Thursday, March 31, 2011

Writting Quick start 553

The Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial is a monument that was erected in recognition of the sacrifices that 50,000+ soldiers made to protect our country from communism.
Necessary information
·         Where it’s located?
·         Does the location of the memorial have anything  to do with the memorial itself?
·         How many names are on the wall?
·         Who built it?
·         What is it made from?
·         Was it always supposed to be a wall?
·         Interesting facts
·         What year was it made?
·         How tall/big is it?

Thursday, March 24, 2011

4 Questions - Midterm


 What one specific aspect of your paper are you proudest of?   Why?
The one aspect of my paper that I am the most proud of is the amount of topics I covered. Given that I had a very limited amount of time to complete this paper, I find that fact impressive
2.   What was the most difficult aspect of writing this essay?
 The most difficult aspect of writing my paper was probably the brainstorming portion; it was difficult to come up with a topic that I was comfortable writing about for this paper
3.   Imagine that you have a few extra hours to revise this paper.   What aspect(s) of the paper would you reword, write, and/or polish?   Why?
 The transitional phrases between topic within the paper were probably the least though of aspect of my paper
4.   How would you approach such a revision?
 I’d re-word the conclusion and topic sentences of my paragraphs in order to make the essay flow better.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

4 Questions - Advertisment Paper 3/3/11

1. What one specific aspect of your paper are you proudest of?   Why?

A: I would say that I am most proud of the introduction portion of this paper, not just because I wrote it. I think it did a very good job of setting the stage for the rest of the paper.

2.   What was the most difficult aspect of writing this essay?   Why?

     A: The most difficult aspect of writing this paper was collaborating as a group. On the days in which we did not have class, generating ideas for the paper became difficult.


3 Imagine that you have a few extra hours to revise this paper.   What aspect(s) of the paper would you reword, write, and/or polish?   Why?

     A: I would revise the portion of our paper that includes how we would change the Advertisement. Although I find this portion of the paper completely sufficient, there’s always room for improvement.

4.   How would you approach such a revision?
     A: I would expand a little bit upon the information that already exists in the paper, then brainstorm for new ideas .