Argument Is War By Barbara Tomlinson
Revision is arguably considered by Tomlinson one of the most important steps in a paper and can be very effective, if done right. In Tomlinson’s article, she uses several different revision metaphors to describe ways that a writer can approach revision. For myself, I could describe revision as, “Revision is fishing.” Revision is fishing because fishing involves finding the right bait to use and finding the best spot to fish. My type of revision is very much like this because I always try to find the best ideas and the best ways to express them. In addition, I will also apply the idea of metaphors and how our conceptual system works from George Lakoff and Mark Johnson’s article “argument is war” to Barbara Tomlinson’s idea of revision into this
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Revision is refining ore is a very simple process as it involves taking out large chunks of an essay, which is quick and easy. Refining ore is seen as explosive and aggressive, so typically people who like this method are more aggrieve in their papers and tend to take more risks. Tomlinson uses evidence from James Dickey to describe this process; “James Dickey, when drawing an analogy between his writing process and refining ore, is actually describing a process of revision as-reformulation: rather than focusing on the discovery of the “ore,” his material, he is concerned with attempts to transform that material into a more valuable commodity” (61). This is a very interesting way to look at refining ore for revision. In this case, the essay is something that is drafted and “discovered” and as the reader, we need to “refine” it and alter it to make the “metal” valuable and pretty. Revision is refining ore enriches that it has the ability to make a paper more valuable and pretty by “refining the ore” and that it drifts from the many other methods of small changes, whereas Revision is refining ore constrains the ability to make small changes and to go slow. A positive to this type of revision is that it allows the reader take out large parts that they may not want to spend lots of time on, but some negatives include that you may “destroy” important text they may later realize they needed and that the writer may have to “dig” for the ore they are looking for. This process may be quick and easy to do or it may take a long time because of the constant “blowing up” of text from the
Revision is refining ore is a very simple process as it involves taking out large chunks of an essay, which is quick and easy. Refining ore is seen as explosive and aggressive, so typically people who like this method are more aggrieve in their papers and tend to take more risks. Tomlinson uses evidence from James Dickey to describe this process; “James Dickey, when drawing an analogy between his writing process and refining ore, is actually describing a process of revision as-reformulation: rather than focusing on the discovery of the “ore,” his material, he is concerned with attempts to transform that material into a more valuable commodity” (61). This is a very interesting way to look at refining ore for revision. In this case, the essay is something that is drafted and “discovered” and as the reader, we need to “refine” it and alter it to make the “metal” valuable and pretty. Revision is refining ore enriches that it has the ability to make a paper more valuable and pretty by “refining the ore” and that it drifts from the many other methods of small changes, whereas Revision is refining ore constrains the ability to make small changes and to go slow. A positive to this type of revision is that it allows the reader take out large parts that they may not want to spend lots of time on, but some negatives include that you may “destroy” important text they may later realize they needed and that the writer may have to “dig” for the ore they are looking for. This process may be quick and easy to do or it may take a long time because of the constant “blowing up” of text from the