Author: Laura Zvinys

The paragraph I am choosing for On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is the following: “The first time you hit me, I must have been four. A hand, a flash, a reckoning. My mouth a blaze of touch.” The use of the word “must” in the first sentence indicates that the narrator does not clearly remember… Continue reading Laura Zvinys- Reading Journal 13

The image is an image of a dog sitting in a burning room with a cup of coffee on the table in front of him. The flames surround him and there is a cloud of smoke above him. The image is drawn cartoon style. The dog says “This is fine” while sitting there calmly wearing… Continue reading Laura Zvinys – Reading Journal 12

I have chosen the key-word HIV/AIDS. DEFINITION: I think it is a sexually transmitted disease. PURPOSE: I intend to create an infographic. An example of this format is a flyer, and some of the generic conventions of this format are images, data, and graphs. CONTENT: I intend to talk about my key-word in relation to social perception and… Continue reading Reading Journal 10 – Laura Zvinys

For my final project, the topic I chose is “HIV/AIDS” and I am most likely going to make an infographic. I plan on starting by talking about the history of HIV/AIDS, and then moving on to talk about how it is present and perceived today. My potential audience will be people looking to learn more… Continue reading Reading Journal 9 – Laura Zvinys

My midterm essay was a close reading analysis of the poem Invictus. I felt like analyzing the content itself was one of my strengths but I always struggle a little with coming up with a meaningful conclusion that does not come across as repetitive. I often find this difficult because I do not want to… Continue reading Reading Journal 8 – Laura Zvinys

This weekend, something I did for myself was bake cookies. I made cookies with toffee, chocolate chips, and pretzels inside. I made a large batch and rolled a lot of cookie dough balls to freeze so that I could have them to bake later whenever I want a cookie. I gifted some of them to… Continue reading Reading Journal 7 – Laura Zvinys

TEXT CHOSEN: I have chosen as a text to read for my midterm: Sula by Toni Morrison. DESCRIPTION/SUMMARY: Here is what this text means to me: The discussion about how binaries are flipped upside down in Sula resonated with me. This concept connects to the way I interpret things that happen in my own life… Continue reading Reading Journal Prompt 5 – Laura Zvinys

“Putin Pushes Ahead With Land Grab in Ukraine After Sham Votes” https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/09/29/world/russia-ukraine-war-news Authors use diction that they know will catch the attention of their intended audience. In this way, an author indicates the values of their discourse community. In this article, the author uses words with strong negative connotations such as “land grab” and sham… Continue reading Reading Journal 4 – Laura Zvinys

PROMPT 2: GENRE ANALYSIS & MUSIC “Off My Face” by Justin Bieber is an acoustic-ballad. It falls very neatly into the acoustic genre because of the soft guitar used as the base of the song. Although the song is also a ballad, I do not feel that it follows the general convention of ballads in… Continue reading Journal 3 – Laura Zvinys