As an incoming freshman in August of 2015 taking Rhetoric 105, I not only learned how to take apart papers, summarize, paraphrase, analyze and construct passages, but overall to be a great thinker. There are many ways that a person can tell you that works to become a better thinker, but it starts within you. While writing papers this fall semester, I learned that my writing became better when I a. understood what was being asked of me via the criteria, b. allowed myself to make mistakes in order to understand what I was and wasn 't doing correctly, c. I started to question myself, not in a way of was the work too hard, but in the sense of what the assignment and the thesis I am creating is asking. At this stage, you have to be completely real
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Asking for help from others and not just you professor help you to become a better thinker because you obtain ideas from friends, and you start to think differently and obtain ideas you didn 't even think you had. I myself was once a person who was afraid of asking for help, getting help, ideas, and criticism from others, Which the outcome of that was that it limited my ideas. I was too scared to allow a change within, that my papers suffered a bit. Don 't get me wrong, your ideas and thoughts are just as good as the person you are obtaining them from, but getting insight from another person may just be the cherry on top of your paper. In order to write an effective essay, The general way is to choose a topic, specifically something that interests you, secondly grab an outline. The outline you may feel you don 't need because it takes up extra time, but completing an outline is like completing the paper, the only thing left is to type it. Following the outline, brainstorm on a thesis. A thesis that you yourself can answer and analyze, yet not too easy for your professor to look at your paper as a "Duh" paper. Oh, I 'm sorry, a duh paper is a paper where the reader already knows the things you are saying and there are no analytical parts in it. What teacher wants a paper without the juicy …show more content…
In that paper, I discussed his ideas, doings, speeches and other things, yet I also discussed in my conclusion how Mandela 's ideas didn 't just help South Africa flourish, but the United Kingdom and our America. Moreover, don 't be afraid to add something within your paper, because even if you don 't understand how it ties back into your paper or help it, the professor will always have different viewpoints, ideas and etc, and who knows you adding that may give you some cool points or make up for other faults within your paper. Cough, cough, just because I say faults does not mean allow them to be in your paper, even though we all have made mistakes in papers, god knows I did. However, a good paper starts within yourself, as I previously stated allow change, create outlines, ask questions, not just to yourself, but to others. I allowed change, took the time to think, organize, and no matter what the grade is, whether it 's an A or B, maybe even a C it is teaching you how to be a better writer and grades do not show or dictate the amount of potential you have. Plus who likes C 's, so I know you will kick butt, just as I
Asking for help from others and not just you professor help you to become a better thinker because you obtain ideas from friends, and you start to think differently and obtain ideas you didn 't even think you had. I myself was once a person who was afraid of asking for help, getting help, ideas, and criticism from others, Which the outcome of that was that it limited my ideas. I was too scared to allow a change within, that my papers suffered a bit. Don 't get me wrong, your ideas and thoughts are just as good as the person you are obtaining them from, but getting insight from another person may just be the cherry on top of your paper. In order to write an effective essay, The general way is to choose a topic, specifically something that interests you, secondly grab an outline. The outline you may feel you don 't need because it takes up extra time, but completing an outline is like completing the paper, the only thing left is to type it. Following the outline, brainstorm on a thesis. A thesis that you yourself can answer and analyze, yet not too easy for your professor to look at your paper as a "Duh" paper. Oh, I 'm sorry, a duh paper is a paper where the reader already knows the things you are saying and there are no analytical parts in it. What teacher wants a paper without the juicy …show more content…
In that paper, I discussed his ideas, doings, speeches and other things, yet I also discussed in my conclusion how Mandela 's ideas didn 't just help South Africa flourish, but the United Kingdom and our America. Moreover, don 't be afraid to add something within your paper, because even if you don 't understand how it ties back into your paper or help it, the professor will always have different viewpoints, ideas and etc, and who knows you adding that may give you some cool points or make up for other faults within your paper. Cough, cough, just because I say faults does not mean allow them to be in your paper, even though we all have made mistakes in papers, god knows I did. However, a good paper starts within yourself, as I previously stated allow change, create outlines, ask questions, not just to yourself, but to others. I allowed change, took the time to think, organize, and no matter what the grade is, whether it 's an A or B, maybe even a C it is teaching you how to be a better writer and grades do not show or dictate the amount of potential you have. Plus who likes C 's, so I know you will kick butt, just as I