Blog # 5

I will be using meta-commentary to help me keep my main points in focus and continue my argument. I think that using them, will help me and my readers understand my point of view and what I am trying to say. I will especially use meta-commentary at the end of each paragraph as if to summarize what I just said and in the beginning of a paragraph to explain what I will be talking about. Also, I will especially use it in the conclusion to write about the so what? method.

The meta-commentary is a device that I will definitely take with me to other classes. It is a device that, like I mentioned above, that can help me keep my main points in focus and keep the argument flowing in a good structure. This device can help me out in any type of subject and help the reader as well. You can use this device in any way that you might need it and it will help you in thinking of anything that you think might be missing from your paper.

Blog # 4

My weaknesses as a writer are in the structure and in details. I have a lot of trouble in making sure that the main points come across and for them to make sense. Sometimes when I’m doing a paper, the flow of the paper does not make sense and I have to go back and fix it. Doing that takes time, sometimes, which I don’t have a lot of, considering most of the time I start papers late. When it comes to details, that is probably one of my biggest weaknesses. I could have all the information and research done and written, but it not enough to write enough pages. So when it comes to details, I struggle with it because I think that I have added enough details, when in reality, it needs more.

I am hoping that with peer review, and with this paper, my peers can tell me what is that I am doing wrong and to tell what I can improve with both the structure and details. I am also hoping to improve the time when I do start writing my paper. Luckily I have started doing research early and thought about my paper and I am hoping that with paper 2 I can add details where it needed and fix whatever I need to fix. I am slowly trying to improve my writing in this class and I hope that by the end of the semester I can say that I did learn something from this class as well as enjoyed it.

Blog # 3

For the first paper, some of the finishing touches that I need to add include re-writing the first paragraph. During peer review, my classmate told me that, even thought the paragraph was good and clear, I needed to create a catchy introduction. So I am trying to follow some of the advice that I was given by both my classmates. I am also trying to give more detailed explanations of the rhetorical devices that I am using for the song. I am trying to make the thesis statement make sense and that it is clear. I am also making sure that the flow of the paragraph is clear and that the transition is not confusing.

By trying to give more detailed explanations of the rhetorical devices used, I am hoping in making the paper at least five pages. So far I only have three pages. My vision for the final draft is for it to be done according to the professor’s rules and expectations. I am hoping that with this paper, I can improve the way I write and most importantly, organize my ideas and how I go about with them in the paper. I am hoping to show the professor an improvement in my writing as the semester progress and to show myself as well.

Blog # 2

At first, I thought that writing this paper would be easy. That I could easily write this and be done with it. However, I am having trouble using rhetorical devices. Every time I think I have an idea on how to proceed, I notice that I am doing a literary analysis. It hard trying to get rid of the habit. I've been using that approach for so long that it takes some time to get rid of it. I am trying to find a rhetorical device that goes with the song and the only thing that I can come up with is repetition; but it so obvious because it a song and it have a chorus.
However, I am thinking about using the sample of the paper on Reba McEntire. I figure since it the first paper, that I could use it as a way to write my paper; to give me some ideas. Hopefully, by the end of this paper, I won’t have to use a sample and can go from my own ideas. I am hoping to use the sources that were given on the assignment page and go from there. I’ll probably check the artist's webpage and see if there are any links that might take me to find more information on the artist.
I chose John Mayer’s “Waiting on the World to Change” because it deals with today’s generation. It something that affects us, the generation that many considers to be self-absorb or the technological generation. I feel that I could have a lot to say about it and I hope to learn a lot from it too as well.

Blog # 1

When it comes to writing, I usually try everything in my power to put it off for as long as possible. Writing is not my best suit and I usually dread writing a paper. My weakness when it comes to writing is that I cannot put all of my thoughts and idea together long enough for it to make sense. When I'm writing a paper, ideas come to me when I am not there yet. I hope to improve that during this class. I hope to try and get all of my ideas together, ahead of time and write a paper where all of my ideas come together as one. I would also like to work on improving when I start my paper. I have a tendency of starting my papers late and usually struggling to put all of those ideas together at the last minute.
By the end of the semester, I hope to accomplish putting all of those ideas together as one and I hope to make sense while getting my point across. With that, I hope to learn to start working on my papers early in order to accomplish the above. Even though writing may not be a favorite pastime, I hope to improve it in order to be successful in the future and to benefit from it as well in the professional sphere. Hopefully, once I improve my writing, I might enjoy it the future and consider writing as a way to express and learn about myself.