Annotation "Literacy: A Lineage"

The person whom inspired her and the reason why she is writing; "the person who inspired and encouraged my love for reading and writing: my father." (Pg. 132 Everyone's an Author)

Vivid details she told the audience about was stated after her father could barely join her on bike trips. "Each time I arrived under the bells, I would recite the poem to myself, even when the weather was cold and my breath made the air foggy." (Pg. 133 Everyone's an Author)

For the most part from what is described she is telling the story from a Past tense perspective and some parts flash back telling certain parts of her life she cherishes while growing up. "Since we were about twelve or thirteen, he has consistently demanded that we each write a story at Christmastime rather than buy him a gift." (Pg.134 Everyone's an Author)

Point of view with in the story is the Author of the story is telling the story of herself in past tense format and telling it in a first person point of view. "I believe, because of my father, etc." (Pg. 135 Everyone's an Author)

In the beginning she stated that her father was the one person that inspired her into literacy, It was then stated through the narrative that her father has always been teaching her and somewhat strict, at the end of this narrative she stated that her father after passing gave her a special gift. "I have, however, received something from him that will last my whole life and will continue to give me joy as long as I live. He has passed on to me his love of language and literature." (Pg. 136 Everyone's an Author)

Narrative's Ahoy

1.        In the Narrative story “Lydia’s Story” a visual narrative that created a detailed picture in my head was, “She was unable to shut the door against the brown rushing water. She tried not to panic. Seeking higher ground, she climbed on top of her dining room table.”(Pg. 129 Everyone’s An Author)

2.        A Dialog that stuck out to me was her resolve and strength during the event. “As Lydia was telling us her story, I heard strength and resolve in her voice. She was proud that she had “kept her head,” which had saved her life. She knew that she didn’t have a home to return to, that everything in it was probably destroyed.”(Pg. 131 Everyone’s an Author)

3.        A sensory description from the same story that stuck out to me. “Lydia waited, cramped on the top shelf of the linen closet, until the water finally began to recede. When we asked if she got hungry or thirsty, she said that she didn’t remember feeling that way. Her tongue became dry and her lips were cracked, but she only was aware of being terrified of the water.” (Pg. 130 Everyone’s an Author)

4.        Topic- Thinking back I remember doing a Story unrelated to school or anything. Was only in 4^th or 5^th grade and told my teacher I wanted to just write a Fantasy Story about mythical dragon and a Hero becoming friends.

5.        Purpose- Retelling a childhood story and exploring a bit of the past.

6.        Audience- Would be a select few who share the same kind of memory I had as a child.

7.        Stance- Since I was really passionate about this short story when I was a kid, I feel like Reminiscing about it would jog memory.

8.        Media/Design- The Narrative would most definitely be in print with possible sketches to go along with it.

9.        What do I see- Classroom portable, full of children and Teacher up front with her desk strategically place by the door.  

10.    What do you hear- Constant chattering of children, birds chirping outside, Deep billowing of the Air conditioner connected to the Portable.

11.    What do you smell- Kind of smell you would find when combining a mix of card board and chalk, with the sweet smell of pine trees.

12.    How and what do you feel- Passionate about Fantasy and Myths, cold steel of the desk, Teacher’s somewhat gentle aura always welcoming you into the classroom like a hen to her chicks.

13.    What do you taste- taste the taste of after noon snacks and the after taste of school lunch.

14.    People around me and image- Children around me have bobbed haircuts and casual clothes, boys mostly had short hair and messy clothes from playing at recess. Most notably though was my teacher who wore the tallest black dress you would every see. Like a nun outfit without the white trim and the cap. She also had a short shoulder length black hair as straight as possible. Often times she would use outdated humor that didn’t seem funny. But we laughed to be considerate.

15.    What happened- as I came in from lunch the Teacher was welcoming students into the class. As I made my way toward the desk I am assigned to the feeling of eating too much and the taste of milk still lingered in my mouth. While everyone was slowly but surely flocking in, she stated that today was going to be a free day due to the fact of completing an essay. I had just talked to a peer about this cool story I had in mind when the teacher over heard the conversation and came over. Knowing at how passionate I was talking about the story she then made the idea of writing it and elaborating on the topic. Having this story apart of my life has been an asset knowing that I can truly be creative and express words in my own way.

Rhetoric comments

By looking at some of my classmates definitions I came to the conclusion that most of the ideas that we share are similar. Whether it getting your point a crossed or standing up for what you believe in through a heated debate. The Blogs I looked at all shared similar traits on thinking rhetorically, especially giving credit, where credit is due. They also explain how to approach a rhetorical situation and how to use the knowledge gained from just listening before engaging.

Examining the word Rhetoric

My definition of the word Rhetoric is, The art of effectively persuading or deceiving people through a means of writing or speaking. Looking back in history there are many ways to use rhetoric writing or speech. Martin Luther King Jr's great speech that moved an entire nation to a Presidential election for the next president of the United States of America. Rhetoric can be used to create movies, Propose ideas, solving scientific theories, etc. There are also different devices that can be used with rhetoric ways of speaking or writing. A few of these devices are simple means of repetition, (Antistrophe) or in other words, repeating the same word or phrase. Another, one of my favorites, Euphemism, substitution of an agreeable/non aggressive word that can be offensive or unpleasant.
  Another way to look at Rhetoric is through a rhetorical point of view, another words from the outside in. Seeing a project in English class and you are assigned to the topic of why do Chickens cross roads. Taking into account of the Topic you can then start your writing process through means of what you want to write about. Different writing processes help with different situations, though people tend to stick to what they favor most. Clustering is an excellent way to start this process do to the fact that you can have your topic be in the center of a page and then create a spider web of ideas and facts to then write and create an essay. Another way is to Free write and just write what comes natural though researching tends to help sway your reason.
  Lastly some of the quotes I found while reading is most important when going through any kind of writing process.
"Put in your Oar," thinking about the situation rhetorically before entering in on the topic at hand.
"Give credit, where credit is due," always when borrowing information and writing on a topic reference where you have gotten it from.


Reference: http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-rhetoric-definition-devices-examples.html
Everyone's An Author

Narrative Rhetorical

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•   For the first question, we all said that the main point was the essence of hope and determination, and that it was stated in the last paragraph.
•   For the second question it was primarily Lydia’s point of view. It made us feel scared for her life.
•   Third. terrified,destroyed: used to put the reader into a state of fear. Could feel the hope in how she kept fighting to survive. “cramped on the shelf of the linen closet” “had an abscessed tooth”
• Anyone who’s interested in health affairs/life changing stories. sophisticated people who know about disasters. the tone helps cause a movement for help through sympathizing.

3. Jan Brideau used the rhetoric that we learned about in chapter two to write Lydia’s Story. She kept her audience in mind, that they’re going to be people who are more sympathetic to victims of natural disasters like hurricanes. Her primary goal was to affect the emotions of the readers and to give people courage and motivation. Jan uses descriptive words to affect her tone. It made me think about how I can use descriptive words to affect my audience. Charlotte said that you have to portray your attitude towards the topic for your audience using rhetoric and the guidelines from the book.

7. Stories about car crashes, friends, co-workers, crazy cats/dogs

10. Think about friends who are part LGBT community and how hard it is for them to just be themselves.

You don’t have to be afraid to be yourself-message to everyone

the different emotions and aspects of the people

12. Video-see the raw emotion

Text-have to use words to portray emotion/more time to think over what you want to say

Video to text- lose some affect bc you don’t know the words to explain the emotion

Text to video-like a play; have to determine the emotions

The tone would change: how you were affected would change

Questions

In the Story "Lydia's Story" by Jan Brideau, I read about a women who survived 2 hurricanes and was rescued 5 days later with no food or water. With in the story, highlighted at the end of the essay, the Author describes the fate and reality of a double hurricane and how through the tragedy and devastation there was, in the Authors' words, "An essence of hope and determination." In the eyes of the women who has survived the devastating event the reader is grasped with the sense of fear. While telling the story and using words like Rushing, Struck, Terrified, etc.the author was able to create a setting where the reader can freely imagine the situation and in away get the feel everything. The author this story published in, "Health Affairs," so more than likely the people reading this would be people who are interested in National Public issues with both present and future qualities.

Chapter 2 Prompt

The pieces of writing I have done last week would be; Texts, Blogs and a Memo. These three ways of writings alone are different in many ways, but each in their own way have the ability to nail a key purpose whether it be wanting to hangout with a buddy through texting or formally stating an opinion via blog posts.

   Texting: Simple phone to phone message anywhere from 2- 255+ letters. Texting can also use simply words and abbreviations along with poor grammar slang and silly faces.
The situation I faced was simply to hang out with a buddy. Knowing he was my only target, I did not need to use any big words or complex words, but instead a laid back yet casual message stating a purpose of hanging out.

   Blogging: A website or page that is updated regularly. A blog is composed of an informal or conversational message that is usually ran by one person or a small group of people. I have made quite a few blog posts in the past week. One in particular would be an answer to a question I have received from a book; "Is Everyone an Author." Since my target was not anyone specific I wrote in a somewhat formal yet informal way of speaking. I started right off the bat, by stating first and foremost what the meaning of an Author meant, along with a little background of where the meaning came from. I then broke down in three parts while explaining why a person is considered an Author.

   Memo: Short and very brief statement or message both informal and formal. Usually posed as a reminder to a group of people or workplace sent buy one person or department to another. The Memo I wrote was to remind people to grab supplies and driving instructions and meet at a party. The message I wrote was a formal and brief to get the message a crossed and to deliver the goods.