The feedback I received from my peer review was very helpful in creating a revision strategy. My biggest goal is to make my essay more personal. I think I do a good job analyzing both essays and creating my argument, but the information on how it connects to me is lacking. However, my biggest concern … [Read more…]
I believe I am reaching the expectations I have created for my annotating. Surrounding Context: Yo-Yo Ma published his essay “Necessary Edges: Arts, Empathy, and Education” on an online news and blog site called World-Post. He is a cellist and a songwriter and here he writes about the role arts has in society as well as his … [Read more…]
This is my second time reading “Shitty First Drafts” and I can still relate to it the same way I did last year in my writing class. I think its an excellent section to read because I feel like anyone that is starting the writing process can connect with it. The first draft is meant … [Read more…]
Back when I was in high school, I took two writing seminars regarding writing centers and the role of a writing “tutor.” During that class, I learned the difference between higher order of concerns and lower order of concerns, which are parallel to the global and local editing techniques we are using now. We were … [Read more…]
In his article “The Trouble With Medicine’s Metaphors,” Dhruv Khullar dissects the idea of using “military” metaphors in a medical setting and what affects it has on a patient. While one patient may prefer to consider themselves in a “fight” with an illness, another may struggle with the idea. How someone reacts to or creates … [Read more…]
