Generative linguistics

My written response will be on the poem “Barter” by Sara Teasdale. This poem discusses the topic of life and the loveliness it has to offer. Teasdale uses imagery in a few lines to create a mental picture for the reader to better set the mood. The poet says “Blue waves whitened on a cliff”(3) and the reader immediately sees waves turning white once splashing against the rock - which primarily appeals to the sense of sound and secondarily to the sense of sight. The line “Soaring fire that sways…

Meaning, is the core of literacy and therefore, literacy is far more than just reading and writing text as meaning is conveyed in many other forms such as visual literacy, auditory literacy, spatial literacy, critical literacy, tactile literacy, and many more. Multiliteracies are now incorporated into the Australian curriculum, not only in the English learning area but extended in other learning areas as students engage in a range of literacy rich activities (Australian Curriculum, 2013). The…

Writing Across Borders is a documentary directed by Wayne Robertson, a project funded by Oregon state university. The purpose of the documentary’s was to help faculty and other assistants on working with international students in writing. The maid idea was to the difficulties and challenges international faces while writing for universities and colleges. Many international kids show frustration towards writing and in other cultural and educational expectations. In part 1 of the film Robertson…

When you think about English as a school subject, how do you define it? Do you define it as a boring chore, a frustrating and fruitless endeavor; or maybe as a way to express yourself and communicate what you think about the world? The truth about English is that there is no one ultimate “right” definition for it, because English is about everyone’s different ideas, perspectives, and understandings.What we've done in English 191 so far has been English because we communicated and influenced…

Humans are the only known species to have a complex verbal means of communication. The words we speak everyday communicate opinions, define objects, and distribute knowledge. Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night not only proves the importance of words in society, but provides explanation of word usage through the minor character Feste the Jester. Feste plays an important role as a “corrupter of words” and explains to the reader how powerful words are. With this understanding, he affirms that people…

The symbol I created to represent myself contains a wide variety of different drawings and words. The drawings represent activities or specific components of my life that are important to me. The different words that go around the inside are values that I believe to be important, as well as traits that I possess. The most important words on my symbol to me are family, friends, honesty, dedication, respect, appreciation, forgiveness, caring, sacrifice, and patience. Family and friends are by far…

English Essay Communication is the act in which you use words, sounds, signs, or behaviours to exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to somebody else. This maybe so, but it is evident in the short story, “The Father” by Hugh Garner, that the character Johnny and his father have no progress in their ability to connect with one another. However, I believe that Johnny’s ignorant nature caused him to act in such a way towards his father. Also, that Johnny’s…

For english in the first quarter I reflected on my strengths and weaknesses. How to fix them and make them better so I can improve in the second quarter. Something I figured out was that I maybe do a better job with getting my ideas out verbally rather than using my pencil on paper. I learn through actions the best so maybe I need to learn how to grow on that and use my paper and pencil to learn. Or I could improve on writing and try less verbal approaches. Usually when I am doing the…

A) Multidirectional changes imply that change can be seen in terms of both increase and decrease. It is not always in a linear way. This term in development is developing in multi-tasking ways. For example when an infant is becoming a toddler there are many developments he/she goes through. During this period there, development is multidirectional. The toddler at the time is learning new milestones all at the same time. When the toddler is learning to walk, while at the same time learning to…

Do you know what poetry is? Will poems are a type of rhythmical and metaphorical writing. There is various of poems in the world which are written by poets. There is an enormous amount of poet’s that people know. Like the author that make children’s books Dr.Seuss. My intimate person that makes poems is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I would say that he is my intimate person that make poems because what his poems are about and also the poem he made called "Paul Revere's Ride" which is the…