Last Jounal..

In the past six weeks, my writing skills have grown immensely. From the help of a great teacher and wonderful classmates, I have realized that my writing wasn't as bad as I thought it was, coming into this class. I feel like I know how to write with more meaning, and to put more insight and of myself into the piece that I'm writing. I have learned that advice from others is helpful, and that successful conferences are encouraging. I feel that in Enc 1102, I can write even better than I did in Enc 1101, because I have already learned so much that I can take with me into the next writing class. From taking this class, I now feel much more confident about my writing skills, and that readers may see the meaning in my papers. I have really enjoyed this class!

Last Journal!

The last six weeks in ENC1101 have definitely changed me as a writer. I actually enjoyed writing each paper. I had never written so much so easily before. In high school if I found out that I had to write a seven-page paper I would have wanted to kill myself. This time I was able to write about something that intrigued me. I learned to think critically and analyze more. The analytic paper opened my eyes to looking beyond the surface, and observing the meaning behind it. I found writing for this class fun and it wasn't as difficult as I expected. I would definitely consider myself a better writer after completing this class and I feel ready for ENC1102. Now I might even write for fun and not only when I need to for a grade.

Last Journal Ever!!!!!!!!

Upon completion of this class, I have now realized that I am an entirely different writer. Prior to this course, I had never used the rhetoric techniques to write an essay and I have now acquired that particular skill. Also thanks to all the Youtube videos and other various excercies we did in class, I now have a better perception of audience. Audience was never a major factor in my compostitions. The first journal I completed was completely made up and not true in any way. I said something along the lines of me being the greatest writer of Western literature and how scholars have complimented me on my world famous compositions. This was not true and I didn't take that particular journal seriously. However if I would've put the generic goals of "becoming a better writer" then that goal has certainly been accomplished. Now that I have a great command of rhetoric and writing compositions, writing resumes will be no problem and potential employers could be impressed with my rhetoric.

Last journal

I definitely see my role as a writer differently than when the semester first started. I feel I can make my voice mean more in my writing. This semester I have learned actually how to write differently according to my audience. I have never really know how important writing to your audience really is until this semester and what it can do for your paper. I now know how to write to a particular audience with my papers. Before taking this class, I have never actually written a research paper and thankfully I have learned how to now. I know I will be writing many research papers in the next couple of years, so this technique will definitely be useful. This class has also made me analyze advertisements like I never have before. I will never look at an advertisement without finding its motive and what the company of the advertisement is trying to achieve. Thank you Leigh for everything you have taught me this semester!

LAST JOURNAL:(

The past six weeks have really broadened my skills of writing. I've always been more of a creative writer and this class forced me to rhetorically analyze work and look at it differently. I now carefully consider my audience and its hard for me to look at an ad without analyzing it! I wanted to strive to becoming a more open writer with wide writing styles and although I don't necessarily think I have the whole rhetorically analyzing thing down pact I know how to approach papers of that nature and I have more confidence. Also, I know my work has to be molded around who I'm trying to direct it to. All of these things I've learned will definitely influence the way I write from here on out. Not just in my english classes but any class that I have to write papers in.

journal 8

The tone of my writing usually depends on what i am writing about. Typically if it is something sad then of course I won't use a happy tone with exclamations. I don't feel like I have a particular style of writing though. Maybe through someone else's eyes reading my writing I do, but I don't particulary feel like I have a personal style. For tone though, I try to find who my audience is and what may grab their attention. In my own experience, I get absolutely bored with a dull tone, so I try to stay away from that and try for a more interesting tone. To build up that a certain event or something is fun I like to make my words into a happy tone that becomes more and more exciting eventually leading up to the event i am trying to describe or explain in my writing. Personally I don't feel a person can go wrong with tone, but of course they are ways to make it more interesting to grab the audience's attention and I always try to do that.

Journal 8

The tone of my writing as well as the tone of my speech changes depending on who the audience is. The formality and vocabulary used in my writing is going to be drastically different in a research essay for an english class than in an email to a friend. Likewise, when I am speaking to people I have to have a few different voices. When talking to my peers my voice is very relaxed as well as the language i use, whether it be profanne or not. When I am having a conversation with a person who is my elder, or a person who is in a position of authority it is strictly "yes sir/no sir" and very sophisticated speech.