My post was more formal diction because I did not feel that such an inspirational and intriguing column should be matched with slang and informal word choice. I used words such as ‘impactful’ ‘prologue’ and ‘humbling’. I think the way I incorporated these words into my post make the diction more formal. I also incorporated the words ‘well developed statement’ into my post which is more elevated and excludes slang of any kind. The sentence length in my post is medium (approximately 18 words in length). I did not use short of telegraphic lines because I believe that those length sentences are more for informal diction posts. But I also think that using long sentences (30 or more words in length) is way too long and the reader would get very bored. So I used sentences such as “This line is very important to the reader because it finishes off the column, the ending line is supposed to be important. But it also sums up the whole column in one well developed statement that really sticks in your head.” This sentence effectively states what I want, but I did not say it in a 30 word boring sentence. Instead of saying one long and involved sentence, I split it up into two sentences.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Blogging Assessment #1
The post that best shows my voice as a writer is my KristaRamsey column post. Although I do show a lot of my voice in my Mockingjay posts, by stating my opinion
on certain characters and plots in the book, I really enjoyed writing and show
casing my voice in the post on the column that I read. This post shows my voice
just by the column that I chose to write about. I wrote about a column that
talks about raising your kids up to embrace the world. So in my post I related
it to myself by saying, “this really relates to me because I’m in the stage of
preparing to embrace the world after high school.” In my post I said “The most
impactful line in the column I believe is ‘it’s the most humbling lesson of
parenting: We may be in charge of the prologue, but only they get to write the
story of their lives.’" This shows that I gave my opinion on what I
believe is the most impactful line in the column that I read. “Some questions I
would ask Ramsey are, how do you figure out topics to write about? How do you
balance opinions with facts in your writing? To become a great writer, what
education/ classes should I take?” This is how I ended my post, and I think
that is shows my voice because it’s not ‘factual’ information coming from somewhere;
it’s my own voice reaching out to Krista Ramsey.
My post was more formal diction because I did not feel that such an inspirational and intriguing column should be matched with slang and informal word choice. I used words such as ‘impactful’ ‘prologue’ and ‘humbling’. I think the way I incorporated these words into my post make the diction more formal. I also incorporated the words ‘well developed statement’ into my post which is more elevated and excludes slang of any kind. The sentence length in my post is medium (approximately 18 words in length). I did not use short of telegraphic lines because I believe that those length sentences are more for informal diction posts. But I also think that using long sentences (30 or more words in length) is way too long and the reader would get very bored. So I used sentences such as “This line is very important to the reader because it finishes off the column, the ending line is supposed to be important. But it also sums up the whole column in one well developed statement that really sticks in your head.” This sentence effectively states what I want, but I did not say it in a 30 word boring sentence. Instead of saying one long and involved sentence, I split it up into two sentences.
My post was more formal diction because I did not feel that such an inspirational and intriguing column should be matched with slang and informal word choice. I used words such as ‘impactful’ ‘prologue’ and ‘humbling’. I think the way I incorporated these words into my post make the diction more formal. I also incorporated the words ‘well developed statement’ into my post which is more elevated and excludes slang of any kind. The sentence length in my post is medium (approximately 18 words in length). I did not use short of telegraphic lines because I believe that those length sentences are more for informal diction posts. But I also think that using long sentences (30 or more words in length) is way too long and the reader would get very bored. So I used sentences such as “This line is very important to the reader because it finishes off the column, the ending line is supposed to be important. But it also sums up the whole column in one well developed statement that really sticks in your head.” This sentence effectively states what I want, but I did not say it in a 30 word boring sentence. Instead of saying one long and involved sentence, I split it up into two sentences.
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