Thlog Eight

In Week 8 of Writing 2, I learnt the true differences between the concepts of translation and transformation. Initially, I defined translation as a word in one language being spoken in another language, and transformation as something evolving into another form. However there were many types of definitions from my peers, for example, student ID #7 wrote that translation means interpreting anything in a new form, for example, translating the word from mum to mama, keeping the meaning, whereas transform means changing its form, thus the entire meaning changes. I thought this was an extremely interesting answer. It was also so intriguing learning about the sub-genres contained in magazines towards an older audience. I never knew that even conventions like current affair news, how-to guides, horoscopes, television reviews, political profiles, print advertisements of medications, cars, perfumes, etc. could categorize a magazine towards a specific audience, thought it was pretty cool!

On Wednesday, the journal question about summarization really taught me why summaries are important and what should be written in a summary. I firstly could not think of a logistic answer but to write about the author’s exigence, however, when Zack started listing examples, I gradually caught on. I suggested that summaries are important because it can catch and draw an audience’s interest for example, on a back of the book, or summaries about a movie. I believe Student ID #19 had a very good answer, as they said that summaries state the main idea, and its point is to paint the bigger picture of what is meant to be understood. They also said that it usually includes 2-3 sentences and captures important information of the reading. I liked their answer because they were very specific. In continuation, I also learnt from McCloud’s reading that there are five main focuses that contribute to clarity, persuasion, and intensity when writing with images. These focuses include choice of moment, frame, word, flow, and image. Their use can alter or add meaning to a piece in one way or another. For my PB3A, I chose an article about punctuation and how it can be transformed into a nursery rhyme for a younger audience, and a job application for an older audience. However, I am quite sure this will change, as I want to come up with something more creative.