How Does Our Language Shape The Way We Think

Shimaa Omar

The organization is an imperative facet of any piece of writing. It provides the reader with a framework that shapes their thoughts which carries them throughout the writing piece. Looking at it from the writer's opposition, organization ensures that the writer can freely express their thoughts, opinions, or analysis on an issue without losing the reader in the process. A common struggle for writers in the “writing community” is knowing what they want to say, however, having the uncertainty of how to communicate it effectively. I personally struggled with this whilst writing my unit one paper. Due to the nature of the paper, it is an analytical review, I was provided with a rich volume of content, however, my struggle arises with the question of where do I begin? What do I include or exclude? And most importantly attempting to figure out
I wanted to include enough information to grab the reader's attention, but not too much to confuse/overwhelm the reader. In addition, I wanted to incorporate a counter-argument in my thesis to strengthen my position. Although I continued to struggle with this for quite a bit, I finally came up with a resolution. I asked myself if I were to describe Boroditsky article in one word I'd be able to establish a persuasive thesis. The word I chose was ‘cognition’. From there I asked myself what was a second word that would be used to describe Boroditsky piece and I chose 'language'. The words ‘language’ and ’cognition’ where the essence of my thesis statement in where I began to fabricate a thesis around the terms. If the reader were to extract a single article of information from my essay, language and cognition should jump out at the reader. The two terms dictate the emphasis of the entirety of the