I chose two out of class essays, “A Powerful Tool: Emotional Appeal” and “Animal Testing Is Still Necessary,” to submit because these topics relate to social hotspots, so audiences will be attracted by these articles. Also, it’s easy to develop explicit claims for both of the topics. There is a lot of evidence that enhance the credibility of the articles to support the claims I assert. More importantly, the use of counter arguments in the essays shows consideration of both sides. Not just a single sided argument that may create skepticism and confusion.
The 1st out of class essay, “A Powerful Tool: Emotional Appeal,” argues that emotional appeals are more influential than facts. This phenomenon is called living in a post-truth world. In people’s …show more content…
During the construction of this essay, I practiced the skill and learned the strategies to write a timed essay about a certain topic, which helped me with my final timed essay and other writing assignments. Also, the in-class essay serves as a foundation for the revised essay. During the first draft, to make the essay more reliable, I found a variety of evidence to support my thesis. I also practiced organizing appropriate evidence and incorporate them into the contents of the essay. After several drafts were written, I went to tutor sessions at the Writer’s Resource Lab and Learning Assistance Center. The tutors are helpful, and they helped me find grammatical errors and run-on sentences. So, the grammatical errors of this essay decrease. In addition, there are multiple perspectives in this essay, and the counter arguments show the consideration of both sides. Overall, the essay content expresses a thoughtful response to the essay prompt, and the essay is well-organized and cohesive with a variety of use of transition words.
From this class, I wrote four timed essays, and I learned how to utilize the first 10 minutes to outline and do pre-writing. Also, one important factor of an in-class essay with high quality is the careful reading of the prompt. In the prompt, I should write personal experience and state an explicit argument if the prompt has these requirements. In addition, managing time is important because a timed essay needs to be at least
The 1st out of class essay, “A Powerful Tool: Emotional Appeal,” argues that emotional appeals are more influential than facts. This phenomenon is called living in a post-truth world. In people’s …show more content…
During the construction of this essay, I practiced the skill and learned the strategies to write a timed essay about a certain topic, which helped me with my final timed essay and other writing assignments. Also, the in-class essay serves as a foundation for the revised essay. During the first draft, to make the essay more reliable, I found a variety of evidence to support my thesis. I also practiced organizing appropriate evidence and incorporate them into the contents of the essay. After several drafts were written, I went to tutor sessions at the Writer’s Resource Lab and Learning Assistance Center. The tutors are helpful, and they helped me find grammatical errors and run-on sentences. So, the grammatical errors of this essay decrease. In addition, there are multiple perspectives in this essay, and the counter arguments show the consideration of both sides. Overall, the essay content expresses a thoughtful response to the essay prompt, and the essay is well-organized and cohesive with a variety of use of transition words.
From this class, I wrote four timed essays, and I learned how to utilize the first 10 minutes to outline and do pre-writing. Also, one important factor of an in-class essay with high quality is the careful reading of the prompt. In the prompt, I should write personal experience and state an explicit argument if the prompt has these requirements. In addition, managing time is important because a timed essay needs to be at least