...UCF Writing May be Lacking One Key Aspect: Exigence In all the writing we do as students here at UCF, it may seem unusual to ask yourself “why am I writing this?” Any UCF student that has passed ENC1101 may be familiar with potentially the most important part of writing: exigence. Without exigence, students lack the essential part of writing that recognizes a purpose, a cause, and the intended effect a writer wants the audience to have. Exigence is the compelling force a person feels from an event or circumstance to urgently respond to and impact an audience. For example, MLK’s most famous speech “I Have a Dream” was given as a response to the inequality in the U.S. and spoken with the intent to create a society without prejudice. The exigence behind this famous piece is clear and evident. Without a writer keeping an exigence in mind, most works would become wasted words with no impact towards an audience. Compelled writing with intentions and goals is what makes a paper effective and impactful. Students around campus feel that when they write for a class, their only motive is to receive a good grade from their teacher. If that is the case, then they’re most likely writing about why they literally deserve an “A”. Real exigence puts a purpose in writing, for example, the factor that provoked us to write this article —our exigence— came from grading essays that lack an incentive. Instead of addressing assignments directly, UCF students need a real exigence that will respond...
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...Planning and Decision Making Larry Calderon Herzing University Abstract Creating an academic paper has some legitimate aspects to be gathered to bring out a successful paper as output. The academic paper is considered to be the most common assignment assigned to each to know the depth of knowledge they have on the prescribed topic. With the discussion in flow, this paper would discuss the aspects that are necessary for developing an academic paper. I will cover steps involved in researching a topic and collecting data to formulate an academic paper. The item critical thinking with the aspect of decision making will be covered in this document. The academic paper is a presentation of real understanding of the subject, the amount of hard work offered during the research. The document is to be well formatted and organized so that readers can read and escalate the ideas mentioned. Planning and Decision Making Writing an academic paper, initial requirement is gaining knowledge of the subject which is then later researched a lot for better writing flow. An analysis is a next step which leads to a perfect output as an academic paper. There are few necessary steps to develop a good academic paper. The first step is to analyze the paper to be discussed, the analysis is something important which is followed by a sequence of collecting information about the writing through reading many posts, articles or blogs or through research. It is also important it is crucial for students to make...
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...On the other hand, there is no better way to further understand writing in the medical field than from a first hand credible source. A close family friend of mine, Sara Hess, is an occupational therapist at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Chicago. A short background regarding occupational therapists is to note that they are very different from physical therapists. Physical therapists deal with rehabilitating the physical well being of a patient. Occupational therapists focus their work on aiding patients in being able to do everyday tasks they are not able to do because of their impairment. Considering this, to enhance my knowledge for you and I video interviewed her to understand what writing really means in this certain field. If you are...
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...Material all Weeks DQS and All Assignments COM 156 Wk 1 All Discussion Questions Review the information provided on pp. 51–53. Explain the initial steps of writing an essay. Identify how your audience, purpose, and content will influence your approach The purpose of an essay, as explained on p. 47, will affect all aspects of the paper. In this class, the final paper will be a persuasive essay. Throughout the class, you will complete assignments that directly or indirectly help you complete the final paper. Identify the main purpose of a persuasive essay and the elements necessary for it to be effective. Review the video titled Writing Process. Read the Short Form Axia Writing Style Handbook. What are the two most helpful suggestions in each? If you were to propose one additional suggestion to include in each what would it be? Explain the time management strategies you will use when writing a successful academic paper. What techniques discussed in your US/101 course may help you manage your time when writing a paper? The ultimate success or failure of a paper may often be traced back to the planning stages. What might you do to provide yourself with the best opportunity to succeed when writing your college papers? COM 156 Wk 2 All Discussion Questions Read pp. 290–291 in Ch. 18. Those pages provide an overview of writing that persuades. Ch. 4 provides ideas for choosing a topic. Based on those ideas...
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...Education Writing 101 St. George 20 September 2011 English Loses Ground: Rhetorical Analysis In Rochelle Sharpe's writing, "English Lose Ground," she attempts to persuade and inform her readers of one of America's growing problems. To persuade her readers, Sharpe utilizes statistics, logic, and expert opinion to show that in the United States, non-English speakers and linguistically isolated households in the United States has increased to a point where it is becoming an issue. However, the way Sharpe utilizes statistics, and fails to see the other side of the argument reduces her credibility and ultimately makes her argument less persuasive. Effective writing requires many different tools, strategies, and devices, which could be applied by Sharpe to improve her argument. Although Sharpe has many flaws in her argument, she also utilizes many positive tools. One of these positive aspects in her argument was the comparing of time periods. By stating that there has been a significant increase in foreign language speakers from 1990 to 2007, and specifically stating how much, she concretely gives an example of her argument and the scale in which her argument is relevant. Although this comparison of time periods is a positive aspect in her paper, there is also a problem with her information. Sharpe’s data is no longer current. Now that the current year is 2011, any 2007 data is considered out dated, and is less relevant to the present day. Now that her positive aspect of time...
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...Among the five authors that I have chosen they all relate themselves to the material that they write. The authors that I have chosen are, the poets, Robert Frost and Robinson Jeffers, the prose writers, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Willa Cather, and the dramatist, Eugene O’Neil. In all of their writings they have an autobiographical nature that tells the reader about the authors own life. Without the aspects of these authors’ lives their writing could differ. This aspect of revealing ones own life through writing can be seen in Robert Frost’s poems not because he portrays his own life, but quite the opposite. It is commonly known that Robert Frost life was filled with much depression. Because of this, Robert Frost tends to dwell on the surreal beauty of nature in life. It is seen in his poems such as “The Pasture” that Robert Frost puts what has fulfilled his life in his writing. Like these other authors, Robinson Jeffers also involves his life in his poetry. Throughout his life Jeffers religious intent shows him to be a pantheist whose God is the evolving universe. In his poem “Credo” he talks about how nothing is real except but what we make it. The idea that God is in our minds, and he creates the images that makes things real. The religious background of his life affected him to write the poems of the permanence of God. Similar to Jeffers deep appreciate of God, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman has a profound value for the culture of rural New England. In her story...
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...Impact of Reading and Writing Skills on an Individual 2 Running head: Impact of Reading and Writing on an Individual 1 Impact of Reading and Writing Skills on an Individual First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name University Abstract This paper discusses on the impact of the person' s skills on writing and reading on his life and on the society. Moreover, it discusses the importance of reading and writing on ones social and economic aspect. The Impact of Reading and writing Skills on an Individual The knowledge of writing can be traced back to 3500 B.C. It started as simple scribbles on the surface of rocks or on the bark of the trees. It was first developed as people' s way of recording their goods. From that simple use of writing it has evolved to be used as a new way of expressing something and interpreting symbols. As time evolves, the context and knowledge of man on writing also evolved. Though its evolution did not happen only for a short time, but it has leave a great impact on the civilization and to the life of people exposed to writing. Just as people learn to write they also learn to comprehend the symbols and characters they have seen, and so the knowledge to read has also acquired. Both the ability to read and write is important skills necessary in communicating with other people in the community and civilization. It is not only necessary in expressing ideas and feeling but it also affects on the individual' s way of interacting n the society. Just...
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...I think I was given the opportunity to change that when I enrolled in English 1102, from reading the syllabus I was already intrigued by the assignment which revolved around real life. Such as the evaluations of memos, job applications and other assignments. The assignments which actually prepare students for real life situations.Also technical writing also helps prepare individuals with career path such as engineers and doctors were writing is very influential in their career. Which has been helpful to me as a writer, I let my peers edit my paper they’ve all said I improved as writer indefinitely in many aspects, such as word diction, content, organization, and grammar as improved indefinitely compared to last year. After taking the English...
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...Writing2, Villamater Writing Journal 5 Student Progress In the current society, progress of an individual is interpreted at many different levels. Some assume it to be a matter of exchanging from one problem to another and some assume that it is reaching towards the success from one level to another. However, the individual’s progress can be easily illustrated by their efforts made in attaining the success from one level to another. Similarly, the progress of a student can be estimated in the same way on the basis of different aspects as well. Therefore, the different aspects to consider the student’s progress are efforts in attaining success, increase in knowledge, and personal growth. One of the aspects to evaluate student progress is the efforts in attaining success. The first step towards achieving the success is effort. The amount of effort students put in achieving their goals helps in determining the student’s progress. In addition, this effort in turn has other different aspects to consider like discipline and time management. With the help of these two factors it is easy to determine whether the student have made an effort or not. Take the example of a graduate English skill program (GESP) student. In GESP, the progress of a student is evaluated based on the efforts made by the student. They mainly focus on amount of effort student’s put in completing an assignment. In addition to effort they also consider discipline and time management aspects as well. They check...
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...CLRC Writing Center Writing a Compare/Contrast Essay As always, the instructor and the assignment sheet provide the definitive expectations and requirements for any essay. Here is some general information about the organization for this type of essay: • A comparison essay notes either similarities, or similarities and differences. • A contrast essay notes only differences. • The comparison or contrast should make a point or serve a purpose. Often such essays do one of the following: Clarify something unknown or not well understood. Lead to a fresh insight or new way of viewing something. Bring one or both of the subjects into sharper focus. Show that one subject is better than the other. • The thesis can present the subjects and indicate whether they will be compared, contrasted, or both. • The same points should be discussed for both subjects; it is not necessary, however to give both subjects the same degree of development. • Some common organizational structures include: (see note below) Block method (subject by subject) Point by point Comparisons followed by contrasts (or the reverse) • Use detailed topic sentences and the following connecting words to make the relationship between your subjects clear to your reader: Connectors That Show Comparison (Similarities) In additon Correspondingly Compared to Similarly Just as As well as Likewise Same as At the same time Connectors That Show Contrast...
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...2 aspects of the readings that I believed in were : The first was from “I know what I want to say but u can’t say it”, this particular reading really spoke to me. There were points that told us to create outlines and make notes ,two practices that I am very familiar with as I use them for my writings. The second is from ‘writing down the points’ , there is this instance where the author says “writing practice embraces your whole life and doesn’t demand any logical form”- this quote I found to be really relatable. I like writing , and I like writing for myself , there are times when I find my thoughts to be really all mixed up , in times like those I find just sitting down and putting those thoughts on paper to be really cathartic. It doesn’t matter what I write as long as I keep my conversation with my paper going. The two aspects that I didn’t believe in were : I am a pen and paper person , I really don’t like typing much , it’s the use of my hands , physical connect of the paper with my thoughts that matters , hence I think switching my writing tools , I believe it creates a kind of barrier to the flow of thoughts. Neither do I believe in skipping parts in a write up , I believe it ends up messing up the continuity in my writings. The two aspects that I found to be similar: Both articles talk about a continuous practice of writing. They talk about how this practice helps in the continuous flow of thoughts and imagination that really helps. Both articles also...
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...tore the country apart. Once America was reunited in 1865, there was a lot of healing that needed to take place to correct the wounds Americans had suffered at the hands of their kin. In these years there were still a lot of questions to answer and still a lot of truth to be found out about the nation itself. The questions of the place of African-Americans, white Americans, political Americans and every other kind of American out there was a source for constant frustration and violence. This is the background and the huge dust storm that American Realism rose out of. Prior to the Civil War, America was knee deep in the Romantic Movement which included writers such as Hawthorne, Thoreau, Melville, Poe and Whitman. Their writings focused on the puritan aspects of their ancestors or of the dark romance and psychological perspectives writers such as Poe and Melville used. However, after the war, this movement began to fade and Realism increased as the choice reading of the people. This was due to multiple events and changes in culture that led to Americans looking for something better to relate to. The first event was the end of the Civil War. The Civil War showed the violent intentions men had towards each other and also showed the vulnerability of men and the nation and how ungodly man actually was. However, Realism did not begin immediately after the Civil War but rather took off in the 1880’s. So what happened in the 1880’s then? The 1880’s saw the major migration of the typical...
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...always been a subject that I dreaded. I do not loathe literature solely for my lack of writing skills, because I do enjoy reading, rather it’s the fact that I tend to lose my train of thought while writing an essay or while brainstorming an idea I want to address. I struggle with organizing my thoughts and making concise relationsHIPS[?][CONNECTIONS?] between literary texts and the assignments given by my teachers. The only time I do enjoy writing is when I can write freely in my journal. By writing in a journal, I do not worry about the grammar and organized aspect of writingCOMMA and it clears my mind. I find that I am able to write what I feel [easier ]MORE EASILY in my private journal versus writing an essay that will be graded. [NICE INTRO – CONTRARY TO YOUR TITLE, THIS SEEMS AS THOUGH IT’S GOING TO BE ABOUT YOUR JOURNAL WRITING VS. ACADEMIC WRITING, NOT GRAMMAR? ALSO, YOU NEED TO GET RID OF THIS EXTRA LINE BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS.] During [my ]seventh grade, in middle school, I had a very tough English teacher. Mrs. Carson was a very nice person outside of class[,]SEMI-COLON howeverCOMMA her toughness really displayed itself when she graded papers. Her main focus[ed] was grammar and clean organization rather than THE ideas of the topic. The entire year I struggled with her; each assignment I struggled to form my papers the way she would want and failed to remember the grammar rules and writing standards. One assignment I can remember clearly, to this day, and I will never forgetCOMMA...
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...| This unit of learning involves responding to visual forms of literature; understanding meaning and analyzing intended purposes and messages of directors. | NCEA Level | Curriculum Level | Allocated time period | 3 | 8 | 5-6 weeks | Opportunities for assessment | Standard | Standard title | Internal / External | Credit Value | 91473914759147691478 | Respond critically to specified aspects of visual texts studied.Produce a selection of fluent and coherent writing which develops, sustains and structures ideas.Create and deliver a fluent and coherent oral textRespond critically to significant connections across texts | ExternalInternalInternalInternal | 46 (part of portfolio)3 4 (part of portfolio) | Key Content Areas | Learning intentions and outcomes | In studying visual texts, students will cover: * Director’s intentions and purposes * Stylistic conventions and their impact on meaning * Contextualization of literature * Key literary aspects such as characterization, setting, structure, film techniques and cinematography * Analytical and creative writing | By the end of this unit, students will be able to: * Develop ideas in a coherent and sophisticated manner * Critically analyse a visual text * Appreciate the different understandings that viewers can bring to a text * Understand and appreciate the director’s craft and its impact upon readers. * Collect and use evidence to support ideas * Write creatively in response to a text * Write...
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...in my junior year of my study but am expected to graduate by the end of 2017. I have not enrolled in any business classes at the moment but this is an aspect am considering to engage in so that I could increase chances to get a management position within the information technology sector. As a computer scientist, my professional objective involves contributing to the development of software and hardware that could reduce security risks. However in order to achieve this long-term professional objective of my career, I look forward upon the completion of my studies with admirable grades. My long –term professional objective of creating security within the information technology sector coincides with my goal for this writing course. In development of computer programs, there is a lot of creativity that is required just like what is highlighted in most writing courses. Personal writing experience in comparison to the process approach I have handled writing in my previous experiences. This has involved writing of term papers and assignments. In this form of writing, I noticed that what is required is objectivity. In such forms of writing, one is supposed to concentrate on facts that exist in theories and concepts. Unless it is asked by the tutor, writers of such papers are supposed to be objective. I found that this form of writing to be so rigid because one is not supposed to give his personal views. Considering that computer science is based on most scientific calculations and...
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