SQR #5

G. Berenise De La Rosa & Zaira Montellano

Trang Phan

ENG 1320/1301. 161

September 27, 2010

SQR #5

Citation: Linda Flower. “Writer-Based Prose: A Cognitive Basis for Problems in Writing”. College English, Vol. 41 No. 1(Sep., 1979), pp. 19-37.

The idea of this article was to explain Writer-Based Prose, the cognitive basis for problems in writing. There is two Prose’s, Writer-Based Prose and Reader-Based Prose, and each one has a different meaning. In my opinion, Writer-Based Prose is more like a prose where a writer writes himself/herself to understand it, it’s just adequate for a writer. A Reader-Based Prose is a deliberate attempt to communicate something to a reader, which means it is written to inform readers about things. It speaks about inner speech and egocentrism speech, which are the absence of logical and casual relations. Egocentrism is a reflection of a child’s limited ability to assume a point of view, which means the child talks to him/herself. Is shows examples of drafts of some reports they have done showing what steps and important information they did. What is also talked about in this article is the implications for writers and teachers, in composition courses Writer-Based Prose is one of the problems , its major cause of that is the communication of the writer and reader. Writers’ and readers do not communicate much which makes it difficult for them to understand each other. Reader-Based Prose is strived by writers since the beginning because they retrieve and organize information within frameworks. This article is just explaining the different types of Proses’ and how they function and giving examples of difficulties in writing.

Q.3. How does the author describe the egocentric nature?

Response: The author describes egocentric nature as non-communicative, it is a reflection, not of selfishness. Depending on how the child feels he/she does what he/she think is important without consulting anyone or getting help from anyone. For example; “the child talks only about himself, takes no interest in his interlocutor, does not try to communicate with others, expects no answers, and often does not even care whether anyone liestens to him.” This is meaning that the child does what he/she feels like doing without asking for any help or caring what others say or think. In a sense, the child’s cognitive capacity has locked in their own monologue. Monologue meaning, speaking his or her thoughts aloud, directly addressing another character, or speaking to the audience, especially the former.