I feel that taking Rhetoric 102 has been quite challenging. In the past, I always enjoyed reading and analyzing short stories, and a few poems. Unfortunately, this semester because of the time constraints it has been truly unenjoyable. Additionally, the themes of the literary works that we have been assigned are very unsettling, where it has triggered PTSD and anxiety. I feel that my writing has declined because of this. Sometimes, there are hard truths that I must learn, and I would say this online
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Dr. Seuss once said “ The more you read, the more you will know, the more you learn, the farther you will go.” Do you think reading is important? Do you think it can change lives? For those of you who do, you’re not alone. Reading helps increase your knowledge. It increases your abilities to do certain things. I know for a fact that that reading can change your life. Not only can it do that but there’s a possibility it can change your perspective. “ The Diary of Anne Frank.” Was written by Anne Frank
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Until recently, my experience with books has been lukewarm at best. Reading has always been something I’ve enjoyed, yet it was never something I prioritized. Consequently, I only read what was required for school. This essentially was my relationship with books until my sophomore year of high school when I was influenced by many of my older peers. I witnessed them having the most interesting conversations about various works of literature and science. I was enamored by what they had to say, strove
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Before coming to class, we were assigned to read pages 51-60 in the composition guide. We were assigned these essays because they are researched argumentative essays. Our final paper coming up soon will also be an argumentative essay. The first essay I read was "Coloring the Workforce" by Valerie Keys. I found this essay to be very helpful. The essay not only talked about African Americans struggling in the workforce, but it focused on African American women. The essay gave very relevant examples
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Writing has impacted my life much different than I ever would have expected it to. The technology that that we are available to use everyday use has given me an opportunity to truly express my inner thoughts and feeling with the rest of the world and share them instantaneously. The technological breakthroughs that we see today has changed how society communicates forever. Technology has even begun to change my communication style especially outside of the classroom. Today more than ever we can
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My Final Self Reflections on My English Composition Course Learning new things in every semester is always fascinating for me. It is very important for a student to judge his/her skill at the end of a course by going over from the beginning to the end of his/her experience on the particular course which will help one to understand what was his/her mistake, how he/she could improve it, what would be better for him/her in the future and most important what should be his/her first priority. This semester
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I learned a lot from writing this paper! It was extremely different from the concept essay but it was a good different. It required finding and reading sources as well as understanding their points of view and opinions on a given topic. I used what I learned from writing my first essay to help guide me but the examples given in the book honestly helped too. For this paper I knew I had to keep my opinions out of the paper and focus on those from my sources, Tim Anderson and JoAnna Wendel. These
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It has been over a decade since I have completed high school, I have noticed the delay in my education throughout this class. When I began school in January I was apprehensive with the course material, as well as the work that was required. The fact that I had to get my point across in writing seemed inconceivable, how could I “show rather than tell”? Be that as it may, I began my writing journey. There were times I would just sit and cry because I had no clue what I was doing, however, I still put
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formatting. The biggest worry I had at that point was spreading my words out as far as I could and seeing how many sheets of paper that I could use so that mine would be longer than my buddies. As the years went on I guess you could say that I always “winged it” when it came to the writing part of the classes. I always waited until the last minute to do any research paper that I had and always managed to get a decent grade on everything, somehow. Once I got older I realized that I could not procrastinate
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because I never utilized that step unless it was required by the teacher, and counted as part of the assignment. I’m going to start utilizing all of the steps that where listed. When I write my text paper I’m going to sit down and plan my paper, Also planning and taking the proper steps actually make the paper easier to
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