Friday, May 7, 2010

All I Asking For Is My Body Part 3 Dialogue

What Is The Meaning of The Title?
The title of the novel is "All I Asking For Is My Body" I believe what that mean is living on the plantation your life and destiny has been setup for you. They lived in poverty so all they do is work for a very little salary just to get through the day. Almost every child that lives in the reservation are used as slaves. They work and bring money home so their parents can used it to help pay their parents debt. Couples that lived in the reservation have many children even though they cannot afford to support them. They believe that having a lot of children would help they out. They used them as servant. The children have to stop and leave everything they have dream of behind to work and help pay their parents debt. They cannot make their own decisions, everything has been setup for them. All they have is their body.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Writing Topic Chapter 17

Chapter 17 talks about how to choose appropriate language. Language is appropriate when it suits your subject, engages your audience, and blends naturally with your own voice. If possible try to stay away from jargon because not all readers are familiar with that language. Jargon is a specialized language used among members of a trade, profession, or group. Even though we all want to sound intelligent in our writing you don't want to overdue it because it is so ornate and often so wordy that it obscures the thought that lies beneath. Another thing that you also want to avoid is using obsolete and invented words. They said even though you come across these words in the dictionary but it does not necessary mean that it is appropriate for current use.

What I have learn from this chapter is to be wise on what language I decide to used in my writing. Not all readers understand your language especially when it is not everyday common English. What I also found that I thought was interested is to not used new words in dictionary that is not a current language in today's society.