We are in our second journal entry and now adding chapter 3 to the other 2 chapters read before. After reading the chapters from the previous journal entry again, it opens doors and thoughts about other important topics that I might not have noticed when I read it before. Chapter 1 talked about writing and how writing effects our thoughts and process. Chapter 2 talked about annotation and journals and how journaling can help us as writers. In this journal, we added chapter 3 as well which talks about paraphrasing. Paraphrasing is something that not everyone knows how to do well, so I believes writing this journal and actually putting all the chapters together will give us a better understand of the topics overall and about paraphrasing.
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Bazerman tries to give good explains to help people understand what the best way to paraphrase is but it still would be difficult for people who are unaware of how paraphrasing actually works. It really struck to me the way he explained that with paraphrasing, you have to try and be open minded. Basically, if you come in reading something with a specific mind set or a strong negative or positive opinion or outlook on the topic, then you will only see the words and things that go with your thoughts. Then, when you start paraphrasing, you will not be getting the main idea or concept of the topic and will probably be writing your own …show more content…
Depending on how we look at a paragraph, the same words in the paragraph can mean something totally different if we have a different interpretation of it. I like the way he explains that there are different meanings to different words used in a paragraph because this will very much effect the way we paraphrase a specific section according to the way we believe the meaning it. I don’t understand though how we can change people’s thoughts. Some people perceive life a lot differently than others. For example, some people just think a bit more negatively so if they read that specific word or section and they try to paraphrase it, it will be a lot more different then if someone with a more positive attitude paraphrases it. So how can you teach some to paraphrase positively or negatively? I guess you can try to give both positive and negative opinions but some people do not have something positive or negative to say on specific
She stated they were all part of a learning process and were all challenges the students faced in the beginning before they knew better. When speaking on improper citation, she mentioned the way students are taught that they can either quote something or paraphrase it. In scientific papers, it’s all paraphrasing, but students will quote because they were taught that it was okay in all instances. With plagiarism, she believes many students do not deliberately plagiarize, but their lack of awareness of what plagiarism is negatively affects them. When speaking on improper grammar, she mentioned that many students had trouble going from one thought process to the next. The thoughts were not the problem, just the lack of bridges between them.
To quote Ben Jonson,” Weigh the meaning and look not at the words” to put this simply he means do not merely look at what is written literally because often what one is reading is only half of what the author has written. Some authors compose their works, giving the world a thrilling or informative story on the surface, but in actuality their real purpose in writing them is the hidden meanings within or underneath the stories which only those who are truly paying attention will notice and understand. Zone off for just a second and whole world could be missed. Cousteau’s work “How to Swim with Sharks: A Primer” may seem to the inexperienced or uninterested reader an ordinary guide to swimming with sharks, but any who delve deeper will notice
When reading someone else's work you need to be certain that you read between the lines. Author's, at times, will attempt to distort information in order to make their beliefs more prominent. In order to avoid this disinformation, you have to learn the difference between denotations and connotations and facts from opinions. Furthermore, you'll have to recognize figurative language, such as similes and metaphors, which can incite specific feelings onto readers.
When discussing something like words and ideas it seems much simpler to allow someone who has done both for a living do it for you. This quote, quite succinctly, summarizes language, and ...
Another revision technique that was suggested was “sentence outlining” which involves summarizing each paragraph of a writing into one overarching sentence in order to improve the cohesion of the piece (Harris 450). Introducing these techniques can allow readers to utilize revision in their own writing and form their own stance on its effectiveness. With revising the conclusion of a piece, Harris’ advise is to look ahead rather than to rephrase what has already been stated (Harris 454). Revision is expected to extend beyond the piece.
Looking back at my rhetorical analysis in writing 150, to sum it up, it was horrendous. It became exceedingly obvious that I had skipped the prewriting step. Forgoing this step caused choppy sentences, multiple grammatical errors, and horrendous flow. The rough draft ended up looking like a collection of jumbled up words. The first attempted felt so bad, I started over entirely. After the review in class, I used the examples to focus my ideas and build off what other people had done. For example, the review helped me to clarify my knowledge and use of Kairos. Once done, it was peer reviewed by my group again. All the other group members commented that I had good ideas, but bad flow and grammatical errors. After revising their respective points and
Many people think that reading more can help them to think and develop before writing something. Others might think that they don’t need to read and or write that it can really help them to brainstorm things a lot quicker and to develop their own ideas immediately (right away). The author’s purpose of Stephen King’s essay, Reading to Write, is to understand the concepts, strategies and understandings of how to always read first and then start something. The importance of this essay is to understand and comprehend our reading and writing skills by brainstorming our ideas and thoughts a lot quicker. In other words, we must always try to read first before we can brainstorm some ideas and to think before we write something. There are many reasons why I chose Stephen King’s essay, Reading to Write, by many ways that reading can help you to comprehend, writing, can help you to evaluate and summarize things after reading a passage, if you read, it can help you to write things better and as you read, it can help you to think and evaluate of what to write about.
Haas and Flower then provide an example [Page 177], of the differences of a student reader and an experienced reader. The example shows a remarkable difference between the two, the student reader was able to identify the situation and paraphrased what he found out. The experienced reader not only identified the situation, but provided a theory to attempt to explain what the author was trying to do; this is quite different than what the student reader provided. I believe Haas and Flower added the example to emphasize the difference of the conclusions that the student reader and the experienced reader came to. By adding the example, Haas and Flower were also able to support rhetorical reading and the difference it made between the readers. Haas and Flower then state the following: “While the student reader is mainly creating a gist and paraphrasing, the experienced reader does this and more – he then tries to infer the author’s purpose and even creates a sort of strident persona for the writer” [Haas and Flower, 177] The following quote is basically the description of the experiment, and explains the difference in the student reader’s response to the experienced reader’s
This is how this passage uses figurative language and descriptive language to affect how to reader reads the
Writing is something I always struggled with throughout my academic career. Whether it is for the English class or any other liberal arts class, I have a tendency to deviate from the main task of writing. This semester I took a FIQWS Composition class which helped me explore the unexplored areas of my academic writing. There are three main essays Literacy narrative, exploratory essay and Critical Researched analysis each improved my writing tremendously. In the first day of class, I was surprised to see the amount of work is expected from me because there were only three major essays and three reflections. I thought the workload would not be so intense because of the limited assignments. However, as the Semester has progressed, the work required
Emulation is defined as striving to equal or excel a task or ability, in other words, to copy, imitate or mirror a skill . When Saul Bellow states his quote about this term, he is referring to a level that all readers should reach when researching for a paper. Like Nadell mentioned in the first chapter, “Each essay is the result of hours of work-hours of thinking, writing, rethinking, and revising” (8). Readers should show the same willingness to work with the selections, strictly speaking, read sources and articles carefully and thoughtfully. A writer should excel at their abilities as a reader because in order to write a paper and support their thoughts and points in their work, the writer needs to read credible information.
Black Law Dictionary say, “The dictionary defines plagiarism as “The act of appropriating the literary composition of another, or parts or passages of his writings, or the ideas or language of the same, and passing them off as the product of one’s own mind”. (Black). Several things are wrong with plagiarism. We have learned that you have to take ownership of your mistake after committing plagiarism. We learn the procedures and what the consequences are for plagiarism. People can get into serious trouble for plagiarizing someone else’s work.
One of the biggest and most repetitive mistakes that I made in my summaries was using a wrong APA reference. Originally I referred to an online APA generator. After speaking to professor Beach, I learned to refer to the APA reference for an electronic book shown in the Little Seagull handbook for most of the sources. My first two summaries did not have a full thesis so I created a thesis for each summary. My first two summaries also had a few unnecessary quotes that should’ve been paraphrased. In my second summary, I used a double citation when quoting another author. After learning that I should not quote another author’s work that I did not individually read, I changed the citation and included the citation from the author of the article
The first essay I ever wrote was hard for me to write. I didn’t know the first step of how to put a paper together. I would start writing and get frustrated that my ideas are not coming together.I knew what I wanted to say but my thoughts weren’t translating into the paper. Looking back on this class, I have realized just how much my writing has improved since the beginning of the quarter I chose narrative analysis and arguments to show how much I improved this year and know my strength and weakness I had in this school year.
Most people question the purpose of writing a journal. People who write a journal keep it to fulfill a basic human need – “self expression and reflection” (Sagan 1). Writing is known as one of the easiest ways to express your personality and who you truly are. You can write in a journal without having anyone judging you – unless you chose to have someone else read it of course. You may reflect on your writing while you are writing your journal/diary entries. Then, once you have expressed your thoughts, you can even go back to your past entries to reflect on what you have said before. Reflecting on your writing can help you develop as a person. It helps you think through a situation and possibly solve it. Reflections help generate ideas for how to improve as an individual. But really, it’s entertaining to re-read past memories and see how much...