Writing techniques can be difficult to learn since it is always changing. The changing of the styles of writing is harder or easier for an individual to read the material. One major style of writing that has gained interest is using American Psychological Association (APA) after being first introduced. According to Sigal (2010), APA format was challenging for individuals. It was challenging since the style is different than MLA, which people could not grasp the change, myself included. APA when first
learn a variety of techniques as a writer that has helped me tremendously in my essays and other classes. I’ve learned to analyze readings and identify different techniques authors use to persuade the reader as well as how to write an essay on how the author uses these in the article. In writing rhetorical analysis I have learned to summarize rhetorically analysis and lastly respond to the articles I read in the book Writing Analytically with Readings. Another key factor to analyze readings rhetorically
Rhetorical Knowledge Focus on Purpose Purpose is the reason for which we write for. I learned that the purpose is very important when writing. Each paper I wrote for this course had a distinct purpose. While writing my food memoir, my purpose was to share a meaningful food experience in life with my audience. For the rhetorical analysis project, I had a purpose of analyzing rhetorically by identifying the audience, purpose, genre, rhetorical appeals of the invitation letter that
well. When submitting my writing sample to various literacy analysis websites, such as Paper Rater (http://www.paperrater.com/), I was p¬¬¬¬leasantly surprised by the positive feedback I received. I also compared my writing sample against the information found within my textbooks, and while I was utilizing a lot of the rules and concepts found within my textbooks, I wasn’t consciously aware of it so they weren’t always being used appropriately or to their maximum potential. In my research, I also came
first quarter for writing, we wrote an argumentative essay on social media. For the essay we had to decide whether social media is bad or good and prove whether our argument was true. Also for reading we did a class novel on “The Hobbit” by J.R.R Tolkien. For this novel we did PRL’s, organizers and packets. During the first quarter I wrote an argumentative essay on social media. While starting the process of writing the essay I found that it was more effective to begin writing on the body paragraphs
Unfortunately this is my second time taking English 101. I was not happy at all about failing because I really did try, but I believe it was for the best. I have learned way more and actually enjoyed writing while in this class. My first year taking the course was very difficult. Partly because I came from a high school that did not do the things college requires. In high school I was asked to write summaries. I was never asked to read an article or book and analyze it the way college professors
of essays and has helped the maturity of my writing to increase while I have still shown a great knowledge and strong suit for both classes. Throughout my English classes, I have grown in maturity of my writing. 10th grade English was easy for me and never pushed me and challenged me to dig deeper. English 111 has taught me to use all that I have to write an essay to the best of my abilities. I have also learned that I can write eloquently and still get my point across. English 111 helped me learn
My two best Personal Reading Logs entries for The Hobbit is entry 9/10/15, my third Personal Reading Log found in my Personal Reading Log charts, and entry 9/14/15, my fourth Personal Reading Log found in my Personal Reading Log chart. They are both located behind my Social Media essay. Both of these entries on my Personal Reading Log chart have a green highlighted star next to them. The 9/10/15 entry is my best work because it shows how I am able to figure out an indirect characterization used to
Writing In this semester, I wrote two analytical essays, one on Indian horse and the other one on To kill a Mockingbird, Analysis on short stories like The Curio Shop, The interloper, A coyote Columbus story and another short story. From writing these Analyzes, I learned what literary devices are and how they are displayed in a passage. Examples of literary devices are foreshadowing, tone, mood, irony, and more. At the beginning of the semester I came into English class without knowing how to analysis
What is the purpose of assessment result analysis? How am I going to utilise the information of assessment in order support my teaching and learning? An after-test review will enhance the accuracy of the test scores and the validity of decisions made from them. After designing the assessment tasks (MCQ items, selected response and written response assessment), the crucial part is the analysis of assessment items. There must be a connection between what had been taught and what to be assessed. However