The
Milestone
Milestone, as defined by
dictionary.com, an action or event
marking a significant change or stage in development. I would like to represent
my online portfolio as a milestone. In the milestone there are essays that I
have written. I truly believe I have grown as a writer, not only after the
first English 114A class, but the extended English 114B.
One
of the essays that is in the milestone is the Whale Rider essay. I felt like I
hit my stride in this essay. I used proper citation and an annotative
bibliography, which was my first real time using this. I also used quotes from
the book in the essay and I paraphrased a lot.
The
other essay in the milestone is the project space essay. It is about college
universities and what people and things take up the space in them. I talk about
how school presidents and chancellors are making six figure incomes while
students are struggling and trying to get classes so desperately so they can
only hope to graduate with their degree. I used a lot of rhetoric in this
essay. I was very persuasive and also I was speaking to an audience of college
students and teachers, playing off their emotions and values so this ties also
into the effect of using pathos. Exigence is also another tool used, I was
talking about the problems of a university.
All
in all I feel like I have grown as a writer and scholar, through this two part
English course. All of the essays only helped to make me achieve more as a
student and put what I have learn to good use in academia and in the real
world.
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