1. Readers' Struggles/ Process
Author: Young
Overall Argument: code meshing and that everyone should learn others dialects and be open to them.
Passages:
-"But don't nobody's language, dialect, or style make them 'vulnerable to prejudice.' It's ATTITUDES" (Young 110).
1. I chose this quote because it got me thinking of why people are prejudice. When I was first reading it the all upper case letters in "attitudes" stood out to me.
2. I underlined the whole sentences and then circled the word "attitudes" and rewrote it in the margin. I then continued reading one or tow sentences down to understand the quote more.
3. The passage contributed to the overall article by backing up Young's theory that people should learn other's dialects without discriminating them. This quote is basically saying that it's not the fact that they talk differently that makes them vulnerable to prejudice, but it's the peoples attitudes and close mindedness.
4. The class discussion helped my understanding of this quote because one of my group members also thought this quote was important and she helped me understand it. I then went back and read the essay to get a better understanding.
-"And, further, grad students also be tryin too hard to sound smart, to write like the folk they be readin, instead of usin they own voices"(Young 113).
1. I chose this quote because I could relate to it. When I was first reading this section of the reading I found myself doing the same thing (trying to sound smarter). I liked this whole paragraph but this quote summed it up.
2. I just underlined this passage and the sentences around it and wrote "his thoughts of grad students and academic writing" and also wrote "true" in the margin.
3. I think this connects to the overall reading because Young defines Standard english and Fish's take on it, but doesn't totally disagree on it. He knows there this theory that everyone in school should use "standard english" but he thinks that students can make their writing way broader by putting big words to sound sophisticated.
4. During class discussion we were analyzing Anzaldua's writing and we noticed a connection with this one about standard english in the classroom. Anzaldua talks about how they are "punished" if they don't write a certain way.
-"Code meshing blend dialects, international languages, local idioms, chat-room lingo, and the rhetorical styles of various ethnic and cultural groups in both formal
and informal speech acts" (Young 114).
1. I chose this quote because it takes Young a while to get to one of his main points but he uses mostly a whole page describing and defending code meshing. When I was first reading this quote I found it to be the clearest definition of code meshing with examples. I also noticed the italicized "and".
2. When I was annotating I just underlined the while sentence and noted "code meshing" on the margin. When I continued to read down the page I got a better sense of what code messing was and examples.
3. This contributes to Young's writing by giving on of his main arguments. He emphasis on code meshing and how everyone does it on a day to basis. If everyone uses code meshing in English without knowing it why can't we accept others' dialects and code meshing of different languages? I think thats one of his main points he is trying to get across throughout he whole article.
4. Discussion helped me understand code meshing better because we all talked more about how it's a theme in this article. Professor Dan also had a discussion with my group clarifying the concept of code meshing. These discussions made code meshing and how it relates to the article clearer so I later went back and reread the article with a better understanding.
Writers' Moves
1. Young intentionally inserts Fish's thoughts into his article and then shuts them down. He does this to show readers two sides of the issue (language and dialects). Young also writes with his own dialect and slang in his article to help support his claim that people should use their own voice through their writing and people should just accept it. The overall purpose was to give the reader an example of what he was trying to say in his article but through the writing itself. by contradicting Fish he was trying to persuade his readers to agree with his view and not like Fish's.
2. I think the audience is people who agree with Fish. I think this because he puts in Fish's thoughts and then turns to his and on why his are right, trying to persuade the reader. Also he puts in little things like "Let me drop some code meshing knowledge on y'all" (Young 114). This quote makes it sound likes he's trying to teach the readers his theories and why it's right.
3.I think they would want to reach Fish's believers because he's trying to tell them that they are wrong because he has facts why. He's trying to persuade them over to his side.
Overlap
1. Young connected with when he was talking about how students try to use big words just to sound smart but excluding their voice in writing. I treated to that when I have to write formal papers.My first reaction of this article was that it was confusing and hard to read. After the class discussion and re reading the article I understood it better and that he was going back and forth with Fish.
2. I don't think this article is academic because we've been taught that academic writing has to be formal with correct spelling and grammar. But on the other had it may be academic writing because he has a thesis, examples, a purpose (trying to persuade) and an audience.
