...Throughout my life, writing was always a challenging subject to me. Although I may not be able to write as well as others, I have enhanced my writing skills. As I was assigned to write a great amount of essays in this English course, I realized that my writing has improved immensely. This course has taught me how to write various types of essays, for example, rhetorical analysis, review, report, and reader responses. Every essay has different requirements and different components to include. By using these skills to compose an essay, I am capable of improving my writing and noticing my strengths and weaknesses. Every year, my writing skills improve little by little due to the amount of practice from writing essays. In every essay, there was...
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...devise my essay question. It is the foundation of my essay. When I did the Brainstorming task, the China train collision has happened. This task helps me to extend my perspective behind the accident. My research topic idea ‘Why China society is riddled with corruption and immoralities?’ is come from this accident.The peer and self-review task help me to develop critical and objective thinking via reading my partner brainstorming and my partner feedback. The source justification task helps me to assess the material appropriate or not and do the correct reference. And the Literature Review task helps me to form the final essay argument and use the sources to support my argument. In The Interpretation Analysis Task I learned how to focus on the analysis writing. Also learn how to interpret, evaluate and compile my argument. In the Collaborative Critical reading task and presentation I learn how to form an argument via analysis the advertisement. In the online activities I have made a poster and analysis the poster. In this task I learned how to use the rhetorical strategies such as three rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos and logo). It helps me to build a pervasive argument in my essay. This course not only provides rhetorical knowledge but also the technique of critical writing. The most important is that I know how to build pervasive argument. It helps me build up more competitive skill and confident in my writing and thinking direction. It is very useful in my future career and...
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...Argumentative Essay The function of an argumentative essay is to show that your assertion (opinion, theory, and hypothesis) about some phenomenon or phenomena is correct or more truthful than others'. The art of argumentation is not an easy skill to acquire. Many people might think that if one simply has an opinion, one can argue it successfully, and these folks are always surprised when others don't agree with them because their logic seems so correct. Argumentative writing is the act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true. It clearly explains the process of your reasoning from the known or assumed to the unknown. Without doing this you does not have an argument, you have only an assertion, an essay that is just your unsubstantiated opinion. Argumentative essays are often organized in the following manner: 1. They begin with a statement of your assertion, its timeliness, significance, and relevance in relation to some phenomenon. 2. They review critically the literature about that phenomenon. 3. They illustrate how your assertion is "better" (simpler or more explanatory) than others, including improved (i.e., more reliable or valid) methods that you used to accumulate the data (case) to be explained. Finally revise and edit, and be sure to apply the critical process to your...
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...Written Assignment 4: Essay on Barack Obama’s speech at the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial (2006) Even when a life ends, a soul can manage to live on with the people who it has left behind. This can appear through memorable deeds that a life can have managed to make before it passes. The above is what Barack Obama’s speech at the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial from 2006 is about. Through the use of many of the same rhetorical instruments that Martin Luther King used before him, Obama establishes not only what Martin Luther King meant to America but also what he means to Obama on a personal level. In the following, I will make a rhetorical analysis and interpretation of the speech. The speech can be described as being an occasion speech which means that Obama’s aim is for him to entertain his audience at the memorial, by interpreting his vision of Martin Luther King Jr. The speaker is Barack Obama who is an African-American senator and soon-to-be presidential candidate in the United States. The audience for his speech is the participating to the national memorial, but primarily the speech is meant for the African-American inhabitants. He entertains his audience by reminding them of the great things that King has accomplished for the African-Americans in the United States of America: “I will tell them that because he did these things, they live today with the freedom God intended...
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...people four times more for it than they would pay for plain oatmeal, which would be much better for them. When doing the bicycle sales assignment for clowns, I used the “rhetorical situation” from our book.; I carefully considered my text, my context, my audience and...
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...Cover Letter Dear reader, My purpose of writing this essay is to decide whether Anne Feldman’s article, “STEAM Rising: Why we need to put the arts into STEM education,” was effective, ineffective, or both. I came to the conclusion that she was effective. I believe I did an effective job at analyzing Feldman’s article by analyzing her sources she uses as evidence and breaking down how she uses a personal anecdote to use in order to use the rhetorical appeals to persuade her audience. At first when this paper was assigned to me I was terrified by the idea of starting it but as I moved along in the process it became apparent to me that writing is not a scary process. After struggling I became attached and writing became quite pleasant, but stressing none the less. The toughest part about this essay was definitely begging it and ending it. The easiest was writing the third body paragraph since it includes a personal experience. Since I am biased towards my grade I would reward my self with an A and although someone else might not think it is I wont go lower because part of my lifestyle is to never put my self down. In this essay I focused on capitalization. In the future I hope to improve on my grammar. I look forward to see my writing improve this year! STEAM vs. STEM “STEAM Rising: Why we need to put the arts into STEM education,” authored by Anne Feldman, an article whose purpose is to push the audience, those invested in the hard sciences and educators, to integrate...
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...and persuasion and argument. ▪ Students review annotation acronyms, how to do a close reading, literary elements and rhetorical devices. Students also review the SOAPSTONE (subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker, tone, organization, narrative style and evidence) strategy for use in analyzing prose and visual texts along with three of the five cannons of rhetoric: invention, arrangement and style. ▪ Students learn the format of the AP test, essay rubric and essay structure. ▪ Students take a full-length AP test for comparison purposes in the spring. Reading: The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne Writing: Answer the following question in one paragraph. Use quotes from the novel as evidence. Some readers believe that the elaborate decoration that Hester embroiders on the scarlet letter indicates her rejection of the community’s view of her act. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your position using evidence from the text. (test grade) Writing: Write a well-developed essay addressing the following prompt. Document all sources using MLA citation. Compare Hester to a modern day person who has been shunned. Provide at least two research sources for the other person. (project grade) Reading: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Jonathan Edwards Analyzing: SOAPSTONE and cannons of rhetoric Reading: Teacher Introduction Essay Writing: Students and teacher evaluate where each student’s writing is and where it needs to be by analyzing students’ introductory...
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...Often humans live life without many apprehensions. Sure we worry about our bills and due dates but we pay pintsized attention to what is truly important. Within the thought provoking essay Walking, by Linda Hogan, Hogan sheds light into the dark areas in which humanity often disregard. Hogan conveys her overall theme of how things often grow selfish through the use of many rhetorical devices such as personification, chronological structure, and symbolism to explain the beauty of people’s creations throughout the years exemplifying how the previous ancestors are a big contribution to the development of any society. Being a part of society, everyone develops their personal world in which they only understand what they believe and remain ignorant...
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...Each essay we have read so far stay focused on what they are trying to get across to the reader. I can’t say that I have always understood their writer’s focus. For example in Annie Dillard’s “Living Like Weasels”, it seems my perception of what she was focused on was not the same as what the instructor was trying to get me to see. These readings are not black and white so you have to use some creative thinking to understand them and it is apparent my creative thinking is out in left field. This has shown me that I really need to work on this area, I can write all I want but if I can’t understand what someone else has wrote that is going to hinder me not only in this class but future classes and outside of school. Development plays into the above, for example; as the writer changes from describing a weasel to using the weasel as an object to try and get an underlying message across the reader has to be able to analyze this in order to develop their own opinion of what the writer is trying to convey. It is the writer’s ability to persuade the reader to believe in their thesis....
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...portfolio demonstrates my understanding of persuasive writing. My idea of persuasive writing is that a good essay will affect the reader in some way shape or form. I believe combining effective uses of logos, pathos, and egos along with structure are very important. My persuasive writing reflects the way I think about argumentation in general. I can see how easy it can be to write a paper arguing a point, but not doing it in the correct manner. For example, if a writer just argues his point without giving any strong evidence and offers no counter-argument the paper will not be effective in persuading the reader. While my writing demonstrates strengths in organization and thesis development, I will continue to work to improve proofreading skills and sentence structure. What’s helped my writing this semester is that I feel confident about work. My writing demonstrates my strength in organization. A lot of this strength originates from class activities and notes. The class that had the biggest effect on me was when we learned about rhetorical analysis structure on page one of my handwritten evidence. In my notes I specifically write down the structure along with extra notes under some categories so I fully understand how to attack the assignment. This led to me getting a perfect ten score under the argumentative structure part on the grading rubric on my rhetorical analysis essay, which is titled “Exposing Education.” Since that learning moment from class I knew that having a well-designed...
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...This argumentative essay shows that by critical thinking we can overcome many problems in the world by using a new look on life as it comes to us. In doing this it connects us with different forms of rhetoric to understand as well as synthesize through information to come to greater conclusions then what could have been before. This also changed my view on the world relizing that there are many ways to write and phrase things yet every piece of information requires a form of critical thinking to fully understand what someone is trying to convey through written or vocal words. This essay was then completed through article after article of research from the academic data bases from salt lake community college and taking all this information I...
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...it means to be a good writer and analyzer. This semester was challenging in a way that is preparing me greatly for future english classes at Iowa State. New skills were introduced to me, making it easy to be proud of myself for the work I put in, ending with grades that reflected this effort. My overall knowledge on the active writing process, revision stages and analytical skills has increased immensely, allowing myself to feel greatly prepared for the many future classes that will benefit from my learning. Through the many course outcomes of this class, I have been able to improve my overall writing skills. Right away it was clear how...
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...CHAP TER Rhetorical Modes 1. NARRATION L E A R N I N G O B J E C T I V E S 10 1. Identify the purpose and structure of narrative writing. 2. Recognize how to write a narrative essay. Rhetorical modes simply mean the ways in which we can effectively communicate through language. This chapter covers nine common rhetorical modes. As you read about these nine modes, keep in mind that the rhetorical mode a writer chooses depends on his or her purpose for writing. Sometimes writers incorporate a variety of modes in one essay. In covering the nine rhetorical modes, this chapter also emphasizes these as a set of tools that will allow you greater flexibility and effectiveness in communicating with your audience and expressing your ideas. rhetorical modes The ways in which we effectively communicate through language. 1.1 The Purpose of Narrative Writing Narration means the art of storytelling, and the purpose of narrative writing is to tell stories. Any time you tell a story to a friend or family member about an event or incident in your day, you engage in a form of narration. In addition, a narrative can be factual or fictional. A factual story is one that is based on, and tries to be faithful to, actual events as they unfolded in real life. A fictional story is a made-up, or imagined, story; the writer of a fictional story can create characters and events as he or she sees fit. However, the big distinction between factual and fictional narratives is based on a writer’s purpose...
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...Capstone Checkpoint In this class I have learned that how to critically think when going through my everyday life activities. Thinking critically will affect me in my every day future activities such as reading, writing and processing information. In reading my new found skills will allow me to analyze different claims in arguments. I will be able to find truths and identify deeper meanings in individuals writing. In my writing critical thinking will enhance my persuasive writing. Knowing different rhetorical devices and fallacies will ensure that I do not use them in my writing, thus making sure that my papers use sound and valid arguments. As currently I am taking my COM 150 class and I find that my expository essay has enhanced as this class goes on. My reasoning in clearer, and more importantly it assisted in my research. In my research for this paper critical thinking assisted with how I processed information from different websites. I was able to take the information presented and decipher the sound form the weak articles. In speaking about articles you can apply critical thinking skills when reading these articles. Applying these skills would mean deciphering what you are reading. Finding claims, and detecting where the information is supported with deductive or inductive logic. In advertising and the media they tend to be the biggest culprits of rhetorical devices. Critical thinking will enlighten you to these devices and allow you to determine whether or not the information...
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...Cultures come and go like the wind yet they leave behind small remains as they go. These remains are our ancestors, their traditions, and our history; And ultimately, they shape us into who we are and who we become. N. Scott Momaday, a Native American, wrote “The Way to Rainy Mountain” (1969) in which he argues that people must find themselves by retracing their past away from busy American life. He uses sensory detail, poetic elements, personification, symbolism, and an oxymoron to display the self acceptance, beauty, and inner peace that one can find through their ancestry. The authors intends to describe his personal experience with finding himself through his roots in order to persuade readers to do the same and embrace their history,...
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