How writing on my blog has made me aware of my writing
By: Cam Hall
I have written for a public audience a number of times in my life. Writing for public audiences has allowed me to become a better writer by forcing me to take into consideration how my audience will respond to my writing, and the way that I present it. This has made me a more careful and skillful writer, therefore giving me the confidence that I can succeed with any piece of writing that I create if I just put enough of my time and effort into making quality pieces of writing, such as essays and research papers. I have become more observant over my writing by presenting it to public audiences and allowing it to be viewed in public locations. Writing for a public audience has made me more aware of my writing by allowing me to realize that it is essential for me to cite any information that is not in my own words and to write at the appropriate grade level that I am at.
Writing for a public audience has made me aware of my writing by allowing me to realize that it is essential for me to cite any information that is not in my own words. If I take another person's words and claim them as my own in a piece of writing that I have created, then I am commiting a crime known as plagiarism. This is a serious crime that can lead to me suffering from major consequences as a result of not using my own words or by not citing the source as to where I got another person's words from, in my writing. In addition, not citing information in any piece of writing I create that I have taken from another source will cause my audience to believe that I made the words in the piece of information on my own and that I am being completely original with what I am saying. Based on these statements, I always make sure to write in my own words and cite some other person's words that I have taken from another source of some kind. If a writer cites information in a piece of writing that he or she composes that is not in his or her own words, then that writer will be able to travel further down the path of becoming a better writer in his or her life. In addition, this writer will be able to become more aware of his of her own writing by doing this.
Writing for a public audience has made me aware of my writing by allowing me to realize that it is essential for me to write at the appropriate graden level that I am at. If I decide to write at an elementary school level in a piece of writing that I have made, I would most likely end up writing very short, unexplainatory sentences and not support what I am trying to point out in my work, at all. In doing this, my audience would get the impression that I am not a very skilled writer and think that I am still an amateur in the whole development of your writing skills process. In additon, this would cause my audience to not take me seriously as a writer and maybe even ignore my writing, with my audience not wanting to read an assignment that appears to have been made up by a little kid who is still at the early stages of becoming a good writer. Based on these statements, I always make sure to write at a professional level for my age and to make my sentences very explainatory and supportive to my papers as a whole, and other things, as well. If a person writes at the appropriate grade level that he or she is at for any piece of writing that he or she makes up, then that writer will be able to travel furhter down the path of becoming a better writer in his or her life, and be able to become more aware of his or her writing, as well.
Making sure to cite information that is not in my own words and to write at an appropriate grade level of writing for myself on any piece of writing that I compose have allowed me to become more aware of my own writing. As people become older, they learn not to make simple mistakes when it comes to writing reports, essays, research papers, and other kinds of writing assignments.The more that people write for public audiences in their lives, the more familiar that they will become with what is expected of them as writers, depending on who they are, each individually. Professional writers, as well as other people, always carry about with themselves a sense or idead as to what the writing process encompasses is like and/or what it encompasses, and go from there, whenever they decide at a certain point to write something. In this kind of situation, it doesn't matter if they are writing for fun or if they are required to complete a specific kind of writing assignment as a task for the field of work that they are in. If all the people of the world keep in mind what makes any individual person a great writer, then it is not possible for anybody to not succeed at becoming a greatly-skilled writer who makes sure to be aware of his or her writing all of the time.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Literacy Narrative
How I Became a Good Writer
By: Cam Hall
Most people improve as writers over the course of their lives. Depending on the individual, it may take longer for this person to obtain better writing skills than others. A large number of people have become better writers through continued pratice over and over again. Everybody has become a better writer through one way or another, or by multiple ways, as well. I have improved as a writer overtime through aid, writing assignments, and my commitment to my writing.
Aid has allowed me to improve as a writer overtime, during my life. One important source of aid that I received was from my teachers. During my years of regular grade school, my teachers explained to me how to write research papers and essays in proper ways. These ways included using citations to cite where anyone took somebody else's information from and how to form my thesis statements. Another important source of aid that I received when I younger came from my family, mostly my mom. My mom would teach me how to spell words that I was unfamiliar with. In addition, she would proofread my writing to see if I made any mistakes and then point those mistakes out to me afterwards and then help me to fix them. The aid that I received from my teachers and my family have greatly helped me to improve as awriter, during my life time.
Writing assignments have allowed me to improve as a writer, during my life. One kind of writing assignment that helped me to improve as a writer was in the form of basic handwriting activities, back in elementary school. These activities required a student to write capital letters extending from the top of a line space to the bottom of a line space and have the lower case letters take up half of the space while touching the bottom of the line space. I was eventually able to write very neatly and professionally in these assignments. Another kind of writing assignment that helped me to improve as a writer was research papers and/or essays. These types of assignments usually taught me how to write properly at more challenging levels and in different forms. These assignments also had lots of requirements, as well. For example, these assignments required me a times to type on computers using double spacing and 12 sized text with the Times New Roman style font. In addition, I would be required to make several different paragraphs and statements all revolving around a thesis statement, and other things, as well. The writing assignments that I received back in grade school have helped me to become a better writer, during my life time.
My commitment to my writing has allowed me to improve as a writer overtime, during my life. One way that I have been loyal to my writing has been that I have hardly ignored and/or decided not to do my writing assignments at all. In doing this, I have allowed myself to experience different levels of writing, from easy to hard, and allowed myself to become familiar with them, so that way I can easily figure out what I want to do with other writing assignments that I will receive in the future during my college life, similar to the ones that were given to me back in regular grade school. Another way that I have been loyal to my writing has been that I have most often tried to fulfill all of the requirements that have been expected to have been carried out by myself on my writing assignments. I have been good with checking to make sure that I haven't missed anything that has been required of me on an essay and/or other kind of writing assignment. I have mostly been successful at doing this. My commitmeent to my writing has helped me to become a better writer, during my life time.
I have become a better writer as a whole over the course of my life through aid, writing assignments, and my commitment to my writing. However, despite my great skills that I have at writing, I can still improve in certain areas of the writing process, and such. One way that I can improve is to try not to wait till the last minute or the and/or the day before a writing assignment is due to start working on it. I tend to this most of the time, since I don't like to work on certain assignments several days before they are due,especially when I know that want to have free time to use up. Starting to prepare to write out the final draft of a writing assignment that I have, by making a rough draft of it, and such, a couple of days before it is due will allow me to have more time to fix mistakes and proofread my work so I can make it look a lot better for when it is due. Another way that I can improve as a writer is to try writing more in other formats and ways that I have not tried as much, so I can improve on them, as well. These other formats include cause and effect, using analogies, and other ones, as well. In doing this, I would be able to have a lot more experience as a writer. In conclusion, the more unfamiliar things to myself in the world of writing that I might try later on in my life, the better I know that I will become as a writer in my future life time.
By: Cam Hall
Most people improve as writers over the course of their lives. Depending on the individual, it may take longer for this person to obtain better writing skills than others. A large number of people have become better writers through continued pratice over and over again. Everybody has become a better writer through one way or another, or by multiple ways, as well. I have improved as a writer overtime through aid, writing assignments, and my commitment to my writing.
Aid has allowed me to improve as a writer overtime, during my life. One important source of aid that I received was from my teachers. During my years of regular grade school, my teachers explained to me how to write research papers and essays in proper ways. These ways included using citations to cite where anyone took somebody else's information from and how to form my thesis statements. Another important source of aid that I received when I younger came from my family, mostly my mom. My mom would teach me how to spell words that I was unfamiliar with. In addition, she would proofread my writing to see if I made any mistakes and then point those mistakes out to me afterwards and then help me to fix them. The aid that I received from my teachers and my family have greatly helped me to improve as awriter, during my life time.
Writing assignments have allowed me to improve as a writer, during my life. One kind of writing assignment that helped me to improve as a writer was in the form of basic handwriting activities, back in elementary school. These activities required a student to write capital letters extending from the top of a line space to the bottom of a line space and have the lower case letters take up half of the space while touching the bottom of the line space. I was eventually able to write very neatly and professionally in these assignments. Another kind of writing assignment that helped me to improve as a writer was research papers and/or essays. These types of assignments usually taught me how to write properly at more challenging levels and in different forms. These assignments also had lots of requirements, as well. For example, these assignments required me a times to type on computers using double spacing and 12 sized text with the Times New Roman style font. In addition, I would be required to make several different paragraphs and statements all revolving around a thesis statement, and other things, as well. The writing assignments that I received back in grade school have helped me to become a better writer, during my life time.
My commitment to my writing has allowed me to improve as a writer overtime, during my life. One way that I have been loyal to my writing has been that I have hardly ignored and/or decided not to do my writing assignments at all. In doing this, I have allowed myself to experience different levels of writing, from easy to hard, and allowed myself to become familiar with them, so that way I can easily figure out what I want to do with other writing assignments that I will receive in the future during my college life, similar to the ones that were given to me back in regular grade school. Another way that I have been loyal to my writing has been that I have most often tried to fulfill all of the requirements that have been expected to have been carried out by myself on my writing assignments. I have been good with checking to make sure that I haven't missed anything that has been required of me on an essay and/or other kind of writing assignment. I have mostly been successful at doing this. My commitmeent to my writing has helped me to become a better writer, during my life time.
I have become a better writer as a whole over the course of my life through aid, writing assignments, and my commitment to my writing. However, despite my great skills that I have at writing, I can still improve in certain areas of the writing process, and such. One way that I can improve is to try not to wait till the last minute or the and/or the day before a writing assignment is due to start working on it. I tend to this most of the time, since I don't like to work on certain assignments several days before they are due,especially when I know that want to have free time to use up. Starting to prepare to write out the final draft of a writing assignment that I have, by making a rough draft of it, and such, a couple of days before it is due will allow me to have more time to fix mistakes and proofread my work so I can make it look a lot better for when it is due. Another way that I can improve as a writer is to try writing more in other formats and ways that I have not tried as much, so I can improve on them, as well. These other formats include cause and effect, using analogies, and other ones, as well. In doing this, I would be able to have a lot more experience as a writer. In conclusion, the more unfamiliar things to myself in the world of writing that I might try later on in my life, the better I know that I will become as a writer in my future life time.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Writing About the Rhetorical Situation
Lady Gaga Music Review Analysis
By: Cam Hall
Jon Pareles' article entitled Lavish Worlds, and the Headwear to Match, which serves as a personal music review of Lady Gaga, is a great informational tool to readers who know little about Lady Gaga's music career, as well as her biggest fans. This article provides basic information about Lady Gaga's image, inspiration, song lyrics, performances, and other important information that is about her music career. In the article, Jon Pareles makes a number of certain choices that relate to the genre of a music review and help to enhance the article as a whole. One significant choice that Pareles makes is to give readers an insight into how Lady Gaga presents herself in public and at big events, like her own Monster Ball Tour and an awards ceremony. He provides an example of the way she appeares during a live performance, "She first appeared behind a computerized grid, with a lighted costume that made her more a collection of white dots than a body: a figure in an electronic universe, . . ." (Pareles http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/arts/music/22gaga.html). This choice relates to the genre of a music review, because many music artists and producers today are concerned with image over great musical talent and composition, and image is something people comment on a lot today when they discuss current music acts. Another significant choice that Pareles makes is that he compares Lady Gaga to other music artists from the past while explaining how she stnads out from these other artists. Pareles makes this choice in the following sentence, "While showpeople like David Bowie and Madonna established this career path, Lady Gaga is strutting along it with larger-than-life style and musical gifts" (http;//www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/arts/music/22gaga.html). This choice relates to the genre of a music review, because most writers that are assigned to write articles on certain music artists often look at older music artists to see if they can trace any lines of inspiration that the artist that they are writing about got from these artists, and how he or she is bringing his or her act one step further than those that inspire him or her from generations before. John Pareles carefully considers the audience he is trying to attract when writing this article and makes certain choices that reflect an understanding to viewers as to who the targeted readers are and why these people are reading.
The ways in which Jon Pareles carefully considers the audience the audience that he is aiming for are evident throughout the article. One way that Jon Parels carefully considers the audience that he is aiming for is clear based on his decision to include a wide array of information on how Lady Gaga is a standout music talent that presents herself in certain ways, unlike other current music artists. He gives insight into Lady Gaga's outrageous performances and costumes, which is able to easily intrigue readers to find out more about Lady Gaga. Pareles comments on several pieces of headwear that Lady Gaga has worn in the past in the article, "Onstage and in photos on video screens, she wore Egyptian-deity golden armor, antlers, a shiny red chauffeur's hat, a spiked black hood and an exoskeletonlike helmet, . . ." (http;//www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/arts/music/22gaga.html). Another way that Pareles carefully considers the audinece that he is aiming for is evident based on his decision to provide specific information about the composition of Lady Gaga's songs. This kind of information allows certain readers to consider listening to her music, if they have not done so, in the past. Jon Pareles provides decent information about Lady Gaga's songs in the article, "Lady Gaga's songs are solid, most often pumped up by hefty Eurodisco beats . Between snappy choruses - "Just dance" or "Caught in a bad romance" - her verses sometimes revel in desire, sometimes question it" (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/arts/music/22gaga.html). Jon Pareles carefully considers the audience that he is aiming for in the article in other ways, as well.
Jon Pareles makes certain choices that reflect an understanding as to who the targeted readers are and why these specific people are reading. One choice that Jon Pareles makes that reflects an understanding of as to who certain readers are is his decision to include a statement by Lady Gaga herself about the way she feels about her fans and how she goes out of her way to please them. This choice made by Pareles gives viewers the idea that he is targeting loyal fans of Lady Gaga as a part of his wide audience that he aims to reach out to. The loyal fans of Lady Gaga would be reading this article, because they could be looking for interesting facts on their idol that they might not know about and be curious as to how music reviewers would judge her, as well. The statement made by Lady Gaga is the following, ""When they ask me why I spent all my money on my show, I tell them, because my fans are sexy," she said" (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/arts/music/22gaga.html). Another choice that Jon Pareles makes that reflects an understanding of as to who certain readers are is his decision to provide information on what her stage persona is like and how it changes from one to another during her shows. This choice made by Pareles gives viewers the idea that he is targeting people who are curious as to what different sides exist to Lady Gaga. These kinds of people would want to read this article, because they would want to know exactly what her goals are, besides being far-out in the music industry, and if she is a kind, benevolent person, or a stuck-up, conceited person, or a little bit of both, and other things, as well. John Pareles provides information on Lady Gaga's stage persona during a show in the following statement, "Her stage persona veered from kindly - urging fellow misfits to follow their dreams, announcing that proceeds from her Jan. 24 show would be donated to Haiti relief - to bellicose, at one point taking a gun off her piano and aiming it at the audience, . . ." (http:www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/arts/music/22gaga.html). Jon Pareles makes other choices that reflect and understanding as to who the targeted readers are and why these specific people are reading, as well. John Pareles article Lavish Worlds, and the Headwear to Match, is a great informational tool for anybody wanting to learn more about Lady Gaga and her music career.
By: Cam Hall
Jon Pareles' article entitled Lavish Worlds, and the Headwear to Match, which serves as a personal music review of Lady Gaga, is a great informational tool to readers who know little about Lady Gaga's music career, as well as her biggest fans. This article provides basic information about Lady Gaga's image, inspiration, song lyrics, performances, and other important information that is about her music career. In the article, Jon Pareles makes a number of certain choices that relate to the genre of a music review and help to enhance the article as a whole. One significant choice that Pareles makes is to give readers an insight into how Lady Gaga presents herself in public and at big events, like her own Monster Ball Tour and an awards ceremony. He provides an example of the way she appeares during a live performance, "She first appeared behind a computerized grid, with a lighted costume that made her more a collection of white dots than a body: a figure in an electronic universe, . . ." (Pareles http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/arts/music/22gaga.html). This choice relates to the genre of a music review, because many music artists and producers today are concerned with image over great musical talent and composition, and image is something people comment on a lot today when they discuss current music acts. Another significant choice that Pareles makes is that he compares Lady Gaga to other music artists from the past while explaining how she stnads out from these other artists. Pareles makes this choice in the following sentence, "While showpeople like David Bowie and Madonna established this career path, Lady Gaga is strutting along it with larger-than-life style and musical gifts" (http;//www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/arts/music/22gaga.html). This choice relates to the genre of a music review, because most writers that are assigned to write articles on certain music artists often look at older music artists to see if they can trace any lines of inspiration that the artist that they are writing about got from these artists, and how he or she is bringing his or her act one step further than those that inspire him or her from generations before. John Pareles carefully considers the audience he is trying to attract when writing this article and makes certain choices that reflect an understanding to viewers as to who the targeted readers are and why these people are reading.
The ways in which Jon Pareles carefully considers the audience the audience that he is aiming for are evident throughout the article. One way that Jon Parels carefully considers the audience that he is aiming for is clear based on his decision to include a wide array of information on how Lady Gaga is a standout music talent that presents herself in certain ways, unlike other current music artists. He gives insight into Lady Gaga's outrageous performances and costumes, which is able to easily intrigue readers to find out more about Lady Gaga. Pareles comments on several pieces of headwear that Lady Gaga has worn in the past in the article, "Onstage and in photos on video screens, she wore Egyptian-deity golden armor, antlers, a shiny red chauffeur's hat, a spiked black hood and an exoskeletonlike helmet, . . ." (http;//www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/arts/music/22gaga.html). Another way that Pareles carefully considers the audinece that he is aiming for is evident based on his decision to provide specific information about the composition of Lady Gaga's songs. This kind of information allows certain readers to consider listening to her music, if they have not done so, in the past. Jon Pareles provides decent information about Lady Gaga's songs in the article, "Lady Gaga's songs are solid, most often pumped up by hefty Eurodisco beats . Between snappy choruses - "Just dance" or "Caught in a bad romance" - her verses sometimes revel in desire, sometimes question it" (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/arts/music/22gaga.html). Jon Pareles carefully considers the audience that he is aiming for in the article in other ways, as well.
Jon Pareles makes certain choices that reflect an understanding as to who the targeted readers are and why these specific people are reading. One choice that Jon Pareles makes that reflects an understanding of as to who certain readers are is his decision to include a statement by Lady Gaga herself about the way she feels about her fans and how she goes out of her way to please them. This choice made by Pareles gives viewers the idea that he is targeting loyal fans of Lady Gaga as a part of his wide audience that he aims to reach out to. The loyal fans of Lady Gaga would be reading this article, because they could be looking for interesting facts on their idol that they might not know about and be curious as to how music reviewers would judge her, as well. The statement made by Lady Gaga is the following, ""When they ask me why I spent all my money on my show, I tell them, because my fans are sexy," she said" (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/arts/music/22gaga.html). Another choice that Jon Pareles makes that reflects an understanding of as to who certain readers are is his decision to provide information on what her stage persona is like and how it changes from one to another during her shows. This choice made by Pareles gives viewers the idea that he is targeting people who are curious as to what different sides exist to Lady Gaga. These kinds of people would want to read this article, because they would want to know exactly what her goals are, besides being far-out in the music industry, and if she is a kind, benevolent person, or a stuck-up, conceited person, or a little bit of both, and other things, as well. John Pareles provides information on Lady Gaga's stage persona during a show in the following statement, "Her stage persona veered from kindly - urging fellow misfits to follow their dreams, announcing that proceeds from her Jan. 24 show would be donated to Haiti relief - to bellicose, at one point taking a gun off her piano and aiming it at the audience, . . ." (http:www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/arts/music/22gaga.html). Jon Pareles makes other choices that reflect and understanding as to who the targeted readers are and why these specific people are reading, as well. John Pareles article Lavish Worlds, and the Headwear to Match, is a great informational tool for anybody wanting to learn more about Lady Gaga and her music career.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Introduction
My Introduction
By: Cam Hall
My name is Cam A. Hall. I am currently a freshman student at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, MA. The major that I am focusing on during my time in college is history and musuem studies. A specific part of history that I am looking to be my focus is current history, more specifically current American history. This area of American history includes all of the major events that took place in and around America from about the year 1900 up to the present day. In relationship with my major, I plan to work at a history museum one day. As a worker in a museum like this I could possibly be a tour guide or help with the organization of certain exhibits and areas around the museum. Besides my educational and occupation goals, there are other interesting things to know about myself.
In addition to my life-long goals, there is more to know about myself. One interesting fact about myself is that I love to watch horror movies. I am fascinated by the genre and I collect horror figurines of characters from notable horror films. The collection of characters that I have includesJason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th film series, Pinhead from Clive Barker's Hellraiser, Michael Myers from Halloween, and Chucky from the Child's Play film series. Another interestingfact about myself is that I like older generation pop musicians from before my time, mainly Michael Jackson and Madonna. I like both of these musicians to a certain degree, and I have all of there studio albums, in addition to some of their compilation albums and other existing albums that they have put out as well. In addition, I also have collections of their music videos on DVD which include the following: Michael Jackson's Vision, Madonna - The Video Collection 93:99, and Madonna - Celebration: The Video Collection. One other interesting fact about me is that is that I took horseback riding lessons from when I was around six years old up until near the time when I turned eighteen years old. During a lesson, I would walk and trot the horse that I was riding around the ring. In addition, I would canter around the ring, jump over poles, and weave from left to right inbetween cones that were set up within the ring. There are other interesting facts about myself that I have not mentioned yet. This is my introduction, and I hope that everybody enjoys getting to know about me.
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