Though most writing assignments make me groan and sigh, PB-2B was one of those writing assignments that me me groan and sigh a little less than usual. I think I found it interesting to see not only the same ‘moves’ pop up in many of our readings, but also the manner in which they were manipulated by each individual writer. (Also it was fun trying to come up with names for all the moves I found myself.)
Well, WP-2 is approaching much quicker than I’d like it to, and though the PBs have made me more prepared than I was before, I am still a little bit nervous. For the last WP, Zack commented that my paper could have benefited from some restructuring of the organization, so I think getting that right on my WP-2 is one of my main worries right now. I feel like there is so much that I have to address, so it is going to be challenging for me to make it all sound cohesive. But, enough worrying for now, I’m just going to try to take this process one step at a time. *happy thoughts*
Anyways, I think (besides getting to jam out to Sublime) one of my favorite parts of class this week was coming up with a list of other verbs that we can use instead of ‘says’. I’m always struggling to find just the right word to introduce my thoughts and those of others, (“What I really wanna say, I caan't defiiinnee”), so this list will definitely help me advance my writing from ‘high-school-status’ to ‘articulate-college-student-status’.
Another important lesson of this week’s class was the lesson on hedged language and qualified claims. I’m a psychology major, so this definitely applies to me when I’m discussing/writing up an analysis of someone’s behavior. It’s always important to not make overgeneralizing, blanket statements about someone or something unless you can back it up with evidence.
Overall, it was a good week, and from brackets to parallelism, we learned a lot of cool lessons. Looking forward to next week!
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