Pentagon Papers

Argument Research Paper Reflection I believe that I met the learning targets well for this unit. I wrote arguments to support my clear claim using sufficient evidence. I used evidence in my paper from the NIACC databases and other reliable sources as well as a book. I also followed MLA citation in order to avoid plagiarism. My final draft is quite different from my first draft, proving that I drafted, revised, and edited my paper. I significantly changed the order of my paper to make it flow…

My ability to write and understand myself as a writer has changed because of the many subjects that were talked about in class. Such as, grammar to ensure that sentences are effective and using grammatical structures in your essay. Make sure to have paragraphs relate to your thesis statement. Have good punctuation in your essay like commas, exclamation points, and periods at the end of each sentence. I didn’t pass this class the very first time I took it, so I hope maybe this time around, it was…

They say that writing what you feel helps you to feel better, to let out the anger and sadness that is swishing away deep inside of you. However, I’m not sure that’s true. See, I feel a lot of different things, none of which are positive emotions and I have a hard time believing that writing is going to soften the blow from these negative emotions running rapidly through my mind. First and foremost, I hate Michigan. Maybe because it’s that I feel Michigan has been nothing but cruel to me. Or…

Each of us has their own writing style. Some work best with music in the background, and some work best in silence. Others like to organize their ideas, and others find that jotting all of their ideas down on paper is a better method of writing. For me, writing an essay is a time consuming process. First, I like to write one sentence at a time, and then go back and revise it. I find that starting off with one sentence and going back to revise it helps with keeping the flow of the paragraph. Next…

Unit one was interesting for me since I had never known about many of the skills we learned about before. Learning how to read like a writer was especially frustrating for me. I usually never care about the way an essay is written; I mostly only pay attention to the message. As we were learning how to read like writers, I found myself getting thinking that the whole concept seemed pedantic. I thought if a writer has written an essay, shouldn't we spend time dissecting that message and debating…

my first online class so it took time for me to be able to navigate the canvas, but my amazing professor explained the process step by step. The resources that were out there to help me tackle this class was remarkable. I have never writing an APA paper, and to be able to learn the formatting was a huge accomplishment. Even though I continue to struggle with formulating some of my words to make…

first “I’m a Fan”, then a randomly generated first line, a sarcastic thank you letter, and lastly analyzing a cliché. Writing for the “I’m a Fan” try it helped me practice my free writing. It allowed me to quickly turn my thoughts into words on the paper without the use of an outline. The random first line generator was helpful in my creative writing. I chose to use it as practice to write without an outline but also without a set story already in my head. I wrote from line to line as I finished…

In A Writer’s Reference, authors Diane Hacker and Nancy Sommers explore the writing process by providing the steps needed to write a successful essay. The authors provide plenty of examples for each one of the crucial steps. In section C1 of the book, the topic discussed is how to accordingly plan writing an essay. While in the section C2, it focuses on writing the first draft of your essay. Finally, the third section explains how to properly revise your first draft to make it as best as…

In the class of Comm Arts, one thing that many people dislike is the writing of teaching points in paragraph form. Writing teaching points in paragraph form is a waste of time, an unhelpful action for students, as well as an action that lowers motivation in students. There is an obvious alternate suggestion to writing teaching points in paragraph form, too. Writing teaching points in paragraph form is a definite waste of time. Four students were interviewed, and all of them said that writing and…

reference page and not citing the document in my writing. While I understand that in APA a reference page is required along with title page and abstract. However, several assignments that I have completed the professor does not require this with certain paper. The reference page was not mentioned as a requirement in the syllabus and in class I recall you mentioning that the class…