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read reading visual texts: a bullet for your arsenal by susana rodrigez grassroot digital reserve

Two visual texts

Banksy produced both of my picutres, he is an graffiti artist all around the world. Both texts are on a brick wall. The features of both genres change the content. These are both graffiti as a genre, they normally are on the side of buildings under bridges mainly in random places so everyone can see. The beggar he is stating that he wants change not coins, he doesn't care about the money he wants a better society. The soldier is peeing in public while wearing his uniform, this can show a lack of respect to britain because even the soldiers are breaking laws. Random passerbys are the focus of both these pictures.  Everybody walking by the art work are the audience.

Interview for class different languages

I interviewed Willi from germany.  His family is from east germany. They have a specific east german accent, so if I was from west germany I would be able to tell where they were from by the way theytalk. His parents grew up in east germany, and now they moved to west germany.  West germany doesn't have an identifiable accent because they are known to speak very straight forward german.  His parents are slowly losing their accents and adapting to their new home and language.  In work Willi's parents speak more formal. They are both scientists so they have their own specific language. This language ties into their job.  Willi grew up in west germany with a more accentless german. They all speak english for work in his parents case. Willi speaks french as well as english.

Personal and changing genres.

When writing a personal essay when you start to feel uncomfortable then you're writing it well. It will become a narrative unless you go really into depth. When critiquing genres you need to make compelling arguments about how and why the genre does in fact fail or succeed in some way.

Blogging about language

My family has more of a northern wisconsinite accent.  I speak now in an Illinois chicagoian accent.  I feel more attached to the Illinois accent because I have been using it for so long. My family pronounces common words slightly different than I do because I live in Illinois.  I code switch between school and with friends.  In school I will be more formal and use fancier words. In contrast with my friends I use less formal words and more slang words.  My languages are both recognized in school with a heavier weight on the formal school language.  I can somewhat see my languages represented in class assignments, of course it will have more formal words because it is a school assignment. 

From the outside in

1) Mellix's title describes her struggle to be black american and speak proper english, she has to try semi hard to speak in the proper tongue.
3) To whites standard english was the norm. To blacks it seemed something you do to become more formal.  She had to try really hard to speak in the standard tone but eventually it became easier.

Graduation Party

My grandfather Pete Dehnert is a very impactful person in my life. He is 70 years old and still going strong. He looks like an older in shape six foot tall man. He is very outgoing, funny, and caring/giving. My grandfather is very good at owning businesses and running them and has ran multiple businesses in Madison, Wi. He is very good at having a fun time, I go skiing with him every summer. In the winter I travel to Colorado to go snow skiing with him, everytime I see him I have a blast. The only weakness he has that I can think of is cancer. A couple of years ago he was diagnosed with cancer and it was devastating. Now he is fully recovered and virtually a new man, hopefully he is done with this disease. His goal in life is to work the rest of his life and enjoy every minute of it. He also would like to get a brand new ragtop camaro. He speaks like an average american that grew up in wisconsin, with many jokes added into his speech.

This year he threw me a graduation party at our cabin in northern wisconsin. Family and family friends were invited to come celebrate my graduation with me. When I got there I saw this huge tent, a beautiful lake, and our beautiful ginormous cabin. All around you can hear music playing and a waterski boat driving around the lake. There are many smells that catch your attention, like the campfire, wonderful food, and the smell of the lake in the air. The food was great you could taste delectible barbeque pulled pork, sode, and chips and dip. I felt very thankful that he went out of his way to throw me this party.

Why we speak spanish

1) They haven't adopted english because their used to speaking spanish and it is easier to them. 
4) If she was talking to a non bilingual person she would speak english around them.  If I was bilingual I would do the same thing around people who can only speak english.
1)Its powerful because its on common theme everyone in america has to deal with.
2) This genre is valuble because it gets right to the point, and is easy to read.