Blog Post 6
Since this semester has begun, I have learned both new things and more about other topics. The books we have been reading and the quizzes that follow are both helping me get a better understanding of the chapters. My favorite book we have been reading besides Freshmen Year has to be the Understanding Rhetoric. I tend to like graphic books more and have enjoyed them for years. My favorite chapter of Understanding Rhetoric has to be chapter one. The reason I like the chapter so much is due to the fact that it uses philosophical figure such as Aristotle and Plato to explain what each thought rhetoric was, since they disagreed on the subject. It uses past and current societies to explain what ethos, pathos and logos are. My least favorite book we have been reading definitely has to be They say, I say. There’s no specific chapter or part that comes to mind that I dislike. The way I feel about my writing is neutral. I don’t think I’m a good or bad writer. This is because I am good at genres like nonfiction and fantasy and am terrible at more scientific and formal settings when I write. I find it hard to write about a topic if I’m uninterested in it which tends to happen a lot. I plan to work on my writing in genres I am less comfortable in so I can learn how to write formally. This will help me in future settings as formal writing is used in schools and careers. I have mostly written in all my assignments about the social sciences and humanities since all my desired career paths are in those two fields. I know the SLR grid involves what citations are used in each discipline. I know that understanding the SLR grid can help me become a better writer since I will know what discipline requires what and how I can relay information correctly.
Dear writer,
I totally agree with you that “They day I say” is all over the place. I feel like it is hard to understand what they are telling us, but the comic book, with its pictures, is easier to understand. I like how you said you are going to write in different genres to work on your writing formally. I definitely think that is a smart idea, so you have an idea of what structure you need to write in. If you don’t know what structure to write in, then you likely will have a harder time coming up with words and sentences. I like how you know that learning to write formally across different genres will help you write in future settings, like college, and if you need to write a paper for a job application. Knowing and understanding the SLR grid is great cause then you know how to apply it, and it requires what and how you can relay information correctly. It looks like you have learned a lot, and you know what you are doing —which is great! You also understand the basics of writing, cause my teachers didn’t really teach them. Besides, you need a topic, a thesis, a body, and a conclusion. That is really the only thing I got out of writing an essay in high school. I feel like taking this class has actually made me a better writer, cause I understand the basics and know what to use and what not to use. You seem to have an understanding of overall writing, which is excellent because it will help you throughout your life when you have to write something. Wherever you are from and what high school you went to, your teachers did a great job teaching you how to write.
Hello writer Nina,
I can agree with the quizzes and reading being helpful because it was helping me understand the books better by having to read the chapter to answer the questions in each of the different books. I read the chapter of the book to piece the information together and I retain more knowledge. My personal favorite is freshman year so far because some of us may be going through a similar or the same experience as the character does throughout the book. And I agree with you on the inspiration of writing because I have a topic of writing I find interesting, I can write about but I more so like the non-fiction area of writing too, but if I am writing about something that I do not find of interest it is very hard for me to have the creativity to do the writing and that will cause me to procrastinate the writing process.