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Journal 13

“How can I translate my writing process to other work outside of this classroom?”

I can translate my writing process to other work outside of the classroom by using brainstorming, critical thinking, and different variations of writing.  It’s all about brainstorming on what you want to say, then getting your point across by using a format that best fits what you are writing. In your writing, you will need structure, evidence if necessary, and a strong voice. With this you should be able to write other work with using the process of inside classroom writing. 

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Journal 12

The most challenging assignment for me this semester was the infographic. I found that assignment challenging because I have never done anything like that before so I didn’t have anything to go back on. At times I felt like I wrote too much for the infographic and when I tried to shorten it then I felt like I didn’t have enough information. I feel like my writing has not improved that much but the process of writing I feel like has tremendously improved. I actually read articles and background information before writing, I wrote all my papers a week before they are due, I revised the assignments multiple times, and really took my time in writing and making sure everything was formatted correctly. Before I never did any of those things, I usually wrote the paper the same day and turned it in. I definitely have other skills to improve on, but happy about the outcome of my writing process.

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Journal 9

https://phys.org/news/2020-08-world-oceans-affected-climate.html

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Journal 7

In the article “How to write a perfect sentence” a piece of advice that stuck with me was in one sentence you can not have all the information. He advises using simple sentences and says sentences should be felt by a reader. He says “A line of words should unfold in space and time, not reveal itself all at once, for the simple reason that it cannot be read all at once”. That suck with me because in the past I tend to try to fit all my information in one sentence. He also said “A sentence must be felt by the reader, and a feeling is something that grows and fades like anything else that is alive.” This also stuck with me because even if a sentence is short it still has meaning and is important.

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Journal #6

In the past, I have always enjoyed peer review and it always had helped me. I tend to go off-topic a lot of times so what’s most helpful for me is just having another person to read my work. Also, what’s helpful is knowing what doesn’t sound right or doesn’t flow. I feel like for me there is no least helpful suggestion because the more suggestions the better. Maybe the little stuff like grammar or misspelled words would be the least helpful because it won’t help my overall essay. What I like about peer review is getting to read other people’s work and get to see their point of view.

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Tumblr Journal

In the article “Climate of Denial” by Al Gore, the author was successful in his argument. There are many articles about climate change and with reading those articles, you read the same information every time, but I believe that Al Gore had a compelling and out of the box approach to his article that made it successful. He used rhetorical devices such as logos, pathos, and ethos to persuade the audience. Logos was used when he listed all the negative outcomes with statistics about the effects of climate change. Pathos when the author gives different analogies to climate change and trying to get the audience to think about what is climate change, what causes it, and what will happen if we continue to ignore it, with hopefully inspiring people to help change the course of history. Ethos was when the author established that he could speak on the subject without getting off-topic of the reality of how humankind has been part of the destruction of the planet. The intended audience for this article is the world but mainly today’s youth, trying to get them to realize we don’t have a choice but to fix the problem head-on.

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Journal 4

What I found very interesting in the article was the stats they give you about the reader’s interests in this exploding digital universe. What I also found interesting was all the different ways to help make your writing better. I’ve heard some of them before, but one I never heard before was the incorporate multimedia. I wouldn’t think to put any pictures or videos in my writing. I think these techniques are very important because when following these rules, you come out with better writing that people can understand. Following the inverted pyramid and having short and simple sentences and leaving the reader wanting more can really help your audience understand the point you were trying to make without the audience having to reread or really try to think about what you were trying to say.

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Journal #3

My pre-writing process looked like going over notes about what I had to write and what type of format it needed to be and also what type of writing style. After feeling more comfortable with the style of writing I started to brainstorm some ideas I wanted to write about. After having a couple of paragraphs of brainstorming ideas I just started to write. After having an almost fully written assignment it was just all about revisions now. I went back every day and just reread and fixed anything that needed to be fixed. The most useful writing process for me was the revisions parts. I kept going back every day to read and fix anything. I did the revisions for about five days. What I would like to improve is outlining. I didn’t have a really good outline format for this project, I just started to write the whole essay.  

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Journal 2

Throughout my school years, I’ve had many teachers who impacted my writing in good and bad ways. One year in high school my teacher didn’t help anyone with there writing and didn’t try to help anyone improve their skills. In my sophomore year, I had an excellent English teacher who really helped and impacted my writing skills for the better. I’ve gone to her all the time I needed someone to check my writing or just needed input. To this day I still email her or ask her any questions I have.

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Journal #1

My experience with English has never been great. The only experience I liked was class discussions on books we read. I find it very difficult to get my thoughts on paper. All my years in English class was just about reading a book then writing an essay about it. I never took any creative writing classes and never really focused on any other styles of writing. In this class, I would like to learn and improve in different writing styles.