Blog #4

The synthesis essay has been the hardest one so far. After reading the stories, I had two possible topics to write about. Looking over my notes and key points, I decided on language and literacy. This interested me the most because I could relate to Amy Tan and Mike Rose.

When it was time to start writing, it was difficult to put all my key points into one main idea. So to help myself out, I used TS/CD. This made my life 100 times better because all my ideas were organized. It has really helped me out alot when I do not know where to begin my writing.

At first it was a bit challenging when we were given articles and told to do TS/CD on them. But now I can do it without having to put much thought in them. I will keep doing TS/CD for as long as I have to do essays. It will help me organize my ideas and make my paper flow nicely.
            

Blog #3

     The reflection essay had its challenges and easy parts. One of the challenges I came upon on was MLA format. It was my first time writing in MLA so I had to use OWL as my reference. Even thoughI thought I had it, that’s where I lost most of my points on. But I did like that we were able to choose the reading that we were interested in. We were also given enough time to think about the essay and put allof our thoughts together.

            The article I decided to write about was on Obama’s Speech of Victory. I personally did like it because  it was a current article. I had a better understanding due to my knowledge on the subject. One thing I didn’t like about the article was that Obama kept repeating the same words “Yes we can” over and over. To me, I think it kind of overwhelmed the article a little since the idea was already stated since the beginning.

            Like I mentioned earlier, the only part where I lost the most points was on MLA format. I guessI could have done more research and looked up other sources to help me out. I could have also asked my friends in college to give me a better understanding of it with examples. But since we are able to re-write it, that’s what I will be doing and submitting my essay one more time for a much better grade.