Quiz 1 Flashcards
(15 cards)
When writing a story it needs _________
Clear point about why it matters.
“Literacy: A Lineage” by __________ & 3 names
Melanie Luken
- Kipling
- Housman
- Eliot
“The Look” by _______
Larry Lehna
“Should Everybody Write?” by
Dennis Barron
“Should Everybody Write?”
More writers means more ideas, more to read.
What could be more democratic?
“Should Everybody Write?”
Socrates warned that writing was __________
just a shadow of speech
“Should Everybody Write?”
At best, writing is nothing but a mnemonic - define
A device used such as a pattern of letters or ideas to help assist to remember something.
“Should Everybody Write?”
When writing came on the scene _________
Very few can read and fewer could even write.
“Should Everybody Write?”
The printing press is what type of technology?
A copying technology, not a text creating technology.
“Should Everybody Write?”
Not until the 19th century did literacy in England reach about ______
70%
“Should Everybody Write?”
What are the 2 groups of the literate population?
- Functional Literates
2. Literati
“Should Everybody Write?”
What did the Functional Literates do?
The writers in this group were the copiers, not the creators of text.
“Should Everybody Write?”
What did the Literati do?
Smaller group whose station in life allowed them to appreciate and exploit a higher education, to create texts, and to consume texts with some sort of higher-order understanding than the ordinary people.
Founder of Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg
Who said, “You have zero privacy anyway, get over it.”
Scott McNealy
