Writing essays was never my forte, it just never came easy to me like it would to others. Since other subjects came easy to me and I had to focus more than others on writing, I had a negative attitude toward the process as a whole. During this summer semester, I was able to grow as a writer, and gain a more positive attitude toward how I write and a better feel for writing in college. Writing a paper is a process in which there are many different stages. In high school I would never write outlines or any sort of pre planning work. Other struggles I encountered in my writing were my theses, and framing quotes. With theses, I never knew how to properly tie together my entire idea of the essay into a sentence or two. In my first essay titled …show more content…
In my first paper titled, “My Own Graduation”, I was no well-versed with the idea of framing quotes. Analyzing them was the easy part, when trying to frame a quote by Maya Angelou I stated “Another quote that resonated with me personally is when Maya Angelou quotes a line from “Invictus “and says…” (Angelou qtd. in Alvarez). This framing was problematic because I did not explain what the quote was. In later works, I made sure to have top-notch framing, so I never had this problem again. In my final paper, titled, “Chasing Imperfect Perfection”, I feel that my framing was much better. For instance, There are three variables that affect the body image one perceives about themselves, the first according to Thompson and Stice is “internalization if the thin-deal, that is, the endorsement of the media-prescribed ideal as part of one’s own personal belief system” (Thompson & Stice qtd. in Ashikali et al. 143). (Alvarez 4) The framing used in this essay was much better in comparison to one of my first essays, and shows how Professor Ghosh properly taught us, and instilled in us that framing an essay is extremely
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The review of these essays showed that while rhetorical criticism does need to have formal structure, there are many ways for a critic to accomplish their objectives within the confines that basic structure. Although it is not always best choice for every situation, I feel that a shorter, more direct approach to an introduction, as in Hyde's piece, is the most effective. I also thought that the question/answer format worked well for Zaske. It may have been the topic, but I found that the Hyde essay was the most engaging overall.
In this module I learned about the meaning of a rhetorical situation, how to analyze one, what is the importance of analyzing one, the features that one should conceder while doing so. Also I learned that each rhetorical situation can be analyzed by the communicator or by a member of the audience. I think that it is important to analyze a rhetorical situation to get better understanding of the topic delivered. In this module I managed to analyze an example of a rhetorical situations very well, at first I didn’t understand all the features of the analyzing process, after searching a little bit, and working on the assignments it became more clear.
Grant-Davie’s article assesses “the elements of rhetorical situations that may help the audience understanding and responding to the rhetoric”(Grant-Davie 1997). In order for the audience to grasp what the author is trying to convey, he provides an example by stating, “When we study history, our first question may be “what happened?” but the more important question, the question whose answer offers hope of learning for the future as well as understanding the past, is “why did it happen?” (Grant-Davie 1997). Through this the author is trying to state that rather than looking from only one perspective, try using different perspectives to gain a more in-depth insight and true meaning of the topic that is being convey. He then talks about the different elements such as exigence, rhetor, audience, and constraints, which are key elements to use to rhetorically analyze a text. Grant-Davie then further talks about all the elements in depth to provide a better understanding to the audience to help them evolve their rhetorical knowledge.
Writing a decent essay can be nerve racking, time consuming, and can be accompanied by many trial and errors such as an art project. First you have to generate an idea, which can be the biggest challenge of them all. Then you have to decide on what details to incorporate and the placement for it. You begin to throw colors and shapes together in hopes that it will transform into a pleasing design. This all takes time, being challenged to create artwork, whether it be an essay or a painting, in sixty minutes becomes even more nerve racking and mind boggling. After last week’s timed writing practice, I was able to experience the dreadful event of producing a piece of artwork, which in my case was to deliver an essay,
Initial Reflective Essay When I first thought of what I wanted to do with my life after college, the first thing I thought of was helping people. The next step in deciding what I wanted to do with my life was to examine how I could accomplish this goal. I started pondering and I was thinking about how much I love to take care of my body. Health care and personal hygiene has always been an important factor in my life. So I decided to major in Health Sciences.
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this area but I’m going to improve on it. The process of using multiple drafts has
Preparation is the key to effectively writing an essay. At least that was what I have always believed. In actuality, the key to writing an effective essay is being open-minded, and a critical thinker. I always believed that I was open-minded, and accepting of new ideas, until attending English 49. This semester, I realized that it is hard for me to accept constructive criticism, new ideas, and concepts, once I am set in my beliefs. For this writing reflection, I will explain how I got over my narrow minded attitude I showed in the first two essays, and was able to go into the third essay with an open-mind.
In conclusion, from my understanding this essay is about using rhetorical situations and how a writer can use them to their advantage. Whether it be in writing or in an advertisement the writer adjusts the way they write things to influence a certain audience. And to portray a certain kind of image that will be liked by the
Every essay was a struggle to morph your topic into something that could fit its guidelines. That is what high school writing is. College writing is different because they don’t care about structure, they care about quality. It is up to you to find a structure that works for your topic. In high school, writing was a technical skill about mastering a single structure and learning what you needed to do to get good marks in that. High school writing was a test of how well you could write the five paragraph essay. College writing is a test of how well you can write. This means you need to be able to build from the ground up without a groundwork like the five paragraph essay, and to do this you need to creativity, a skill that wasn’t tested in high school writing nearly as much as it is in college writing.
At the start of this class, I made a goal to develop my writing skills to better prepare me for other courses for my degree. I knew English 106 would be different compared to any other English or college courses that I have taken. I knew English 106 environment will let me grow in diverse writing dimensions. My long serving years of experience in the military has exposed me to many cultures around the globe. In just seven weeks of the course, I have seen some improvement in my writing. This course has afforded me with several techniques that have made writing not only a little bit easier but also more in-depth resulting in a higher level of academic writing versus my normal military style writing. Now I understand the writing process and
My portfolio absolutely reflects my understanding of persuasive writing. Persuasive writing is the ability to use certain word choices in order to convince an audience to agree, or a least grasp, the topic that is being written about. My portfolio represents the goals and objectives of persuasive writing. The essays I have written for this course demonstrate that I have certainly developed my critical thinking skills, and also developed, or better yet, mastered my communication and personal responsibility skills; but, because terms of my lack of paraphrasing and analysis, my writing process is not perfected.
Writing for me has always been a love and hate relationship since I could remember. Depending on the subject matter that I was writing about I would enjoy it because it suited my style or I loathed it because that specific style was uninteresting and boring to me. Learning certain writing formats were absolutely the worst part about writing when I first started learning in high school. As time pushed on and I grew older I began to develop an appreciation for writing that I did not have before; which is what led me to taking Writing 101 as my first full-fledged college course. I began this course with minimal writing experience because of what I failed to retain before, but now I am a stronger writer than I could have imagined with new skill sets that enhance my professional portfolio.