This chapter tells us many things that sometimes we forget to consider while we write. When we write we aren't suppose to assume that the reader agrees with what we are saying. What we are supposed to do is prove a point. This chapter tells us that we need to let the readers hear both of the sides and not just one. In your paper you should use concrete details to back up your examples. "Arguments of any complexity containing lines of argument that, when taken together, might reasonably persuade readers that the thesis has merit" (362). Its also good to uses facts but facts that are certain which is said to mean that they've been verified. It can also be good to use examples and illustrations but they can't always stand alone. The point of this chapter is to give you advice and steps that can help improve your position so that when your trying to make a point, the audience may consider you.
The mistake I usually tend to make is that when I pick a side sometimes I will say something that will go against my argument. This can cause me my chance of getting the audience to agree with what I'm saying. For me these kinds of essays are hard because I find it hard to just side with one option when maybe the other makes sense to. To win my audience I'm going to research better and get all the facts before I start writing. I will also make sure that my facts correspond with my position rather then opposing it.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Shooting Dad
"I will have my father's body burned into ashes. I will pack these ashes into paper bags. I will go to the mountains with my mother, sister, and the cannon. I will plunge his remains into the barrel and point it into a hill so that he doesn't take anyone with him. I will light the fuse. But I will not cover my ears. Because when I blow what used to be my dad into the earth, I want it to hurt" (pg.23).
This quote really speaks to me a lot. At the beginning of the story I noticed that the narrator and her father were described as to different people. The narrator seems to not have much in common with her father, they're the total opposite. It was toward the end when I started to notice that they are the same person. Before this quote they were out in mountains shooting off the cannon. When I read this quote it made me think many things, for example she's going to complete his wish off having his ashes shot out of the cannon he made himself. When she says she's going to do this its like a replay of the moment her and her father bonded together.
It also says to me that a part of her father lives in her. Before she didn't see what they had in common until they were at the mountains. This quote also shows her determination to do this by the way she says "I will" over and over again. Throughout the story she would dislike the noise of gun shots but towards the end she enjoyed the shot of her fathers cannon. When she says she won't cover her ears so she hears the noise, it shows us she likes it and this might just be the last time she hears the fire. She wants it to hurt because it hurts her more to lose her father then to remember the bond they shared.
This quote really speaks to me a lot. At the beginning of the story I noticed that the narrator and her father were described as to different people. The narrator seems to not have much in common with her father, they're the total opposite. It was toward the end when I started to notice that they are the same person. Before this quote they were out in mountains shooting off the cannon. When I read this quote it made me think many things, for example she's going to complete his wish off having his ashes shot out of the cannon he made himself. When she says she's going to do this its like a replay of the moment her and her father bonded together.
It also says to me that a part of her father lives in her. Before she didn't see what they had in common until they were at the mountains. This quote also shows her determination to do this by the way she says "I will" over and over again. Throughout the story she would dislike the noise of gun shots but towards the end she enjoyed the shot of her fathers cannon. When she says she won't cover her ears so she hears the noise, it shows us she likes it and this might just be the last time she hears the fire. She wants it to hurt because it hurts her more to lose her father then to remember the bond they shared.
Summary for Chapter 4
There are tips that I often forget, especially the one where I have to unify the paragraphs around a main point. Having a good topic sentence can point out the thesis and also point out what's going to be said further along in the essay. When you write you should have the sentences that follow behind support your topic sentence.I never really thought about topic sentences. I have written them though but I didn't actually link them with the rest of the paragraph. I also found interesting that some writers like me wander off in another direction for ideas just because we don't have enough evidence to support our topic.
The chapter also talks about patterns of organization. There is: examples and illustrations, narration, description, process, comparison and contrast, analogy, cause and effect, classification and division, and definition. But most of the time examples are used. There is also different types of paragraphs like, narrative ones tell a story or part of a story. Descriptive sketches a person, pace or thing, etc. It states that word repetition is okay only if the words are key and important but vary the words.
The first thing I'm going to try is writing my supporting sentences and then from that writing my topic sentence so that i work forwards in my writing rather than backwards. I also have ideas of how to organize my paragraphs. I'm going reread some of these tips when I write so I understand what I need to improve on. I want my sentences and paragraphs to link and flow together. I am going to repeat certain words and concept but word them differently so that I do make my point.
The chapter also talks about patterns of organization. There is: examples and illustrations, narration, description, process, comparison and contrast, analogy, cause and effect, classification and division, and definition. But most of the time examples are used. There is also different types of paragraphs like, narrative ones tell a story or part of a story. Descriptive sketches a person, pace or thing, etc. It states that word repetition is okay only if the words are key and important but vary the words.
The first thing I'm going to try is writing my supporting sentences and then from that writing my topic sentence so that i work forwards in my writing rather than backwards. I also have ideas of how to organize my paragraphs. I'm going reread some of these tips when I write so I understand what I need to improve on. I want my sentences and paragraphs to link and flow together. I am going to repeat certain words and concept but word them differently so that I do make my point.
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