write a response to an article, such writers might offer their own views on the article’s topic while hardly mentioning what the article itself argues or says
When writing an article writers will write about their views instead about the articles because any reader can read the article and know their view, but they won't know the writers view. So its important to talk about your view more than the article.
chemical X
Powerpuff girls reference
Readers won’t be able to follow your unfolding response, much less any complications you may offer, unless you keep reminding them what claims you are responding to
This is true because at times readers will forget about what you're talking about because they may wonder or lose their place, so it's important to keep letting them know your argument and why.
they say
Who's they? are they just the people who talked about the topic before you did, or are they the readers?
Instead of opening with someone else’s views, you could start with an illustrative quotation, a revealing fact or statistic, or— as we do in this chapter—a relevant anecdote
These are some ways to start a paper about a specific topic or person. Plus it will help the reader know some insight about your topic if the reader doesn't know about the topic firsthand.
The point is to give your readers a quick preview of what is motivating your argument, not to drown them in details right away.
If you let the readers know why you're writing what your writing then it will give them an insight on what to expect, plus it would probably be straight to the point. Unlike if you give all these details that they can most definitely find online.
to keep an audience engaged, a writer needs to explain what he or she is responding to
I would agree with this because the writer wouldn't want to bore the reader, but keep him or her engaged and excited about what's coming next.
Dr. X
Dr. X is actually a Japanese telenovela
Finally, don’t strain to find synonyms
Sometimes the word in general will be much more clear than the synonyms. Don't use synonyms if you're trying to sound smart, you can sound smart but it won't be clear what you say
With practice you will write faster and develop some form of shorthand. You’ll find yourself devising abbreviations
many people who constantly write make up abbreviations that only they can understand so that way they can write faster than just writing out the whole word.
the person you’re interviewing often starts talking faster than you can write
This is true many interviewers ask for the person to repeat them self because they were talking too fast for the interviewer to write
Gone With the Wind
Gone With the Wind was a movie made in 1939 about the life of a woman during the civil war and reconstruction era of american history
Learn to ask questions that will elicit answers about what is most interesting or vivid in their lives.
people don't like to talk about their life to other people because they don't want the other person to pretend that they are interested in their life
St. Petersburg
This is one of the most racist cities in Russia, they discriminate against people who are not white.
If you’re a writer, give yourself permission to tell us who you are.
I would think that many people wouldn't read an author's book about himself because he's not famous, or the author is just too scared that he's gonna get backlash from the readers, same with students they also think they are gonna get made fun of because they write about themselves
“We have to write what the teacher wants.” It’s a depressing sentence.
it's depressing yet it is the truth many students who write in school are forced to write what either the teacher/ the school board wants. Sometimes what they make us write the topic they assigned we don;t know how to write it, and then writing becomes more of something that's forced than something you enjoy
Of all the subjects available to you as a writer, the one you know best is yourself: your past and your present, your thoughts and your emotions. Yet it’s probably the subject you try hardest to avoid.
The reason many people hate or try to avoid writing about themselves is because they either had a bad childhood/don't like hoe their current life is going or they had some bad experience that they don't want to think about or talk about because it's something that had scar them.
Perfectionism
Perfectionism is said to be developed over time, disapproval from others or their feelings can contribute to perfectionism which can contribute to mental illness
All we can say is, “I’m madly in love,” over and over again
This particular phrase, "I'm madly in love" is mostly used when a person hasn't felt love in a while, and it's also been used by younger people who are finding love for the very first time.
Because that’s how my mom taught me. That there’ll be days like this, “There’ll be days like this my momma said”
She's trying to teach her daughter how life works the way her mother taught her.
How to shave; how to dribble a ball; how to talk to a lady; how to walk like a man
Is this like a connection between you and the episode of the Fresh prince of bel-air where Will breaks down in front of uncle Phil.
Angela Davis afro styling
What's an Angela Davis afro-styling hair? is it any different from other afro style hair?
All his life my father wanted to be bold
Is there any particular reason you're father gave up on trying to be bold?
It is a discriminatory question, and it turns up everywhere including job applications
his line is a strong line in the text because it wants to know where you from, but where you're from may be where you grew up. You can say you're from Los Angeles but you may not feel like you're from there because you didn't grow up there.
At school they say my name funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth. But in Spanish my name is made out of a softer something
Her name means hope in English, but the way they say it in English is like the way it means in Spanish. However in Spanish the way it is said is like the way it means in English.
but don’t want to inherit her place by the window.
She wants to be a different Esperanza than her grandmother, she would like to be a stronger women than her grandmother.
Esperanza
Does the pause in between the lines supposed to mean something?
How are yu? I ahm fine. How are yu?
what is the point of misspelling this whole line?
I think this is a Chinese lie because the Chinese, like the Mexican, don’t like their women strong
with this she is basically comparing the beliefs of Mexican and the Chinese, yes Hispanic's tend not to want their women strong because they believe in old traditions of men go to work and women stay at home to cook and clean. Also with the Chinese they think that men should be superior and every way.
Until my great-grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off.
This could be used two ways, one way he actually smacked her, the other way is that he knocked some sense into her.