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Response to "Writing Across Cultures"
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This lengthy article is primarily about, as clearly stated in the title, "Understanding and Teaching Writer Responsibility and Reader Responsibility Writing". This article supports its main idea by utilizing subsections which explain the many ways in which students and teachers can benefit from writing across cultures. Each subsection provides many cases and examples.
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Response to "Countries Who Banned Social Networking"
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As the title of this short yet thought-provoking article states, the main idea is about which countries have blocked certain social networking sites and why. The article starts with a short introduction followed by a list of countries which have banned social networking and other websites. The list also explains why the sites may have been banned. In most cases, the websites are blocked by the government due to "privacy" and "objectionable content". All of the facts in this artic...
Read Full Post »Response to "Teaching Writing in the Cloud..."
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This lengthy and informative article is primarily about, as the title states, the importance "Teaching in the Cloud" and the various methods in which students and teachers can benefit. This article supports its main idea by utilizing subsections which explain the many ways in which students and teachers can benefit from emphasizing cloud writing in the classroom. Each subsect...
Read Full Post »Response to "Revising your Essay"
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Like many of these articles, the main idea is stated in the title. In this case, it is how to revise a piece of writing and the importance of doing so. These ideas are supported by the use of six subsections including the introduction. Each subsection is titled with a unique aspect which an author should focus on while revising. The subsection then goes on to explain the importance of focusing on its title using a list questions. Much like a checklis...
Read Full Post »Response to "6 Consequences..." Article
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As very descriptively stated in the title, this article is explains six different consequences of plagiarism. Strangely, there is no distinguished definition of plagiarism given. Rather, the reader is to figure out what it means through reading the article. The article is divided into seven different subsections. Other than the introduction, each of the sections explains short-term and long-term consequences of plagiarism. Since there is no definition of plag...
Read Full Post »Response to "6 Consequences..." Article
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As very descriptively stated in the title, this article is explains six different consequences of plagiarism. Strangely, there is no distinguished definition of plagiarism given. Rather, the reader is to figure out what it means through reading the article. The article is divided into seven different subsections. Other than the introduction, each of the sections explains short-term and long-term consequences of plagiarism. Since there is no definition of plag...
Read Full Post »Response to Project 3 Essay
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The thesis statement for this essay appears to have a lengthy thesis about eleven sentences long. The first sentence introduces what the essay will be about in general and each of the other ten sentences talk about what each section of the essay will discuss. The subtitles of this essay are directly relevant to the thesis statement since the thesis explained what each section will be about.
These subtitles are arranged in a logical orde...
Read Full Post »Response to Two More Articles
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Plagiarism...:
As stated in the "What This Handout is About" section, the main idea of this article is to explain "what plagiarism is and [outline] s...
Read Full Post »Response to Two Articles
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Importance of Technonlogy...:
These types of articles are my favorites, short and to the point. The main idea of this article, as stated in the title, is how technology is important in the workplace and how it improves the working environment. The main idea is supported by a series of paragraphs which are labled with subtitles. These paragraphs consist mainly of statistical evidence although the source of most of these statistics is not shown. This arti...
Read Full Post »Response to Project 3 Essay
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The thesis statement for this essay appears to be one sentence which presents a list of what will be talked about. The subtitles of this essay are directly relevant to the thesis statement since they are exactly what was listed in the thesis.
These subtitles are arranged in a logical order with introductions and backstory starting in the beginning. The body sections of this essay discuss what must be done to complete this major at MSU and the benefits of having his major...
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