WRA 130 Andrew Colannino

Emphasis

Leadsc readers to see main ideas

Clearly state subject and verb to avoid confusion

link main clauses with a coma or semi colin

SUBORDINATION

grammar checkers

use to emphasize main ideas

dont over use

PARALLELISM

similar grammatical form for elements of similar function

SENTENCE LENGTH VARIETY

10 to 40 words

less than 15 or more than 35 main idea is confusing

SENTENCE STRUCTURE VARIETY

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Academic Skills

Listening and Note Taking

Clear mind

Recording

Paraphrase

Extra space

Reading content

Review

Reading Comprehension

Writing

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This article is about a Chinese-American girl who just wants to be and a real All-American girl. Her family sends her to a Chinese school in America. However, she does not want to study Chinese language or culture. She wants to venture outside of Chinatown and learn real English.

The article talks about what the Chinese school on Yale Street is like. However, she liked American culture more than Chinese. She rea...

Writing Situation:

-context

-subject

-purpose

-audience

-research

-deadline

-length

-Find your subject

-Define your purpose

-report 

-summarize

-discuss

-compare and contrast

-define

-analyze

-Who are my readers?

-What are my readers expectations?

-What do I want the readers to know or do after reading my work?

Invention

-Keep a journal

-observe surroundings

Of course, Obama is the perfect person to give this speech. Not just because they are both history-changing African Americans, but that they also have the same drive and power to change the world for the better. President Obama did a great job focusing on Mandela's great achievements in South Africa and emphasized his superb leadership traits. Obama also compared Mandela to other great risk takers in history, such as Gandhi and MLK. Mandela was very smart and realized the importance of r...

This informative piece, "Marxist Criticism", compares the beliefs in America to Marxist beliefs and also informs the reader about the general goals of Marxism. The author is very biased towards Marxist, but makes some interesting points. Even though Marxist is long dead, the author still stresses why it is important for the reader to be informed on the matter.

Throughout this pieve the author tries to make some viable points that state that Marxism is not dead. He even states that it pl...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s  "I Have a Dream" speech forever changed the way segregation is thought of in America. His public speaking and writing skills are unlike anyother person and he the power of his words is unparrallel. The purpose of this speech was to convince American citizens that everyone is equal and how someday he wants to see this change in equality happen. Even the government had to listen to what MLK was saying. He tries to include everyone from America in his speech and bu...

Writing in the Middle

gather as much info as possible

writing down summaries, definitions, main ideas

writing reaction to info found

Plagiarism

cite your source correctly

handing in same paper for two different classes is plagiarism

using info thats not common knowlege is plagiarism

Sources

sources can extend thinking

sources can provide necessary background

sources can support your point

paraphrasing...

This article is about the life of a British woman writer and her experiences. She talks about why she became a writer and in this article describes how she created her story. In the beginning, she tells us what kind of job a writer is. With her first payment from writing she bought herself a cat. She usually worked from ten to one everyday, pen in hand. She tells us how when she was writing the angel in the house she created phantom in her brain. She killed the angel in her story to make it m...

Tentative Structure of Project 3

INTRODUCTION:

BACKGROUND:

1. What kind of people are right for a finance degree?
2. Why I am well suited for a finance major?

WHAT IS FINANCE (MAJOR):

1. What does it mean to get a finance degree?
2. Why would a finance degree be useful?
3. What would a specialization in corprate finance mean?

MAJOR SPECIFICALLY AT MSU:

1. Why is MSU the right choice for a finance major...