Strawson writes very differently from Beck, and it was much harder to understand his essay. His writing is a lot more complex, but putting that aside, I didn’t enjoy his work as much as Beck’s. I found his argument partially true, but it also seemed as thou he only looked at it from one … [Read more…]
Despite “Life Stories” being a long piece, it wasn’t extremely complicated and was relatable. When Julie Beck states, “storytelling, then –fictional or nonfictional, realistic or embellished with dragons –is a way of making sense of the world around us,” I immediately relate to fables and fairy tales that I was told as a kid. I … [Read more…]
Is your positions statement identifiable with purpose and clear boundaries? At a first glance, I was slightly confused by boundaries, but I think it means to have a focus to the argument, so that my thesis is not all over the place and is easy to understand. My thesis is clear, but I need to … [Read more…]
I was truly shocked about the struggles that most writers go through. I know for me and my worst essays I will stare at a blank screen, get distracted by my phone, give up and then eventually throw a bunch of words on a page. I figured that other writers went through drafts and writer’s … [Read more…]
You did a really great job integrating evidence with your own ideas. Your paper focuses on the positive affects of metaphors and I really enjoyed your choice of quotes and the organization of your paper. I would advise that you are careful about your word choice, there were several locations where the same words were … [Read more…]
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me, or will they? Words are technically very simple items in our very hectic world. In English they are just various arrangements of 26 letters, and us as humans have just placed a meaning behind each pattern that was strung together. Despite … [Read more…]
“Might she have suffered less at the end if she hadn’t felt compelled to try one more drug, determined to soldier on?” Complicate: Khuller starts asking what if’s, which are notoriously dangerous. It is impossible to go back and time and having regrets will never help you move forward in life. Of course, there … [Read more…]
When I first read “See through words” I was very critical. I was stumped by the literal meanings of some of the metaphors such as, “a paintbrush is a kind of pump” (Erand 2). I wasn’t a fan of a metaphor for a metaphor, the comparison to a room, and I even was stating … [Read more…]
This article provoked a lot of different thoughts while I was reading through it. Erard mentioned how it takes time to get used to metaphors, saying “English is like a bottleneck” versus “English is a bottleneck.” I can relate to this, and my struggles with metaphors back in 6th grade. I originally thought it sounded … [Read more…]
This encounter with Geary was a lot more personal and thought provoking than when I watched his talk. The first time, I understood what he said, but only thought about the surface of what he was saying. Some of the details went in one ear, and out the other. Taking my time, annotating the … [Read more…]
