Quickwrite 12/8

The story Mother Tongue was kind of cool how one persons english can change their lifestyle so much. This girl knew all sorts of english which helped her become who she was but the style of english she could use depended on who she was talking to and about. When she was giving a talk she finally realized how some people, including her mother, would have no idea what she is trying to say. I found it weird how spot on she was because I experience this at MSU when you try talking to TA's or even the professor one on one. It is amazing how different the languages are.

Quickwrite 12/8

I felt that "Mother Tongue" was a very strong argumentative piece. I believe she has a whole paragraph explaining how she would have to act as her mother on the phone, because her mother's broken English wasn't taken seriously. I agree with her argument, even though I haven't had a personal experience, because the listeners would probably think broken English is just her being lazy. Also it was unfortunate to her when it came to the ACT. Since the English subject isn't my strong point, I also felt like the ACT was about which sentence sounded the best to me. Thus making me relying on the English I heard growing up around me.

quickwrite 12/8

Can a narative be an argument? Can Stories be Arguments?

Yes both of these can be arguments. while they are not as direct as a presuasive piece strories and naratives argue by showing that certain actions cause certain things to happen. like when Tan talks about how the nature of english placement tests pushes many asian americans toward math and science she is argueing that these test are the cause for this trend. Stories often have a moral to them and this is an argument to behave a certain way.

-Jeff

Mother Tongue

I believe I know what she means when she talks differently to different people. She has a certain language, almost a mini dialect with this person that she and the other person understand perfectly, but it might not be perfect English. My roommate Di is Chinese and the way I talk to him is different than the way I talk to others. When I talk to him I have to slow way down and use common words that he as used to using before. For instance the other day he wanted me to come eat with him and his girlfriend and he said to me, "You are going, eat, come with us." I try my best to make him understand the correct way of saying it. The more I talk to him the more I accidentally use this "language" i have with Di with my other friends.

12/8 Quickwrite

I found this piece to be very interesting due to how many Asian people are here on Michigan State's campus. In fact my TA for my math class is very similar to this he may be the smartest person, but I judge him based on that I can only understand about 50 percent of what he says to the class. This piece made a lot of sense to me because as bad as it sounds I judge people who speak "broken" English all the time, and this piece really makes me think that I should strive to not judge a person just by how they speak but rather their actions and personality they have.

Blogpost Thursday December 8

In my opinion, both stories and narratives can be arguments. Stories can be examples of arguments when talking about something that the author disagrees with. The whole point of the story in this example would be to argue against what it is the author disagrees with. Also, when writing a narrative, you could be writing about something you disagree with, or some injustice that occurred to you and the whole point of relaying your story could be to tell people what happened, and argue that this is wrong.

QW 12-8-11

I do not believe that a narrative can be an argument although I do believe that it can be used to process and support an argument. For example, in this case Tans narrative basically illustrated an example for the purpose that even through adversity success can be obtained. So basically stories and narratives are simply first hand examples that support an argument. If one were to analyze this on a credibility argument, the author does not provide enough evidence for me to assume that her claim is correct. Therefore this does not make a successful argument.