Quiz

My quiz in International Relations is tomorrow, so today I spent most of my spare time trying to learn all the countries of the world. On the quiz I am going to be responsible for every country in the world, and will need to be well prepared. I feel that I will do well, because I know most of the countries. I will also need to get prepared for my Focused Inquiry class on Wednesday.

Response

In the essays, Tricked and Death of a Fish there is a clear audience and reason for the essays. I feel that the reason that the essays were written is to allow others the ability to know that bad or difficult things happen to everyone and there is a way to get past them. The essays are directed toward everyone, because everyone has bad things happen. Also these essays give the readers a chance to realize that bad ts happen and that there is many ways to get through them.

Paper

This weekend I read many readings related to the class and the novel, and tried to think of a source I could use in my paper. I have been thinking about my paper and trying to figure out a way that I can bring it together without directly telling my reader what I want them to get out of the paper. That was my biggest problem in my paper so if I can do that it would be easy for me to finish editing the essay. I think that I will find a good way to sum up what I am trying to say and be able to have a good paper.

Paper

Today's class assignment allowed me to realize what some of my peers wrote about and how they pulled it together. This helped me to realize how I need to edit my paper. I also learned some good points from the essays I read that I can use to make sure my essay is on task. Doing this assignment was a big help for me and I think the whole class was able to benefit from it, because it is helpful for others to read your paper. I think that this activity will help me to write a better paper.

Article

In the article, Vital Signs by Natalie Kusz there is a lot of descriptive language. This descriptive language enables the reader to be able to totally understand the situation the writer is attempting to describe allowing the reader to be more intune with what the writer is attempting to say. When I wrote my paper I tried to use tons of great adjectives so the reader could personally relate to my paper. In conclusion, details enable the reader to understand what is going on and allow them to place their self in the situation.

Writing

I think that this semester will help me become a better writer. Just by observing the first writing task, expressing a personal moment and giving the readers a common theme without actually telling the theme, I know that I am going to be challenged alot this semester. In this class I am going to have to actually realize what I am saying and try to convey certain point in my writing. I am also going to have to make sure I am not just writing about the assignment, but that I am writing for a reason. After this class I think that I will be able to express my feelings and use tools to help the readers know what I am saying.

Dew Breaker

I think that the author of the Dew Breaker is very intelligent, and after studying the articles I am even more convinced. She was able to write about a topic that she wanted to express and still allow the opportunity for the readers to find something that they could relate to. The articles show how she took her experience and broke it down into parts elaborating on each, so that she gave the reader a more personal experience with the book. In my opinion, she is very smart and the book was very good and I enjoyed it.

Essay

Today I began to gather my thoughts concerning my personal memory, Cody's birth, so I can start brainstorming. I used the technique that I was taught in class to try and place myself in the situation yet again, so I could re-experience the day. After I did this activity I felt more confident on my ability to complete this assingment, and I plan to begin writeing the essay soon.

Assingment

My personal experience that I am going to be writing about for my Unit One essay is going to be the day that my little brother, Cody, was born. This day was very special to me and I will never forget how excited I was. In my essay I am going to describe all of the vivid details and emotions that I experienced while awaiting my brothers birth, and the first time I was allowed to hold my brother. Even though this day was over five years ago, I am still able to remember most of my feelings because this day was so special to me. I feel that I will be able to write a good paper about this subject and enlighten my classmates and teacher of how this special day brightened my life.

Article

In Elements of Writing I was able to obtain some interesting and helpful tools for my writing. The article said that one can't truly understand a topic until they either write about it or talk about it in depth. The reason that writing helps one to understand something is because in order to write one must get all their thoughts together and then organize them so they can be presented in a mannerly fashioned. The article helped me to realize that it is important to gather all your thoughts before you begin to put them together. In conclusion, the article gave me some good writing tips.

Semester vs. Semester

In my opinion, the upcoming semester is going to be more demanding than my first semester. The first semester I was assigned a lot of notes to study, where in this semester I think that I will be doing a lot of reading and trying to obtain my own guide to prepare myself to succeed in my classes. However, this semester my classes seem to be more interesting, and since I already know how college life is I feel that I will also be able to better my grades. Closing, I feel that though my classes will be harder this semester I will be able to understand more information and get better grades.

Elements Of Fiction

I feel that the Elements of Fiction is a good article to read when looking at how the Dew Breaker is written, because it helps you realize that every author has a different point of view and writing style. In the article it shows how all authors organize their pieces according to their hopeful theme. Edwidge Danticat tries to direct the readers to her theme by useing many different point of views in this novel, because she wants the reader to really understand how things were in Hati and by useing different perspecives she is able to really show the reader the facts.