What is really sentimental, weepy, emotional territory (para. 4)
Compose answers to the following questions in short paragraphs.
1. What can you tell me about Anne Lamott?
2. What is “really sentimental, weepy, emotional territory” (para. 4)? Do you write like this ever? Why or why not?
3. Paraphrase paragraph ten.
4. Describe your writing process.
Compose answers to the following questions in paragraph form:
1. Define semiotics. How does this word play into the article?
2. How does the author feel about his name being shortened to accommodate others?
3. In “Breaking tongues: carrying names across borders,” Sinthujan Varatharajah writes, “The meaning my parents ascribed to my name, its racial and caste histories and gender tensions, the meaning derived from cultures that surpass western civilization, how my name felt and sounded in their mouths were by the end of it no more.” Comment critically on what the author means by this.
4. What experiences, if any, do you have with your name and others?
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