Blog #9

1)
One of my favorite activities in life is snowboarding. Around 10 years of age I switched from skiing to snowboarding and never looked back. This was a whole new lifestyle to me. The first two days were the roughest; all my friends were yelling at my "lean on your toes then rotate to your heel!" Every time i would do this I end up wiping at and I would hear my friends yell "yard-sale." At first I thought they were actually screaming for a real yard-sale, but I was wrong. The first time i realized what a yard-sale actually was was when I was on the ski lift heading towards the top of the mountain and some kid skiing had taken a fall. He skis were thrown from his feet along with his hat goggles gloves and the rest of his equipment was spread across the slope. Finally I understood that a yard-sale was not were people were selling items but when a person crashes and all their stuff is spread across the mountain. This was one of a few terms I had learned that winter from being in this new discourse community and hoped that a yard-sale never happened to me because it was not only embarrassing but painful.







2)When an author focuses on small details rather than the big picture.
a)ethos
b)amplification thru simplification
c)immediate visual context
d)none of the above