How to Read Literature Like a Professor, the forum assignment, an the literary terms test showed me new depth into stories I already read and in movies I've seen. I can't see the archetypes or literary devices yet, but I've started to ask questions about them while reading or watching something. The terms test showed me the most that I have a lot of work to do. I didn't do very well on it, since I didn't understand a lot of the definitions, let alone how to apply them. Once we start reading our books, I will practice searching for different devices on the first read. The forum assignment was a lot more interesting than last year in American Lit. People don't just agree with what I said, they also share their opinion with lots of text to back up the answer. I look forward to more discussions, especially if I understand the text well and support my opinion effectively.
The slideshows about essay writing were helpful, but not as helpful right now as the other assignments. In the future, I think they will help more when we start writing AP essays. But, The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing is helpful for my college application essays. Writing plainly makes a lot more sense than trying to act smart. It is very important to write plainly and concisely with the word limits. Although I will also have people edit my essays, Nuts and Bolts helped me write pretty good first drafts and helped me edit my own essays.
The terms test was a challenge for me as well. I like how you include almost everything that we had done at this point as well as its implications. Some of your sentences here are a bit confusing and should be altered to make more sense. For example you said, "The terms test showed me the most that I have a lot of work to do". This was just a little unclear. There were also a few spelling errors so make sure that you are double checking your work before posting it.
ReplyDeleteI feel that the terms test was difficult for everyone. Although while I was taking the test, I thought it was simple...
ReplyDeleteBut instead of simply listing the things that you've learned in class, (literary terms and The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing) you add what you will do with the information, "Once we start reading our books, I will practice searching for different devices on the first read".
I agree with Kelsey that you might need to change your wording on some sentences like the mentioned: "The terms test showed me the most that I have a lot of work to do".
As a final thing, watch out in the first paragraph, in the second sentence. You say: "How to Read Literature Like a Professor, the forum assignment, AN the literary terms test showed me new..." when "an" should be "and".
But overall, this was a good response to the course material.
Yeah, I think a lot of people found the terms test to be difficult. I also liked how you linked what we covered in class to things that are taking place outside of this class, namely college essays. There were a few typos, so I'd look things over before submitting them (and I know I'm being hypocritical here because I need to do the same thing). Also, I liked how you covered basically everything that we did in class with analyzing how they applied and how you can use them.
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