Music is a huge part of every culture and everyone’s life. It has been around for a really long time and has evolved into so much more throughout history. No matter where you go, you can find a certain genre or type of music that is widely listened to. And there are so many different genres and types of music, to the point where there are too many to list. Everybody likes different kinds of music, from rock, to hip-hop, to country. The same goes for disliking a certain genre of music or artist, everyone dislikes a certain kind of music. In America, I have seen an upward climb in pop and rap music as the most listened to genre of music (I might be wrong, but I hear it about everywhere). I don’t think this is a good or bad thing because there are always going to be changes and shifts in what we like to listen to.

Me personally, I like the genres of rap, rock, edm/chill music (electronic dance music), and some pop.

In particular, for the “rap” genre, I like artists that put meaning behind their lyrics. I don’t really care if their “flows” (speed at which they rap) are slow or fast (just not too fast, I still like to understand what they are saying). I just don’t like when they are singing the lyrics so fast that what they are saying is unintelligible. I also don’t like “mumble rap,” which is what it says it is, they just mumble the lyrics in an incoherent and non-understandable manner, including things such as, sex, money, drugs, and fame, that have no originality, repeat a certain phrase throughout the whole song, and have to have an “ay” or a “ya” in it multiple times (this would be about any rapper with the first name of “lil”). So the artists that I do like would be “G-Eazy”, “Logic”, “J-Cole”, “NF”, and “Mike Shinoda” (more post “Linkin Park”). I like these artists for a couple of reasons: you can understand what they are singing, every song has a relatable or real world meaning behind it (except for the songs that talk about fame and fortune), and what they come up with for the lyrics are intelligent and understandable.

For the “rock” genre, I like bands and artists that not only put real meaning behind the lyrics that they sing, but also the ones that have a good signature sound (you can recognize the band from the start of the song just by the guitar and drum notes). I like about every kind of rock, except for heavy metal (bands like: Metallica, Black Sabbath, and Slipknot). I just can’t get into the loud shouting and heavy, fast, rhythm of those kinds of bands. I like more of the modern alternative rock bands such as: “Twenty-One-Pilots”, “Thirty Seconds To Mars”, “Imagine Dragons”, “Linkin Park”, and  “Red Hot Chili Peppers.” Each of these bands have a good beat, rhythm, and singing, which are obvious reasons for me to like their music.

For the “edm/chill” music genre, I don’t listen to this genre a lot, just when I’m in the mood for it. For example, when I’m just hanging out and have nothing to do (rarely ever happens), when I’m doing my homework for soft background music, or when I am feeling down. It kind of calms you almost when listening to it (hence the name “chill”). Like I said, I am not super familiar with this genre, but some of the artists that I listen to are: “Avicii”, “Martin Garrix”, “Calvin Harris”, “Kaskade”, and “Flux Pavillion.” These are more of the up-beat edm artists, so some of the more “chill” artists that I listen to are: “Emmitt Fenn”, “Billie Eilish”, “Alec Benjamin”, “Marshmello”, and “K. Flay.”

In conclusion, I like basically anything except country, heavy metal, and mumble rap. But this is just what I think, everyone likes their own genre and artists, and that is totally cool, you do you.

Sources:

Conde, Laneige, “10 Chill Music Artists You Haven’t Discovered Yet.” Society19, 25 July 2017, http://www.society19.com/chill-music-artists/.

“Top 10 Best Modern Rock Bands.” Top Ten Types of Roller Coasters – TheTopTens®, http://www.thetoptens.com/best-modern-rock-bands/.

 

Whenever you go to the gym, you tend to see people who are exercising or acting in a way that can be considered a stereotype. I know that I see different stereotypical people whenever I go to the gym, even though it’s not very busy at any given time. People might or might not try to act a certain way in places of exercise.

{These stereotypes are based off of what I have seen and what I have read. Don’t take anything that I write about these people too seriously.}

Here are the different stereotypes of people that use the gym:

The “Personal Trainer”: These people (usually guys), will point out everything that you are doing wrong and show you how to do it right, acting like they know every aspect of every workout, they will probably call you out if you are doing a workout the slightest way wrong; usually doing these things in the middle of your workout.

The “Grunter”: These people grunt after every rep, even if they are lifting the smallest of weights. When you first walk into the gym, you will probably hear them because they aren’t the quietest when they do grunt. I can understand if you are going for a PR for a deadlift because you are actually straining to lift the weights.

The “Singer”: Even worse than the “grunters” are the “singers,” these people sing every song that comes up on their playlist, while wearing headphones mind you, so they just hear music, but the rest of us hear the singing. These people will sing every single song out loud and loudly, even if they don’t know the whole song.

The “Tough Guy”: These guys think they own the gym with their massive biceps and shoulders. They heckle people that can’t lift as much weight as them and make excuses when they can’t lift as much as someone else. They walk as if they have a stick up their butt, act as if their biceps are as wide or wider than every doorway, and are constantly flexing their muscles.

The “Never skip arm day, but have twigs for legs“: These people do what it says they do, they only do workouts that work on their arms and chest. The only goal that they have is to have massive biceps and chests. They can bench about 500 but can only squat 20. Mostly guys that are good at Calisthenics.

The “Never skip leg day, but have noodles for arms”: These people are the opposite of the “arm day only” people. They only do leg workouts and have to show them off in the mirror. They can squat about 500 but can only bench 20. Mostly guys that are fast runners.

The “Mirror Magnet”: These people do more of looking at themselves in the mirror than actually working out. After every set, they have to look at themselves to see if their veins are still sticking out. These people post a “mirror-pic” after every time they workout. They act like they are bodybuilders when, even if they aren’t. They will also compliment themselves a lot.

The “New Years Resolution”: These people plan and promise themselves that they will get on a workout plan on the first day of the new year. They will workout daily for a good week, then stop and get back on their bad diets. You might see these people come as a group, as they are all friends and want to get healthy at the same time.

Sources: 

Atchley, Luke. “10 Classic Stereotypes You’ll See In Every Gym.” Muscle & Strength, 26 June 2015, http://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/10-classic-stereotypes-youll-see-in-the-gym.

 

 

Or rather driver stereotypes depending on which car you own. When it comes to cars and the people that are enthused about them, there are always stereotypes to go by for each person. Some of these stereotypes can be viewed as positive and others can be viewed as negative depending on who is looking at it. I think that in car culture today, only the negative stereotypes seem to come up, which isn’t a good thing. This is a bad thing because it will soon become a turn off for people that want to get into cars, especially kids.

Disclaimer: These are only the most common brands of cars (impossible to list every brand stereotype).

The “Subaru” guy: If you own an Outback (Subaru’s mid-size SUV), you are an “outdoorsy” person that likes to go camping about every weekend, likes to eat a lot of granola bars, likes to go hiking with the family, has a lot of bumper stickers, and brags about how many states they have been to. On the other hand if you own a WRX or STI (Subaru’s sedan with power), you think you are a rally car driver or street racer, you vape a lot, you are in college, you mod your car a lot, and go snowboarding.

The “BMW” guy: These guys think they are the best drivers on the road, are usually rich, are full of themselves, work in an office, plays about every sport, wears pink, knows nothing about cars, can’t afford a Mercedes.

The “Honda” guy: No matter if they drive Integras or Civics, they are Asian guys with spiked hair, like to put “fart cannons” (huge exhausts that go out of the back of the car that sound like a fart when you hit the gas) on their cars, put obnoxious body kits on their cars and claim that it increases speed, learned how to drive from ‘The Fast and Furious’ movies.

The “Chevy” guy: If you have a truck, you love anything American, drive with the Confederate flag hanging off of your truck bed, likes to drink beer, live in the south, likes to put a huge lift kit on the truck with an obnoxiously big “smoke stack.” If you have a Corvette, you are a retired middle/upper class guy, likes to go golfing any day of the week, wears aviators to look “badass,” loves America, hates anything Ford, smokes a cigar, and wants the power of a supercar but not the expense of one.

The “Ford” guy: If you have a truck, you love anything American, loves to drive through the mud, hates Chevy, a farmer, likes to drink beer, watches football every Sunday, and only wears jeans. If you have a Mustang, you run into crowds whenever your trying to show off or making an exit from a car meet, fresh out of high school, likes to brag about how much horsepower they have under the hood, and likes to do burnouts.

The “Dodge” guy: If you have a truck, you love anything American, live on a farm, wear a basic country guy outfit (flannel shirt, Levi jeans, cowboy hat and boots), has a chocolate lab (dog), likes to rev the truck so ALOT of diesel smoke (the black smoke that comes out of trucks) comes out, and chews tobacco. If you have a Challenger/Charger, you like to burn the tires every time you take the car out, are “tough guys,” likes to use the drag strip, likes to own a boat (the size of the car is often compared to a boat), and listens to country or rock music.

The “Mercedes” guy: If you are young and have this brand of car, you are a snot-nosed brat, uses parents money instead of getting a job, goes to Harvard, drive like you own the road, wears designer everything, and has rich parents. If you are older, you are a rich guy that has a super-car for every day of the week, owns a company, likes to go golfing, has a wife that is 20 years younger than you, and likes to go gambling.

Sources:

“These Are The Top 5 Most Accurate Car And Owner Stereotypes.” CarBuzz, carbuzz.com/news/these-are-the-top-5-most-accurate-car-and-owner-stereotypes.

Yang, Stephanie. “15 Cars And Common Stereotypes About Who Drives Them.” Theclever, Theclever, 11 May 2017, http://www.theclever.com/15-cars-and-common-stereotypes-about-who-drives-them/.

 

When I see a picture or a video, no matter what platform it’s on (Instagram, TV, or magazines), that takes place in this almost surreal place, I get the feeling of “I wish I could go there,” because they usually make it look so “attractive” (like a dream vacation spot). These pictures usually have a filter or something on them, but they still look like amazing places to visit. There are so many cool-looking places on this blue globe that can be visited and explored even.

Here is a list of the many different places that I would like to visit:

Western Europe: When I say “Western Europe,” I mean places like England, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, France, etc. To be specific I would like to visit England (U.K. rather), Germany, France, Switzerland, and Spain. I would like to visit England to see London and all of its monuments and famous places (the London Bridge, Big Ben, Ferris Wheel, Buckingham Palace). I would like to visit Ireland to see the culture and countryside. I would like to visit Germany to see the historical locations and it’s culture (mainly because I am about 40%; according to Ancestry anyway), this includes war-time locations (Berlin Wall, Dachau, Eagles Nest), castles, and different villages. I would like to visit France to see Paris and the Eiffel Tower, as well as Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Cliffs of Etretat, D-day beaches, and the French Alps. I would like to visit Spain to see the Spanish coast, the different unique houses, the Canary Islands, and the F1 tracks. I would like to go to Switzerland to see the villages of Zermatt, Lauterbrunnen, and Matterhorn, St. Moritz, the Swiss Alps, and Lake Geneva.

Bora Bora, Tahiti/Bali, Indonesia: I would like to visit Bora Bora to see the jungle, lagoons, and the shacks that you see when you look at pictures of this place. The warm climate is another thing that I would like to experience and seeing the bright blue water. I would like to stay here for a day or two, take some pictures, chill in a hammock, and head out. I would like to go to Bali to see the temples, rice paddies, and beaches as well. I would probably do the same thing that I said for Bora Bora.

Japan: I would like to go to Japan to see the car culture, Tokyo, ancient temples, the Cherry Blossom trees, bamboo jungles, and Mount Fuji. Even though I don’t know a thing about the Japanese language, I would still like to visit the country. The culture looks so different and unique as well as the deep history behind it (from samurais to WWII).

Russia: I would like to visit Russia to see the culture, landmarks, how cold it is, and the big cities/small towns. The main places I would like to visit in-country would be the Kremlin, the Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, Lake Baikal, Hermitage Museum, Siberia, and Moscow. I would like to see the differences in population, landscape, and what they think of Americans, to the United States as they are our “rivals.”

In other words, I would like to travel to a lot of different places and see what they have to offer. I have only ever traveled to different states inside the country and that was just by car. The U.S. has a lot to offer for cool travel spots, but it’s only one part of the globe.

Sources:

Lily, et al. “10 Top Tourist Attractions in Russia.” Touropia, 12 July 2012, http://www.touropia.com/tourist-attractions-in-russia/.

“15 Best Tropical Vacations; PlanetWare.” PlanetWare.com, http://www.planetware.com/seychelles/best-tropical-vacations-sey-1-12.htm.

Morton, Caitlin, et al. “50 Things to Do in Europe At Least Once in Your Life.” Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2018, http://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2015-04-03/50-things-to-do-in-europe-before-you-die-germany-italy-france-greece.

 

 

 

When looking to modify your car, you need to take into consideration what you want for the car; either functional or cosmetic/aesthetic. If you are going for functional modifications, you are wanting to put or replace parts on the car that have an actual reason or purpose for being there. These mods are to benefit or to allow the car to perform better. But if you are going for cosmetic mods, it’s just that, to look eye-catching and add personality to your car. So this would be splitters, wings, under-glow, paint color (body and rims), and widebody kits.

A list of functional modifications and their purpose (benefits):

Upgraded exhaust system: it gives you more power by reducing back pressure, can improve your fuel economy by regulates how much gas is being “exhausted,” and changes the sound that comes out of the exhaust (which is more personal preference than functionality).

Upgraded brakes: it gives you a quicker stop time by the pads having a lot more traction on the rotors, improves the durability of the whole braking system by it allowing more airflow to cool down the heat created by friction of the pads, rotors, and brake lines; meaning that you don’t have to replace them as often as you would with the factory brakes.

Upgraded Tires and Rims: Tires; it gives you more traction (depending on which tire tread you get and what conditions you are driving in) by the tread creating less friction between the road and tire (meaning you have less wheel spin) and it gives you greater stopping ability because tire tread sticks to the road better than factory tires. It can also be aesthetically pleasing if you get tires with white lettering on them (it makes the car pop more). Rims; about the only functional benefit of upgraded rims are, it saves weight if you get a lighter material of rim (making the car faster).

Upgraded suspension system: if you go with coil-overs (looks like a coil), you get a better/more comfortable ride when driving, allows you to lower your car from the factory set ride height (more aerodynamic), and are usually more durable when they are put on a lighter car. If you have a heavier duty vehicle you would want to go with a rigid axle suspension system, this is made for taking on more weight when loaded up; basically for trucks.

Upgraded fuel system: this usually means getting a flex fuel kit (or a totally different fuel system if you are swapping the motor out), this allows you to get more efficiency out of your motor by burning whatever proportion of mixture is in its combustion chamber. If you fill up with a premium gas (91 octane or higher), you will get better engine performance, same or better fuel efficiency of 87 octane (regular gas), and less wear and tear on the engine, but at the cost of higher price per gallon, it’s also just as bad for the environment as regular gas. If you fill up with E-85 (Ethanol=corn syrup made for vehicles), you will get better engine performance, a cheaper price per gallon, and less environmental harm, but at the cost of less fuel efficiency, possibility of engine damage because it absorbs dirt easily, and less of a chance that a gas station will have that type of fuel.

Sources:

“4 Reasons to Upgrade Your Exhaust System.” American Muffler, 13 Jan. 2016, http://www.browardcountymufflers.com/4-reasons-upgrade-exhaust-system/.

“Flex Fuel Vehicles: Advantages and Disadvantages.” CarsDirect, http://www.carsdirect.com/green-cars/flex-fuel-vehicles-advantages-and-disadvantages.

Being consistently healthy has been a staple of what people want to achieve, but still many people don’t even try to start the journey of becoming consistently healthy. People seem to have the motivation to start being healthy, but for only a couple days or a week at a time. I remember when I did this a lot back in about 7th and 8th grade when I was not that healthy, although I was in a couple of sports, participated actively in gym class, and went on bike rides, I wasn’t eating healthy which was the missing piece of the “being healthy puzzle.” I think the reason for my unhealthy eating habits was because of the that I was eating was food that was good (tasted good) but not good for you. I then started taking health classes when I got to freshman year in high school, which were required, and I started to notice and identify what was healthy and what wasn’t. This was then followed by a chain reaction of new habits. The first of these habits was eating foods that didn’t have the “red flag ingredients” (as my teacher called it), the second habit was working out a couple days out of the week (being active), and the third was watching my weight.

All of these habits were combined and maximized by about the beginning of sophomore year, I was working out about every day out of the week, eating more healthy foods and cutting every food that I deemed unhealthy, and checking my weight about every day. But this soon started to affect my life too much, I took it a bit too far; I refused to eat out, if I didn’t work out every day, I was unhappy with myself, and if I wasn’t a certain weight, I had to workout. I soon realized that I was taking it too far when my parents started to notice it, more explaining that it is good to be healthy but it is also good to be happy with yourself too. So I thought about it and ultimately agreed with them; I gave myself a “cheat day,” I still worked out about every day (except Friday and Saturday), and was happy with my weight. To this day I still eat healthy (but allowing myself to eat a couple of unhealthy foods each week), and work out as much as I can (not everyday).

In conclusion I think that (through experience) being healthy means being happy with your physical and mental condition without getting too carried away with what and how much you eat. If you work out often (even a couple days out of the week) and stay away from the crappy foods, you will be fine. Worry enough about your health, to the point that it keeps you motivated to stay healthy, but don’t worry too much, to the point where you feel discouraged and feel like you cant ever achieve a certain look or physical state.

Sources:

“7 Great Reasons Why Exercise Matters.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 13 Oct. 2016, http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/exercise/art-20048389.

“19 Reasons to Exercise.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, http://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201205/19-reasons-exercise.

Car Culture is the term us car enthusiasts use to describe the environment and scene in which we like to look at and meet different cars and different people alike. “Urban Dictionary” describes it as, “the obsession of teens, or adults, with cars.” There are all different aspects of car culture, for example: “tuning,” “modifying,” “car meets,” “racing,” and the array of cars you see at car meets and expos. There are different car cultures for different countries and even states/cities, for example the Japanese car culture is different from American car culture in that it’s mostly (not all) muscle vs tuner/import.

American car culture consists of a lot of muscle cars (camaro, mustang, charger, firebird) either the classics or the newest generation of muscle cars. It also focuses more on the amount of horsepower and torque that you have under the hood than the aesthetics or tuning of the actual car, this is in most cases that I have seen from stereotypes, tv, on the street, movies, and magazines. I do have to say that in my generation, you see a lot more imported cars in America, than say the 70’s-80’s.

Japanese car culture on the other hand (from my limited knowledge because of me not actually living in Japan, and not seeing a lot of their cars) seems to focus more on tuning and aesthetically modifying the cars (as you can see by the picture above, cars have underglow, and body kits). At these meets you would see mostly cars from the 90s and early 00’s (GTR’s, Supra’s, Evo’s, Rx7’s), as they are respected and have a deep history with the country and culture (it makes sense because most of these cars are made/manufactured in country). Just as you aren’t going to see many imported cars at American car meets, you aren’t going to see many muscle cars at Japanese car meets.

(“2013 SEMA Show – Super Street Magazine.” SuperStreetOnline, 13 Feb. 2014, http://www.superstreetonline.com/event-coverage/car-shows/1403-2013-sema-show/.)

One event in which you will see a whole variety of cars and people would be one of the biggest car shows in the world called SEMA, which is annual and located in Las Vegas. Even though I have never been there (I will hopefully be able to in the near future), I have seen videos and pictures of it and it looks huge. I would assume that there is about every type of car in there (including other vehicles), and it would be a great experience for people that want to get into cars or people that like cars already.

Knowledgeable drivers are like knowledgeable readers in that they basically think in the same ways, the driver thinks, “I thought that all drivers knew that the left lane is for the faster cars or people that seem to be in a rush by driving their cars faster than other people.” That’s when it comes to driving, but when it comes to writing/reading, the reader has a similar mentality, “I thought that all writers knew that outside sources should be introduced, punctuated, and cited according to a set of writing standards.” The reasons that are concluded for the “slow driver” or the “mistaken writer” is that they either don’t know the generally accepted practices (rules) set by the US or they know these guidelines but just don’t care enough to follow or use them. It is almost inevitable that writers make mistakes when citing sources at some point, so it is also inevitable that the readers catch the mistakes and make it known to everyone else, labeling these “mistakes” as “annoyances.”

These are the main annoyances that the author writes about that are seen often and the fixes he has for them (pg. 244-254):

1. Dropping in a quotation without explaining the background first before you put it in. Fix: State who or where the quote came from and showing how the readers should interpret it.
2. Starting or ending a paragraph with a quotation. Fix: Basically the same fix for number one so the reader sees a reason for it being in the text.
3. Using too many quotes in a row. Fix: Return to each quotation and decide what the reason of it being there is and mix it in nicely with the material that you have to work with.
4. Not fitting a quotation  into the type of grammar of the previous or post sentence (s). Fix: Read the essay out loud to someone and if you have trouble reading the quotation, you need to adjust the lead-in sentence to make the two fit together well enough to understand and not get confused.
5. There isn’t a connection between the first letter of a parenthetical citation (a citation in parenthesis) and the first letter of a works cited entry. Fix: Make sure that the first word of the works cited entry is the word you use in your in-text citation (doing this every time).
6. Dropping in a citation without making it clear what information came form that source. Fix: Include specific words and phrases that tell the reader what information came from where, in the sentences that come before the citation.

In Conclusion: The “annoyances” that are listed above are to be thought of as signals for the readers to see what the writers intentions are, like when a knowledgeable driver uses their turn signals to show what the intentions are to other drivers. This article will be interpreted differently from reader to reader, just like every other article that is out there. You see it all of the time, some readers are picky and complain or point out every mistake the writer makes, and other readers will be “happy skimmers” that look past the errors, not caring about the smallest of things, just enjoying the article.

The concept of reading like a writer is both an easy and hard concept to show how to do. On the one hand, it’s easy because you can just tell people different ways you can read like a writer, for example, to look for a sentence structure, a theme, and the authors emotions. And on the other hand, it is difficult to explain because every story or book or article is different from one another by using and showing different techniques and styles of reading and writing. This author (of the article) does a well enough job of explaining how to read like a writer, for us to get the main points and things you can do to read like a writer. Although it might not seem like it, you are picking up and learning new writing techniques shown by the author every time you read a story, this can be shown through obvious or minimalistic techniques of writing. Each author is different from one another (even though some do use others techniques); they each have their own “brand” or “style” of writing and telling a story. When you start reading like a writer, you start to see more than what’s on the surface; this author explains it as, “trying to understand how the piece of writing was put together by the author and what can be learned about writing by reading a particular text.” -(Mike Bunn, “How To Read Like A Writer,” Pg. 72, Line 10-12.)

When you read like a writer, you have the ability to put yourself in the “authors shoes,” and see through their perspective on what they are writing and what/why they make the choices in their writing that they do. The goal when you are in this perspective is to find the most important choices that the writer makes that is represented in the article or piece of a text. I think that when I read through this article more and more, I pick up on the little/subtle writing techniques that this particular author chooses to use. For example the spacing of paragraphs when he makes a main point, the line breaks, and the wording that he uses when describing something. Discussing this article in class definently  brought some aspects, in which I hadn’t recognized, to the table. For example we came up with some different interpretations of what the article was trying to get across (obviously how to read like a writer, but deeper than that). For me, in general, I read assigned articles a lot differently than books that I read for fun. I tend to just read through it and pick out main ideas for the assigned piece, or whatever the assignment asks for. For the books, I tend to read it through the voice and perspective of the main characters (and all of the other characters if they have first person lines) and get a picture of what the environment is based on how it is described in the story. Sometimes if a book is based on a movie or vice versa, I look up what the actors/actresses look like and use that as the imagined look of the character in the book.

Summary: In this article the author explains to us ways in which to read like a writer. They do this by explaining an aspect of reading like a writer through each paragraph under different headings. Writing is a meticulous, step by step process that every author has to go through with every story, book, or article that they write. Each author seems to have their special or particular style/techniques that are shown through reading each story. No two authors are the same when it comes to writing, their format may be similar, but the way they tell their stories are never the same. When you read like a writer you pick up on these things in which you can interpret it in any way you want because not only are writers different from each other, readers are too. Every person that reads the books or articles interpret it differently, but you can go even further when you start reading like a writer.

Main Ideas and Terms:

1.) Everybody interprets and analyzes stories, or in this case paragraphs, differently.

2.) Writing is ever changing and ever growing too with time.

1.) Gaelic: relating to the Celtic language of Scotland.

2.) Topographical map: a map that shows a particular places’ natural and man-made features (usually landscape).

3.) Castaway: A person that has been stranded in an isolated place (usually islands and by shipwreck).

4.) Continental Islands: An island that is near or associated with a continent (IE: British Isles).

5.) Oceanic Islands: Islands that rise from the ocean floor due to seismic or volcanic activity (IE: Mariana Islands).

Analysis: I think that these articles kind of go hand in hand, in that “how to read like a writer” gives us ways on how to well, read like a writer, and the article of “…..And by Islands, I mean paragraphs,” gives us a kind of test/challenge to read like a writer. So the first article gives us a “road-map” of sorts for reading like a writer and the second article gives us an actual “map” that is for our many different interpretations of it using different techniques shown from the first article. To be honest I read both of these articles like a “reader” and not a “writer” because first of all, I didn’t even know that reading like a writer was a thing, and second of all, because I read articles for a class differently than I read a book for fun. Both articles made me confused a bit, but the “…..And by Islands, I mean paragraphs” article confused me a lot more than the “How to read like a Writer” article because at least the first article had details and paragraphs of information behind it, rather than the islands article having no background information, steps, instructions, and the ever changing paragraphs. But overall I would have to say that the second article engaged me more because it wasn’t like a normal article like the first article and it was the first time I have seen an article that was set up like that.