Month: January 2019

After rereading and annotating Erard’s essay a second time it did in fact shed some light upon the piece.  Erard is good at his job and keeps me interested the second time through. Even when expecting to be bored he grabs my attention. The metaphors that Erard uses in this piece are sneaky and I did not notice all of them before on the first read. I noticed that Erard has a skill to put the reader where he wants them to be. He is very good at using imagery to his advantage and keeping the reader interested in doing so. Reannotating in color made me retain key information that I would have forgot if I hadn’t. I used https://www.dictionary.com/ as my tool for glossing the text. Glossing the text did actually pull some paragraphs together shedding light onto their actual meaning. One example was finding the meaning of the word semantic, which was in the middle of the sentence, and I had no idea what it meant. Now after glossing I know that semantic means something relating to another. These strategies for reading are very helpful and honestly make you think and process at a much higher level. I would recommend using these strategies and will use them myself in the future.

See Through Words: Michael Erard

In this article Erard beautifully explains the process behind building and developing metaphors. Erard does not believe that all metaphors are made up randomally, he believes that most metaphors are used based on a different number of variables. Metaphors can be successful in many different ways and convey a lot of information without a plethora of text. Erard wrote powerfully and made me stop and think multiple times which can really keep a reader engaged and want to keep reading.

Erard’s background with metaphors really stands out with his writing and uses metaphors to give a lot of information. He uses metaphor as a visualization piece so that the reader can more easily connect with the piece. Erard explains what a metaphor is using metaphors. I thought that, it was a intuitive way to explain the word.  My favorite paragraph in this article is when Erard explains how a metaphor can be affected by culture and it will change the readers point of view in doing so.

After reading this piece I feel as though a have a better understanding of what goes behind a metaphor and what can make it successful. Erard does a good job in keeping the imagery interesting and grasping the readers attention.  Originally I thought that this piece of writing was going to be boring and hard to get through. I was surprised on how it caught my attention so easily. Just as a surprising metaphor is a good one it works the same for articles.

When I was first introduced to the idea of the Eportfolio I was a little put back. I though the idea of this was complex and was afraid to manage my work all on the computer.  I have trust in how the process will work and have began to accept the idea. The Eportfolio is a much more visual pleasing rendition of organization and you have the opportunities to show off the work you’ve done.  With more fidgeting and exploring my website will blossom and become much better.  This simpler website build experience could help me in the future.