When I was in Junior High School, I was in Honors English; however, I always felt quite indifferent towards Language Arts. I was twenty-six years old by the time, I returned to school and desperately trying to rush through the study material, as I was required to pass seven tests just to be accepted into an accredited college course. After passing all four tests, Reasoning Through Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Mathematical Reasoning, I received my Certificate of High School Equivalency in 2015. Then, I was accepted into Austin Community College’s Transitions Program, which is an intense and fast-paced program that is supposed to help prepare future students to pass the TSI exam by reviewing reading, writing, and math skills. At that point, it was common to hear me say, “I hate English!” Even though I passed the reading, writing, and math TSI exams, I felt I lacked the skills
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Although I had heard a bit about the methods of development in writing, I was never been taught what it meant. Furthermore, no one taught me, the anatomy of an argument, how to support an argument, Aristotle 's three appeals, how to quote accurately, how to use signal phrases, how to integrate sources, how to create a Works Cited Page, and what a research-based proposal argument is, and my personal favorite, logical fallacies.
Before taking English Comp, I never really put much thought into how an argument was constructed, or what made it either effective or ineffective. During this semester, I have learned that it is possible to make a very persuasive argument by utilizing the correct appeals, ethos or the ethical appeal, pathos or the emotional appeal, and logos or the logical appeal. Due to your class, I now know one must make an explicit and well-developed claim, to clarify your assertions define the terms within your claim, offer supporting evidence, establish authority, use pathos very wisely, and know your target
Although I had heard a bit about the methods of development in writing, I was never been taught what it meant. Furthermore, no one taught me, the anatomy of an argument, how to support an argument, Aristotle 's three appeals, how to quote accurately, how to use signal phrases, how to integrate sources, how to create a Works Cited Page, and what a research-based proposal argument is, and my personal favorite, logical fallacies.
Before taking English Comp, I never really put much thought into how an argument was constructed, or what made it either effective or ineffective. During this semester, I have learned that it is possible to make a very persuasive argument by utilizing the correct appeals, ethos or the ethical appeal, pathos or the emotional appeal, and logos or the logical appeal. Due to your class, I now know one must make an explicit and well-developed claim, to clarify your assertions define the terms within your claim, offer supporting evidence, establish authority, use pathos very wisely, and know your target