Cake, Taylor Mali. “The The Impotence of Proofreading.” Slice. Florida A&M University, 19 Oct. 2010. Web. 27 Oct. 2010.
Slice is an online supplement to “cake, a journal of poetry and art”, the literary journal at Florida A&M University. It is a blog that features poems of the week, photographs and video clips. The last blog was posted on October 19, 2010 and it is a stand up about the importance of proofreading called, “The The Impotence of Proofreading,” by Taylor Mali. This video wants us to laugh while teaching us how important it is to proofread because things can take on a different meaning when the wrong word or spelling is used. This video’s primary audience is the Florida A&M University students. Secondary audience is students from any university and accidental audience could be anyone.
I found the link to this blog on Florida A&M’s literary journal website. Mali wants his audience to be entertained by his stand-up, but most importantly he wants his audience to think twice before submitting a paper that was not proofread or was only proofread by the computer. He supports his argument by doing a stand-up routine about proofreading and he uses similar words to the possible ones intended. His tone is sarcastic. The visual is very explicit, because his words were carefully chosen.
Knowledge is created in the video by the use and purposeful misuse of words. For example, the title which includes the word impotence could or should have been importance. He also uses the word colleague instead of college, among many others. Knowledge is communicated through comedy, the twisting of words, and the use of words that are similar to the obviously proper words. This video was created for the discipline of English Studies. English studies values papers (writing) that are done in proper MLA format. If MLA is not always used the right way (which it should be), the paper must be proofread for correct spelling, because spelling is the simplest thing to do, with the aid of a dictionary.
"The The Impotence of Proofreading":http://haveasliceofcakepoetry.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Analyzing Poetry
Undergraduate Writing Center Handouts. Analyzing Poetry. Workplace Document.
University of Texas at Austin Undergraduate Writing Center. Projects.uwc. utexas.edu/handouts. University of Texas at Austin. Web. 13 Oct. 2010.
This text hopes to get its reader to learn how to analyze poetry. Poetry can be difficult to understand in general and therefore difficult to analyze. Some poems have very deep underlying meanings and we need tools to figure out these meanings. The primary audience of this text is University of Texas at Austin undergraduate students. Secondary audience could be students from any university and above the undergraduate level. Accidental audience could be anyone who comes across this document on the internet. I found this text on the internet on the University of Texas at Austin’s undergraduate writing center web page. This text was written by University of Texas at Austin’s undergraduate writing center.
The writer wants his/her audience to understand the elements of poetry, content, language, imagery, form and syntax. Content: How does the tone of the speaker and the context of the work change your understanding of the poem? Language: How does the language and rhythm contribute to the meaning, purpose or emotional force? Imagery: How does the imagery construct the poem’s theme, tone, and purpose? Form: How does the form of the poem correspond to theme and main idea of the work? And Syntax: How do the poet’s syntactical choices change or expand the ideas in the poem? It is important to able to answer these questions as we read poetry because they will better help us understand and therefore analyze poetry.
The language choice is very clear and simple, this makes the text easy to understand and follow. Knowledge is created in this text by breaking down each element. For example under content you will find, speaker, tone, tension, context with further explanations. Knowledge is conveyed by teaching us how to apply these elements and sub-elements when reading poetry to help the reader in the process of analyzing poetry.
University of Texas at Austin Undergraduate Writing Center. Projects.uwc. utexas.edu/handouts. University of Texas at Austin. Web. 13 Oct. 2010.
This text hopes to get its reader to learn how to analyze poetry. Poetry can be difficult to understand in general and therefore difficult to analyze. Some poems have very deep underlying meanings and we need tools to figure out these meanings. The primary audience of this text is University of Texas at Austin undergraduate students. Secondary audience could be students from any university and above the undergraduate level. Accidental audience could be anyone who comes across this document on the internet. I found this text on the internet on the University of Texas at Austin’s undergraduate writing center web page. This text was written by University of Texas at Austin’s undergraduate writing center.
The writer wants his/her audience to understand the elements of poetry, content, language, imagery, form and syntax. Content: How does the tone of the speaker and the context of the work change your understanding of the poem? Language: How does the language and rhythm contribute to the meaning, purpose or emotional force? Imagery: How does the imagery construct the poem’s theme, tone, and purpose? Form: How does the form of the poem correspond to theme and main idea of the work? And Syntax: How do the poet’s syntactical choices change or expand the ideas in the poem? It is important to able to answer these questions as we read poetry because they will better help us understand and therefore analyze poetry.
The language choice is very clear and simple, this makes the text easy to understand and follow. Knowledge is created in this text by breaking down each element. For example under content you will find, speaker, tone, tension, context with further explanations. Knowledge is conveyed by teaching us how to apply these elements and sub-elements when reading poetry to help the reader in the process of analyzing poetry.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Importance of Critical Reading, Thinking and Analysis
John Lye's Course and Source Page. Workplace Document
Lye, John. “Critical Reading: A Guide.” Brocku.ca. Brock University, 12 July 2008. Web. 6 Oct. 2010
This text hopes to help first year students better analyze literature. This is a guide to what you might look for in analyzing literature, particularly poetry and fiction. An analysis explains what a work of literature means, and how it means it; it is essentially an articulation of and a defense of an interpretation which shows how the resources of literature are used to create the meaningfulness of the text. As a literature major I find this article to be very insightful because some literature is very hard to follow and therefore understand and if I understand the social and cultural conditions of the time period that a certain piece was written in then I will have a better understanding of it and will be able to better analyze it.
The primary audience is first year college students. Secondary audience could be college students at different points in their studies. Accidental audience could be anyone who is interested in being a better critical analyst of literature. I found this text on Brock University’s website. It was written by Professor John Lye.
The writer wants his audience to think that critical analysis will give the reader a deeper understanding and a fuller appreciation of the literature. Also, that analysis should teach us to be aware of the cultural delineations of a work, its ideological aspects. Art is not eternal and timeless but is situated historically, socially, intellectually, written and read at particular times, with particular intents, under particular historical conditions, with particular cultural, personal, gender, racial, class and other perspectives. Through art we can see ideology in operation. This can be of particular use in understanding our own culture and time, but has historical applications as well. All these contribute to the understanding of literature because they all play a part in the creation of it. He supports his argument by going through the process of analyzing poetry and fiction. He breaks down the parts of a poetry and fiction.
Knowledge is created by addressing the key parts of poetry and fiction. In a poem for example, the reader has to identify these elements, title of the poem, what kind of poem, who is the narrator, what is the argument/subject and what is the setting. Knowledge is conveyed through the explanation of each element. Literature values the importance of critical analysis in understanding literary works.
Lye, John. “Critical Reading: A Guide.” Brocku.ca. Brock University, 12 July 2008. Web. 6 Oct. 2010
This text hopes to help first year students better analyze literature. This is a guide to what you might look for in analyzing literature, particularly poetry and fiction. An analysis explains what a work of literature means, and how it means it; it is essentially an articulation of and a defense of an interpretation which shows how the resources of literature are used to create the meaningfulness of the text. As a literature major I find this article to be very insightful because some literature is very hard to follow and therefore understand and if I understand the social and cultural conditions of the time period that a certain piece was written in then I will have a better understanding of it and will be able to better analyze it.
The primary audience is first year college students. Secondary audience could be college students at different points in their studies. Accidental audience could be anyone who is interested in being a better critical analyst of literature. I found this text on Brock University’s website. It was written by Professor John Lye.
The writer wants his audience to think that critical analysis will give the reader a deeper understanding and a fuller appreciation of the literature. Also, that analysis should teach us to be aware of the cultural delineations of a work, its ideological aspects. Art is not eternal and timeless but is situated historically, socially, intellectually, written and read at particular times, with particular intents, under particular historical conditions, with particular cultural, personal, gender, racial, class and other perspectives. Through art we can see ideology in operation. This can be of particular use in understanding our own culture and time, but has historical applications as well. All these contribute to the understanding of literature because they all play a part in the creation of it. He supports his argument by going through the process of analyzing poetry and fiction. He breaks down the parts of a poetry and fiction.
Knowledge is created by addressing the key parts of poetry and fiction. In a poem for example, the reader has to identify these elements, title of the poem, what kind of poem, who is the narrator, what is the argument/subject and what is the setting. Knowledge is conveyed through the explanation of each element. Literature values the importance of critical analysis in understanding literary works.
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