Friday, May 27, 2011

The Flow

sounds
letters
symbols

the symbolic nature of communication takes sounds we form and uses them to represent agreed upon variabes (letters)

ideas
words

ideation: nearly impossible to think the word "elephant" and not get a picture of one in your head

sentences
thoughts

the sentence is a complete unit of thought

paragraphs
arguments

the paragraph is the unit of construction for writers--a series of statements that begins with a proposition and ends with a conclusion

case
essay
story

the essay takes a series of arguments that support a case and arranges them in a pleasing manner with an overall introduction and an overall conclusion

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