through the modern era in which we live in we have made many innovations and inventions which have allowed us as a society to communicate freely and quickly with each over and with these innovations we have also as a society we have now demanded for more speed when it comes to communication due to things such as for example laziness or haste and through are demand for such things we have developed are own language to almost keep up with these innovations and through this we have created a new wide arrange of new terms and devices to aid are need for speed and brevity in are new era of communication.
one example of one device in which we use to aid brevity in our new form of text language is a new form of use of punctuation mainly used for emphasis on a point for example “next I got art, courseworks long!!” in this case the communicator is trying to emphasise that something is long but by adding two exclamation marks which makes the receiver understand in greater detail of his feelings towards the subject of his text which aids brevity in the way that if the communicator wanted to make the precipitant understand this true feelings on the subject matter using proper English he would go into detail about why it is long but by using simple punctuation he has made his true feelings on the subject matter this aids brevity in the way that now the communicator does not have to explain his true feelings or explain the emphisis on the subject all this person needs to do is use punctuation in way to show this emphasis this is one device which we have created to aid brevity in text communication.
February 3, 2013 at 4:36 pm
This is good. To break it down a little more, think to yourself with every example:
1) What is being done
2) What EFFECT does this have?
3) Where does this effect come from?
4) What conclusion can be drawn about the way text messaging works?
So, for your example of “long!!” you could say:
1) The person texting is emphasising the time and boredom they experience doing their art coursework by using the idiom ‘long’ and repeating the use of the exclamation mark.
2) The effect is that the reader gets a clear sense that the writer is unimpressed with the coursework demands
3) This is achieved because the exclamation marks suggest the way the word would have been said in a verbal conversation – it would have been emphasises and extended, as if the person was saying “loooong”. Essentially the writer is drawing from features of spoken language and encoding them into texting in a very efficient way using extra punctuation.
4) This suggests that text messaging, more than other forms of written communication, uses devices that are designed to reflect the sound of spoken language. Texting devices mimic spoken devices in this way.
Does this way of organising your answer make sense? (obviously in your final essay you’ll not be able to use the numbers like I have – but they’re there to link my writing to the suggested structure)
Also – try reading what you wrote aloud to make sure you’ve made your point with the greatest clarity. If you’re using a writer tomorrow, make sure they read what you’ve dictated to them back to you often.
This is going well in the right direction, and your example was perfect.
Mr Waugh