What kind of language does your primary text use?

The American Chemical Society uses educational topics that are easy to understand through Facebook.  They make posts about different inventions and  different events that are a focus in the field of Chemistry.  Some of the vocabulary they use are complicated to understand, especially for an average person, but they’re easy enough for us to get an idea of what they’re saying.  The tone of the American Chemical Society is very happy and welcoming.  It is probably meant more for the public and for drawing attention to the society.  The topics they talk about are more interesting for average people; they are more simple than complicated.

What is Writing?

What constitutes writing?

I consider writing to be any of the words you type or actually scribble down that comes from your own mind.  Any of the words you put together and come up with is what constitutes as writing.  Paraphrasing things into your own words can be included.  You write when you are finishing papers for class, when you text, use a diary, blog about things, and etc.  Actual writing comes by making our own original works.

What doesn’t constitute writing?

Reposting things from online, or quoting other people, plagiarizing

-Anything you write that was exactly, or almost exactly written like someone else’s does not constitute for writing.

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Reflections from Paper 1 to Paper 2

I tried to explain (whether I was successful or not) my thesis.  I tried to explain more “why” questions, and focus more on the purpose of my paper rather than just writing about a topic.

Where were you as a writer at paper 1?

I was a lot more confused about how to write the paper.  I kind of just jumped on the paper, and just tried to make it flow as well as I could (even though it really didn’t).

Where are you now at paper 2?

I have a little more direction, but I still find the topics of our papers to be very difficult to write about.  I am not good at connecting two different topics together.  I still feel a little lost, but I feel like I understand a bit better than the first paper.

What has gotten you here?

My teacher

How and why?

I couldn’t have done it without the teacher-student conference.  I was having a really hard time thinking of how to word and structure my paper.  Learning that it’s better to paraphrase rather than quote helped, as well.

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Write your own definition of “technology,” and provide some examples.  What kinds of things count as technology, and what don’t?

Technology – The things people create from using their knowledge; they are meant to make communicating or doing different tasks easier.

Make a quick list of all the technologies you use for writing.

paper, phones, laptops, tablets, books,

 

Project 2 Finished

Project 2

Project 2

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() means I’ll add in text citations later….I know it’s really bad right now, but I’m probably just going to redo most of it.

Advice to other Rats

Every time you write information in an essay that you didn’t know previously to writing, make sure that you paraphrase in your own words, and in a different structure (order) than the writer from who you are obtaining the information. In addition, make sure you always use in-text citations when adding in  you things hadn’t known before writing (from a different source).  If you find a source that explains something perfectly, then use quotes.  Make sure your sentence with quotes begins and ends in quotation marks.  If the quote is longer than four lines, then put it in a block quote. Also, make sure everything you reference is relevant to your argument.

Help received: Major Garriott, Everyday Writer,

Biases

List positive, negative, and neutral biases.

 

Positive: agrees, offers, confirms, concurs, agrees, allows,

negative: charges, criticizes, asserts, objects, opposes, disputes, disagrees

nuetral: claims, answers, offers, expresses, acknowledges, suggests, lists

Paraphrasing a paragraph

Clinton won caucuses held in the American Samoa and Northern Marianas, which wasn’t taken into consideration in the RCP count (Kessler).  Caucuses held in a few other states, specifically, Iowa, Maine, Nevada, Washington, and Alaska weren’t taken into consideration either in the tally.  Bernie Sanders won a Democratic  primary overseas by a landslide that wasn’t counted either.

Evaluation, explanation, and advice

The student’s paraphrasing is too closely similar to the original article’s texts, and the student didn’t cite his/her information. I remember being taught that if you decide to add any new information in your own work that you didn’t know yourself (and had gotten from a different source), then you must cite that information (with in text citations and/or quotes).  Furthermore, it would be much better if you explained how Sanders is actually not as far off in votes from Clinton as Clinton claims.

(Kessler).

 

 

Help Received: Garriet, EC Writing Book