On page 79 the author says “here you are, trying to say something that will hold up, and we want you tell readers all the negative things someone might say against you?” I feel like this is very important when arguing. Not only presenting your point but also including others point of view to “enhance … [Read more…]

How would you feel being directly involved in the death process of a family member? Would you be able to push the button to send your loved ones “off to their final disposition” as Doughty says. -Personally, I don’t see my self ever getting involved with anything that has to do with a dead human … [Read more…]

On page 44 Mitford states that “In an era when huge television audiences watch surgical operations in the comfort of their living rooms, when, thanks to the animated cartoon, the geography of the digestive system has become familiar territory even to the nursery-school set, in the land where the satisfaction of curiosity about almost all … [Read more…]

In “The Story of Service” by Jessica Mitford I noticed between the first couple paragraphs she shifted from talking about different early jobs like the undertaker, and the clergyman job. She went on to explaining how their jobs were back then verse now and how they have a much more bigger job now. She stated … [Read more…]

For this paper I used a different drafting method instead of the original high school web that I am used to because this paper had more than just a main idea and three reasons. I did not have like a formal draft but I did what worked for me which was writing down bits and … [Read more…]

My draft was reviewed by Dan, Chloe and Maddison. My peers provided me with ideas that I probably would not of thought of by myself. When reviewing my paper most of the comments I received were on how to better my grammar. Sentence structure. And punctuation. Even after going over my essay by myself over … [Read more…]

In the past, from middle to high school, when drafting I was taught to make a web. At first I did not like it because I was not used to drafting.I used to start off my essays by thinking about the topic and than writing my thoughts down. I would like to think that that … [Read more…]

“Quoting someone else’s words gives tremendous amount of credibility to your summary and helps ensure that it is fair and accurate” (page 42). This chapter was very helpful because it highlighted on not only quoting but mentioning the source that it came from as a sense of “proof of evidence” as the author mentions.”look, I’m … [Read more…]

“.. the importance not only of expressing your ideas (“I say”) but of presenting those ideas as a response to some other person or group (“they say”)”.. I like that the author is stressing for us to pay attention to others to make our own writing better. And support our arguments with others words. I … [Read more…]

“Yeaaaaah!” The crowd went crazy as the quarterback made the last touch down winning the championship game of the year. Game is over. The crowd marched towards the parking lot chanting the high school song, and wearing their maroon and white colors proudly. As everyone gets in their cars waving, honking and cheering heading to … [Read more…]