Part
1: Reflection on Writing Center Internship
During my internship
two people came in to have their papers revised. Each paper was very different
and I worked with two different peer tutors. This session helped me realize
many things about my writing and how I could fix my writing in the future. One
thing that I learned that I did not know about from one of the peer tutors was
that using “you” in a paper is unprofessional and not supposed to be in a
paper. That was one of the things I remember most because I am the type of
writer who uses “you” a lot in my papers. What I noticed about the multilingual
writers was that really want their peer tutor to focus on their grammar and
make sure it is correct. The peer tutors were great at helping them and also
helping the writers stay on topic with their papers. The peer tutors are very
knowledgeable about looking for certain things in papers like grammatical
errors, staying on topic, and many other things. I am excited for this
internship and to learn more about how I can fix my writing styles and helping
others.
Part
2: Reading Response
Transitive and
intransitive verbs will help me with my cover letter because it will help me
cut my paper down to become short and sweet instead of adding all the “extra”
words. The modifiers will help me add some help to the verbs in my cover letter
and in papers I write. The complements help the verbs and this will help me in
my papers and cover letters because it helps the transitive verbs play a role
in my papers. As said on page 15, “eliminating them tends to sharpen our
sentences and paragraphs.” These will help me in the long run to get my paper
straight to point but also “sharpen” my paper to its highest potential.
Part
3: Revision
This session
helped me realize many things about my writing and how I could fix my writing
in the future.
This
session helped me realize how I could fix my writing in the future.
The
reason I decided to change this was because the verb realize needed a compliment to help it succeed but also didn’t need
all the extra wording in it.
The
peer tutors were great at helping them and also helping the writers stay on
topic with their papers.
The
peer tutors helped the writers stay on topic.
The
reason I decided to change this sentence was because there was a lot of extra
wording in the sentence and it didn’t need it.
Chapter three was good in that it showed what words can be dumped from a sentence to make it more precise and to the point, but I’ve always had trouble with cutting a lot of words out of a sentence. This is because there has always been a page requirement for classes and you don’t want to cut out precious length when a ten page paper is due. This class is good in that we can experiment with these modifiers and compliment structures without worrying about a page length factor.
ReplyDeleteI learned some new techniques from chapter three; how you can eliminate certain words from sentences to make them sound better. I find it harder to eliminate words when you have to create a longer paper, because the more words you cut out, the shorter your paper becomes. Modifiers and compliments can still become very helpful in certain aspects of writing.
ReplyDeletei agree with what you are saying Michael because I know it is bad to do but I always add extra words to my papers to make it longer and it just adds length. Sometimes I believe that works in papers but these chapters are really showing me how to eliminate all the "wordiness" and get straight to the point.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting about using the word "you." I never knew that either, and I'm pretty sure I use it a lot. Looks like I'll have to cut back on using it so often. I agree, Chapter 3 was helpful by showing me that I should only use words that help get my point across as clear and concise as possible and not to have just a bunch of "filler" words that don't help the rest of the text. Good revisions too. It makes you realize that you use a lot of unnecessary words. You cut your sentences down and got to the point quicker and clearer.
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