ENG 2100: Writing 1 with Jay Thompson

Akosua Omari-Dottoh, Reading Response 10/13

  1. Because we did the exhaustive documentation before reflecting, I believe that we will have a better time creating a claim. I think this because the exhaustive documentation gave us the opportunity to get all the boring summary stuff out the way, talk about the facts of the matter and such. I think that being able to read over this when building a claim will work to create it because it gives you all you need to know about an object in the same place. All that you noticed and received the object as is there right in front of you and that is important information to know when building a claim/argument. This could also possibly make making a claim harder because all that you have written is mostly subjective and doesn’t really make you choose a side, it’s something you have to think about and reflect on on your own.
  2. Abdurraqib points out all she sees around her in her setting. She says “ I notice that the event staff person is still looking at me….” She then shows how she takes what she noticed around her to understand what to do, really say next. She continues by saying, “…searching my eyes for an answer, so I consider one.” By doing this she also shows why analyzing the event workers actions mattered in the way that she needed to know how to handle the situation and make a smart next move.

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  1. Akosua, now that you’ve finished a full first draft, I wonder if you still feel the same way you do in response (1) above. Do you still think it was helpful to try to observe everything about your text before articulating a claim?

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