Thlog 5

This week was all about moves. What is a move exactly? It’s a technique or trick that someone repeats, whether it’s MJ making a move to the hoop or Janet Boyd addressing the reader as “you.” Some of my moves are: I usually find a way to state the main idea of my first two or three paragraphs into my thesis; I try to work in quotes in a way that it flows with the sentence; I like to use semicolons when bringing up an example; and I tend to insert important vocabulary words and phrases when I can, but not so much that it becomes repetitive. These are some of the “moves” I make when I am writing. I make a conscious decision to make these “moves” because I think that it strengthens my writing. Moves are what makes my writing unique to myself and separates me from other writers, and I make my argument by using specific moves whether it is a research essay or a writing project. Obviously I use different moves in each of those pieces of writing because I am writing for a different purpose. Context determines what moves I use; for example, I can address you, the reader, with the phrase “you,” but in a research essay I would never use the word “you,” instead I would write “one” or “someone.” In a sense writing in different contexts requires different moves to create the tone of your writing.