Linguistic prescription

The poem memorization process is unlike any other kind of memorization. As a musician, I am used to frequently having to memorize artistic pieces (in the form of musical works), and I have in the past had to memorize speeches or lines in a play, but memorizing a poem is something entirely different. I have only had to memorize a poem once before, as part of my fifth grade poetry project. This was quite reminiscent of that experience, particularly in the aspects of poem memorization that make it…

1. Tell me about your skills and strengths. My skills and strengths is that I like socializing with people and getting to know who they are. I am also organized and committed to anything I am involved in such as, activities, sports, and work. I am bilingual and I believe it is important to learn more than one language in work fields. I am also good with computers, which is important as well since technology changes a lot throughout the years. 2. Discuss at least three interesting things/or…

Cursive is a primitive style of handwriting, but it still should be taught in classes. Just like article "Cursive Is a Powerful Brain Tool" states, "Cursive is a common teaching tool for students with dyslexia." Cursive gives everyone a new way of thinking. Although when writing cursive you're still using the same letters, it may come more swiftly to someone because not everyone is the same. The passage "Cursive Is a Twenty-First Century Dinosaur" fail to realize that technology may be getting…

Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text. (http://literarydevices.net/allusion/) For instance, you make a literary allusion the moment you say, “I do not approve of this quixotic idea,”…

There are numerous things that differentiate humans from our mammalian family, one of them being our ability to utilize language. Language is a gathering of apparently random symbols that can be combined to express ideas, thoughts, and feelings (Piotrowski, 2003). Be that as it may, not all language is verbalized, for those who are deaf modifications have been made to allow them to communicate at the same level as the rest of their species, thus the creation of American Sign Language (ASL) which…

1. Experiment to test the Sapir Whorf hypothesis (relates to chapter 13) My experiment: The experiment that I would preform would be coming up with about 5 of the same words and write them in English and write them in another language. I would gather a 4 people and hand them each a stack of 10 cards containing the words written in English and the other languages. I would then ask them say what they thought the meaning was for each one and how they interpret them. I would have English speakers…

Let’s Get Ready to Rumble Throughout my twelve years of schooling, I have been taught in three states, at six different schools and by countless teachers. No matter the grade or state every teacher had the same goal, to make sure each student knew the material and advanced toward the next level. My most recent teacher, Mr. Whitey, helped me with my ongoing battle more than any of my past teachers. At times, it seemed like I was in a boxing match with my English classes. Teachers would throw…

To find the source, I first need a subject. In this particular instance, I will be speaking of my method of research for an annotated bibliography. Finding a subject is sometimes the hardest part of the research process. Once I have a subject at hand, I begin to think about the foundation of the topic and that usually leads me to a primary source of information. The process for creating an annotated bibliography is extensive and requires much forethought on my part. I have to reach into the…

In the paper, Gunther Kress (Kress, G. 2005) analyzes the affordances and the constraints of moving from a principally print-driven society to a picture driven society. Kress bases on social semiotic hypothesis to represent significance making: Words are (relatively) empty entities-in a semiotic account they are signifiers to be filled with meaning rather than signs full of meaning, and the task of the reader is to fill these relatively vacant entities with her or his meaning. This is the task…

What if all the adults in the world turned out like the ones in Wall-E? Lazy, fat people that don’t have a job, nor a life. Trash covers the Earth. Nobody cares a smidgen about it. There are things to change it. There many things to do to prepare for adult life. There are classes to go to, interning at places, and tests to do. It is not easy becoming an adult. It is not like becoming a child. It takes guts and glory to do it. There will be classes to go to. First is elementary school. This is…