The Secret Language of Comics: Visual Thinking and Writing
ENG101.04 Fall 2018
Growing up bilingual, I had to learn how to read twice. Writing my narrative made me realize the fact that I stopped reading as much when the process became difficult. For a few years, I wrote only because I had to, and not because I wanted to. I almost forgot how cathartic it is to just…
Read moreThe process of writing my literacy narrative was greater task than I initially thought I would be. It was interesting to me how when I first started writing I felt like had no idea what to say, even though I was just supposed to write about my personal experience. I kind of felt that there…Continue reading »
Read moreLiteracy Narrative Part I As I embark on this journey of studying comic books, I think about the themes we discussed in class: moment, frame, image, word, and flow. Newspapers, like comic books, make use of each of these attributes. Newspapers capture a moment in time. They “frame” a story by setting the boundaries of … Continue reading Literacy Narrative Part 1, Reflection →
Read moreFor the free writing assignment, the first memory I thought of was how I met my best friend in elementary. At this age, people usually made friends by talking during free time, playing together at lunch, or working on a project together. I became friends with Abbie after she started shoving books in my desk…. Continue Reading →
Read moreI have just finished writing my Literacy Narrative. At last, all the words are grouped together, the paragraphs are in the right order, my ideas are expressed and the emotions I wished to convey are sitting in wait for a reader. Like a proud and weary mother, the first thing I’ll do is share the link:
https://thesecretlanguageofsabrina.home.blog/the-one-story-i-have-never-told/
Please, feel free to go to that directly, seeing as I can vouch for its content, while I still have no idea what I’ll say in this reflection post, which I find fitting considering I had no idea that my Literacy Narrative would come to life in the way it did until we did a free writing exercise in class.… Continue reading Writing About Writing…
Read moreMy experience with reading and writing first started with the learning of pinyin, a system of romanized spelling used in Chinese. Although pinyin looks like a series of English letters, it is not related to the study of the English language in any aspect. I vividly remember copying the letters down from a giant chalkboard […]
Read moreWhile writing this narrative, I realized that I use my ability to visualize the story plot in almost every book I read. It helps me stay interested in the book and allows me to have a better understanding of what is going on in the book. I also am able to understand now that the … Continue reading Literary Narrative Reflection →
Read morePersonally, I really enjoyed the free-writing exercise we had completed in class. It allowed me to express my thoughts on paper without stopping to check grammatical errors or sentence structure. By writing down what came through my head, I was much more easily able to complete this assignment. Although, I had some trouble writing my… Continue reading Literacy Narrative, Part 1 Reflection
Read moreMy first literacy narrative was a deep exploration into myself as a reader. In considering the prompt, I thought a lot about myself and my attachment to fiction. I tried to find an underlying purpose for my old infatuation with reading. As I discovered in my piece, I used reading as a coping mechanism to […]
Read moreLiteracy Narrative 1: “Why I love to read, but hate to write” When I first started writing this narrative, I had no idea where to start, what to include, and how to format it. I thought about my experiences with reading and experiences with writing. I thought about what I enjoyed and what I did […]
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