“Tuning, Tying, and Training Texts” by Barbara Tomlinson emphasizes on metaphors being a key idea in revising and composing writing. “Patterns of figurative expressions are an important part of our socially shared knowledge of composing and that, as such, they influence our conceptions of composing—and may we influence our composing behavior” (Tomlinson, 58). Basically saying, that metaphors are commonly used to explain feelings and ideas towards the pathway for revising. Just like Lakoff and Johnson say, “we have found that most of our ordinary conceptual system is metaphorical in nature” (Lakoff & Johnson, 4). They explain that we cannot live our daily lives without metaphors, and that figurative language shapes how we think and our beliefs on certain aspects.
Tomlinson’s idea of finding what metaphors shape different individuals is very intriguing to me. She gives eight clear metaphors on the ways authors describe their revising process through metaphorical language. When Tomlinson talks about revising to be “refining ore”, I think that this perfectly explains my process of revising. “One’s first draft, one’s first way of approaching the problem—even one’s first 50 ways of approaching it—may not work”, drafting and coming up with the best final draft …show more content…
For example, if I was sewing a shirt for someone and I was following specific directions to cut each piece to a certain size and I didn’t measure correctly and still proceeded to cut it, the final product would be misaligned and may not fit correctly. A more indirect interpretation, or hidden aspect, would be that some may find sewing to come easy to them, so this would mean that their revision process would be short and sweet. This might not usually mean that their revision is to par, though, they might miss some key points and the grammar could be
Tomlinson’s idea of finding what metaphors shape different individuals is very intriguing to me. She gives eight clear metaphors on the ways authors describe their revising process through metaphorical language. When Tomlinson talks about revising to be “refining ore”, I think that this perfectly explains my process of revising. “One’s first draft, one’s first way of approaching the problem—even one’s first 50 ways of approaching it—may not work”, drafting and coming up with the best final draft …show more content…
For example, if I was sewing a shirt for someone and I was following specific directions to cut each piece to a certain size and I didn’t measure correctly and still proceeded to cut it, the final product would be misaligned and may not fit correctly. A more indirect interpretation, or hidden aspect, would be that some may find sewing to come easy to them, so this would mean that their revision process would be short and sweet. This might not usually mean that their revision is to par, though, they might miss some key points and the grammar could be