Chapter 5 Eng 121

 

Steph Welsh

August 30 2014

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Chapter 5        

 

 

                             What stuck out to me was how important it is to get your point across, to get your readers attention. And try not to use big words all the time because it makes it very boring for whoever is reading it.

                             As a student I would not read it because I would not understand what the book, or newspaper and article is trying to say. What surprised me was is all the essays in chapter 5.It got my attention and I wanted to read them all. Yes I did learn how important it is to research before, and get the facts straight, and then write your essay.

                             The Homestead on Rainy Mountain Creek (page 140) made me understand a bit what my Father wait through as a young boy living on a reservation in New Mexico. My Father is a full blooded Apache Indian, I never experience living on a reservation, but my Father told story’s when I was growing up.

                             He hated the Indian way so much that we were never to ask questions about where he came from. But believe me when he was telling story’s I sat and listen. He told a story about his grandmother ,she was a stolen child ,blonde hair blue eyes no one ever looked for her they couldn’t the reservation is off limits to the law. My Fathers Mother died when he was thirteen, he left home soon after to find work at a tender age of just thirteen and never looked back. 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 3 Reading Response

Due to the fact that it has been a while since I have taken an English class, feelings of concern were starting to arise. Some of these concerns included essay structures, outlines, conclusions, introductions and coherence, however after reading chapter 3 information I thought I had forgotten, as well as new information began to seep back into my brain and reassure me. Along with the essay structure outlines and intro examples being especially helpful, the body paragraph and achieving coherence tips really stuck out to me and will be something I plan on referring back to.  Furthermore, I found there were some great tips through the chapter when using Microsoft Word to draft.  For example, those of us who are easily distracted (Me! Me! Me!) Turning off your computers auto correct during rough draft stages helps to avoid being distracted by grammatical errors.  I also learned about a nifty little feature called Track Changes, which “Allows you to revise while preserving the original draft. Your changes will not become permanent until and unless you want them to, so you can easily return to and restore all or part of your earlier work (Clouse 77).”  All in all chapters 3 of the textbook had some great information that I plan on using as a kick-start to my new English 121 journey!

Brittney Leonard

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