Chapter 5 exercise 1

In this excerpt Julie Charlip discusses what people view the middle, working and upper classes to be. Since she is stating others' views as well as her own she uses signal phrases to let the reader know what her personal ideas and views are. She starts of by using a quote of Marx and Engels. After the quote she uses a key sentence to notify the read that she disagrees. She states "If only that were true, things might be more simple." That sentence claims that Marx and Engels were wrong since what they said is not true. There are several other times in the excerpt where the author uses signal phrases such as; "But I..." , "His definition..." and "he said..."

They Say I Say chapter 4 exercise 1

I believe the author agrees and disagrees at the same time. Though i think she does not present her argument upfront which i did not like because in the beginning i was some what confused about what side she was taking. She begins by presenting a common argument of current scholars in her field and provides an example. Towards the end of the first paragraph she brings up the fact that many of these ideas have not been investigated empirically. So she agrees with the idea but disagrees about how this idea has been studied and she states that she is going to prove this idea right empirically.

exercise 7.j

This writing resembles a piece which would be found in a magazine. This is because the writing seemed somewhat informal at various places and the use of columns. Also because there were a lot of pictures to illustrate what the writer was talking about. I think because this paper is in a magazine format the reader is more drawn in and interested about what information is being presented. The pictures especially make the writing appear less formal. I think the paper would be very boring and unusual if the columns and pictures were taken out.

Writing ex. 2

These two critics had varying views on how good spider man 2 was. Both critics took plot, writing and dialogue into account. Ebert loved the film and thought it was the best super hero movie to date while Gilchrist was disappointed in what he saw. Ebert particularly liked how the plot placed emphasis on Peter Parker's life problems. On the other hand Gilchrist thought the plot unfolded to slowly in many of the scenes. Gilchrist had similar thoughts about the dialogue also thinking it was too long and not captivating enough to hold the audiences attention. Ebert liked the dialogue and how it was about emotion, love and values. Gilchrist didn't mention much about the acting but Ebert thought it was excellent.

Chapter 1 Exercise

a. The local government would tell you that Ohio's groundwater is clean although recent findings suggests otherwise.
b. Novel X is critically acclaimed to be a modern day masterpiece by many English professors.
c. You would think that an extremely physical and fast paced game would be exciting.
d. My experiences in classrooms have lead me to believe that males tend to dominate classroom discussions.
e. Many of my peers say how the movie shows how loving relationships bring people together but i think the message of the movie is something else.
f. My professors believe writing templates make one a better writer.

Exercise 4.m

Often when given a writing assignment i procrastinate in till the day before the assignment is due. If i am good about it i will start maybe two or three days before the assignment is due but that is rarely ever the case. Before i write a paper i like to first make a list of my thoughts where i go into minor detail about what i am going to say about these ideas. Then i arrange my ideas in the order in which they will appear in my paper. After looking at all of my thoughts and ideas on paper i come up with my thesis. After i have my thesis and thoughts written out on paper i then proceed to write my paper. I like to write my papers at my computer in my room. I like to be in a comfortable and familiar place when i write. While writing my papers i often have music playing because i feel music helps me get in the zone which then i am able to write papers faster. I often reread my paragraphs and sentences after i write them to make sure they make sense. After i finish writing my paper i reread over it two or three times. I often end up moving paragraphs around and correcting grammatical mistakes. Often only my peers revise my work when a teacher plans for students to bring in their papers and have a peer review session.

Workshop Draft

I think a workshop draft should contain the major ideas and arguments of a final paper. I would expect a draft to have structure but since it being only a draft the structure may be poor. The purpose of a draft is for one to organize and write out all of their thoughts. Often the audience of a draft is one's own peers because they are the ones that will provide feedback. A final draft differs in that it is free of grammatical errors. Also the organization of ideas is clear, concise and makes sense.
I would tell the writer of Essay R that more sources would help strengthen his argument and make it more accurate. As well as that he needs to focus more on wrestling in the 1980's. Another thing i would tell the author is that he lacks a clear thesis and his argument for how wrestling got better is weak.

Essay R Grade and Rationale

I would give this essay a C+.

I thought this paper was nothing above average. I felt there was a lack of structure. The author never presented a clear and concise argument between the two subjects in comparison in the beginning two paragraphs of the essay. As well as never presented an outline of what was to be compared. Reading through the paper I felt that it lacked interesting and captivating topic sentences, for example the topic sentence on line 51 was dull. Another problem i had with the paper is that it never mentioned what the similarities were between professional wrestling today versus wrestling in the 80's. I noticed there were grammatical errors on lines 17, 44 and 55. These are the reasons why i gave this paper a C+.

Exercise 2.h

1. i imagine the rhetorical situation of this text to be moderate and to appeal to those who read the article and are undecided about who to vote for. The writers main purpose seems to be to inform his readers that the article "Do not be fooled by Clinton again" was not very persuasive to undecided voters. His audience are college students who read the article he is reviewing.
2. I would guess the genre to be persuasive writing. I have never written in this type of genre.
3. He could of used satire to prove his point of how the article was not persuasive.