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This section of the little seagull handbook helped me think about the remix of my essay into a visual/audio/digital text because if gave me ideas on which is more interested and more outstanding to the audience. It made me think how to approach the way to make my audience interested. A visual digital text is …

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The sources helped me revise and edit my own work because my first draft wasn’t mla formatted and I thought it was, I followed all the steps. Mla formatting takes a couple attempts to do and fix. The handouts on blackboard that helped was the revision/editing common mistakes checklist and the revision/ editing checklist. These …

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The little seagull handbook helped me understand finding a reputable source because the Mla formatting helped me. The formatting helped because I needed a revision on how to do it again. The work cited page was pretty easy because you’re citing were you got the information from with the authors name, if it was an …

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Buckley and Mukherjee’s essays are saying media and pop culture can benefit from needed change. In Buckley’s essay he wants he’s readers to know more about the culture. The media culture impact was on empathy small inconveniences and make apathy towards larger concerns in American culture. In Mukherjee’s essay she wants her readers to know …

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The complication and paradox of the situation is expressed by having similarities comparing cowbells that hikers wear to the emotional and practical effects. The reactions towards the other person go based on personal effects that resulted in complication. The complications and the comparisons of the last sentence expressed empathy.

In connection to what nontechnological phenomenon does each writer discuss his technological topic? In the article ” Google is making us stupid” by Nicholas Carr, Carr says that we use the internet more than we use our intellectual minds. We can find things within seconds just by searching on google. Carr thinks using the internet …

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In “The Fourth of July” by Audre Lorde, I feel the authors viewpoint on education in her excerpt was to educate the readers on their history on equal rights and racism. In “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris, the authors viewpoint on education was never let age stop you from further your educational …

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Process Note: I’ve came to my first draft by looking through the journals and making a connection that most readers to relate to. No, I did not go to the writing center and yes I did brainstorm. The instructions that helped me was the video on logos, pathos, and ethos was the violinist. The blackboard …

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The authors’ saying that language and identity of “Mother’s Tongue” by Amy Tan was they were Chinese trying to learn English. Amy’s mothers dialect was difficult to understand. Some people can understand her and some people made it seem like it was horrible for her to talk. Most times since her mothers English was broken …

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I agree with Young. A writer should be able to use their own English. All writers don’t use the same style or language that’s what makes them unique. You’ll be surprised that some good writers are Black or Asian or a person of an accent which makes themselves targets to racism. Young stated, ” And …

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