Learning Reflection: Deadline 8

This week I replied to Oscar, Jon, Felicia, and Andrew on the 8.2 Reflection on Project draft post by revising and responding as a reader to improve draft as one of the program goals for this class. We all have various writers styles and interpret writing in different ways. This week learning Clarity and the techniques to writing helped with structuring the writing phase. Learning from one another is a big plus to writing skills as it allows us practice.

8. 2 Reflection on Project 2 Draft

I read and commented on Oscar and Jon’s projects. I learned where we all have the most difficulty is in the introduction and thesis. The thesis of the paper can be tricky and we can end up placing it somewhere else in the paper. Our Introduction and the conclusion need to be in sync. Citing and quoting where they are warranted is another area to pay attention to and by reading and re-reading we can catch grammatical mistakes.

8.1 Clarity, Part 1

Untangle Mixed Constructions

Sometimes a sentence can be so tangled that is needs to be revisited by reading it again and rewriting it and not let a verb be followed by an adverb.

Eliminate Distracting Shifts

The point of view needs to be consistent with the person and number by choosing suitable prospective and combining two ideas with a coordinating conjunction. Avoid using choppy sentences and combine short sentences and combine them when they are short and if used only use them if they are emphasizing. 

Emphasis Key Ideas

Use the sentence ending technique for emphasis so that it holds at the end of the sentence as in having the last word. It will draw attention to the idea that deserves the emphasis.

Provide Some Variety

The inverting a sentence technique can be used when it can sound natural and give a welcomed touch by using this variety. By re-reading the sentence this can be a big help to make sure the sentence is making its point.

All these techniques I have read about are making me more aware of the writing experience and how to pay attention to analyzing writing.

Hacker, Diana & Sommers, Nancy. Rules for Writers. Seventh Edition. The University of Arizona Edition.

Reflection

After peer reviewing and applying the Clarity techniques I learned more about the writing process. For example to only use short sentences only if they apply emphasis and to not use them because they may get redundant Also, revising a sentence by re-reading it and then re-writing it may make it more clear and concise..Using variety is important to make structural changes to the sentence.