English 112 Blog

1.) I liked to see another persons writing about my topic. The different wording was cool to see also i think it could help improve my own writing.

2.) While re-writing another persons material i thought about his paragraph and my own thoughts on the subject. i found it to be an expirence. it was quite fun to re-write in class.

3.) I learned different ways to write down information. it opened up my mind to see what other ways i could use the information in my text to write new paragraphs in different ways.

4.) cheating is bad soley because it is immoral and dishonorable. 

Source Analysis helped me learn more about identifying good sources of information. Once you are able to identify sources by basically investigating. Once i got the information down i think it helped me look closer at the material in front of me. I looked into the articles i read and found that there were many different quotes that i could use to support my topic. one of the similarities between the 2 types of papers SA/Argumentative is that the sa helps write the argumentative. the sa also helps with the works cited that you will be using for your argumentative works cited. Sources analysis basically sets up your paper nothing beyond that. the articles you pick that come from the sources anaylsis is there to only help you write your argumentative piece.

1.)  The issue I will be talking about is a current issue in society, it might not be on peoples minds but it is having affects on children and parents alike. The information I need will be from the sources that tell me a lot on my subject on gaming.

2.) In china WoW is such an addiction they put restrictions on how long you can play every day. the addictive tendencies of video games are huge. there are many people who are in my shoes preaching that these games can be destructive and addicting but no one really does anything to stop it.

3.)  There are people who see gaming as a Destructive, there are others who do not have problems with it. how people want to spend their time is completely on themselves and no one can really tell them differently. The information i will need to find will be captured in the Online Library database. Maybe some people can be more productive than others because they dont play games but are they not just wasting the time to pass the day.

4.) My take on the issue is yeah Video games are addictive. As a gamer i know how it is to get lost playing games. I dont have any problems saying “man i just spent 4 hours playing halo”. to others that might be a problem. call me lazy but i still find time to workout and do all that. Video games are starting to take over the world, kids and parents alike are playing video games a lot more than ever.

The last essay caused me a few problems. There were a few things that were wrong. I am having problems addressing the audience; also the organization is a small problem that I will work on. The second essay is more important and I think that this one was a little easier because I could understand it a little more. The mechanics of my papers needs work. Essay 2 is building on essay 1 because instead of 1 article you had to use 3 articles and learn one new thing. Synthesis was one of the differences. With the addition of synthesis it added a whole new side to this second paper that I captured and did a great job.

Well I should say that the writing process that I use has to be my own. I might do a few of the things that the authors of our textbooks would tell us to do. I learned to annotate from the book.  Once I am done annotating I come up with my thesis. After this I basically go into my own world in writing. When you have your own writing assignment and you are able to just brainstorm quickly and go with it. We are required to write in MLA, which I do try and get everything done. Once I brainstorm and get things on paper the essay just flows off the top of my fingertips.

Using synthesis is a lot easier than most people think. Using synthesis sometimes can happen in your everyday life. Anytime you ever had to use more than one thing to make an argument worthy of being listened to, or even being worthy of a simple yes to the position that your are trying to get across. I would say i used synthesis to aquire a lot of things from either of my parents. The one that sticks out the most has to be when i asked for my first skateboard. I was 13 and skating was the thing in.

First thing out of my mouth to mom was “can I have a skateboard today.” she basically laughed in my face. She gave me the whole you honestly think im going out to buy you a hundred and twenty-five dollar piece of wood.  After this I figured I would have to think out this situation a little bit more than I have. I would say I was pretty crafty and was able to convince my parents to get me a lot of things. When I came back at her with the whole argument she figured out that I had really thought this through. I told her I wanted the skateboard to keep myself out of trouble and I told her the exercise I would recieve from skating would be fantastic for baseball. Also I threw in the well you can also go to walmart and get me a crappy board for me to learn on. After i told her all of these things she ultimately agreed to my demands and i got my skateboard. This was a time when i used some synthesis to get something as a child without my own money and it wouldnt be the last time.

I guess for someone who would like to do well in college I would say anything that would make me a better writer. The things I already have been learning about from our readings are helping me improve my skills as a writer. The better I can write the easier it will be for me to pass classes that I take later on in my college career. I hope to excel in the fact that I can keep a paper together. This is something is something I really can do. I can sometimes get a little off track in essays but, who doesn’t. When we get deeper into the chapters it will help me be successful in writing this semester. I would honestly have to work on my commas and annotating. The concept of annotating is something that I hope to really work on and completely understand the text that I read. This will in turn help me compose better essays. There are some other issues in my writing that I will have to fix if I hope to do well. From my instructor I just like to hear the truth. It doesn’t hurt my feelings. Also I like to make appointments for help on my papers. Usually if I can get the teachers opinion and some proofreading I can write exceptionally well. Also if there is a problem with understanding any of the reading material I would hope she would. These are the things that I would expect from the instructor.