Blog Post #7

Blog Post #7--CCSS for Reading Literature and CCSS for Reading Informational Texts available at  http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/ and NES text pages 1-87

It’s very interesting to see how few people can identify sponsored content. 80% fail, according to page 27. I don’t think I’ve struggled with this much, as I usually make a habit of teasing commercials for being so skewed. There is a lot of focus on persuasive texts, which makes sense. Propaganda is a persuasive text, and advertisements and attempting to persuade the reader into buying a product. It’s very important to realize when a piece of media is attempting to commit social engineering in one form or another. Ethos, pathos, and logos review on page 31 makes me wonder if my initial understanding of the three was derivative. Ethos, for example, is described as an appeal to authority, whereas before I believed it to be an appeal to ethics. Perhaps it refers to both. This requires some extra focus. Around page 41 there is a workup on some common vocabulary based around studying literature. Euphemisms are an interesting topic, and the origin stories of which make great conversation. However, their example of “passed away” versus “died” is a bad example to push in my opinion. George Carlin ruined a lot of euphemisms for me, but in a good way. Altogether much of this reading is stuff I’ve already known for some time. Still, it’s good to keep the raw knowledge close at hand. It’s good to review some of this stuff. I particularly enjoyed reading over the rules of metric poetry. Every time I finally understand how metre works it seems to just… slip away. I can never keep the darn rules in my head. I think the biggest issue is the term “foot.” I never understood what constitutes a foot. Like, how many syllables in a line? It’s weird. I’ve had it right at times, but can’t consistently keep getting it right. Finally, there’s a workup on the different geological regions and their literature throughout periods of time. My favorite is the romantic period. My least favorite is probably modern, with many exceptions. Gotta love that Georgie Orwell. 

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