Language Use in Kickstarter

Thinkwrite: Hopefully, you have made some progress on the paper due Thursday. Take some time now to explain what YOU think are the required characteristics (or criteria, or elements) for a successful Kickstarter presentation. (Note: this is what your paper is about.)

We look at Everyday Writer Sec. 23. Slang? Being pompous? Euphemistic? Using jargon? How formal should a Kickstarter essay be?

How about using specific and concrete language? Let's transform "We took a test."
Do Ex. 23.5 on page 267, writing the answers in your daybook.

How about metaphors and similes? http://www.ted.com/talks/james_geary_metaphorically_speaking?language=en

Now I explain the "Language Use in Kickstarter" assignment in our class in Moodle. It is due Monday Aug. 3. [Go to Moodle, scroll to the highlighted section, click on "Language Use in Kickstarter." Directions are on the sheet that downloads.]

Homework:

1. Continue working on your paper, due Thursday. Refer to the helpful information in Ch.21 Bedford as you think about your introduction/ conclusion/ transitions/connections.

2. Keep an eye out for the items on the "Language Use in Kickstarter" as you think about your examples.

3. TWFTD: synesthesia