Author Archives: marywantz

Why does Swales suck? Or Rather…Why does his Essay Suck? The vocab is a bit too advanced; seems unnecessary It is written as if we should know all of this background knowledge and vocab; why?? I can not figure out if he is trying to break down the concept of a discourse community or justContinue reading “CL 02/06”

In Defense of Domination He is not really talking about baseball He’s talking about the US military, its use, being in various places around the world Unreliable narrator; Stein the writer and Stein the person are different people Sarcasm, irony are used throughout Wants to invoke a response due to the military topic Appeared inContinue reading “CL 02/04”

John Malcolm Swales was born in 1983, he is a famous linguist known for his literature genre analysis in the academic community. He graduated from Queens’ College in Cambridge in 1957 with a degree in psychology; which most likely attributes itself to why he enjoys analyzing literature, and also why he wrote so many parallelsContinue reading “HW 01/30”

Stein is reaching out to the audience of people who share joint views with him, and utilizing the general purpose of reaffirming shared convictions; he is simply taking a rather conversational tone with his reader. Last Class Notes: I believe Stein is specifically targeting the group of people that share his view, but his purposeContinue reading “CL 01/30”

Annotations for Discourse: How Communities Shape Writing? Annotations for The Concept of Discourse

Considering last class we evaluated the Stein was drawing parallels to the American and Iraq war currently being waged across the pacific ocean in some big metaphor involving a baseball trade; I think his intended audience may have been to academic scholars. I am not sure if that is their official name, but I amContinue reading “CL 01/28”

Refer to the document linked with the button for my annotations for A Brief Thompson p.72-87 Purdue Owl Video Notes Logos Ethos Pathos Rhetoric: awareness of the the language we choose to use Originated from Greek practice called “preparing speeches” Sophists: believed they could teach anyone to use rhetoric, for the right amount of moneyContinue reading “HW 01/21”

Things that make Mary Comfy in a Classroom An easy ebb and flow of conversation No judgment Assignments so I do NOT have to talk to people and can just do my work Being left alone Mutual respect among peers A healthy interest in peers as a person Having personal space maintained *insert bro voice*Continue reading “CL 01/21”

Refer to the document linked with the button for my annotations on The Brief Thompson p. 49-57

I am at UCBA because I would much prefer to dictate when and where I can arrive at class while still coming home every night to my family and most importantly, my dogs. I am taking 18 credit hours this semester, I could’ve taken an online course of English 2089, but I opted to takeContinue reading “CL 01/16”