I really like Eduardo Galeano's piece Mirrors. I loved the style he used that so concisely and eloquently asserted his feelings about racism, ethics and morals. I truly liked the word choice he used and his way of summarizing huge, momentous events in history.
The sample essays for our research paper made what is expected of us more clear and showed me different approaches to establishing ideas, using resources and personal stories to create a dynamic essay. Although there were some minor errors in the essays they both were interesting, unique and showed obvious understanding of the topic they were covering. This is my goal for my essays, I would like to see that my writing can transition smoothly and seem focused even with an increased word count (for some reason when I have more words to work with I notice that my essays get a little distracted or hard to follow). I don't know yet what I will want to use as my topic for this essay. I hope that our discussion and work on Wednesday in class will help me figure this out.
The chapter in the Everyday Writer about getting essays started was also really helpful for my outline for the midterm. I hope that my outline will help me in class for my essay.
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i thought his writings were very short and straight to the point (kindof), but about not knowing the topic that you will be witting, i'll tell you not to worry, i think we all feel the same way, at least i do :)
ReplyDeleteI liked his writing a lot. I thought they each captivated a certain emotion and you could actually feel good or bad, well most of them were sad but at least you could feel something for the character. I think the topic for the essay will just pop into your head when your doing something I know mine did when I was thinking about my animal science paper and then got sidetracked with the thought of what I could do for this class.
ReplyDeletei wish u had come up with an idea of what to write for the next essay. the sample essays seem to be pretty direction in showing what is expected for our research paper, the way they used their sources and analyzed them to support the authors' argument gives me a generally idea of how to focus on my own argument and not to get it off-topic.
ReplyDeletethat's a great goal for your essay!setting goals is a really smart idea and i think i may need to copy you on that! i wonder what everyone is going to choose for their reports...
ReplyDeleteThe shorts in the Mirrors reading were definitely enjoyable to read. Just the right mix of tragic and triumphant to add a fresh feeling to several well defined historical events.
ReplyDeleteits exciting that through all these reading you are noticing and wanting parts of the reading to becoming like yours in your future essay! smooth transitions and clarity in the writing and its purpose is definitely a goal of mine as well!
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