Reading Style

                         

              To be an effective and good reader you must be able to identify the reading style that suit your reasons for reading. Most flexible readers adopt a reading style to make their readings both entertaining and meaningful. Some people take their time reading slow while taking in all the materials mention in that certain passages. While other might just skim through the passages with a ZAP! I on the other hand, like to read with a tone to my voice. I think that emphasis the article more and give the author more credit since we're putting some effort into reading it. If I was on the other side of the fence listening on to someone else read, I think that if they were to read with some kind of tone, it would makes it easier to understand the article. So what is your style of reading? I just hope your not one of those people who read like a dead zombie.....

Writing Style

           There are million and million of writers in the world, and each and everyone of them have their own writing style. The writing style referred to the manner in which the author chooses to write for his/her audience. A person's style reveal their innermost personality and character. This can be done by simply changing words around, rephrasing sentence structure, adding diction, and organizing figures of speech.

          Different people will ultimately have different technique in their writing style. The writers will always reflect themselves in their writing. At first you might not know what style of writing is right for you, but the more you write - the more you learn. There is a saying that goes, "It takes a true reader to be a good writer". I believed this is one-hundred and ten percent right! You have to expose yourself to different type of writing style before you know which is the right fit for you.

          Because different writer have different writing skills, you can learn from them - the more you read their writing. So the fastest way to advance your writing skill is to .....READ READ READ!

Reality and Dreams?

What if everything was just a dream? Yesterday's past, today's present and even tomorrow's future? What if this was all a movie, and we are just an imaginary characters made up to play a role? Have you ever thought of that?

I know I have. Through the good times and even the bad times, I have always thought to myself, "What if everything was just a dream, and when I wake up, will I still be here?". 

John was down on his luck, his car payment was due, and his house is on the break of foreclosure. He put all his hope on his last ten-dollar bill, and decided to buy a lottery ticket. "If he does win then that would put 117 million dollars in his bank account. But if he does lose, what differences would that make.", John thought. 

A week has pass by and John has now lost his job. His wife has left him, leaving their thirteen children unattended. He is now on the verge of losing it, when all of a sudden his twelve months old son knock over the remote control and the news channel flash on. 

Today is the day that the lucky lottery number will be announce. The news lady cheerfully announce the 6 digit number that will soon change its owner's life forever. John can't help but wish that it was he who hold that lucky ticket. The number then flash on the screen and John looks down on his ticket and tears started dripping down the floor.

He can't believed this happen. "Am I dreaming right now", John thought. 

The fact is that, John did not win the lottery. He just can't pull himself to believed that his last ounce of hope also expire on him. 

(Five minutes later the lottery winner was announce. For the first time in his life that he played, Bill Gates won the lottery.)

And yes, this was all a dream. John was just a small picture in my imagination, that became a story though writing this blog. 

So now the question is, Are we also in a story? A dream?.........May be, maybe not.

ACCENT!

                   One might ask, "Do I have an accent?", and the answer will always be "yes". Accent is the way someone sounds when trying to pronounce a word or phrase. Some people may think that they do not have an accent. Or they may think that other people do not have an accent, but in reality everyone has an accent. One might not be able to hear the accent in their native tongue, because they are so use to themselves and everyone else around them speak the same accent, but people from different parts of  the world can distinguished that one does have an accent.

                                         

                      I remember reading George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion, when I was in 11th grade. The book tells of Henry Higgins, professor of phonetics, who believes that he can train a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Dolittle, into a high class lady by changing her lowly accent into those of higher class. In the end, Henry succeed on changing Eliza accent completely! She was able to drop her old accent, pick up a new accent, and speak fluently. This tells us that our accent was learned and not born with. The area you live in is whats most likely contributing to your learned accent!

Where do word comes from? 10/3

Everyday, and every minute of every hour, the English vocabulary is shifting and changing. The "word" we are using today, just didn't exploded out of the ground. People are the one who created and deliver these words through everyday usages. I remember reading Andrew Clement Frindle, when I was in elementary school. I remember really liking the book because it make sense and in some way, it does explain where word comes from.

                            

In this book, a little boy name Nick, questions his teacher about where word comes from. He then, makes up a new word for a pen, "frindle". Everyone loves Nick's new word, so soon enough people all around town start calling a pen, frindle. His teacher was very unhappy with this new word, because she feels as if, Nick is mistreating the word-pen, by replacing it with a new word. After awhile, a new addition of the dictionary was printed, and sure enough, the word frindle was included.

                                            

So, word comes from people, people creates the word through its meaning, and the meaning comes from everyday usages. So next time when you have a chance make up a word, it might just end up in a dictionary someday, you never know!

                                       

(My new word-----"vanichoco"----vanilla + chocolate = YUMMY!!!!) What's your?????