Week 3: Jan. 25-31 1/20/2016 0 COMMENTS Tuesday (Jan. 26) Reading: Writing: Rough Draft, Personal Essay: bring hard-copy to class Thursday (Jan. 28) NO CLASS--I am out of town Writing: Final Draft, Personal Essay: submit on Blackboard before the end of the day Note Lessons 5 & 6 of Style will be due on Feb. 2, so you can get a head-start on that if you'd like 0 Comments Personal Essay Prompt 1/14/2016 0 COMMENTS For this personal essay, you will explore an occasion when your view of
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way to write a research paper using MLA formatting. Professor Feltey taught the class how to find reliable sources and the importance of evaluating each source to ensure that we are not using overly biased information. I was surprised to discover that writing a research paper was much more involved than I had anticipated. After completing my research paper, I felt that I had reviewed my subject from both sides and was able to write a convincing argumentative research paper. I approached my research
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is where my writing tends to struggle. Like I said earlier I love to write, but I should clarify. I love to write when I get to choose the topic. I could write multiple stories a month for newspaper, but became overwhelmed at an assigned research paper. I believe that it is the formal style of these essays that throws me off. I like to include my voice in my writing through figurative language or my opinions, so I have to try to remind myself to be objective. I know that going into the research side
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given a writing assignment, I simply organized the information based on how I perceived it would be best organized rather than how it would be perceived by the reader. Now, before even starting to write the assignment, I think to myself whom is this paper intended for and then cater my writing to that particular audience or reader. The assignment on the Reader Expectation Theory served as a pivotal moment in my development of this skill. Over the course of the semester, I have begun to apply the theory
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24 Hour Media Blackout I remember getting my first computer game for Christmas one year, a Barbie horse jumping game I think, and being completely enthralled even though, looking back, it was poorly designed and the graphics were atrocious. A lot has changed by way of technology since those days. I believe I can speak for many born in the late nineties when I say that so much rapid technological development makes it seem like it was a lot longer ago, sparking a nostalgia for seemingly ‘simpler’
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know that because I have been challenged, and learned to overcome the challenge of writing rhetorical strategies, it is safe to say, that I am read to enter English 124. This paper will illustrate my understanding of English 120 and why I, Michelle Page, feel I am ready to move on to English 124. Let me start with the first paper we wrote in this class, it was an Argument Analysis Essay and I chose to write it on Carol
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struggled with the direction I wanted to go with this paper, then ran into the time engulfing task of trying to capture the ideas that I had accumulated in my head into four pages. The job of capturing these ideas and organizing them into a comprehendible paper was no easy feat, battling between my free writing thoughts and my high school English essay rules, this took me 5 days, 4 long nights, and many calls for help to
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Good music to me lies within the lyrics that tells the story and the rhythm set the mood. A song’s lyrics should be powerful and have an attitude that coincides with the flow of the rhythm. Lyrics need to mean something convey the message that the singer feels whether its joy, sadness or pain. But; no matter how moving or intricate lyrics are, they do not carry weight without the proper beat and rhythm to follow them. A song missing just one of these could make a great song easily be considered awful
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now know how drastically a paper can change when using the right devices. Not only have I learned proper devices, but I have learned to keep my ideas and pen flowing through a timed essay. I feel as though I have grown exceedingly in the knowledge of not only writing, but also knowing myself as a writer. In the beginning of this class, I knew little to nothing about genuine writing and how it should be done. I once believed it was simply writing your thoughts down on paper. However, I realize now that
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I created my transcript while in my dorm room, which is where I do the majority of my work. I began the recording of my transcript around midday on Sunday, February 5th. In that time, I recorded 30 minutes of writing, since I wished to have access to the largest transcript available. The assignment I chose to focus on was the first journal entry for EDU 406, partially because I had yet to be assigned any writing assignments. However, I also selected my first journal entry because I believed analyzing
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