ENG 107 - University of Kentucky Fall 2022

  https://marblesbyellenforney.com Going 'Marbles': From Manic Highs To Oceanic Lows excerpt Think about your essay about a person you don't like or are afraid of.   Chart this essay using the storyboard template.  Use 6 - 8 storyboards to  tell your essay.   Be sure to post what you learned about the essay in the comments box. 

  You have drafted an anonymous memoir about a person you hate or a person you are afraid of. Work with a peer to make your essay better.  This conversation will be a guide for revision.  Consider: 1. Cause and effect relationships.  What is the cause for the discontent?  What was the effect? 2.  What are the immediate consequences of this negative relationship?  How does the relationship immediately effect your thoughts and behaviors as the main character of this story? 3.  What are the long term consequences of this negative relationship?  What is "really" at stake?  What could ultimately go wrong?   4. Why should the reader of this piece invest their time and energy in this work? 5. Why should we care and why do we care?

  Write an anonymous memoir about someone you dislike or someone you are afraid of.  The surer you are that nobody is going to know who wrote it, the freer you are to write; but also -strangely-the more freely you write, the less likely anybody is to know who wrote it.  You have angers and fears that nobody has ever suspected,  right? Write.

  Chapter 8- Creative Non-fiction Monday 11/7 - REVISION AND DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE.  Chose one of your best writing.  It may be the braided essayMeet with your peer revision groups for an hour.  You must meet for at least an hour and discuss the revisions and additional ways to develop your writing. Your group can meet any time and any place that you collectively agree on.  Wednesday  Compose a sample of non fiction writing 3-5 pages long about a person you don't like or it can be rooted in one of the 5 non-fiction/memoir topics you chose Chapter 8-Creative Nonfiction The Essay and Creative Nonfiction Memoir and the Personal Essay Techniques of Creative Nonfiction  Fact and Truth Creative Nonfiction Format review key words to know in Chapter 8 Homework:  Compose a sample of non fiction writing of 1-2 pages long about a person you don't like or it can be rooted in one of the 5 non-fiction/memoir topics you chose Friday  meet in recitation sections 

First, let's see what we have written.  Take a moment to analyze your braided essay.  Write the inferred main idea of each paragraph next to the paragraph indicator.  A = childhood memory paragraphs B = current event paragraphs C = Scientific fact paragraphs  A1 B1 C1 A2 B2 C2 A3 B3 C3 A4 B4 C4 A5 B5 C5 Techniques of Creative Nonfiction Creative nonfiction tells a true story. How does it tell a story? Image and Voice Character Setting Interpretation  purpose Research Transitions and Focus journey and change Fact and Truth  

  A Brief Guide to Essays August 1, 2017  §  26 Comments The time will come when our students, or our mother (in an attempt to seem interested for real and not just because it’s her kid) will ask about essays. “Well, dear,” she might say, “I think it’s lovely.   But what do you mean by lyric? Or perhaps we will want to write a braided essay, or a collage, without really grasping what, exactly that is. We’ll realize it’s been a while since we were in a workshop and nobody else has the notes, and strongly consider retreating to a nice orderly sonnet. Fourteen lines and a whole four classical rhyme schemes to choose from. Go nuts!  It is for these moments that   Brevity   presents our Brief Guide to Essays: Lyric They are all lyric, these categories of essays in literary journals and finer mass-media publications and the occasional feminist website. Built on images, using poetic tools like metaphor to evoke feeling in the reader. What’s also important is the blank space, a place for the r

  from  A Brief Guide to Essays Braided Essay You can braid as many strands as you like, but just like with hair, more than three is hard and less than three is even harder. *** Repetition is the key–each thread recurs. *** As well as the writer’s own voice, a braided essay can use an external voice to provide details the writer may not have known at the time. The purpose of the outside voice is to shadow the writer’s voice, according to Brenda Miller in   Tell It Slant . *** Inside the braid could be a mini-collage, or a list, or a hermit crab. Perhaps a definition useful to the essay, or a quotation. *** Repetition is the key. If there’s not repetition, it’s probably a collage. *** Some nice braided essays: The Search for Marvin Gardens by John McPhee Buzzards by Lee Zacharias For our braided essay.  A.  1st strand is a childhood memory.  B.  2nd strand is a news current event that happened over the three months. C. 3rd strand is about a geographic space, your  neighborhood or commun

Take a moment and draft a neighborhood map.  Be as detailed as you can be in a short amount of time. Be as specific as possible. 

  Chapter 8- Creative Non-fiction Monday 10/31  Free Write/Journal writing - Map Braided essay Various essay forms Chapter 8-Creative Nonfiction The Essay and Creative Nonfiction Memoir and the Personal Essay Techniques of Creative Nonfiction  Fact and Truth Creative Nonfiction Format key words to know in  Chapter 8 identify five memories you would enjoy writing about  discuss what makes creative nonfiction a genre and a good focal point for writing identify peer edit writing group 3-4 people that share writing interests (genre preference)  Wednesday  11/2 -  STUDIO WRITING SESSION finish reading all of chapter 8  FOR WEDNESDAY, YOU WILL WORK INDEPENDENTLY.  THIS IS CALLED STUDIO WRITING SESSION.  FINISH WRITING YOUR  BRAIDED ESSAY.   Friday  meet in recitation sections for workshop bring the draft of your braided essay or creative non-fiction piece

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  About the Kentucky Book Festival A program of  Kentucky Humanities , the  Kentucky Book Festival  is a celebration of reading, writing, and publishing which takes place each fall. Festival events seek to connect book-lovers and authors, spark engaging conversations, and empower readers by providing access to new books as well as opportunities to learn more about writing in a  fun, supportive environment . It’s the biggest bookish celebration in Kentucky!  Learn  about writing and publishing,  discover  new books,  make memories  with family and friends, and  celebrate  reading! What Can I Expect? The 41st annual  Kentucky Book Festival will return to  Joseph-Beth Booksellers  in Lexington on October 29, 2022.  More information and the author lineup is available by clicking the “ Lineup ” or “ Events ” tabs in the home menu. 

  Please list and define two words from Chapter 7 Development and Revision in the book.  

  Now compare it to the passage passage you wrote for the warm-up of Chapter 1 or first journal writing.  Talk about the comparisons and differences in each draft of the work? Ask yourself, could you use this passage to enrich that earlier piece? Discuss with your group what portions of the Chapter 7 draft you will use to enrich your Chapter 1 draft?  Mark your draft and identify where the changes may happen and or be enriched.

  Go to page 197.  Read the "Developing a Draft" and rank the suggested revision methods 1 through 4. 1 being the most important for your work. 4 being the least important to your work.   In the comments section, identify the development technique that is most important to your work.  Make sure to include why you believe it is the most important to your work.  This answer may be rooted in genre (poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, drama). 

  Observe the painting on the cover of this book. Free-associate a list of words it suggests to you. Then free write for ten minutes, anything that has occurred to you. 

  Chapter 7- Development and Revision Wednesday Observe the painting on the cover of this book. Free-associate a list of words it suggests to you. Then free write for ten minutes, anything that has occurred to you. Now compare it to the passage passage you wrote for the warm-up of Chapter 1 or first journal writing. Ask yourself, could you use this passage to enrich that earlier piece?    Development and Revision-- Developing a draft  structure research revision editing the workshop identify your best 5 writings - so far Friday key words to know in this chapter Homework for Monday Friday  workshop  bring in a draft for revision or 1-3 short writings 

If you're unable to attend the Amy Leach reading, please watch the Anne Carson reading below. After you've watched the reading, pick a section you liked/found interesting and write a few sentences explaining why you were drawn to this part. Try to use some of the terms we've covered thus far in class, for instance you might talk about her use of imagery, voice, or other craft elements at work here.

  Hi y'all, We hope to see you at this poetry reading by the incredible  Dr. Gabriela Spears-Rico this Friday at 3pm!

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Write a scene or poem about a breakup, a death, a quarrel, or moving away from a place. Start with the event of disconnection but include at least one flashback to the initial connection (i.e. meeting the person for the first time, a bonding moment, or the first memory of a special place). Focus on one good element of the disconnection and one bad one.

Incarnations of Burned Children By David Foster Wallace The Daddy was around the side of the house hanging a door for the tenant when he heard the child's screams and the Mommy's voice gone high between them. He could move fast, and the back porch gave onto the kitchen, and before the screen door had banged shut behind him the Daddy had taken the scene in whole, the overturned pot on the floortile before the stove and the burner's blue jet and the floor's pool of water still steaming as its many arms extended, the toddler in his baggy diaper standing rigid with steam coming off his hair and his chest and shoulders scarlet and his eyes rolled up and mouth open very wide and seeming somehow separate from the sounds that issued, the Mommy down on one knee with the dishrag dabbing pointlessly at him and matching the screams with cries of her own, hysterical so she was almost frozen. Her one knee and the bare little soft feet were still in the steaming pool, and the Daddy

  Write from memory about a moment that defined you. Write about the moment you knew that you were not a kid anymore. Frame it as a story.  This could be the first paragraph of what could become a longer work (as in  Jazz  or  What Belongs to You ) or a self-contained story (as in “The Mother”). Try to convey the story and its conflict(s) using one of the three modes discussed in the textbook: connection/disconnection, a power struggle, or a journey.

Monday Keywords Reading and Discussion: Story as: Journey Power Struggle Connection and Disconnection Free Write: Write a paragraph from memory about a moment that defined you. Write about the moment you knew that you were not a kid anymore. This could be the first paragraph of what could become a longer work (as in  J azz  or  What Belongs to You ) or a self-contained story (as in “The Mother”) .  Try to convey the story and its conflict(s) using one of the three modes discussed in the textbook: connection/disconnection, a power struggle, or a journey. Wednesday  -   READ THESE PRIOR TO CLASS Li-Young Lee  "The Hammock" David Foster Wallace  "Incarnations of Burned Children" Friday Chapter 6 Quiz

Please list two of the keywords and their definitions from Chapter 6 in the comments box. Why did the words you chose stand out to you? Keywords: Conflict Crisis Resolution Protagonist Antagonist Exposition Conflict Complications Crisis Action Falling action (or denouement)

 Story as a Journey The Mother Lydia Davis The girl wrote a story. "But how much better it would be if you wrote a novel," said her mother." The girl built a dollhouse. "But how much better if it were a real house," her mother said. The girl made a small pillow for her father. "But wouldn't a quilt be more practical," said her mother. The girl dug a small hole in the garden. "But how much better if you dug a large hole," said her mother. The girl dug a large hole and went to sleep in it. "But how much better if you slept forever," said her mother. Questions to consider: Where does the protagonist want to go in the story (i.e. what is her desire?) What obstacles does she encounter? What does she do to overcome (or not) the obstacles? Is there a change that occurs in the story? What about for the reader? Story as a Power Struggle What Belongs to You Garth Greenwell That my first encounter with Mitko B. ended in a betrayal, even a