Blog #5 Porter

Summary: 
In his article Porter talks a lot about how the community perceives writing and "plagiarism." He describes in his article about originality in writings and how readers are expecting writers to be original and not use anyone else words or ideas. He also breaks down plagiarism and tells us his idea of how we all do not get our ideas from ourselves. Although we may be writing a paper about our ideas, we have received our ideas because of others. Porter makes plagiarism rules sound too "harsh." He even explains how Thomas Jefferson was not original. He also talks about intertextual that is a text that has his ideas that are from other texts. It is sort of like "borrowing" others work and putting it in your own. Porter really breaks down his idea on how texts are perceived by the readers and what techniques authors use to create a feeling or a mindset for the readers.

QD#4:
This is a hard question to answer because I am, in no means, a good writer or evaluate. When I look at a writing I usually look for the obvious grammar mistakes and if the paper is laid out in a good manner. I also look at how the point is giving in the paper and if he or she has hit all the key spots that they were supposed to. I think evaluating with acceptability in mind is very different from how I have done before and also how others have. I think it is taking evaluating to a whole different level, but in a positive way.

AE#1:
I cannot think of other commercial or advertisements that use intertextual ways. Songs now and days are HUGE on "borrowing" old or used songs in their own tract. The song by Pitbull, "Back in Time," is one example I am thinking of where he uses the tract from the movie Dirty Dancing. In his song he is trying to bring in history an a classic old movie to portray his point, "Bringing back time."

Opinions:
I at first had no idea what Porter was talking about. It all was like spanish to me. I started to sort of get the idea when he was talking about intertextual ways authors use to make something seem more dramatic or perceived in a different way. I did like this article because, for some reason, I was relating to my sociology class and the way we perceive things just by how they are placed or put. Although I am still confused by some things he said so I am hoping tomorrows class will help me understand more.