Assignment #12

What tone will you take with your essay?

 As the essay is on the subject of getting lost, my tone will be informative and encouraging. I will both inform the reader about the aspects of being in a meditative state of lost and encourage the reader to partake.

What narrative perspective will you use? First-person? Second-person?  Third-person?  Will you switch betweenperspectives?  Why or why not?

 As my essay develops I see myself using all three perspectives.  I will write from my own experience, encourage the reader to dwell on his/her own, and some aspects of the essay will include documented experiences of others.

What point-of-view will you use in your essay?

 The point-of-view of my essay will be personal as it will be told from my perspective on the subject of getting lost.

How much psychic distance will you create betweenyou and your subject?

 Very little, if any, because I feel that getting lost is a very intimate subject for individuals and couldn't be achieve with psychic distance

How will you weave story and idea?  In otherwords, how will you shift between summary and dramatic narrative?

 I had not planned to use the dramatic narrative until reading this question.  Most of my essay will be summary(ies) of the experience of getting lost.

How will you begin your essay?

 With a detailed definition of what getting lost actually is.

How will you structure your essay's middle?

 Summaries of experiences will take up the bulk of the middle

How will you end your essay?

 With an enlightened insight on the subject of getting lost and encouragement for the reader to participate.

Assignment #11

Description:  I will use both literal and figurative description in my essay about "getting lost."  Literally, I will describe the physical and emotional feelings of getting lost like zoning out.  I will also be able to figuratively describe getting lost by using similes or metaphors to compare it to unlike things.

Definition:  Elaborating on the essential qualities of getting lost may be difficult as the subject is so ambiguous.  I don't foresee using the rhetorical method of definition in my essay at this point but that is subject to change.

Exemplification:  I may use exemplification by exaggerating aspects of getting lost.

Cause/Effect:  I will use this rhetorical mode by showing the positive (maybe some negative) effects of getting lost- i.e. how getting lost can be a therapy by which people can clear their minds.

Division/Classification:  I do not see myself breaking down nor classifying different aspects of getting lost.

Argument:  I may use articles and other publications to support my claims about how getting lost can be a positive thing.

Narration:  I will give examples times when I have gotten lost.

Process Analysis:  I will give detailed steps in which one can meditate and reach the point of getting lost.

Assignment #10

5. What does it mean to lose one's religion?

To lose one's religion means to give up a belief system that the individual once held. One who loses a religion does not keep faith in a God or gods that they once found shelter and comfort in. This often occurs as a result of a tragic event like the loss of a family member in which the individual feels that his or her God has let them down or worse: killed that family member