Language Use in Kickstarter

Thinkwrite: Hopefully, you have made some progress on the paper due Monday. 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. You should have this list:

Appropriate Formality
Slang and colloquial language
Jargon
Pompous language, euphemism and doublespeak
Denotation and connotation
General and specific language
Figurative Language
Similes, metaphors, and analogies
Cliches

Now I explain the "Language Use in Kickstarter" assignment in our class in Moodle. It is due Monday Jan. 25 as well. [Go to Moodle, scroll to the highlighted section, click on "Language Use in Kickstarter." Directions are on the sheet that downloads.]

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

 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.

Homework:

1. Continue working on your paper, due Monday. 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: your choice from Everyday Writer (second one)

Thinking About Kickstarter Campaigns

Thinkwrite 1.

1. http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/12/05/tip-of-the-iceberg-how-the-illusion-of-products-can-mislead-customers-about-the-realities-of-business/

This caused me to follow the link about the T-shirt. Which brought me back to Kickstarter.

Thinkwrite 2: What can we look for in a Kickstarter's campaign to help decide whether a Kickstarter project has the ability to actually produce its product?

Now on to the topic of writing/ language use.

2. Open The Everyday Writer to Section 23a-d. This section is FULL of nomenclature relating to writing. Take notes in your daybook over these sections. Write down each green heading and then explain it in your own words. Tomorrow there will be an assignment using this information.


Homework:

1. Complete taking notes on Section 23a-d in Everyday Writer.

2. Be working on your Solo Paper #1.

3. TWFTD: your choice from Section 23 in Everyday Writer.

Note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Savar_building_collapse   

An Example Essay for Solo #1

I hand something out to you.

What are the Key Elements in an essay for this class? We discuss.

Then you open a forum in Moodle where there are instructions to follow.

If you finish before the others, use the time to be working on your notes for your own paper (Kickstarter Review).

At the end of class, we will upload the colorized document into the forum in Moodle.

Also at the end of class, you will turn in your daybook. Make sure your name is visible on it.





Homework:

1. Read Ch. 21 in The Bedford Guide, pages 420-435. These pages have helpful advice for writing your solo assignment.


2. Begin working on your Solo #1 paper. How do your example Kickstarters show what is effective in a Kickstarter campaign? How will you introduce your reader to Kickstarter?How will you organize your discussion?