I use a lot of pointing words throughout my essay, I believe it helps with the structure of what I am saying. I do repeat myself a few times to get certain important points across. The two paragraphs that I use my example and someone else’s narrative I use “She” “Her” “His” and “Him” a … [Read more…]
For my next paper, paper 2, I am going to start by working on my thesis and making it a bit longer. Something I can branch off a bit more. Doing this will give me a bit more structure for my paper. I’m also going to work on introducing the authors of the article’s I … [Read more…]
A narrative can simply be someone’s life story. It can reflect on how one chose their identity and who they are today. Each life story has an important part in who we are, and that is clearly stated in Julie Beck’s “Life Stories”. Beck Quotes Dan McAdams to get her point across that “Life stories … [Read more…]
I decided to reread the article by Julie Beck. I found myself liking it even more the second time. She made her statements easy to relate to and easy to distinguish. She showed that this topic of your life being a narrative was something she found important to her. Her words flowed and the examples … [Read more…]
My opinion about this article is, I really had a hard time understanding it. I know it was mentioned in class that it may be hard to understand but the amount of times I had to read over passages just made me dislike the article. I didn’t like it in the first place. I basically … [Read more…]
In Beck’s article about narratives there was a lot of information given. I found that some of the information intrigued me and seemed to have me really engaged with the text. Beck mainly talks about writing your life as a narrative, and how your life is a story. I guess I’ve always thought of my … [Read more…]
Do you clearly articulate how your evidence relates (i.e. supports, develops, complicates) your claim and position? This part of the rubric I find beneficial because it reminds one that quotes can’t just be thrown into a paragraph. Each quote must be backed up and explained so that your argument is supported. Also so the reader … [Read more…]
While reading Anne Lamott’s excerpt from her book “Bird by Bird” I found myself laughing a lot. Reading what she has to say about writing a first draft is everything that happens to me when I try to write a paper. Her talking about how she just puts whatever she can think of down onto … [Read more…]
Metaphors surround us, they take part in our everyday lives and they help us to understand things better. People find describing one object as another useful for getting the meaning. Metaphors don’t just survive in our everyday casual lives, they also live in our medical lives, the lives that are a little more sensitive and … [Read more…]
