For my blog today I read A Fable for the Living (Kevin Brockmeier) for my English Comp 100 class. It's inspired me to write my own letter to myself and hope everyone takes some time to speak to themselves and hopes for the future.
Dear Flower, "Do you know what it feels like? Shall I describe it for you? It feels like I’m strapped to a chair and there's an open door in front of me--that's how it feels” I sometimes feel stuck, unmotivated and scared of the future. I sometimes feel uncertain. I know what it is I want to accomplish, but then I think “you're not good enough, smart enough, you'll never make it.” I'm sorry I've sat in my pity for so long. Blaming myself for feeling how I do, But things changed right? You became an amazing music producer and songwriter. Inspiring people in your music and touching someone's soul to feel how you felt. To comfort in those times of need. You finally graduated college. After years of putting it off you did it and boy it felt amazing right? You finally moved your family out of the slums of Chester. Man oh Man it feels great. I'm so proud of you flower. After everything you've finally got up and put action behind your words. I'm so excited to meet you one day. I hope when you receive my letter you cry like the big baby you are. So here's the start of how I will meet you.
-Love Rose
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Today's blog post I answer some questions relating to some articles i have read. They were very informing and im happy to share what ive learned with you all. If you would like to read the articles yourself they are linked below.
1) Why are we creating a website for our english composition I class? To grow as a writer and build a portfolio to have forever. 2) How do Ball and charlton define multimodal writing? They describe it as multiple + mode.Five modes through which meaning is made: Linguistic, Aural, Visual, Gestural, and Spatial. Any combination of modes makes a multimodal text, and all texts—every piece of communication that a human composes—use more than one mode. Thus, all writing is multimodal. 3) Do you agree with ball and charlton when the claim all writing is multimodal? Yes i do agree with them. 4) As a website author who will create your own web page content in this course, how would you rank the importance of the five modes on a scale of 1-5? Please provide a brief rationale to support each mode ranking. Aural, visual, gestural, spatial, linguistics. I picked this order because when im telling a story i want you to see it. Through my way of speaking it to you. Through my details. This my way of telling a story. 5) What does the C.R.A.P. acronym stand for? C. is for Contrast. R. is for Repetition. A. is for Alignment. P. is for Proximity. 6) As a website author who will create your own web page content in this course, how would you rank the importance of the four C.R.A.P. principles of design on a scale of 1-5? Please provide a brief rationale to support each design principle ranking. For me the order of c.r.a.p would be the order i choose. When i first get on the website the c is what catches my attention. I appreciate the r and having repetition throughout the entirety. A and P are pretty much on the same level for me making things easier for me to understand. 7) What are the seven sample criteria Borton and Huot suggest writers use to assess a multimodal composition? Purpose, audience, tone, organized, transitions, synthesizes, and detailed. 8) Do the the Borton-and-Huot criteria seem similar or different from the criteria we would use to assess a traditional print essay? Why or why not? It seems similar. Growing up most of my teachers looked for these things. Hello and welcome to my blog for English 100. My first blog will be The Proust Questionnaire written by Marcel Proust. Many of my answers really made me think and learn things about myself I may have forgotten and it also brings out a bit of my humor. Overall I had a fun time answering and you should also check it out for yourself. With the link below.
The Proust Questionnaire __1.__What is your idea of perfect happiness? Once i figure it out myself I’ll get back to you. __2.__What is your greatest fear? Death. Not just my own death. Sometimes i think since i have siblings one of us will have to experience losing the other and that scares me. __3.__What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Being insecure. I let that get in the way sometimes from doing what I truly love. __4.__What is the trait you most deplore in others? Someone with a lack of compassion for others. __5.__Which living person do you most admire? Me! I admire my passion and pushing ahead even in troubling times. __6.__What is your greatest extravagance? Makeup and food would definitely rank high on my scale of extravagance, but what can I say? I love a full face of makeup as I eat. I would also add music equipment on that list as well. __7.__What is your current state of mind? If you could throw a bunch of mush and random things into a bowl and shake it around, that would be my mind. Just full of crazy and sometimes unnecessary thoughts. __8.__What do you consider the most overrated virtue? I'm not sure. __9.__On what occasion do you lie? I try to keep myself from lying but i can't help it when i need a day off work. __10.__What do you most dislike about your appearance? I dislike that my face is so pretty. It's so hard living this gorgeous __11.__Which living person do you most despise? I don’t believe i have anyone specific but i would say people in general who sex traffic others and kill animals just for fun. __12.__What is the quality you most like in a man? Passion. I like when a man is passionate in the things he does or puts passion in the person he likes. __13.__What is the quality you most like in a woman? Being headstrong in the things she believes in. __14.__Which words or phrases do you most overuse? I've recently have been using the word immaculate any chance I can get. __15.__What or who is the greatest love of your life? God and my dog are the greatest love of my life. __16.__When and where were you happiest? Laying in my bed eating a bread bowl with pasta. __17.__Which talent would you most like to have? To draw. I love to go view art in my free time. The best piece I have personally drew myself that i would say was good was my stick figure and even that had a slight disfiguration. __18.__If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? It Would to get more tattoos than I have right now. __19.__What do you consider your greatest achievement? My greatest achievement was to sleep for 20+ hours and I'm not ashamed to tell the world that. __20.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? A volcano. I would like to be hot at least once in my life. __21.__Where would you most like to live? I would love to live in Thailand. I went to visit in April of 2019 and I loved everything about it. The culture, the people, the food and more. __22.__What is your most treasured possession? My bratz dolls. I have originals from when I was small that i never opened and i know it'll be worth money one day. __23.__What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? For me the lowest part of misery is having no self love or self worth. When you don't have those things in your life you tend to sometimes just let anyone or anything come into your life. Sometimes even when its toxic. It breaks you down more bringing in self hatred for you and those around you. __24.__What is your favorite occupation? I loved working at a bakery. The atmosphere was so relaxing. The smell of freshly baked sweets that tickled my nose. The background music that would lull me into my own fantasy. Those are just some of the things I miss. __25.__What is your most marked characteristic? Im not sure. __26.__What do you most value in your friends? I value understanding the most. It's so important to have understanding friends around in times you really need people by your side to hear you out and show some compassion. __27.__Who are your favorite writers? I currently really like Lauren Kate. __28.__Who is your hero of fiction? Naruto! We love a man from the leaf village who holds on to his ninja way. __29.__Which historical figure do you most identify with? Sorry to say but none. I guess I'm just too unique. __30.__Who are your heroes in real life? The person who invented pizza. Thanks bro. __31.__What are your favorite names? Romeo and Chu. (my dog and cat name) __32.__What is it that you most dislike? When people talk to me on the bus. The bus ride is my time to relax from all human interaction. __33.__What is your greatest regret? Giving up dancing. I lost my passion and blamed those around me. __34.__How would you like to die? To die laughing. __35.__What is your motto? “Things happen” |
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