Question One- Yes, I do believe Said was responding to his critics, which believed he was defending the societies labeled by “Orientalism”. Said explains that he was, Far from being a defense either of Arab or of Islam-as my…
English 5001
Writing Mind Patterns
by lminnis209 • • 0 Comments
The Flower-Hayes article looked at how the brain begins the writing process. Writers do not just write down what they say onto a piece of paper, but there is a complex process occurring as they write. One of the main…
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Emig and Eldred
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Emig begins her essay by stressing the importance of verbal language on writing. Acquiring language without a doubt assists in the writing process because it enables one to generate ideas. These ideas then must be decoded into written characters. While…
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Washing Russian Nesting Doll’s Hair: The Cognitive Process We Don’t Know We Do
by jgreene • • 0 Comments
The cognitive process is quite the mysterious thing. Without any particular knowledge of the brain and it’s mode of operation, the cognitive process is a complex series of events that occur simultaneously and in such a rapid succession that they…
English 5001
Writing as a Mode of Learning
by Shirley Miranda • • 1 Comment
As soon as I read the title of this reading I became very curious. I thought I had finally found proof of what my parents thought was a very poor way of studying when I was in high school. I…
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Technology Necessary …..Evil?
by simi dhaliwal • • 0 Comments
Selber’s larger plan is clear. He argues that students need to be producers (not just users) of digital text and that these texts will largely be of a kind that “defy the established purview of English departments” and move instead…