Sojourner Questions (Answers) (Original version)

1. The thesis is that “If survival is an art, then mangroves are artists of the
beautiful: not only that they exist at all—smooth-barked, glossy-leaved,
thickets of lapped mystery—but that they can and do exist as floating
islands, as trees upright and loose, alive and homeless on the water.”
2. The audience of this essay would be every person that is interested in
poetry-like and reflective essays. The purpose of this essay is to raise
awareness of our role on this planet and how that we are the “Sojourners”
in it.
3. The three poetic techniques that I saw her using were Metaphor, Imagery
and Simile.
 Metaphor: “The planet itself is a sojourner in airless space, a wet ball
flung across nowhere. This essay is Metaphorically representing the
relationship between the mangrove island and the earth/humanity.
 Imagery: “They are all short, messy trees, waxy-leaved, laced all
over with aerial roots, woody arching buttresses, and weird leathery
berry pods. The imagery in this essay helps the reader create a full
image and understanding of what a mangrove tree is and how it is
seen through the author’s eyes.
 Simile: “The planet is less like an enclosed spaceship—spaceship
earth—than it is like an exposed mangrove island beautiful and
loose.” This simile brings attention to the juxtaposition of the
mangrove to the earth and humanity in general.

4. I noticed that this essay is very Poetic, and the ideas were connected
through comparing mangroves to earth/humanity.
5. Another metaphor I could think of is Nature. The connections between
nature and earth are made when it is understood that the earth is more like
nature than one may think. Humans feel that our time on earth is limited
and that our purpose in life is to reach a certain point or destination. Just
like nature, there is no definite path for either nature or earth.
6. The one technique I would use is Imagery. since I like to always create a
full image of what I’m trying to talk about or explain. I would use this
technique in my writing by providing imagery about what I’m trying to show
the reader.
 What I corrected: (New version)
1. The thesis is that “If survival is an art, then mangroves are artists of
the beautiful: not only that they exist at all—smooth-barked, glossy-
leaved, thickets of lapped mystery—but that they can and do exist
as floating islands, as trees upright and loose, alive and homeless
on the water.”
2. The audience of this essay is every person that is interested in
poetry-like and reflective essays. The purpose of this essay is to
raise awareness of our role on this planet and how that we are the
“Sojourners” in it.
3. The three poetic techniques that she uses are Metaphor, Imagery
and Simile.
 Metaphor: “The planet itself is a sojourner in airless space, a wet ball
flung across nowhere.” This essay is Metaphorically representing the
relationship between the mangrove island and the earth/humanity.
 Imagery: “They are all short, messy trees, waxy-leaved, laced all
over with aerial roots, woody arching buttresses, and weird leathery
berry pods.” The imagery in this essay helps the reader create a full
image and understanding of what a mangrove tree is and how it is
seen through the author’s eyes.
 Simile: “The planet is less like an enclosed spaceship—spaceship
earth—than it is like an exposed mangrove island beautiful and
loose.” This simile brings attention to the juxtaposition of the
mangrove to the earth and humanity in general.

4. I notice that this essay is very Poetic, and the ideas are connected
through comparing mangroves to earth/humanity.
5. Another metaphor I can think of is Nature. The connections between
nature and earth are made when it is understood that the earth is
more like nature than one may think. Humans feel that our time on
earth is limited and that our purpose in life is to reach a certain point
or destination. Just like nature, there is no definite path for either
nature or earth.
6. The one technique I’m using is “Imagery”, since I like to always
create a full image of what I’m trying to talk about or explain. I will
use this technique in my writing by providing imagery about what I’m
trying to show the reader.
 The corrections explained:
 In the 2nd answer of the assignment, I said “would be” instead of “is” when
the question was asking me to right my own thesis/opinion. Therefore, the
answer must be in present tense.
 In the 3rd answer of the assignment, I said “I saw her using were” instead of
“she uses are”. The question was asking me to write my own answer about
the author. Therefore, the answer must be in present tense.
 Also, in the 3rd answer when identifying the poetic technique of “Metaphor”,
I did not end the quote from the essay with a quotation mark. I learned
how/when to use quotation marks accurately through this unit.
 In the 3rd answer when identifying the poetic technique of “Imagery”, I did
not end the quote from the essay with a quotation mark. I learned
how/when to use quotation marks accurately through this unit.
 In the 4th answer of the assignment, I changed “I noticed” to “I notice” and
“were” to “are” since the question was asking me for my opinion.
Therefore, the answer must be in present tense.
 In the 5th answer of the assignment, I changed “Could” to “Can” since the
question was asking me for my opinion. Therefore, the answer must be in
present tense.
 In the 6th answer of the assignment, I changed “I would use” to “I’m using”
and “would” to “will” since the question was asking me for my opinion.
Therefore, the answer must be in present tense. I also added quotation
marks around the word “Imagery” since it highlights it to the reader and
makes what I’m trying to explain more clearly.