Thought Paper #1

In 50 essays by Samuel Cohen, there is a chapter called Men, Women, Sex and Darwin by Natalie Angier and talks about comparing women and men and how we are both human but yet very different. She suggests that men are more promiscuous and women are more into looking for stable relationships. Also, that men are less reserved than women and women are more interested in other things than that. The author is comparing and contrasting about both genders and putting her point of view about what one does differently. How you became you by Bill Bryson tells us how we became ourselves and how hard it took us to get where we are at today. He acknowledges that we are just little particles of atoms and that they don’t even know that we are alive or that they are alive themselves. Bryson states that if we pick one atom at a time all we would be getting would be parts of dust that won’t live anymore. What I think the authors are trying to say is that we must live life to the fullest and enjoying our days, because we don’t know what might happen the next day so to live on. I also agree with the authors we must live on as big and fast as we can so we can live a happy life.

                                    In Nowtopia by Chris Carlsson tells us how  this world of capitalist and after three centuries the world is now facing a crises of urbanization, resource depletion, poverty, climate change and the breakdown of political systems. What he means by this is that we are not doing what we should be doing together and that others say that they care more about the market and how to make more money when they just leave the rest out of the picture. Carlsson says that because of this our world is falling apart and many problems are coming and getting bigger. So Chris Carlsson says that if we would all do our part to help the world the world would be a better place without so many problems. I agree with him we should all have our part so the world wouldn’t be in a crisis with global warming, wars, and poverty; these problems shouldn’t be in our world we should unite as one as make this world a great place to live in.

reading on writing #3

Reading on writing

 In The Craft of Revision, by Donald M Murray talks to us about rewriting with clarity. We must be careful with how we use our grammar and punctuation so our reader can be able to understand it without a problem. If we don’t go over and re read it they the reader will be confused in some parts which we know what it means but they won’t because w weren’t that clear in the first place. You must put yourself in the reader’s shoes and read it as if you don’t know what is going on and read it and see if it makes perfect sense and if you get the point across in the paper you have wrote. Murray also shows us that we can edit our draft by re writing it. By doing this you will be able to see what’s wrong in your witting and catch what’s doesn’t make sense and if it fits where it should be going. I believe that the author is right because we have to make our paper much more clear because I know mine isn’t clear at times and I will personally use this in my writing.

In the Everyday Writer, by Andrea A. Lunsford discusses the basic formats of citing quotes or in social science. You must cite everything for example: summaries, naming one or more authors, personal communication and quotes. The first thing must be the authors name and then the date next to it and the following step is the quote , followed by the page numbers. If used a book in your paper then you must ass the name of the book and also the year of the book was published also if the book has an editor then mention the editor and obviously the author. What the author is trying to say is mention everything you used in your paper and where you got it from so you will have evidence you did your work and that you didn’t plagiarize. I will personally use this when it comes to citing.

Work cited:

Andrea A. Lunsford. The Everyday Writer. Boston. New York. 2009

Donald. M. Murray. The Craft of Revision. Boston. MA. 2004

Reading on Writing #2

In the Everyday Writer by Andrea A. Lunsford explains how we should be able to work with coordination, subordination, and emphasis. The author helps us by teaching us how to add words and connect two sentences together so the sentence can be more emphasized and be more specific. By adding certain words, the reader can be more informed with what I as the writer is trying to say. Knowing where to put comas can be important as well so we can have a pause and point out main ideas that we want the reader to know. Some common subordinating conjunctions are; after, is, though, unless, in order that, and even though are just a few that we can use. Andrea also shows us how some words can be eliminated and yet means the same thing just shorter and more direct. Many of us put way too many words that can be substituted in a sentence that may be shortened and will mean the same exact thing. What I think that the author is trying to say here is that we must revise our paper and see if we can go ahead and eliminate some words and switch words with other words that can be more helpful and clearer. I agree with what the author says and show us in this chapter and I will use this because I also tend to put too many words when in reality I can shorten them with other words that have the same meaning.

                                    In the Craft of revisions by Donald M. Murray states is our paper clear to the reader’s eyes? The author tells us that we as a writer must go through a revising stage which helps us see is we have a correct clear trail that we have to have for the reader so they won’t loose interest in our paper. As the writer we must go on and read our paper through stranger’s eyes and see if the paper is clear and sees what we are trying to say and if we keep interest in what’s going on in our paper. The reason being that we have to do this is because the reader is in charge of telling us if what we wrote is well written with full details.  We must clear up all the questions a reader may ask while reading our paper for example what do mean?, says who?  How come? Keeping these questions in mind can help us get our ideas straight detailed and interesting. I think the author’s argument is something that is very true we have to make our paper the best it can be so the reader won loose total interest and not pay attention to what we are trying to say. We must go on and keep the reader wanting to keep reading sentence after sentence until the best part. This is something I must learn how to do so I can to keep the reader interested and wanting to keep reading what I want to say.

Reading on Writing #1

Reading on Writing

            In The Craft of Revision, Donald M Murray talks about how to make your paper well written and also well expressed. In order for you to make a paper well written and not poor, you should go in depth of your topic and get the most out of it. We should get information so the reader will be able to be persuaded and to get our argument across and to be structured good too. Two essential elements are dominant impression and natural order. What he is trying to tell us is how good it can sound when you have backup for what you are trying to say, I believe that’s his argument and that is a good idea. I agree with what he tells us we have to structure our paper well so it will be clear when the reader goes over it.

            In The Everyday Writer, by Andrea A. Lunsford, states that there is different kinds of punctuations in how to separate segments in a sentence. Therefore if we have a lot of sentences that start with “the” a lot we must change it so it will sound better and more professional. Some of the punctuations are some commas, semicolons that can make your sentence more brief. I will personally use this because I forget a lot of these punctuations and so by putting these in my paper it will sound much better and make it clear for my paper.

Work Cited:

Andrea A. Lunsford. The Everyday Writer. Boston New York. 2009

Donald M. Murray The Craft of Revisions. Boston MA. 2004

 

My Top Ten Texts: Ranked annotaded bibliography

1. Gloria Anzaldua. “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” 50 Essays. Ed. Samuel Cohen. 2nded. Boston. New York. 2007. 43-55. Print.

My number one text that I enjoyed the most has to be “How to tame a wild tongue” by Gloria Anzaldua in 50 Essays. The reason why I liked it was because I could really relate to the situations that she went through. I as a Mexican also have been discriminated against because of the way I talk or just from where I am. She had really good points that many of our people went through back in the days and also that is going on today. She talks about how many people had to lose their accents in order to obtain a job here in the states. Overall I would dedicate this essay for others to read because it’s interesting and you won’t loose train of thought.

2. Bbrent Staples.”Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space” 50 Essays. Ed. Samuel Cohen. 2nded. Boston. New York. 2007. 404-407. Print My

second text that I enjoyed a lot has to be “Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space” by Brent Staples in 50 Essays. The reason why I liked this text was because it’s a certain situation that many people go through or that make happen by judging other people by their appearance. It’s something that I know I have done in the past where I have judged someone before I met them or even got to know them. Many people do this every day, they look at a man with a suit on and automatically they say business man but really can be something else; or a man with all ripped clothes they assume that they are burglars but might be a nice man. This Is why I liked this text because I could relate to this very text.

3. Martin Luther King Jr. “Letter From Birmingham jail” 50 Essays. Ed. Samuel Cohen. 2nded. Boston. New York. 2007. 220-237. Print

The third text that I enjoyed when I read has to be “Letter From Birmingham jail” by Martin Luther King in 50 essays. The reason why I liked and chose this text was because this man fought for something he believed in and did not give up. Also the reason why I liked this text is because is something that I would relate myself to, I too would have would have fought for what I believed in and that’s to be free and with rights. Many people still fight against racism today but this man made a change and so did many other big names like Rosa parks, Cesar Chaves and Chicano movements that wanted to be treated equally. This is why I liked this text because this man wanted to change not only his rights but everyone else’s.

4. Malcolm X. “Learning to Read.” 50 Essays. Ed. Samuel Cohen. 2nded. Boston. New York. 2007. 281-290. Print

Another text that inspired me was “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X for the accomplishments he made. This inspired me to never stop and keep going mo matter what situation you are in, to just get up and dust yourself off when you have fallen. He was in bad time in his life but he took advantage and helped himself and became smarter and more literate to be a better man. This motivates me to see to be the best at my ability and jeep going until I have reached my goal. I consider this text a really inspiring essay because while your reading it really changes you to want to be a better person and improve yourself.

5. Chris Carlsson. “Burning man: A Working Class, Do-it Yourself World’s Fair.”Nowtopia. Chris Carlsson. 2008. 213-227. Print

 The next text that I liked a lot too was Burning man: A Working Class, Do-it Yourself World’s Fair” by Chris Carlsson in Nowtopia. The reason why I liked this text was because it made me see how many people unite as one to make this big event. While reading this and hearing how great it is from my teacher it seems like a great destination that I would like to participate in the future. This is something new I did not know that went on here in the states and that is very helpful for yourself and others. It was something new that I would have never thought would be done and that doesn’t have money going through it it’s a commerce free gift economy. I liked the whole idea about what it has to offer you and your family and friends.

6. Andrea A. Lunsford. The Everyday Writer. 4th ed. Boston. New York. 2009.

The reasons why I like this chapter in the everyday writer is because it explains how we should be able to work with coordination, subordination, and emphasis. It made made realize how I don’t use this and how it can help me out when I write my next essay. Andrea Lunsford helps me by telling me how to add words and connect two sentences together so the sentence can be more emphasized and be more specific instead of beingreally long dull sentences. By adding certain words, the reader can be more informed with what I as the writer is trying to say.

7. Donald M. Murray. The Craft of Revision. 5th ed. Boston MA. 2004. 33 Print.

The reason why I liked this section of the bok was because the author tells us that we as a writer must go through a revising stage which helps us see is we have a correct clear trail that we have to have for the reader so they won’t loose interest in our paper. As the writer we must go on and read our paper through stranger’s eyes and see if the paper is clear and sees what we are trying to say and if we keep interest in what’s going on in our paper. The reason being that we have to do this is because the reader is in charge of telling us if what we wrote is well written with full details. We must clear up all the questions a reader may ask while reading our paper for example what do mean?, says who? How come? And by taking this advice it can help my writing skills.

8. Donald M. Murray. The Craft of Revision. 5th ed. Boston MA. 2004. 46 Print

The reason why I liked this part of craft of revision was because it talks about rewriting our essays to be clearer for our reader. If we can do this then that means that it can be more readable and comprehendible. We must be careful with how we use our grammar and punctuation so our reader can be able to understand it without a problem. If we don’t go over and re read it they the reader will be confused in some parts which we know what it means but they won’t because w weren’t that clear in the first place. You must put yourself in the reader’s shoes and read it as if you don’t know what is going on and read it and see if it makes perfect sense and if you get the point across in the paper you have wrote; so if I can keep that on mind then I know I will be able to help my reader understand my paper.

9. Andrea A. Lunsford. The Everyday Writer. 4th ed. Boston. New York. 2009.

The reason why I picked this part of the everyday writer was because it tells me and shows me how there is different kinds of punctuations in how to separate segments in a sentence. Therefore if we have a lot of sentences that start with “the” a lot we must change it so it will sound better and more professional. Some of the punctuations are some commas, semicolons that can make your sentence more brief. So if I keep this in mind when I’m writing my paper I know that it will keep it going with a good flow and will sound better than just using common words and expanding my vocabulary and using correct punctuations.

10. Marie Winn.“Television The –in-Drug.” 50 Essays. Ed. Samuel Cohen. 2nded. Boston. New York. 2007. 281-290. Print

The reason why I chose this essay was because it talks about how television is not what many people thought it would be when they saw commercials about them. Showing how the families would sit together to watch it but in reality it was just something people would watch on their own. Many people have become addicted to the television because they can just watch it for hours and focus on that and only that. Many little kids watch way too much TV and are influenced by it and want to do everything that is going on in the programs they watch. They want to become what is there and go to many risks like starve themselves like girls do, that would like to be a model or “pretty” or little boys that want toy guns to be “cool.” Although TV can be fun it can send a bad message but its better to go out and do some exercise,