The diagram that I chose would help someone trying to learn more about volcanoes’ structures. The picture of it uses different colors to represent the different parts of the volcano and the substances that make it up. There is text on the diagram; each section of text is connected to the part of the volcano it is describing by a straight line. Even if a paragraph descriptively tells how the volcano works and explains its parts, a diagram gives the reader a better visual of what the construction of the volcano looks like. It helps someone who is reading it to mentally put things where they belong on the volcano. That is one way making a diagram may help one when before writing. If one would make a diagram before starting a piece, it could be helpful organizational tool. Or, if one includes a diagram in his or her writing, it may help to get the point across by showing the reader something visual, just as a speaker may have a visual aide when presenting a speech. When a writer is writing, he or she may not be able to explain the topic as a speaker can while giving a speech. Speakers can talk with their hands and make gestures; however, because pieces of writing can be understood differently, writers must be concise. If they include diagrams in their writing, they can use them to help readers visually absorb the information they are trying to share a little easier because they are not standing physically there in person to explain themselves. This is why diagrams need to have some sort of a focus. Whether it be used for organization or visual. The diagram of the volcano is visual. I’m not completely sure what this all has to do with writing. Like I said before, diagrams can be helpful when starting to write. They also may help the reader understand a concept better, so maybe that is why our teacher Josh Ware had us write a three hundred word response.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Diagrams
The diagram that I chose would help someone trying to learn more about volcanoes’ structures. The picture of it uses different colors to represent the different parts of the volcano and the substances that make it up. There is text on the diagram; each section of text is connected to the part of the volcano it is describing by a straight line. Even if a paragraph descriptively tells how the volcano works and explains its parts, a diagram gives the reader a better visual of what the construction of the volcano looks like. It helps someone who is reading it to mentally put things where they belong on the volcano. That is one way making a diagram may help one when before writing. If one would make a diagram before starting a piece, it could be helpful organizational tool. Or, if one includes a diagram in his or her writing, it may help to get the point across by showing the reader something visual, just as a speaker may have a visual aide when presenting a speech. When a writer is writing, he or she may not be able to explain the topic as a speaker can while giving a speech. Speakers can talk with their hands and make gestures; however, because pieces of writing can be understood differently, writers must be concise. If they include diagrams in their writing, they can use them to help readers visually absorb the information they are trying to share a little easier because they are not standing physically there in person to explain themselves. This is why diagrams need to have some sort of a focus. Whether it be used for organization or visual. The diagram of the volcano is visual. I’m not completely sure what this all has to do with writing. Like I said before, diagrams can be helpful when starting to write. They also may help the reader understand a concept better, so maybe that is why our teacher Josh Ware had us write a three hundred word response.
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Hey Melissa! This is Brandon Schlautman commenting on your blog. Anyways, I'd have to say I definitely agree with your thoughts about conveying ideas to an audience using both by speaking and by writing. They do both of the up and downsides. It can sometimes be easier to relay a message to another by speaking, but it is also more formal and polite to write about something to get your point across. This is a good connection to diagramming. Diagramming is also an appropriate way to express an idea. They are much more useful than simply writing or speaking when expressing spacial or visual ideas.It is much easier to show someone visually where something is, what it looks like, or how it works than to explain it orally or through writing. As for your volcano, I'd say that your description of its purpose is accurate. It is definitely an effective learning tool helpful in building understanding of volcanoes. What do you think about applying diagrams to virtual environments? I didn't really understand what either was enough to be able to come up with ramifications about it. The only thing that I thought of was the possibility of displaying a diagram as fact when it is actually a joke or meant to teach something that is not actually true. Brainwashing people to believe false information.
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