Personal Narrative: My Use Of Emoticons

I experienced my pop culture moment when I was a senior at my high school. My transportation to go to my school was buses. I took the same buses to school from freshman year, but I have never noticed what I notice in my senior year. Every morning I wake up to go to school at 8 a.m. I would see people going to work, schools etc. but one day I notice there was a group of white women who is going to their work wearing sari (sari is a garment which is long and usually it’s draped around women’s body. Asian women mostly wear it). I found that very odd because they didn’t look like to me that they would know anything about the roots of sari or the culture. I thought they were mocking the culture because the saris that they wearing weren’t 100% correct. I used to see them wearing traditional Indian cloth and I

A graphic novel has a unique way of telling a story. Instead of using paragraphs, it uses pictures and panels. In each panel there is one picture, each picture may or may not contain a speech bubble, emanata or caption. A speech bubble allows the reader to know who is talking and what their saying, meanwhile a caption makes a direct connection by speaking directly to the reader. An emanata allows the reader to know what is going on in the character's head. Some common examples are '?' to indicate confusion, 'ZZZ' to tell the reader that the character is sleeping, and symbols such as '#@$%#' to symbolize a character's anger.

Emoticons are described by Truss as something that should be avoided at all cost. She specifically states, “not

It wasn’t till she asked “How does it feel not being able break down the morals of the story given to you?” I said that it made me sad and frustrated because I wanted to succeed and do my best and it felt like I am letting my family down. After that she told me you see what you just did right there, you told me how you felt without hesitation or over thinking the question. After she explained that to me it became easier for me and I felt proud and accomplished that I understood reading and writing on all sides of the cylinder. When I was going to school my teachers always praised me about my work and how I always did great in class. Another problem started to develop though; I started to get scared because a lot of people saw me as the odd ball of the class because I was all about my business and my work when I went to

My memoir, “Terror in Target”, was one of my favorite writing assignments from this year. My writing voice in the story sounds like the words came through a cable hooked up to my brain. I held nothing back, making every thought funny and brutally honest. I believe that was the best part of my writing overall. I included thoughts that I’m sure I had when I was seven years old and took the reader and myself back to 2008 Target. However, I also noted many errors that could have been easily been fixed. At the time of birth, I don’t think I really cared about the grammar or flow of the story; I just cared about getting the story out in a fun and enjoyable way. As I reread my story, I changed things and fixed errors, revealing that I had grown into the mind of an editor of my own work. I found that my writing was strong in

They lighten up the mood. This helps the reader of the text or email a view of how the writer is feeling. It shows emotion, about whatever the text is referred to. Harry Guinness from the article “An emoji to English dictionary: emoji faces, meanings and explain” discusses that “text needs to have emoticons in order to set the tone of a statement or question” so it makes sense that even simple emoji’s can change a mood in a text message. The unspoken mood that can be within a text message doesn’t just stop at periods or any punctuation at that matter. Lastly Collister studies the chances of “too casual” users might be crippling their writing skills. The studies were to show If someone is constantly writing in improper sentences within their text messages or emails will they begin to lack the proper writing skills? According to Collister “Situational code-switching in spoken language has shown that a person’s ability to code-switch that regardless of who the person is texting the user should use proper sentences and English.” That way you never begin to lack the basic writing skills, it’s just a good habit rather than neglect

For example, a simple thought bubble in place of speech can communicate that upon realizing a piece of information, a person decides to keep their knowledge of it a secret. “My grandpa was a prince”, written in swirly childish lettering, accompanied by a picture of an angry lion holding a sword, a smiling sun and a man riding an elephant all serve to provide insight into the comically infantile perspective a young developing mind might still hold. Certainly, the use of artwork with text provides a uniquely immersive experience for readers, but that is not to say that there are no drawbacks either. At times, this simplification becomes apparent, and the victories or losses experienced by characters come across as

The outcome of my behavioral contract was kind of disappointing to me. When I first started this contract I wanted to get at least seven hours of sleep at night. I wanted to make this change because I thought if I got more sleep, I would feel more awake in the morning. The first week start out because I had no homework that week and I only had to go to basketball practice. So I felt exhausted when I got home and feel asleep easily. After the first week I was really happy on how much sleep I got that week. I thought the next seven weeks were going to be easy. The second week and third I got more than 7 hours of sleep a night. those weeks were not really that busy for me. I barely had any school work to do and the only thing I had to do was to

Last night, my Hatchery broke for the third time. Although I am rather displeased with the update as well as the response I received from Backflip concerning the update, this email specifically pertains to the major obstruction that I am experiencing with my Hatchery! Since I have been through this twice before, I recognized the signs; instantly, I had a sinking feeling. While trying to breed the Pisceia Dragon, I had two long “fails” breeding in each cave. However, I had to make sure that I was correct so I could notify you. Therefore, I had to spend Gems to clear the shorter of the two "fails" then I bred my two earth dragons until I confirmed that my hatchery was indeed broken. By the way, one of the “fails” was a Rainbow Dragon and I believe the other was a Mistral Dragon.

You may be wondering how emojis can better your writing in any way. These funny figures do more than just provide something to laugh at when writing. The article “Should that frown be upside down? Emojis make the meaning clear” mentions the introduction of emojis in the dictionary while also covering this topic. In the article,

Emojis are weakening our ability to read and write. An article published by the Newsela staff, “When the Oxford English Dictionary declared an emoji its 2015 word of the year, people scratched their heads,” explores how emojis in this generation have been taking over our ability to read and write. According to the Newsela staff, Move this online, where emails, text messages and instant messages, mostly allow us to communicate with words, and you can see how messages can lose their meaning or be misinterpreted.” Thus meaning, where emojis can be used, it will lower our grammatical intellect drastically.

"It was horrible and there is no way I'm going back tomorrow!" I exclaimed to my mother. I felt that I had done every possible thing wrong and was greatly embarrassed by it. I explained to her all of my mixed emotions and recounted everything that had gone on. As I talked, I realized

My response to the article of the week “Should that frown be upside down? Emojis make the meaning clear by Tracey Lien”. Is emojis should not be used in the Oxford dictionary it’s not helping the English language. Instead of taking into a new world of grammar where everyone is well educated it taking us back when people were not. How would you fill if you go in time when the Indian removal was happening there gesture is only a frowny face because they are being removed from their land. They are not speaking just showing their emotions with a picture it might not be the same nowadays, but still if you are taking to someone speak to them actually right something in your text. Don't just said a picture of pancakes when someone asks you what you

During the time in which I joined the university to begin my bachelor, there was not a first composition class. I never studied writing in a separate class. So, I immediately started reading literature. I immediately began reading some of William Wordsworth pieces. Honestly, I was preferring to join a major that is specialized in English just as a language, but because the nearest college to my town does not have such major I joined their English literature department. I am saying this to clarify that, in the past, I was not very interested in writing.

Things that are quickly adopted are likely to quickly disappear. Emojis fit so seamlessly into the way we communicate that linguists believe they are here to stay.