In The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing, it gives you tips on how to write a well written essay. After taking notes on the powerpoints, it made me think of this book. Many of the things in the presentaions were noted in the book. Such as having a clear reason to write the paper, and getting your point across as easily and as well stated as possible.
We also focused on literary terms. I noticed these in the poems we had to read over summer. I wasn't exactly looking for them when I first read them and I missed some things, that maybe I shouldn't have. But when I look back at the poems, I see a lot more than I did before. In Sonnet 20, I noticed free verse. The poem doesn't really have any specific rhyme. Also, I saw juxtaposition. Neruda writes, "My ugly one, I love you for your waist of gold;/ my beauty, for the wrinkle on my forehead./ My love: I love you for your clarity, your dark." (lines 12-14). He states a beautiful thing for when he talks about "ugly", and an ugly thing when he talks about "beauty". He loves her no matter what she looks like and for who she is.
Nice job on this! You thoroughly went over three things that we talked about in class and learned about over the summer. You used a lot of good evidence in your last paragraph, and it is clear that you put a lot of thought into this. What you said about all literature being able to relate to something else really struck me; I never really thought about that, but it's very true. I can't really think of anything that I would fix, but maybe you could have a stronger ending because this post does kind of end abruptly. Great work!
ReplyDeleteI really liked your summary of "How to Read Literature Like a Professor" and how you used examples of what you have learned from studying the literary terms. You could have elaborated a little more about The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing about the specific things you learned while reading it and how it will impact your writing in the future. I also would have really liked to see you connect the there different things we learned about to each other because it would have made the blog post much stronger and it would also show your further understanding of the topics we have discussed in class. Overall I thought you did a good job of not just summarizing the course material but showing your understanding of it and how it has impacted you.
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ReplyDeleteI think you did a great job with this response. I liked how you gave specific examples, especially about Sonnet 20. I agree with Ally in that your ending was a bit abrupt. Maybe you can use Nathan's suggestion about connecting all your ideas together and putting that part at the end. I think that would make your response flow and piece together. One suggestion that I have would be to connect to something we have learned in class, like the slideshows. How will the book and the slides help you take the AP Exam? Overall, I liked how you connected each work with your life and what you thought about it. Good job!