We did it!
After completing my 8-10 page paper, i realized that it was the end. It took alot of time and devotion to complete this paper successfully, but with Professor Ludeker’s help and help from my peers i am proud of my paper. Even thought the papers were rough at the beginnning, i brought all the ideas into one and created a great research paper on healthcare reform. I hope all of you had a great semester! Thank you Professor!
Research Paper
The conclusion of my final paper at first was rough. As i brought together some of my main ideas, it came alot easier to me. I checked out chapter 7 in our handbook and that was alot of help as well. My conclusion, to me, seems like i ended in the right note. I hope everyone else had a conclusion that they are proud of!
Final Paper!
After my conference, I am very confident in finishing my paper. I went in with about three pages, now im up to six. Professor Ludeker and I went through a great outline that would assist me in finishing my paper successfully. Since, Tuesday is a peer review for our final papers, I am using this as an advantage to see what my peers can pick out of my paper. I am hoping everyone has had a successful conference with the Professor like I did and i am hoping that come Tuesday, we’re all ready to help eachother out!
Conference Tomorrow!
I have my conference tomorrow with Professor Ludeker at 12 and i think this will give me the opportunity for any questions! I have been trying to perfect my introduction and I think I fell behind on the rest of my paper however I did provide my arguments and such. Did anyone else go in with this done? Anyway goodluck on your papers and I hope the conferences help!
Trying to Determine the right appeal
For my argumentative paper, I feel as though I want to use more pathos throughout my paper to try and get people with health coverage to help those without. I dont want to use overly emotional words in doing this, but at the same time I am use to it. Also, there are a lot of statistics (logos) for my topic, health care reform, and I think if i can manage to create a more shocking turn of these statistics, it would result in a larger impact for those who have coverage. The hardest appeal to me is ethos. I find it more difficult to make yourself credible at all time. Maybe this applies to just me but I also use the word “many” in the wrong context. Professor Ludeker seemed to help me in distinguishing the difference between these strong words because after all they are significantly different.
Final Argument Synthesis
I feel confident in writing the final 8-10 page argumentative synthesis because of the lecture in class this morning. I find that the guidelines are self explanatory, and the conferences being set up with Professor Ludeker are going to be very helpful. I like writing argument papers but at the same time i find it hard to make them persuasive. Getting the reader’s to think a different way is what makes writing difficult for me. Along with getting help from Professor Ludeker, I am scheduling an appointment with the Writing Center in hopes to excel on my final research paper.
Synthesis Blog
Getting an e-mail from Professor Ludeker seemed helpful, especially when it comes time for the final product. I always find myself reading my paper over and over again until I nearly memorize my essay. Even though I revise my paper, I also like how the corrections that Professor makes by email are helpful to me most because it shows me what is being looked at when grading. Synthesis to me at first seemed difficult weaving many different authors opinions into one paper, but after the revisions in class and these corrections I am more confident in my final synthesis paper.
Synthesis Discussion
After reading over what a synthesis is in our text books, I found that spreading your purpose throughout this paper could be difficult. Pulling out different and/or similar ideas out of my sources seem to be the most difficult part in creating my rough draft for this assignment. I feel as though Professor Ludeker’s questions that she had listed put together a lot of confusion that I had had earlier in the week. I felt as though answering those questions on paper based on my topic created a helpful start for the end product of my paper. Also, we have been writing thesis’s for a while now and I feel like this time around gave me a broader outlook on what a thesis should look like when beginning your paper. Overall, class was very helpful in determining my purpose for my synthesis!
Critical Analysis
This past week served as a mentor for me while writing my critical analysis. In class, i learned the difference between a summary and a critical analysis and I found the text book to be a very helpful source in doing so as well. I found that within the text pages that were assigned to be read came a great detailed outline on what went into a critical analysis. A critical analyis starts out by introducing the topic being talked about and summarizes the authors main points. From there I begin to analyze what the author means, point out some positive and negative ideas and establish the tone set throughout the piece. I find that the critical analysis is more of a help when critiquing another’s writing and evaluating someone else’s work is only a chance to make it better.
Ashley String’s Blog Assign. 1
During my reading, I pointed out a way of speaking that authors use while writing. I never realized how writers use emotional terms to engage the audience into positive reasoning. As I read the persuasive writing about 8 year old Fredrika Keefer who was declined from the San Fransisco Ballet School, I saw a few phrases that the author had modified in order to set the reader on a new level. For example, Ryan says “Watching out for the children’s best interest”. Instead, she could of used abused, but she knows that would come across as a negative message to the audience. Overall, I liked the way that Ryan tweeked her words in order to move the readers toward a surpassing emotional level.
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