Sunday, January 6, 2013

Comparison & Contrast

Today, we learned about comparison and contrast. usually the way I would organize my outline is using the subject by subject. I've never used the point by point so far. Today was interesting and I like to do the group work because it makes things faster and i get to hear others thoughts aside from mine.

Compare and Contrast

The work that we have done on the Comparison and Contrast was confusing at firs, but each exercise on the Comparison and Contrast I understood it.

Comparison and contrast showing similarities and differences

Today's lessons was once again FUN. I really liked the exercises that we did today, they were fun while we were working as a group. Good laughs. What I learned today was the the point by point  and subject by subject outlines, for me I find that the subject by subject outline is easier than the point by point outlines. Another thing that I learned today was that when developing your ideas you are going to need to use the 4 P's: Purpose, Points, Patterns, Presentations. 

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect is great on showing relation to the  sentence topic or the thesis of the essay and I sometimes use this for my essays. it helps me fill in the blanks.

Cause & Effects chapter

Today we learned about Cause and Effect, I have only used this type of writing only once as far as I remember. It was my first time hearing the "post hoc fallacy" and since now I am aware of it, I wil avoid it. Other than that, I do not really know what to say about this chapter.

Cause & Effect

Today's lesson was quite interesting. I like the exercise that was given within this chapter. Again, I like how we get to work together. What I didn't know about causes & effects is that there are 2 types: Primary & secondary, and also immediate or remote. Another thing I didn't know about was the "Post hoc fallacy" and how you are not suppose to follow that. What you are suppose to follow is the time order of: Time, Order, and Space.