“Writer Designer: What Are Multimodal Projects?” Chapter 1 describes how to make a piece effective. Multimodal is the combination of different elements of communicating. The five modes of communication are visual, aural, gestural, spatial and linguistic. Visual refers to the … Continue reading →

Summary – ‘That’s not Writing:’ Exploring the Intersection of Digital Writing, Community Literacy, and Social Justice” by Kristen Hawley Turner and Troy Hicks discusses the importance of incorporating technology into learning. Higher education institutions have said that students are not … Continue reading →

Summary – Nicholas Carr’s Is Google Making Us Stupid? discusses how much of an impact the advancement in technology has on the way we function. He discusses how research used to consist of hours in a library, trolling through books, … Continue reading →

For the Rhetorical device essay, I plan to revise my conclusion, analysis, summary and organization. My conclusions tend to be very repetitive in essays and I am still not clear on what makes a good conclusion. I plan to add … Continue reading →

Summary: Gloria Anzaldua’s How to Tame a Wild Tongue surrounds the topic of the many languages she speaks and their importance to her. She refers to 8 different languages she speaks, “1. Standard English 2. Working class and slang English … Continue reading →

Summary: Janet Boyd’s “Murder! Rhetorically Speaking” explains to students what writing with rhetoric is. Boyd makes her piece interactive to help students understand that writing is not just about what you have to say, it is about you say it. … Continue reading →

Summary: Some main points: “That language use in a group is a form of social behavior, that discourse is a means of maintaining and extending the group’s knowledge and of imitating new members into the group, and that discourse is … Continue reading →

Hi!! My name is Sophie England and I am a freshman at UMass Boston. I am a business management major with a concentration on marketing. After graduating from UMass Boston, I hope to go to graduate school while taking part … Continue reading →