When going into paper 2 I knew that there were a few MLA format and grammar mistakes I had made in my first paper that I should fix. For example, in paper 1 I formatted the date at the top of the first page wrong. Looking back it was a silly mistake, but it was one I could learn from. When it comes to MLA citations I had a lot of experience with it in high school so it was…
Peer review was always hard for me because I never felt like I could help my peers or that I was in the place to critique their work. Throughout high school I mostly would edit grammar and wording but I would never comment on the person’s ideas because I was scared of offending them. The peer review guide was very helpful in learning how to comment on other people’s writing because it provided ideas on what to comment on and…
Before coming to college my annotating experience was minimal and it was something I actually dreaded. I hated the idea of having to actually think about what I was reading, but when I got to college I realized just how important it is to create an effective argument and to fully understanding text. The two hardest readings for me this semester were the Yoshino and Dalai Lama articles. Because I struggled with some of the comprehension I reread both articles…
Project 2 was a challenge for me because the concept of gene editing and ethics was a new writing topic for me. In high school I would have started researching and scraping together ideas, taking hours to get ideas down and probably barely reaching the word count. Writing was always a struggle for me because I never knew where to begin. Luckily since this was the second paper, I had figured out how to use my homeworks to my advantage….
At the beginning of the semester, using quotes in a paper for evidence was something I had done before but never really learned how to do properly. I was used to just throwing in a quote where it sounded like it fit with no introduction and no explanation. Over the semester Professor Spain introduced new paragraph styles, first the TRIAC then the Barclays, that gave structure and acted as a map for writing with quotations. Both the Barclays and TRIAC…
Art Inspires Emotion What is the purpose of art during trying times? Everyone has had a song stuck in their head before. Why is it stuck there? Maybe it’s because of the catchy tune or the memorable lyrics, but the common factor is that music impacts everyone. In fact, not only does music impact everyone, but so does all art. In a magical way, art has the ability to spark emotions in people of all different backgrounds in order to…
The purpose of art is to reveal a story; it does this by appealing to emotions that people can connect to. As Mancini claims, “The chief function of art is to awaken our awareness of and desire for that which is transcendent… Art deals with themes, with feeling, with beauty- things far deeper than politics”(Mancini). In other words, art creates emotions by appealing to the senses; it goes beyond the normal physical human experience. In his Ted Talk Titus Kaphar…
Outline Intro: Hook: Introduce: Nina Simone, Titus Kaphar TEDtalk, Joey Bada$$ (real name, etc), authors of two articles. Working Thesis: Although the purpose of art is not solely to “reflect the times” and there are numerous pieces of art not based on politics, art is an extremely influential medium for change that reaches all types of audiences and we must take advantage of that. Body I: Not art’s duty BARCLAYS Claim: Art is a powerful medium to reflect political and…
Art is a powerful medium that can reflect political and societal issues, but it is not art’s duty to reflect the times. Nate Mancini, video producer at Steven James Media Group, explains that “If all art is political, it will always be polarizing. But if art connects us with our humanity, it can be unifying”(Mancini). This means that if all art were to be political, there would never be anything to unify a divided world. Mancini also states that “Art…
Three helpful hints that I learned from this book include using metacommentary to further explain my ideas so that they are not misinterpreted, and I can incorporate this into my working draft by using the templates given to help reiterate my ideas. Second, I want to use the tips given about transitions to help not only my paragraphs flow, but also my sentences. To do this I will look at each of my sentences and make sure that they connect…
