Emily Lofton's English Blog 2018

Quick, what's the first thing that comes to mind when I say "Krypton?" Chances are, your mind immediately leapt to the defunct home-planet/mortal weakness and Achilles heel of one Kal-el, more popularly known as Superman. If I asked you a hundred years ago, your answer would be very different. In 1898, the element Krypton made it's debut, courtesy of one Sir William Ramsay and his colleague Morris Travers. The name was originally taken from the Greek "kryptos" meaning "hidden." But jump ahead to around 1935, when Superman as we know him today was still in his infancy, and you'd find the word being used more frequently (outside scientific circles, at least,) to refer to Kal's home world, and the fictional, radioactive fallout from its destruction that has entered popular culture as Clark Kent's Kryptonite. Yet again,you may find yourself asking "what the dickens has this got to do with anything?" A lot,  actu...

What is a metaphor? According to  Merriam-Webster.com , a metaphor is " a figure of speech  in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or  analogy   between them... " often compared to -gasp- similes. Or, to put it in an easier to understand way (courtesy of this really cool article I found on the  Grammarly Blog ,)  "...a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison."  Personally, I think writing is both incredibly boring and physically hard to both read and retain without good, solid metaphors to hold the reader's interest throughout. I love using them in my writing and use them fairly frequently in everyday conversation.This might be why I have so much difficulty with formal writing. While it has its place, I find technical writing almost physically painful...

Hi!  My name is Emily Lofton. This is my second semester attending GCC, and I am currently majoring in Graphic Design, getting all my pre-reqs out of the way. I enjoy writing (typically fiction in the form of short stories and poems,) drawing, and video games. I'm a pretty middle-of-the-road, laid back kind nerd, I enjoy high-fantasy and sci-fi (In terms of both reading and writing,) well-written fan fiction, and absorbing as much random info as I can for use in world-building (both drawing and writing.) I enjoy both Star Trek and Star Wars-in small doses. Also memes. Especially nerdy pun memes.  I love most kinds of animals, and am currently the proud(?) owner(?) of a large furry tumor we think is a calico cat...or something. I've got plenty of pet peeves,not that I could name many off the top of my head, but I'd know them if I saw them. The only ones that immediately come to mind are the ones pertaining to language-mainly spelling and proper usage of their/there/...