The Trouble with Metaphors paper that I talked about in the first learning outcome definitely took the longest to revise and edit. Incorporating quotes and evidence into my paper was hard for me, because I did . not know what my argument was. After re-reading the three articles over and over and carefully annotating them a second time I finally got ideas for my evidence. This quote in particular that I decided to end towards the end of my essay was the most important quotes throughout my paper: “But it’s when we start testing our metaphors for their social and cognitive usability that design can become really powerful” (Erard 2). This quote talks about the meaning behind metaphors and why there needs to be a meaning which is a very strong and powerful point when talking about such a controversial topic. Through my essay I talked a lot about military language and the meaning behind the usage itself. Writing this essay gave me the chance to reflect and think about how important metaphors really are and how much impact they can cause. I never really thought about metaphors and how much they can affect someone until I wrote this paper. This paper definitely helps strengthen my skills as far as writing goes, because it made me think critically about things I normally would not ever think about.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eCsCgDSZoqhelnNQPU70td6wo-d0wCBHeOnauzkUeQ0/edit
