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ADVICE

What can you do in order to survive RWS1302?

First of all, manage your time! I cannot stress this enough. The assignments require drafts and time, if you are planing on writing your paper of 8 pages long in just one day is not going to work. 

Check blackboard constantly. It doesn’t matter how many times you check, again and again that’s fine. This class is provided just once a week. If the teacher explained an assignment on Monday, by Thursday I’m almost sure that you will forget.

In the class APA format is life! Make sure you understand how everything is done and how it needs to be organized, specially when you are citing. The page that worked the best for me is https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

It is a very interesting class, have fun with it.

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Week 14

Why a video? Even if it is a writing class, visuals are very important. We tend to remember better if we see visuals, if we have a way to associate something in a writing form to a visual is going to be easier to understand what we just saw. 

We use a video, images and facts in order to present our information in a more effective way. We are doing elderly abuse and if the audience sees pictures/videos of elderly people being abuse it is going to stick better and people is going to be aware of what is going on. For instance, we are going to create an impact so people can do something about elderly abuse.

I believe that the structure works because the best way to approached our audience is through pathos. The video has a lot of pathos but also logos and ethos to support our argument. We provide specific ways of helping which is another effective way of presenting our advocacy.  

 For my last question I added that GIF because I think that the answer is complete and deserves some kind of reward (a hug). For instance, Adam giving me a mental hug like saying: Good job, girl. 

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Week 13

I selected an essay as my genre in order to present my opinion piece. 

What is my topic?

My topic is how insurance is very expensive for people with autism but is lower for people with another disability. 

For my policy change I want to make a point in why should insurance’s rates should do a thoughtful background check to see if families that have a relative with autism are able to pay such rates. If families have a low income the insurance should be lower. 

Why an essay? Presenting my topic in a writing form will give it more formality. This is an important topic that is delicate in a sense that has to do with government issues. For instance, doing an essay would be the best way to present it. 

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#CollegeHurts #79: I have developed a constant fear of something being due tomorrow. Oh wait, that’s not fear. That’s reality.

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Week 10

A) I believe that one of the biggest issues that we will encounter is time management. We need to have a lot of communication because we are not going to have time to organize it in class, plus, we do not see each other two or three times a week. We need to plan it in order to do it on time. The three of us need to be available at the same time, the same day. 

B) One of my biggest concerns when I work with a group is not knowing them. I don’t know if they are responsible, if they care about their grade or if they just care about passing the class because they need it in order to graduate. 

When I was a freshman, I was taking an art appreciation class (amazing class, by the way). There was just one paper in the semester that we needed to do in groups. I was so excited because she let us choose who we wanted to be with. I chose a friend that I met that semester. I was very confident that if she did half of the paper and I did half we would totally nail it...It was not like that. She send me her part and I was amazed of how horrible it was. She didn’t use appropriate language and all she said was that the paintings were confusing and odd. I actually told her that her portion of the paper was not very good. She apologized and said she could fix it; of course, I didn’t want to risk it. By the end of the day I ended up doing the whole paper all by myself.

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Week 9

Writing the paper was very difficult at the begging. First of all, my questions were a mess. I chose a subject (autism and brain functioning) and then I had to change it (autism and politics) because my questions were google answer or bias in some way. After endless trying and with the teacher’s help, I finally made good questions that I could work with. 

The biggest pattern in my research is how I only found “Autism Speaks” articles, I could not really find other sources such as books. I also found a lot of information about what are the causes that make autism insurance more expensive than other types of disability insurance. 

This methodology works because “Autism Speaks” is one of the biggest organization helping the cause of autism. On the other hand, there should be more variability such as newspapers, magazines, books. I did an interview but surveys can also be helpful if questions are asked in a correct manner. 

Finally, in the second question I chose that visual

Not really, I chose that visual because I was not very happy to find really important and good information in just “Autism Speaks” articles, I got a little bit exasperated because the information was great and I fitted it perfectly into my paper but the variability of my sources was very obvious.

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Week 6-The Process

I have been searching articles in the database of the library (JSTOR) I checked that the articles are peer review and that the information is pertinent to my research. 

Because I realized that my topic was not flowing in the way that it was supposed to I decided to change it to my original plan (which was autism and politics) I’m doing my questions again and trying to see if they are not bias, confusing or vague.

However, good news is that I have been finding good information that can be very helpful. I have been going to public libraries near my house and I have found some books that can contribute to my research. I’m also figuring out who am I interviewing and how can I do the interview.  

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It Happens...

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Literature Review Questions

Time to get professional...

How am I going to create great questions without being bias, vague or unclear?

Is my topic interesting enough? If not, how can I get the reader’s attention in a more efficient way?

How to answer every question without expressing my opinion?

How to write so many pages with not that many questions?

and the most important question:

Am I going to be able to get an A?

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The Importance of Genre Analysis

The complexity of using genres is that they need to be closely observed, even the smallest detail needs to be absorb. The details will give away the meaning of the genre, the audience, the rhetorical appeals, and more useful information about the topic being presented. 

Studying genres has helped my writing in the way that now I pay closer attention to what I’m writing. I look for details, for the purpose, the audience. I can see beyond of what is obvious, I write and I make sure that I understand whatever I’m writing and trying to make the reader understand it as well as I do.

The value of studying genres is that you start to understand how genres can talk about the same topic but yet they are very different. Learning about genres and analyzing them gives the writer a higher sense of how a topic can be expanded in so many ways. It is not the same to have a video and then an article; and yet they can be analyze into deep and they  are going to be similar in some aspects.

For question number two I selected that image because it goes with what I wrote. When writing and analysis genres you have to pay attention and concentrate in small details. In the picture Johnny Depp is in front of a computer concentrating about what he is about to write. For instance, when you write about a certain topic or analyze it you have to think and observe before you write it down.

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Genre Analysis Preview

Genre:https://youtu.be/VYG2T6osbkA

The Purpose: This video gives an insight of what’s like to have a children with autism; how hard it is and what are some therapies that can be applied. The purpose is to make the viewer understand the struggled that it is. How autism is expanding and how it can happen to anyone.

Audience: Parents/ relatives of people with autism. In order for them to have a better idea of how they are not alone in this long journey. Making people aware of how different therapies are available for little or no cost. Also, the audience can be people interested in helping people with autism.

Ethos: The video has credibility because the project is being held by a man that has a child with autism, he knows what is like to deal with difficult situations related to autism. However, he is not specialized in the autism which puts in question his credibility.

Pathos: The images presented in the video are very clear. The viewer can experience what is happening in Surfers Healing just by looking at the video. Because of this, the viewer can experience a closer experience of what is happening. Plus, knowing the story of the founder of the association is touching and it can make people feel connected to what is happening.

Logos: The message was clear. The person creating the video wanted the viewer to experience what is like to be in the life of a person that is closely related to someone with autism. On the other hand, the message of “you are not alone” can also be transmitted for the relatives of people with autism.

Delivery:  The duration of the video is 6:22 minutes which is more than enough to describe the founder’s story and what is it that they do. The video is not repeating itself and the images help the viewer to be engaged in what is happening in the video. 

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My motto

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”

― Robert Frost

Majoring in Special Education. 

One of the things that I enjoyed the most is reading. It is very difficult for me to choose just one book but I have been reading this book over and over again. My favorite book (saga) is Tiger’s curse.

Music is a huge part of my life. I listen to all kinds of music but I feel more connected to alternative rock/pop-rock/ classic rock music. Three days grace has been one of my favorite bands since I was 13 years old; I remember being in middle school listening to full volume to songs such as “Never Too Late”.

I’m a huge fan of Disney movies! Oh, surprise! By far, my favorite movie is tangled. I used to love Tarzan and Beauty and the Beast but when this movie was released I changed my mind about both of them. 

My favorite animal is a lion! I love lions very much, I believe they are majestic creatures. They are ferocious and wild, yet they have an adorable side.

Favorite TV show: New Girl. I’m a typical college girl that sometimes binges on Netflix and because of this I found the beauty of New Girl. On the other hand, I’m also a big fan of Game of Thrones.