so you can read them straight through and for othere she uses alot of spacing in between the sentences to create pauses so you can feel the effect of each line you are reading. I think having the different transitions keeps the momentum going because some are straight forward and then some peoms are a bit slower so the reader will know that there has been a change in the emotion of the poem.
Friday, May 21, 2010
50 word "snapshot"
1.Growing up in Southern California you are experienced to a lot of different things whether in your neighborhood or environmentally. Where I lived there is a lot of desert area; so seeing cacti, Joshua trees, tumble weeds, and other desert items is something I’m more used to or in tuned with. Snow is practically unheard of where I live; but two years ago it snowed heavily my senior year. It snowed so much that school was canceled for three days and certain roads were closed. It was something new seeing a once desert area now completely white.
2.Seeing that I am a football player anything involving football I feel it’s my environment, whether football games, camps, sports bars, anything involving football I consider myself one with nature. My junior year in high school my team and I went to the championship game, that whole week prior to the game emotions ran wild, pep rallies were great, a teammate and I even did a radio interview; I felt like I was professional. When game time hit goose bumps ran down my whole body, the stands were rocking, standing in the middle of the field was something I dreamed of ever since I got into high school. The game didn’t go our way and we eventually lost; the feeling afterwards was complete heart break, but I still love the sport even the though it brings joy and sorrow.
3.My first trip out of the country was to Canada for a basketball tournament, and needless to say I was extremely excited. Not only was it my first trip out the country but my first time on an airplane, I remember sitting in my seat terrified before and during takeoff. It was kind of funny looking back at it now, because the stuartist noticed how scared I was and she walked me up to first class and allowed me to sit there the entire flight. My teammates laughed at me but they were the ones stuck in coach. Though Canada was fun the airplane trip is my main focus because I had to overcome a fear and I’m glad I did.
2.Seeing that I am a football player anything involving football I feel it’s my environment, whether football games, camps, sports bars, anything involving football I consider myself one with nature. My junior year in high school my team and I went to the championship game, that whole week prior to the game emotions ran wild, pep rallies were great, a teammate and I even did a radio interview; I felt like I was professional. When game time hit goose bumps ran down my whole body, the stands were rocking, standing in the middle of the field was something I dreamed of ever since I got into high school. The game didn’t go our way and we eventually lost; the feeling afterwards was complete heart break, but I still love the sport even the though it brings joy and sorrow.
3.My first trip out of the country was to Canada for a basketball tournament, and needless to say I was extremely excited. Not only was it my first trip out the country but my first time on an airplane, I remember sitting in my seat terrified before and during takeoff. It was kind of funny looking back at it now, because the stuartist noticed how scared I was and she walked me up to first class and allowed me to sit there the entire flight. My teammates laughed at me but they were the ones stuck in coach. Though Canada was fun the airplane trip is my main focus because I had to overcome a fear and I’m glad I did.
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