Aliyah Sarna | WRIT 2 S20

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For this assignment, I chose to look at "From Lyrics to Sentences" by Cecilia Ramos. The primary source of the piece was the song "Pretty Hurts" by the singer Beyonce. The argument of the piece was that you should practice self-love, regardless of what other people might say. This was relatively easy to point out, as the author identified the message of the song in the introduction paragraph of their essay. According to the author, the audience for the song is meant to be an older audience, one who can understand the complexity of the song's lyrics. The author chose to do a children's book for the genre translation. In order to present the song's message in a way that a child could understand, the author applied commonly found conventions of children's books. The first way they did this was transforming the complex lyricism of the song into more clear, straightforward sentences. Another way the author followed the genre's conventions was by m...

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At first, I wasn't sure how I wanted my genre translation project to go. The first thing I had to do was figure out what topic I would research, which was difficult to pick. The clustering exercise helped me isolate two possible topics to pick from, which then helped me select bioluminescence in marine animals as my research topic. The next step was to decide which genre I would translate my article into. This was another hard decision, but I ultimately chose the genre of children's books, because I felt that it would be the best fit for my topic (while also being fun to do). I then had to search for a scholarly article, which wasn't too hard considering the vast amount of research that's been conducted on the subject. The group project helped me understand the process that would need to be done in the individual translation project in different ways, like how to identify conventions of different sources and how to efficiently sort information from the text. I started...

Article: Quantification of bioluminescence from the surface to the deep sea demonstrates its predominance as an ecological trait For my translation, I am taking a scholarly paper about the prevalence of bioluminescence in marine life and translating it into a children's book. I am aiming for a slightly advanced picture book that is scientific in nature. The intended audience for it would be elementary school kids who have a basic understanding of biology and can recognize scientific terms and naming.  The first few pages are dedicated to introducing the topic of bioluminescence, with the rest of the pages being dedicated to the types of bioluminescent creatures found off the Californian coast. The pages about the different creatures feature a brief amount of writing and a crude drawing of the animal. The writing will be much simpler than the information given in the paper, but will still feature a decent amount of scientific detail. Hard-to-pronounce words will be given pronuncia...

A vampire squid exhibiting bioluminescent traits. Very cool! Article:   Quantification of bioluminescence from the surface to the deep sea demonstrates its predominance as an ecological trait Part 1  The article I chose discusses the prevalence of bioluminescence in marine species among the different depth levels of the ocean, the causes of the bioluminescence, and how it affects them and their ecosystems. This falls into the category of scholarly articles because it exhibits a number of definitive aspects found in the genre. The first thing that fits the genre's conventions is the title, which is functional and descriptive about what the text is discussing. The second thing that identifies its genre is the structure of which the text was published in. It features an abstract, results section, discussion section, materials and methods, acknowledgments, footnotes, and references. Each section is labeled appropriately with titles for each new piece of information that i...

For this activity, I chose clustering over cubing. This was because I initially didn't know what topics I wanted to do my genre translation project on, which made it hard to complete the cubing exercise successfully. I started clustering by first looking at the possible ideas I wanted to explore further. The first topic I came up with was bioluminescence in deep sea fish. Since I enjoy biology and science in general, I thought that this would be a good possible topic. I then found a scholarly article discussing the causes and effects of the bioluminescence, which I categorized as the biological components and the effects on the ocean's ecosystem. The second topic I thought of was the effects that music can have on the brain. Once again, I searched for a scholarly article and found one that discussed the various effects that music can have, along with the potentials of music therapy. The next step I took was thinking of the possible types of genres I could translate the ar...