When reading this book, I realized I definitely did not learn this in high school. I was always taught to play it safe and the five paragraph essay is always the way to go. I also learned that you can use “I” but don’t over to do it. But most high school teachers want you to stay away from using “I”. I have learned in college that the five paragraph essay is “training wheels writing” and is boring. It is also ok to use “I”. This part of the book has taught me to not play it safe and to include what the author is saying.
The page on 17 about the verbs will be very helpful too. I can use for this English class. Also the other templates in this part of readings will help me write my papers. I also liked how this book teaches you how your sentences should connected together and using transitions are a very helpful tool to use in your paper. This will be hard for me, but this semester I want to work on this.
This books also teaches me how to answer those questions “so what” or “who cares”. Also, using questions when writing your papers to engage your readers by what you are trying to say and so they can understand it.
The one word that is new to me is the word metacommentary. The word metacommentary means saying something in your own interpretation. I have never heard this term before.
I think the challenge for me will be using what I want to say and combining the author information together. Also writing quotes and explaining them are hard for me.
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