Basic writing

Coming into English 101, I really did not know what to expect. This was my first college writing class so I had no idea what it was going to be like. In high school I would have considered myself to be a decent writer, not the best or not the worst. I would never impress anyone with my writing skills but I could still come across as educated on my topic. I had passed the AP English exam my senior year which gave me more confidence heading into college but I knew that college would be a whole…

issue for TPW classes; students must adapt their academic writing skills to a new rhetorical situation, writing in the workplace. There is little doubt about the differences between academic and workplace writing—multiple studies in TPW have characterized these differences and promoted pedagogies to support students in the transition process. In one example, Flower and Ackerman (1994) described the difference between academic and workplace writing as “writer-based prose” vs. “reader-based…

One of the most if not the most important factors to consider when writing your autobiography is relevance to the reader, or will the reader care about a particular story or sentiment you’re writing about. Failure to consider what the reader cares about has historically been the bane of many aspiring writers attempting to construct a quality autobiography. Let’s look at two case studies from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, to demonstrate what to do, what not to do, and how to determine relevance…

be even more difficult especially in clarifying ethos and logos. In my mind, I over simplified the two concepts to ethos equaling credibility and logos to mean the accuracy of the information, but in my research, this was not always the case. In a basic Google search of rhetoric and web design, many sources stated that logos was the layout and ease of use of a website. The ethos, on the other hand, was how "professional" the website looked. A long lesson, in a nutshell, do not oversimplify…

courses that was mandatory for the Liberal Arts college. English 101 was one of the classes I chose to take my first semester because I knew I had more knowledge on writing efficient papers because of my previous AP English courses in high school. In high school, I was always told that I was an adequate writer because I knew the basic of connecting ideas that provided a clear concrete understanding. However, the only time I received an unsatisfactory score was when the information I included in…

The idea of writing, is, in itself, a great way to communicate between humans. It has been around for thousands of years, dating back to ancient history with writings etched into walls in caves. Even though there has been a major advancement in printed writing that is done at a device such as a computer or a typewriter, handwriting is still a major part of our lives. Like every other child, I went to Elementary School, where I was taught how to read, do basic math and, most importantly, write.…

My writing is atrocious. I am not a great writer and I will never be a great writer. My writing is very basic and doesn 't grab the readers attention. A good essay flows. A good essay gives great information to a reader were the reader understands the topic. Also, transitional words helps an essay flow. Using words such as hoverer, also, and nevertheless helps because it links ideas together. I have used a few transitional words, but in my opinion not enough. A reader does not have to infer…

national labs. My dad is an electrical engineer and my mom is a mechanical and both have degrees in nuclear. I have always grown up in an environment where there was science and math. I have been in a day care and by the time I entered preschool I had basic addition skills. I went to barranca mesa elementary school in twenty ten. In first grade I got into GATE gifted and talented education. In second grade GATE meant that I missed some things so I was expected to catch up by myself and that is…

than other English classes that I took at PCEP. For example, I learned more information about ethos, pathos, and logos. Last year in American Literature, I learned about the basics of ethos, pathos, and logos. This year in Sci-Fi I learned that logos means using reasoning by backing with facts and details throughout a writing piece. While pathos means an emotional appeal that person says and writes, and you can have an emotional response to the words that are stated. To be honest, the word…

putting enough effort in to get A’s in my English courses and dual credit American History when it came to writing papers. The techniques I have learned throughout this course have encouraged me to cogitate more about my paper topics, allowing me to better convey messages to the reader. The notion of an implicit thesis goes past the basic explicit thesis that I have always used in my writing. An implicit thesis is not stated directly within the finished written product. In order to have an…