Web Page

Here is the link to my webpage. Happy viewing!

http://euthanasia.99k.org/

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Audience Analysis

I’ve never had the flair or interest as regards anything related to English or paper writing but just do it for the credit. This was my mindset when signing up for ENGL 121 for the present semester. I still had that opinion going into the first week of class right up till the point of the first essay to be written. Thinking upon what approach to start to with and through the help of the instructor, I realized the importance of identifying one’s audience. Audience Analysis is one major concept that helps you determine how you want your message to be interpreted. By understanding the audience you writing to, you get a clearer picture and layout of how your message will be conveyed. This concept I plan on using continuously in interacting with others and in other classes or field I find myself.

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Question of the Week 10 (last one!)

What’s one NEW thing you learned this semester in this class? Identify what you learned and how you imagine you’ll apply it to some other aspect of your life.

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Question of the Week 9 (5/2-5/8)

What is one world problem that you think needs a solution? Identify the problem and offer YOUR ideas for a solution. Describe what needs to be done, how the solution will be implemented and who will should be responsible for undertaking your idea.

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E-text Survey

Please take a moment (in your free time) to take this survey about the e-text. The department is trying to gather some data on the use and importance of the e-text. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ENGL121_etext_SP11

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Project Proposal and Audience Analysis

Here are two worksheets that will help you generate ideas for your projects. I will look at them if you want some feedback/help.

Project Proposal Worksheet (word doc) engl121proposalsheetProposalArg

Audience Analysis Worksheet (word doc) 121AudienceAnalysisSP11

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Question of the Week 8 (4/25-5/1)

What’s one thing you think most people should know how to do by the time they become middle-age? Why? How should/can they learn how to do that if they haven’t already?

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Questions of the Week 6 and 7

Question of the Week #6 (4/4-4/9) This one was done in class. Students chose a list of potential audiences to whom one might write a letter: professor, other students, boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse, parents, boss, government. I chose the theme: argue with your audience why you should  be the emperor/empress, king/queen, supreme ruler of your classroom, school, relationship, house, workplace, or state/country.

Writers needed to consider the rhetorical appeals that would be appropriate to their respective audiences. In class discussion volunteers identified their audience and which rhetorical appeals they attempted to use, then they read their letter aloud for the class to discuss.

If you missed the day of the class activity, choose one of the audiences listed above and write a letter arguing the same thing. Identify your audience, the appeals you are trying to use, and why they are appropriate to your audience.

Everyone has until 4/17 to respond to posts for Question of the Week #6.

Question of the Week #7 (4/11-4/17): Where is the best location to spend Spring Break? Somewhere warm (swimming, sunning, snoozing on the sand)? Somewhere cold (skiing, sitting by the fire, snoozing under the quilts)? At home (snacking from my own fridge, spending time with friends/family, snoozing on my own couch)? Your classmates are your audience. How will you convince them what is the “best?”

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Doing Research

In conducting most of my research work, I turn to the internet’s various search engines for resource materials related to the project. Using the Google search engine, I type in keywords, words, sentences or questions relating to my topic.

In going through the results from the search engine, I look through the search results, clicking and opening web pages that look similar to the project and read through, picking off or summarizing key paragraphs or sentences and apply them to my paper.

Getting to know the credibility of the source never occurred to me till I took English class. The moment I get the sentence or keynote needed, I just summarize in my own words and not bother if the source is good or not. In other to confirm my sources now, I check the organization or website and its content.

 

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Question of the Week 5

Question of the Week #5 (3/27-4/2): How do you (you specifically, not someone in general) conduct research online? How do you go about finding sources for a paper? How do you know if the source is good or not?

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