Wednesday, September 28, 2011

M. F. K. Fisher article

According to the packet the writing process starts with getting the big picture. That means looking at the whole of whatever you are reading and figuring out what the basic purpose of it is. The next step is analyze. In this step you figure out the basic building blocks of the idea like in the article the different parts of a song that all fit together to make a song. The next step is inferring which is where you make claims like the one in class about those basic building blocks you analyzed. The next step is synthesis which is where you try to figure out what the person was trying to do with the piece. Evaluations the final step. This is where you decide how good the piece is and how much value it holds

Friday, September 23, 2011

Voice

1. Voice is how someone talks or writes. It is how we say what we say.
2. If somebody asks me something that everyone just automatically answers the same way like "hey man how are you doing," I'll tell them the truth even if it's not what they expect like "I've had an awful day"
3. I don't talk around something I go stait to the point.
4. It's important because it can express facts in a different light. In academic essays we avoid wordiness and bad sentence structure.
5. We develop voice by just writing more and practicing using voice.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Soapstone Dave barry

The subject of Dave Barry's Batting Cleanup and Striking Out is gender roles. Social roles adopted by different sexes are illustrated by the opening phrase "the primary difference between men and women is". This phrase shows it is about gender roles is that it is showing the difference between males and females.

Batting Cleanup and Striking Out was written during the late 1980s. The essay's time of creation is conveyed when he states that most guys wanted to be watching the world series. This shows the time period because now people aren't very interested in the world series. The probable place of the essay's creation is at his house because he mostly talks about things that happened wit his family. This shows it was written at his house because he was focused and thinking about his family.

The time and place of tzhe essay's creation influence the essay by changing the content of the essay. It changes the content because f he was at work he would probably tell storieS about work not home and about the world series instead of the NFL.

Dave Barry's specific audience for Batting Cleanup and Stiking Out is people interested in why people do what they do. The author's target audience is exhibited by the statement "[sports] is an area where men tend to feel very sensitive and women tend to be extremely calous". This statement is an analytical statement analyzing who cares about sports and why.

The author's general audience for the essay is people who want something entertaining to read. The author's general audience is expressed by his generally sarcatstic tone. This supports the audience because he is trying to get these people to laugh not be serious.

Dave Barry's purpose in Batting Clean Up and Striking Out is to entertain people. The fact that he wants to make people laugh is manifested by "babies of both sexes have a very low awareness of dirt". No body would seriously say this unless they were trying to be funny and entertain people it wouldn't make sense any other way. The purpose is further revealed by " 'hey' the men said (in Latin) 'it's mighty quie around here'". This statement isn't serious at all it's just a joke and not serious at all.

Dave Barry, whose colums have appeared in over 500 newspapers around the world, believes men are less focused on cleanliness than women. This value is demonstrated by his several paragraphs about woman's ability to notice tiny specks of dirt. This shows his value because he's specifically talking about exactly that. This value influences purpose by making it more effective because there are many funny things about this subject.

Dave Barry, who live in Miami, also believes that women in general don't care about sports. This value is illustrated by the quote " eventually all four of [the men] were in there, watching the Annual Fall Classic, while the women prattled away about human relationships or something." this statement supports the value by showing the women didn't care about a major sporting event. This influenced the authors purpose by just exaggerating it and making it funnier.

Dave Barry's use of structure is evident in his sentences with the males being short like " it turned out to be an extremely pivotal game." while the women's paragraphs were very long and flowy. This gives even more stressing to the point of men and women acting different to be funny.

Dave Barry shows a sarcastic and over the top attitude about gender roles in Batting Clean Up and Striking Out. These attitudes are expressed by the phrase absolutely brilliant and stimulate a conversation. Absolutely brilliant is very sarcastic and sardonic and stimulate a conversations shows he isn't being serious. In the essay he is trying to be funny and joking. Sarcasm shows he isn't serious or caring about the topic. The use of the quotes mentioned proves my claim by showing the connection of sarcasm to trying to be funny.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Dub step metal classic

I think the metal Version is the best because it is very expressive of the piece I think and it just sounds cool.
The version that is most pleasing is the classic it is more smooth and cohesive. I could understand it though if the metal is the most asthetically pleasing but would be surprised