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Project 5 Theory of Writing

My theory of writing at the beginning of the semester was quite simple. I see it as a piece of writing that writer is just trying to convey to another person. And that was about it, but as the semester continued, so did my theory of writing. Throughout the semester my way of writing evolved, especially from the first essay. My first essay I used my own theory of writing to do the essay, and it didn’t go quite well, so from there I had begun to change how I did essays. I looked at essays as more than just work, but an opportunity to convince the reader to way you feel about said subject. The first steps I took in order to change my theory of writing was the way I approached it. I first looked at the subject of what I was going to write on, and then I began a process called Idea. ‘Do you have an Idea of what the subject is?’ ‘Do you have an idea of how to approach this?’ ‘If not, what information do we have so far?’ This led for deeper thinking and better writing to any subject. I did this with all the projects I’ve done as well, and with each project I added a new component to my theory of writing. To where I was able to find a good stance on my theory of writing at the end of the semester. My theory of writing at the end of the semester consisted of Idea, Planning, Forming, and Finishing/Editing. Planning consisted of working with the information I had and making an outline. The outline consisted of Main points, Specific audience target points, and depending on the subject, the number of suggested quotes. Forming was creating the essay, and making the “meat” of the essay. Finishing/Editing, is just reviewing the writing piece and making sure that it makes sense to me, but also the future reader.  An example of a main point that I had used after my theory of writing, “Technology grew up with millennials as they were in highschool, causing them to be the first shift of tech dependent users versus generation z teen tech addiction (GTTA) who grew up with technology already present in their world.” This created a bridge to other support points, as in previous essays I would just go straight to giving information without prior knowledge of WHY it that information exists or why it matters. For Support points they stayed the same after I put my theory of writing to use, but I used clever citations and created a bridge to another paragraph through the citation. For example, “In 2009, a research was made about tech addiction, and it goes as follows, “More than 60% of 11 to 18 year olds surveyed by Cranfield said they were "very" or "quite" addicted to the internet, and over 50% were addicted to their mobile phones. Students spend, on average, one to two hours a day on social network sites, the research revealed.” (Goodwin) This research shows that before some of the biggest social media apps/websites were launched, teens were already becoming addicted to technology at a young age.” This allowed me to show research that was done during that time, and it became the basis of how future years would look like in a following paragraph in the essay I wrote this from. Finally for my specific audience target points, I was able to create one in my Teen Tech Addiction Project. I singled out generation z, creating a draw to people who 1. Are part of Generation Z. 2. Have family who are generation Z. 3. Those who are in the education department, and are invested into the generation they are teaching now. An example of that is as follows, “Generation Z has other reasons why they may be more likely to be addicted to technology as well.” 

I think because I had no real prior knowledge on the theory of writing my writing suffered because I wasn’t paying as much attention as I should have been. Now I really think about my writing pieces, and how much goes into it, and how much I really care for it. My prior knowledge if I had any was really just the basis of writing essays and nothing more. My theory of writing really has changed overtime, and thankfully so did my writing.

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Project 4 Reflection

What I liked most about project 4 would have to be the website building aspect. It was fun trying to put information around in a way that would be appealing to people who would first go into the website, and simple enough to keep them engaged. I think what you will like, is the way I intertwined the graphics with the text. I kept the info. short and sweet, but instead its full of info in order to get the message across, while putting graphics that complement the information, so it’s easier for the reader to digest. The most useful feedback that I got was how to compact information and how to utilize graphs correctly. I used the feedback they gave me, which gave me the website I have today. 

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Key Terms Map

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Idea 

When you first get an assignment, your first thought should be to get an idea. An idea of what you’re working with, so you’ll be able to plan it out. 

Plan

The next step is to formalize a plan. The plan should include your topic structure, information placement, and finally a conclusion. Formulating a conclusion sometimes helps create your essay path because you’re thinking backwards. 

Forming

Next is to form the essay with the information you’ve built. Forming the essay is probably the hardest part, but the plan has already been set so it shouldn’t be too difficult. 

Finishing and Editing

Once the essay is all done, the last thing to do is to edit. To correct small mistakes and to make sure everything is placed well together. 

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Project 3 Reflection

I found that project 3 was one of my favorite projects I have ever done. In the beginning finding information was fairly easy but trying to compose the essay was quite difficult. The topic itself was something that I have always been interested in looking into, but when I got all the information together, putting together the essay was quite difficult. What I liked the most about this project was looking into the topic, Teen Tech Addiction. What I disliked the most was composing the essay. I personally had a difficult time this time around while doing the essay. I think you will like the comparisons that I made between the generations in the essay. I personally had a fun time with that part, because I became more aware of how much has changed in the last few years. The bibliography changed quite a bit, as I got more accurate and more scholarly sources. The information stayed the same for the most part, but I would say that the ways of reducing tech addiction were modified between the bibliography and the final draft. If I had all the knowledge, resources and time, then I would have made better comparisons between generations, and I would be able to see what all differences between todays generation and how we’ve changed because of tech. 

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Research Project Proposal

I chose my research project to be about Teen Tech Addiction - What are the effects and what can be done about it? What contributes to teen tech addiction? As a teen I can definitely say at one point I was addicted to technology to the point my eyes were always on a phone or computer screen. So I thought it would be cool to do something on teen tech addiction, and see if the facts lined up with my own experiences. 

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Reflection on Project 2

I found project 2 was easier than project 1, but the substance and the bouncing around with genres was draining. The thing I liked most about project 2 is that I felt like I had more freedom to combine something that I enjoy in my free time with school work. It was very interesting to create a copy letter for a video game critic, but I think it went out well. 

The part about project 2 that I dislike the most is the resume portion. The resume itself was confusing and frustrating because I found it hard to put a balance of what was needed and what wasn't. It was especially hard to figure out what to put in the resume because of the type of occupation I had revolved the essay around, which is video game critic. 

I think you will like the last page of my project 2 which is the ‘genre of your own choice’. Its a review on a game called Apex Legends. I think you will enjoy this part the most because I’m very informed about Apex Legends and I’ve read many articles about this game, and I’ve done a massive amount of research on it as well. 

If I had all the time in the world to focus on the 2nd project then I would have liked to refine my essay and touch up on the correspondence email. The correspondence email was kind of short, but it best showed how I would diffuse a mad developer.

The most helpful of my peer review was that I was reassured that I had a positive track on my project, and the peer review also solved what I needed to do for the correspondence. The part that I thought was least helpful would probably just be the extra time that was taken to look over the project and overthinking our projects. I thought there were more errors than than it seemed because it felt like I had to find a problem.

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Reflection on a Rhetorical Situation

My process for my rhetorical situation essay wasn’t much of a process when it came to thinking of what I wanted my situation to be and how I wanted to go about it. It’s an issue I always think about and this essay was a way for me to put thoughts into writing. I thought I did really well when it came to choosing the rhetorical situation and poking out its exigence's and such. But in reality, I have a tough time understanding what exigence's are and how to approach them. So Ironically, I have a feeling I did pretty good in that aspect without having much of a concept of exigence’s. 

My favorite part when it came to this was really just the planning of the essay. Researching my ideas and then putting them on paper was a real stress reliever and it gave me peace to also know if whether what I wanted to accomplish was possible and if it even made sense on paper. Thankfully it did make sense and hopefully I do accomplish it one day.

The worst part of the essay was trying to find enough substance, to where I wasn’t repeating myself, and being able to complete the minimum page requirement. I don’t really know what I was trying to accomplish writing this essay to be honest. I couldn't tell you if I knew whether or not I was doing this project right. 

Seeing if I had more time, I would definitely would have done more research on the basic guidelines of the essay but I wouldn't change the content within. Just structure it to where its appropriate to the prompt if it isn’t already. Also, I would have done a bit more research on the content of the essay, and gave a more definitive statistics part into the essay. 

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Key words

Inspire - To act in selfless way to drive creativity to the ones around you especially people who follow you.

Retreat - To back up and regroup 

Learn - To create an understanding of a subject in all angles

Word - A Language crypted in a written form; or in slang it could mean, “yes, alright, what’s up, okay, ect.” 

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My Amazing Blueprint for Writing

Whenever I wish to write something, whether it be for a college essay, a little instagram post, maybe a fan-fiction, or even the beginnings of a new book, I do 3 things. 

1. Imagine what I’m writing. For example, “In Puerto Rico there is a special native frog called the, “Coqui” which makes a “Ko-qui” sound. Its characteristics are small, yellow front, with a slight green hue in its eyes.” In that instance, I could imagine the details of the coqui through my writing. 

2. Determine my genre, to determine my audience. Another example, the way. would write for my college professor would be different then how I would write a fan fiction. 

3. Create a tone for my writing. The last one is especially geared toward me because I like to use different words and quips to create a specific tone/mood for said writing.

This process has helped me create amazing pieces of writing. My first piece of writing that I ever used this for was a writing assignment on poems. My writing process was actually inspired by that assignment because when I tried to write a poem it didn't feel like it flowed or make sense. I wanted to create a sensory type poem (a poem that plays on the 5 senses) so I created this process to do so. The poem was about a fall school day. I used the sense of taste, smell, sight, and sound. I had trouble with incorporating the sense of touch. The poem happened to be written well enough that I got second place in a writing competition. 

My second piece of writing was much more professional. It was my capstone of senior year of high school; The essay of my capstone is named, “Should Puerto Rico become the 51st state or continue as an independent?”. This process allowed me to outline my essay and structure it in order to convince the reader to be invested into reading my essay. 

I’m strongest in writing when I am creative writing. Creative writing in my terms are poems, fan-fiction, and writing in the fiction genre. The reason why I think I’m strongest in those areas is because I have a very strong imagination with an aptitude for emotions. 

Writing too me is an art. That is why I treat it as such. There’s a lot of elements that go into writing that I adore. Such as the ability to put into words the most amazing things or even the most mythical of things. It creates a blueprint of imagination which can be envisioned by the reader. The most craziest of things and genres can be remixed over and over and it’ll never get old because there will always be someone creating an original story. That is why I create personal pieces in my google docs and do creative writing in my free time.