Hellinistic vs Roamn

 

 

Cicero, On Government and Law

            This particular text was written by Marcus Tullius Cicero. During the last destructive years of the Roman Republic, Cicero was the leader philosopher, statesman, and public speaker. His main message for this text was to fight tyranny and political corruption. He also explains

Patriotism and civic duty.…..“So great is the necessity of patriotism which nature has implemented in man, so great is the ambition to defend the safety of our country…”

Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy “When the direction depends on one monarch, we call this individual a king…in a power of privileged delegates, it’s to be ruled as an aristocracy; and when the people are all in all, they call it democracy.

Philosophers and Politicians. This section he explains the difference between the two which is the “development of the principles of nature is the subject of their study and eloquence”.

Natural Law and Civil Law explains how natural law is pure and genuine and civil law is mostly corrupt and evil.

 

 Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

            This text was written by Marcus Aurelius who was a Roman emperor and a philosopher. His audience is Roman and his message is based on Stoicism. He believed that negative emotions were the results of bad judgment and wisdom made one immune to pain and misfortune. For example in the beginning paragraph he says someone who wakes up and feels unhappy and arrogant and envious, all bad things will happen because of the mind-set he is in.

 

Fayum Portraits

            These portraits are mostly of women inhabited in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. The meaning behind the paintings is that Greek women born during the Hellenistic period where more assertive and also had unusual freedom to own property and were well educated and had careers.

My favorite source is the Fayum portraits because it showed that women where more than just housewives and objects. They had careers and property and could do more in life and had way more freedom.  These sources depict that Roman living was based more on peace and equality and positivity rather than corruption and arrogance. As for Hellenistic I feel it was on equality as well but where more concerned with appearance and objectivity.

Christain Judaism

The Christian Bible

            The Christian is a text about Jesus Christ telling his disciples of the rapture or the end of the world. During that time people will claim to be Jesus Christ. And on that day God will appear along with his angels. The next section goes on saying that no man will know when the end will be near only God the Father will know. Like Noah before the flood no one knew what was going too happened until it was too late.

 

The Paul Letters

            This text is about a man named Paul who became a prophet of God when his evil actions led him blind, which he believed was Gods punishment. He explains the resurrection of Christ. How he died for our sins and then on the third day rose from the dead, He explains spiritual blessing from God to be forgiven for our sins and obtain riches from his grace.  He continues by saying that before we were saved we were dead. But because God loves us more than we know and is al so merciful made us alive. ]

 

Pliny to the Emperor Trajan

            Pliny is a governor of Emperor Trajan and he writes to the emperor and asks him or advice on dealing with Christians.  People have been accused and then executed. He continues to ask the emperor if being Christian alone is the punishment or being Christian and not worshipping the Roman gods a cause for their sudden deaths.  The Roman policies are basically worshiping our Gods or face the consequences. When faced with death Christians would tell Pliny that they renounced their Christianity and no long serve their previous God. One of Pliny's main concerns was the vast number of Christians because many people of different gender rank and age will be endangered and will likely continue. It went from spreading in the cities to the villages and farmers as well. He decides to postpone any executions till he gets a word from the emperor. The emperor does reply saying good job not killing anyone based on accusations only. He tells Pliny that if someone claims they are Christian then kill them. If they deny it, and offer offerings to the Roman gods, then he shall be pardoned.

 

Life of Constantine

            Constantine was the first Christian Roman Emperor, who decided he wanted more power needed more power than he was obtaining from his military forces. He looks for divine assistance. He looks at all the different emperors and gods they served and determine from their

Paleolithic vs Neolithic

The Paleolithic Era was a time for the “old” age. In this life people where constantly on the move they were basically known as Nomads. Nomads moved a lot because they didn’t have the right tools to live off the land when the food started leaving they followed. With the very few tools they made from basic materials, they were still able to hunt and fish. People of this Era where very well off due to fact that the men were the providers where as women took care of the children and didn’t stray to far from home. When they traveled they made only few settlements leaving only their art works, and written forms in their language behind. Their artwork consisted of mostly cave paintings telling their stories and their life experiences. The cave paintings were mostly on the ceilings and in deep holes in the cave. These paintings and perhaps some written forms allowed us to study these people born many years ago.

The Neolithic Era was known as the new age, due to the fact that they were more advanced than the Paleolithic Era. This is because life went from hunters and gatherers to settled farming, which allowed the people to settle down into permanent villages and to continue growing their families. Cultivating the land continued to grow until the land was used up and they were force to move on. Since the people where beyond hunting and gathering agriculture allowed them to continue with their artwork and writing. They were able to focus more on weaving and pottery.

 

Buddhism History 111

The Svetasvatara Upanishad

            The Svestasvatara Upanishad is the modern form of Hinduism that still holds some ideas of the ancient Upanishads. For example, the ancient Upanishads explain the Brahman is everything and everyone. “All this universe is in the truth Brahman. He is beginning and end and life of all”.  It also says that a man who has strong faith while living his faith will carry on past death. The Svetasvatara Upanishads explain that the life of Brahman is wheel. It goes from birth, death then rebirth. When an individual seeks Brahman that person is detached from the wheel and gains immortality, which I think means that the person will go on to the afterlife and remain there.  Once someone is gone from the wheel they lose their ignorance. But the only way to really be true from the wheel is if you really know the Lord.

 

Buddhism: Gotama’s Discovery

            Gotama Siddhartha is known as Buddha. Gotama was prince who was sheltered from the outside world it wasn’t until his charioteer took him from the palace where he explained the young prince’s questions. The charioteer explained old age and illness. It wasn’t until days later the charioteer then explained the meaning “to have gone forth” that the young prince then decides to shave off his head and live in the “homeless state” which refers to living in the forest. One day while in the forest meditating alone he thinks to himself: “One is born, grows old and dies, and falls from one state and springs up in another. And from suffering, moreover no one knows how to escape.” I believe Gotama started Buddhism as a way to escape from the sufferings of earth to another place. It’s different from the Upanishads because for them a person would have to find the Lord and worship him in order to break the wheel. I believe Buddhism was based more on a path you lived and followed. It’s similar because once you were on that path or once you found faith you would forever be with the Lord or one with peace.

 

Buddhism and Caste

            This is another Buddha story that tells of a confrontation between the priestly caste Buddha and Brahman.  A young Brahman goes to the Lord Gautama and ask him is it true that Brahman are the highest and purest of the caste. The Lord answers him by saying: Do you believe that? When we were all born from women. He goes on by saying that if you a man commits any type of sin does the punishment of his death depend on his social rank. After explaining to those logics to the young Brahman he closes by saying: “That all four classes are equally pure!” This is really no different from the ancient Upanishads because they believed that depending on how you lived and acted depend on your afterlife the same with modern Buddhism.

History 111 secular vs humanistic

 

The Athenian Constitution

This explains the process of “replacing tribal alliances and kinship with territorial ‘politics of place’”.  It explains how once the Peisistratid were overthrown the Greek city was ruled under two different people Isagoras and Cleisthenes. It further talks about how Isagoras and his friend rose up against Cleisthenes, but later surrendered while in the city of Acropolis. So Cleisthenes is now in leader and gives the people control. He used his influence to set up new and better reforms.  The results of the reforms set up the basis for democracy. And because the local people were giving real “power shifted from relatives to residents”.

 

Funeral Oration of Pericles

This is a funeral speech perform by the ancient historian Thucydides during the Peloponnesian War for the soldiers who died fighting in the war against Sparta.  He also explains “the principle of action we rose to power” which he explains is a democracy because it is “in the hands of the many and not the few”

 

                                                                                         

I do believe all three of these texts are based on secular and humanist approaches. The first text Athenian Constitution explains how the leader Cleisthenes set up different reforms after coming to power when he overthrew the tyranny of the Peisistratid. And the reforms he later set up became the basis of democracy which shifted the power from relatives to residents. I believe this was a more humanist text because of the change in government.

The next text, a funerary text, called the Funeral Oration of Pericles. But it’s not a funerary text similar to that of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. This funerary text is attributing to those who died while fighting the Peloponnesian War against the Spartans. The speaker Thucydides starts by saying “we are lamenting the dead; a tribute should be paid to their memory”.   

The next text is called the Republic; it’s one of the most famous books of philosophy, which talks about how he “forsook the political arena for a life of contemplation”.

English 111 Editorial Article

SHOULD WILD ANIMALS BE KEPT AS PETS

9/6/12

Eng.111

Professor Steve Brandon

Con Side

            Many believe that wild animals belong, well, in the wild. Due to the fact that many wild pets like pythons, chimps and bears attacked their caretakers and either caused them serious injury or killed them. People not only worry about the owners who have these “pets” but for others as well. A few years back a man named Terry Thompson owned a Zanesville farm where he kept exotic animals. He committed suicide but before doing so he let out dozens of tigers, bears, and lions. When police arrived they had no other plan but to kill the animals. Only a few where left alive. Like USA Today says: “Owners of "exotic" animals claim they rarely maim or kill. But is the death rate really the point?”

Pro Side

I believe that people should own exotic pets. When responding to the Terry Thompson situation, USA Today said that “Terry Thompson didn't represent the typical responsible owner”.  They also say that keeping exotic animals while in captivity and breeding them is a good back up plan just in case the animal goes extinct. It also says that there are more deaths from cars accidents rather than animal accidents.  USA Today also states that since people can decide what car they want or where they want to live that they shouldn’t be banned from choosing what they want as a pet whether it being a regular household pet or exotic.

America vs Everybody Else

Differences.        

Throughout the first couple of weeks we learned that Egypt and Mesopotamia were the most preserved urban civilizations. Since Mesopotamia prospered so much they influenced other around the world to follow their lead including India, China, and the Americas.

            Many similar cities appeared in these “complex societies” such as India, China and the Americas. Their rich land comes from mostly trade and culture rather than their “god like” kings. China had more of a society like Mesopotamia and Egypt from its culture and politics.

            Compared to the other urban civilizations we studied the Americas was the latest one to develop, mostly due to the fact that humans arrived in America late. Unlike India, China and Mesopotamia trading between the Americas was rarely done causing little cultural contact between them.  Americas also lacked bronze and beast to haul them around but they still served as “magnets of trade and luxury and beacons of law and spirituality”

Similarities

            One of the first urban cities to develop in Mesoamerica was the Olmec.  The Olmec just like every other culture had a writing language. But just like the Harrapans in the Indus valley their writing couldn’t be deciphered and we had to rely on secondary sources such as archeological findings to discover who they were. Archeologists have even discovered Mexico cities similar to those in Eurasia.

Another similarity with the Americas is religion. All the cities were polytheist everything on earth was represented by a different god. The Americas practiced blood-letting and possibly human sacrifice, which is just the same as the Chinese societies. Just like all the other civilizations The Americas grew their own crops such as: maize, squash and beans which was unknown to Eurasia. They also use the slash and burn method to help cultivate their crops.  They also had irrigation systems similar to that of Mesopotamia and Egypt.

History 111 Ancient Chinese Religions

Confucius, From the Analects

This particular text explains the beginning of Confucianism by Confucius himself. The major tenants are: “filial piety, virtuous conduct, governance by good example, tradition, rites, music, and dance”. The section ‘On Government by Mortal Force’ explains the “governance by good” by stating how a governor or ruler should act. If a governor or ruler is virtuous and does right by the people, the people will obey and follow. If he doesn’t rule virtually, his people will not obey him. In section thirteen it sates: “If a ruler himself is upright, all will go well even when he doesn’t give orders. But if he himself is not upright, even though he gives orders, they will not be obeyed”.

 

Legalism

Legalism was founded by Han Fei who was a student of Confucius but later rejected his principles. The major tenants for this piece are the opposite beliefs of Confucianism. He believed people wouldn’t follow the government unless you gave them some sort of measures. “When the sage rules the state, he does not count on people doing good of themselves, but employs such measure as will keep them from doing any evil”.  Han Fei goes on by saying that the government shouldn’t rule by the people because “The intelligence of the people is not relied upon any more than the mind of a baby”. He continues disagreeing with Confucianism by saying those who are upright shouldn’t be praised because they haven’t done anything special.

 

Laozi, Taoism: The Classic of the Way and the Power.

            This piece was written by a mystical philosopher between the sixth and fourth centuries. The major tenants are “opposing authority an absolute power. The Way is power that come from inside if a person and will never run out and it will never dry. Laozi explains that you get power from being lower than the people, by being humble. He must also put himself behind everyone else.

 

Ban Zhao “Lessons from a Woman”

            This is another Confucianism text written by Ban Zhao who explains women are nothing more than housekeepers, and servers to their husbands, even though Ban Zhao herself was an advisor to Empress-Dowager Deng. She starts of by saying as a woman she is dumb and just naturally stupid. She must be virtuous and conduct herself in a “correct manner and upright in character”. She must perform her household duties and never stray from them. A woman has four qualifications:

1)     Womanly virtue

2)     Womanly words

3)     Womanly bearing

4)     Womanly work

If she follows these qualifications love will come her way.

 

Liu Tsung-Yuan, “Camel Kuo the Gardener”

            “Camel” Kuo is known for his love of nature, which I believe is part of the Confucianism principles. He was a gardener and a great one at that. He would care for trees like a mom would care for a child. He knows how to help a tree grow and how to keep it firmed in the ground. Once he was asked by a philosopher: Why don’t you apply your philosophy of art to the government? He answered saying that government isn’t for him. He continues his speech by saying that common people can’t find peace in their daily lives because of all the officials. The philosopher is happy by his statements by saying I came to find a way to plant my trees, but found a way to help the people. Let this be a lesson for the future.

 

 

            I think the Qin Dynasty was based more on power and control rather than faithfulness and devotion. Legalism gave the Qin Dynasty a guide on how to rule the people properly and how to run a kingdom with an iron fist. When Han Fei was under suspicion for treachery the kings’ advisor had him arrested and poisoned. As for the Han Dynasty they were more concerned for the people well-being and not so much for power and force.

History 111 IC

Although the Egyptians,Mesopotamians and Harrapans led very different lives they were actually quite similar to one another. I will be using differen primary sources and explaing how they relate to my paper. I will be comparing and contrasting the different culture because each culture is very unique. Although their culture was expanded due to their agriculture advances, actually it was thier spiritual devotion and growth of land that gave the good living.

In my opinion each culturehad a pretty good life because they had fertile land and a vast human population. If a civilization begins and prospers, then it must sadly decline. However, their stories and art live on.

History 111 first paper

What is considered a Good Life in Ancient Civilizations?

             The Egyptians, Mesopotamians and Harrapans led very different lives and had different beliefs. From the primary sources, Egyptian Book of the Dead, Hammurabi’s Code and the Bhagvad Gita, I will compare and contrast the different cultures based on religion and the development of their land.  Since their spiritual devotion was so great and the growth of their land was so vast, this determined their fortunate ways of living and gave them the ability to expand their culture and the moral ways of their daily lives.

Let’s start with agriculture, the main thing all these ancient civilizations have in common.  The Egyptians they had the Nile River and the Mesopotamians had the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. But only the Egyptians were able to gain from the annual floods. The floods allowed the Egyptians to take care of their land without extensive care and it also gave them the privilege to harvest crops in the winter.  Egyptians also had domesticated animals, mainly cattle and donkeys. Later form the increase of human population the Egyptians had to form a more advance agriculture system. In 4000 BCE villages along the Nile traded regularly and even cooperated in building an irrigation system. (Traditions and Encounters pg. 52). The canal irrigation was a simple process that didn’t require much work or organization. (World of History pg.47)

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Contrast to the Egyptians, the Mesopotamians had to struggle in order to get their crops. The Mesopotamians developed a small irrigation system in 6000 BCE which helped them dig fields of barley, wheat and peas. (Traditions and Encounters pg.26) “In Mesopotamia the flood was the enemy….The forces of nature where often evil. Life was a struggle”. To fix this economic problem was the beginning of a city-state society. (World of History pg.47)

The Mesopotamians and Egyptians well fertile grounds led to an increase in population and from that, a formal government. And because the population increased so much, social classes began to developed .Unlike the Mesopotamians the Egyptians didn’t face any outside threats. Nonetheless, in order to create a peaceful place and maintain order, the Egyptians created small kingdoms and states and had some government control reign over them. (Traditions and Encounters pg. 52) 

Mesopotamia had a ruling class of kings and nobles who earned their positions by being successful soldiers. Hammurabi was one of the most prominent rulers of Mesopotamia, mostly due to his “most extensive and most complete Mesopotamian law code” the Hammurabi Code. (Traditions and Encounters pg. 29)This code gives of the insight on how the Mesopotamians lived their daily lives. “The law code gives us an idea of a people’s sense of justice and notions of proper punishment”. (World of History pg.58) The main punishment for breaking Hammurabi’s Law was death.He prescribed the death penalty for theft, fraud, murder, runaway slaves, adultery, false accusations and failure to obey authority. With laws like these, Hammurabi established high standards of moral behavior. (Traditions and Encounter pgs.29-30)

 

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Now let’s move on to the Harrapans. The Harrapans, just like Mesopotamia and Egypt, developed its society along a river and their river was the Indus River. Unfortunately it’s impossible to follow the development of the Harrapans society or figure out what kind of political organization they had   due to the lack of written records. Everything we know of them is based highly on archeological study. 

The Indus river was very much similar to the Nile.It drew it waters from the rain and would carry an enormous quantity of silt and deposits it into the rich soil. The Harrapans got most of their food crops and domesticated animals from Mesopotamia. And just like the Mesopotamians, the Harrapans would have to sow their seeds of wheat and barley. The Harrapans where the first society to domesticate chickens.  Around 5000 BCE they cultivated cotton and dyed cloth came into the picture around 2000 BCE. Not only did the Harrapans have a success in agriculture, they also had a wealthy trade by trading domesticated and foreign items. From neighboring city Persia, the Harrappans obtained gold, silver, copper, lead, gems and stones

  Just like the Mesopotamians and the Egyptians, India also had a vast food supply which stimulated the human population, and along with that came cities and labor. (Traditions and Encounters pg. 72) They even formed the caste system which is a group of people who will eat together and marry one another in their same social rank. The Harrapans formed the caste system for three other reasons beyond controlling the human population:

1)                      They didn’t want someone of the upper class to become “unclean” by coming in contact with the lower class.

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2)                       They didn’t want outsiders to feel compelled to follow the customs of the native born people.

3)                      “The doctrine of reincarnation and of varna” They saw the caste “as a divinely established institution, hereditary from father to son”

They believed that if you were meant to be in a higher class then you would be if performed your proper duties in life. If you didn’t perform your duties even a lower class citizen could become a worm or a swine. And someone from a higher class could become the same. (World of history pgs. 85-86)

 

                        Now that we learned about the start and further development of these civilizations, we can move on to religion. The number one thing all of these civilizations had in common was that they were polytheistic. They believed in different Gods and Goddess and each one affected theses civilizations in many ways. For example, the Egyptian god Hapi, flooded their lands and gave them their daily bread. (World of History pg. 47). The ruling God Osiris was the one the Egyptians served vigorously. He was the god of immortality and of the underworld. He was the one who judge the deceased in order to decide their fate beyond death. Before one could be judged, they would have to present a speech to Osiris from the Egyptian: Book of the Dead which tells us what people did or what they didn’t do. They say things like “I have commanded no evil upon me” “I have not killed” “I have made no one weep”. In the end their hearts are judged against a feather. If the deceased heart is lighter, they spent eternity in the

 

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afterlife. If not, his heart would be devoured by the demon Ammut, if that happened, his existence will end forever. (World of History pgs. 67, 69)

For the Mesopotamians they had priest who did the gods work. The priests were responsible for the sacrifices and rituals that were essential for the help of the gods. In addition, property belonged to the gods so priests administered it. This made the priests valuable and important in their communities. (World of History pg.48)

            The main religion in ancient India was Hinduism: “the belief that animals and human castes were created out of the primal sacrifice of the god Pursha”. The Bhagavad Gita is a story of the warrior Arjuna who was questioning the battle he was about to enter and whether he should kill or not. Then lord Krishna appears to him and explains the concept of death, the caste system, reincarnation and devotion. He explains death is certain for everyone and avoiding it is impossible. He explains that Arjuna must fight because he is a warrior. “Look to your own duty; do not tremble before it; nothing is better for a warrior than a battle of sacred duty”. Krishna continues to say any man who forsakes his sacred duty shall be shamed.  Krishna uses a metaphor about changing clothes to make his point; “As a man discards worn-out clothes to put on new and different ones so the embodied self discards its worn-out bodies to take on other new one” When  someone dies their old body is discarded and they become a new. For the Hindu gods it didn’t matter if you were wealthy and powerful or a dirty criminal, if you were devoted you were considered virtuous. “If he is devoted solely to me, even a violent criminal must be deemed a man of virtue, for his resolve is right”. “Keep me in your mind

 

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And devotion, sacrifice to me, bow to me, discipline yourself toward me, and you will reach me!”  (World of History pgs. 98, 99, 101)

            In my opinion each of these civilizations had a pretty good life. Because they had fertile lands and a vast human population they were able to improve their city-states and continue their devotion to their gods. But like all civilizations, they came to an end. However, their stories still continue today and the artwork that they made is still being looked at today.

 

English 111 Evaluation

Jada Brown                                                                                                                 Brown 1

Professor Stephen Brandon

English 111

19 October 2012

 

                                             My English Course Evaluation

 

          As a result of my completing my English 111 course, I hope to gain basic skills such as: writing and presenting a better paper, improvement in my communication skills and the ability to analyze and interpret a paper. My English 11 course is supposed to teach me the general basics, the knowledge of persuasion and communication, how to process, and how to critically expand my knowledge.  

            General Course Goals

            The general course goals or “the basics” are the simple writing, communication and academic skills a freshman should know, such as adapting different forms of the writing process and knowing the steps. A freshman student should also learn how to evaluate and interpret a paper. Also, when writing a paper one must be able to use evidence to support his/her claim. So far in English 111 we have learned how to properly write a paper in MLA format. We also learned the correct steps to take when it comes to writing a paper. For example, our English class is a learning community with our History 111 course. We recently finished our first essay paper for history where we not only followed the writing process steps but also worked

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on getting our purpose across. In addition, we worked on keeping our audiences attention by proofreading which is the step where you distant yourself from your paper and look at it threw your audiences point of view. I will further explain the writing process steps in an upcoming section.

Your audience is the person or group of people of whom you are trying to persuade. Your audience can be your classmates or your teacher. Your classmates will help you by giving their point of view.  We will continue talking about audiences in the next section.

            Rhetorical Knowledge

                        Rhetoric is the art of becoming a better communicator; Art of persuasion.  In this section I will explain the other parts of paper such as voice, tone and formality. I will also go over different review genres: ethos, logos and pathos. I will also explain how and why most writers use rhetorical devices. Genre was one of the first things my Professor, Stephen Brandon, taught us. Ethos is based on a writer’s reputation and credibility.  Logos is based on logic, facts and ideas.  Pathos is based on emotion and getting people to feel.

 Genre is a kind or type of topic, and there are three effective ways to communicate in a genre:

1)     Audience Expectatios

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·       Style(formal and informal)

2)     Format(first, second, presented)

3)     Context

·       “Clear” Academic Style

4)     How they are used

 

Genre of the review is the basic structure of all academic purposes.  Reviews are an objective opinion based 100% on your experience and how you truly feel about the topic. Another thing my professor taught me and I feel is important, and helped a lot, was the triangle. The triangle consist of three major points that helped me better my writing and that is author, message and purpose. The author has a purpose and that purpose is to craft a message, which is then received by the audience, which must meet the audience’s expectations. 

Rhetoric Audiences do two things: make a decision about what is being reviewed and trying to decide about what they reviewed. Reviews help an audience make up their mind. For example if you plan on going somewhere new like to a restaurant and you’re kind of skeptic about the place, you might try looking for reviews on the place, and these reviews are based highly on the person’s experience. They can be negative or positive and will affect the audience’s choice.

 

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Process

            Process is the main thing that’s been mentioned in this evaluation, which is the writing process. In this section I will simply explain the steps one through six of the writing process.

Number one: Prewriting. Prewriting is the discovery step. Getting an idea on what you are going to be writing about and putting that idea on paper. During this step you must research on your topic by brainstorming, questioning, mind wrapping, and free writing. Then look at your genre and decide if it will be ethos, logos or pathos. Next is the audience you will be writing for. Your goal dictates if you are trying to persuade your audience or just present them with basic facts.  Next you have to think about limitations; what you can and cannot say in your paper.

Number two: Drafting is the process of getting your ideas out of your head and putting them on paper so that you can manipulate them.

Number three: Assuming you wrote your draft, you then add, cut and reorganize your paper. This step will most likely be repeated more than once.

Number four: Proofreading and Editing. Proofreading is identifying the surface areas and correcting them. You have to gain distant from your work to see how your readers will view things. This is probably the most difficult step when it comes writing a paper because we tend to write a paper as if it will be viewed by

 

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our eyes only. Editing is when you handle appropriate syntax, usage, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Number Five: Publishing and delivery. In this step of the writing process, you finally put your paper together and give your message to the reader(s).

Number Six: The last and final step is review. Once you have your work out and in the open you can now allow others to review your work and accept negative or positive feedback.

Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing

If it’s one thing my Professor taught me before beginning this section is “By understanding the context you can understand the unknown”. We are currently working on this section and it’s probably the most important section thus far. This section is about pushing your brain to the limit and trying to find little hints in an author’s story to make it easier. It also explains joining others ideas together with your own to get a better sense of what the author is writing about. This section also teaches how to properly read, summarize, and respond.

 My professor also taught me that the general purpose of an author’s critical writing is to inform, explain, or persuade. We also learned about cultural work which “transmits rewards and trains specific ways of thinking about and knowing the world”. A couple weeks ago we had to critically think about a video that was being shown to us called Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Long story short this video

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explains that just because you haven’t experienced the outside world doesn’t make it less real.

Overall

All and all my experience with English 111 has been great. My professor knows what he is talking about and because of that I enjoy listening to him. He speaks with such depth and eloquence that I never have a problem staying awake in his class. He gives great examples whenever we are learning something new that helps us understand what’s really going on. He doesn’t teach with a PowerPoint and I love that. He writes the facts on the board over and over again so that the next time it comes up we already have it down packed.

I do believe as a student I am doing quite well. When it comes to individual work I am more than happy to oblige. But when it comes to being in a group, I am usually the most quite student you will see. My academic performance is outstanding. I do my homework, take the quizzes and participate when I have to. But I know for a fact I have a lot to learn this year and I am willing to do it happily.

Who Cares II

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