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I think that with the second round of peer I knew more what to focus on when editing. I tried to make comments that would actually help and using the peer review guidelines paper helped a lot. I also paid attention to some of the things that I knew I could work on, like quote …
(C) What’s rectangular, small and with you more often than you realize? Nope it’s not a phone, it’s your calculator. These calculators tucked away in our bags are actually spying devices for the government. (I) Most of us relate to the feeling of thinking or saying something aloud to later see it all over our …
We read Bain’s chapter “Learning how to embrace failure.” Let’s begin by emphasizing the learning part: as you look back over the past 8 weeks, what would you say you’ve been learning about yourself? Make a connection from Bain to yourself (text-self) or to your Project 1 Goals (text-text) or to your work on Project …
One thing that excites me about the communications major is that it includes public relations and journalism. This is something that intrigues me because I was thinking a lot about an English/writing minor and that would go well with the journalism aspect of this major.
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According to what author Anne Lamott has to say, I would think that writing a first draft is more about the process. She talks about letting the first draft be the place “where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place” (Lamott 4). In this quote “it” is …
In 300 words or less, summarize the speech and show (with framed quotes and paraphrases from the text) what you believe to be the author’s three main points/arguments. Support with textual evidence and include your own initial response to the material. In the speech “This is Water ” American author David Foster Wallace argues three …
In 400 words or less, summarize the piece AND show (with framed quotes and paraphrase from the text) what you believe to be the author’s three main points/arguments. Support with textual evidence and include your own initial response to the material. In his article “Is empathy overrated?” Professor Paul Bloom argues that empathy has more …
Boyer discusses several tensions in what are often heated discussions of what a college curriculum should entail. Identify one central tension Boyer discusses and describe some of the pros/cons and values behind it. How would you enter the debate, right now? Support your response with a quote from Boyer and at least 4 sentences of …
What was your final thesis statement? Paste, then analyze its strengths & weaknesses The use of social media creates a warped sense of how communication works by encouraging our ability to send a snapchat but decreasing our ability to hold a conversation. I think that my thesis statement was pretty decent, it was specific but …
