Comparing Pappas And Tolisano's Taxonomies

In comparing Pappas and Tolisano’s taxonomies, Tolisano’s reflection of taxonomies has more connection to me in terms of my learning process and self-development in this class. As we can see, the bottom of the pyramid (the foundation), the very base consists of a big block structure and it gets little as it reaches the top. Similarly, my learning process in this class started to have a big, scattered, overwhelming pieces of ideas, then as the class progress, those ideas became smaller yet unified.

When this class started, I am at the “what did I do” scale. It is the bottom but the very foundation of all the scales. Honestly, in the beginning of this class, I had an overwhelming impression about the modules that I needed to complete in 9 weeks span. Additionally, I had a hard time figuring out the logic behind the little assignments. I felt like I am just wasting my time. My time this quarter is very limited between work, school, and personal responsibilities. But then, as the assignments progresses, it started to make sense, that those little assignments were essential. It is the very basic foundation of this class. The foundation of learning how to evaluate, investigate, and create a solid standpoint for the upcoming final argumentative paper.

Although I did not reach the highest scale, I feel that I am at the …show more content…
I accomplished the goal of this class through better analysis of author's intended purpose (any bias) and audience, the meaning of the work (source’s thesis), and the author's attitude towards the subject (logical, emotional, ethical) and the audience. From this class, I was able to gain a solid foundation on the proper techniques of writing in analyzing and evaluating my sources, and I will take what I have learned and incorporate it into the writing assignments that I have to do in the