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Language is used everyday in people’s lives, it’s the the major tool for communication. We rely on words to show emotion or understand a concept better. Looking back, I’ve used language a lot in the past. I would use it to interpret on things to attempt to make sense of situations. It helped me release …
Original Paragraph: I personally believe that art can help students reduce stress, along with other mental health issues. I read an article that was called, “To excel or not to excel: Strong evidence on the adverse effect of smartphone addiction on academic performance” by Nazir S. Hawi and Maya Samaha. They talked about how students …
The chapter I chose from They Say/I say is “Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say” (Chapter 5). This chapter grabbed my attention because in my essay, I need to add my voice in the conversation with the other authors that we talked about. It talks about where to put your own voice where …
I feel like I definitely improved on my annotations since the beginning of the year. I never liked annotating in high school, so I felt forced while doing annotations and did it just to get it done. Now, I actually engage with the text and I like the articles we read, it shows different meanings/perspective …
Do you see any patterns? I noticed that I used many repetition of words like “I agree,” “They,” “That,” “This,” and “I think.” I automatically assume the reader reading my essay knows who or what I’m talking about. I also realized that in body paragraphs, if I’m talking about a specific subject, I use that …
I’m making sure my paper is organized and my points/ideas are clear. I’m working on to make sure my quotes and interview sayings work well with my points as well. I want my sentences to not be choppy and unclear. My paper needs to be more opinionated and less formal. My revision goals are that …
While rereading “I am not a Story” by Galan Strawson, I had a different experience reading the second time. The first time reading this essay, I was completely lost with his explanations and quotes that he used throughout the paper. Strawson says, “Consideration of the sequence – the ‘narrative’… might be important for some people …
While reading Galen’s argument about the idea of Narratives and a life story, I was sometimes confused as to where the argument was going throughout the article. Some of the points he made that I understood more were interesting and words I agreed and disagreed with. He mentioned the American novelist John Updike who stated, …
While reading “Life’s Stories” by Julie Beck’s, I found out that I actually relate to a lot of points that she made. One that stood out to me was, “In the realm of narrative psychology, a person’s life story is not a Wikipedia biography of the facts and events of a life, but rather the …
