Blog #15
For this blog post I focused on chapter 15 of “They Say I Say”. In this chapter the authors outline what it takes to be able to connect your writing meaningfully to a piece of literature. Showing a writer that Read More …
Blog #14
Moving towards the final draft of this multimodal essay, I have a few goals in mind that will help me be able to better organize and develop my paper. My goal for this essay is that I want to be Read More …
Peer Review: Paper #3
Dear________, I felt as though your essay was off to a great start. From the beginning of your essay I felt as if you had a great grasp on what you wanted to accomplish in your essay. I loved a Read More …
Multimodal Statement
For this multimodal essay, I feel as though incorporating new ideas that I have never though of trying before is going to be a tough task to accomplish. Nonetheless, I want to experiment with conveying my ideas with new strategies. Read More …
Blog #13
While reading Galen Strawson’s “I am not a story” I first noticed a few things. He was speaking from his own mind rather than using others arguments to make a larger point. He was only concerned with his own thoughts Read More …
Blog #12
One of many places that caught my eye in this article by Julie Beck, was on page eleven when she talks about American optimism quoting Dan McAdams. She quotes, “Americans have sought to author their lives as redemptive tales of Read More …
Blog #11
Do you see any patterns? One pattern in particular keeps popping up in this paragraph is that when I introduced some ideas, I went off and started to talk about something else that did not pertain to the idea. Then Read More …
Peer Review: Paper #2
Camden Saucier, I felt that your essay was very well developed and contained some nice, thought out ideas. These ideas however, need to be shortened or broken up into component parts in order for them to be understandable. In addition Read More …
Blog #10
My favorite Brainstorming activity would have to be clustering. This strategy is my favorite because it give a sense of artistic freedom and allows the writer to freely explore options that might not be present in other methods of brainstorming.
Blog #9
Pinker and Lehrer: Both Pinker and Lehrer strive to grasp at the point that science is something that the modern world relies too much on, and that a reductionist view is not something that can only propel human understanding so Read More …
