Anti-Federalist Papers

Joan Didion in the article, “On Keeping a Notebook,” explains that keeping a notebook is very different than keeping a journal. Didion supports her explanation by giving examples of what she wrote in her notebook, and explaining why she wrote those things. The author’s purpose is to inform, in order to let her audience know that keeping a notebook is important. The author writes in an informal tone for the audience. Joan Didion writes using pathos, ethos, and rhetorical devices. Throughout her…

When it comes to writing; I have never really had a preferred method or process. For the most part I usually just try to force ideas out onto paper in a somewhat organized manner. I have always had a serious problem with procrastination and staying on subject, so if I do not find myself interested in what I am learning I always seem to zone out. Even when it comes to subjects I enjoy writing has never captivated my interest, and when I do manage to write something it is always terribly…

As I recall, the earliest experiences I had was with my mother reading to me. She used to read me books like Cat in the Hat, the Three Little Pigs, Humpty Dumpty and the Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. These books were read to me before bedtime. I remember these books because my mother always had some type of action that goes along with that the characters where doing in the book. Oftentimes, she would follow the reading of the book up with a finger play of that book. When I wanted to read…

Once I was done beating the crap out of Virus I went up to Jason's room and slept there. A few hours later I woke up. I yawned and opened my eyes lazily before stretching. I swung my feet over the edge of the bed and glanced around the room. Where am I? I jumped out of the bed before I remembered where I was. While scratching my head I left the room and made a bee-line to the bathroom. Swearing as I stubbed my toe on every other thing in my way, the pain eventually woke me up enough so that I…

Writing an article, a book chapter, or any sort of literature can almost be comparable to a science. Authors must write in such a way so that the reader can understand the content and be persuaded by it. As such, writers often tailor their arguments and supports based on what kind of audience they are trying to reach. Bruns and Highfield, trying to target the expert audience, use a different method than Steele, who is addressing the non-expert audience. Although they are both writing on the same…

For most of my papers I had a pretty good understanding of what my purpose needed to be for each of them. I would have to say that I struggled more with the reading response essay more than the others because I realized that I wasn’t quite understanding what the assignment was for that paper. I liked that the essays were more personal so it made it easier to know who my audience was and what I wanted my purpose to be. I was happy with my first essay because I really tried to make the stories and…

I began writing for the school newspaper as a freshman because I enjoyed writing. I discovered another interesting aspect of newswriting: gathering information through interviews. Interviewing a subject requires analyzing their responses to determine what questions could lead to interesting, important information. newswriting improved my communication skills. I learned to get to the essence of what my interview subjects were saying and think of appropriate follow-up questions off the cuff.…

What are your writing strengths and weaknesses? To be quite honest, I'm not too sure about my writing strengths, but I am aware of many weaknesses. Writing tends to stress me out a bit and I don't know why. It probably stems from some traumatic incident in my childhood. However, I'm not that great at organizing ideas, formatting can get a bit wonky and sometimes I mess up grammar. What is your intended major? I am currently a Biology major. What are your interests outside academics? I am a…

Reflective Memo At the beginning of the course I found a lot of difficulties in writing, but now I can see my improvement in writing. I always wanted to be comfortable when I write a paper for class, or email to my instructor, that’s why I decided to take this class as a challenge, so that I can enrich my writing skills qualitatively. As writing skills is Correlatively linked to the amount of one read, henceforth I started consuming variety of literature and readings from different disciplines.…

research papers in the proper format and structure supports my claim that I am an average writer. Through my experience in AP Language, as well as AP Literature, I was taught how to construct essays utilizing rhetorical techniques, argumentative essays, and research papers. Writing a minimum of two essays per week allowed me to practice the craft of writing and ensure that when i am constructing an essay it is executed properly in structure. The ability to compose these varying types of papers…