Villanueva Questions

Discussion and Journaling

3. This article was much different then all of the other articles we’ve read in class. The entire content was so different than any other; it shows you the power of your personal life experiences. It put your life literally in to your writing and applies a more personable aspect. This can give writings a whole new meaning. It can either cause great understanding to your read or cause tension to your reader. Many different aspects can come into play by using memories in your writings. I really think the memory at the begging of this article made me more interested to read it. This is a very good attention grabber that will draw more readers in. I feel most believe would rather read a personal story over facts and figures.

4. Different authors each telling there different story this in this article gives so much diversity. Its not like reading one article but, many stories pulled into the same paper. At the same time you learn what memory they have, and also how to put your memories in your writing also. Each story brought little facts which came together to be one big idea. I think bringing all these memories together made Villanueva’s come to life.

8. Taking entire race out of writing would leave a void in your writing. Diversity in writing makes the readings better and more interesting. It different types of memories that will make your writing better, it shouldn’t matter who is telling the story as long as you’re listening. Villanueva’s article was very good because of the diversity in the memories.

Applying and Exploring

2. Porter’s idea of intertextuality plays in this piece by all the different memories from different people came together into one amazing article. This important to memoria because this helps your memories blend with the facts and other ideas in the writing. I put my own personal style in my writing so you can tell it’s my writing. My style for writing is very personal and adding stories is the way I write. I feel this draws the reader into your writings and gives you a personal insight on top of that.