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Outcome 2 (Integrating Ideas) – Be able to integrate their ideas with others using summary, paraphrase, quotation, analysis, and synthesis of relevant sources. In essay 1 I definitely struggled with incorporating my own ideas/voice with the text and connecting that to the essay prompt. I had some decent quality of making “quote sandwiches’ ‘ and was able to clearly show some of my own ideas and connect that to the prompt. In essay 1 when I was quoting Phelps Roper when arguing…

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Outcome 1 (Recursive Process) – Demonstrate the ability to approach writing as a recursive process that requires substantial revision of drafts for content, organization, and clarity (global revision), as well as editing and proofreading (local revision). Overall my essays have definitely become more smooth and strong throughout the semester. I have improved on a variety of topics and I think my strongest improvement has been explaining my quotes and placing transitions in the correct areas. Back in Essay 1 I definitely needed…

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In one way Blooms essay on empathy connects to Serhans and McLaughlins essay because empathy can help with assessing the problem with Xenophobia and fixing that issue. When they talk about how wearing mask in affects them and how it can change they’re feelings about other people around them like when they say “Should I not go in a mask anymore? I should not have to chose my safety over my health.”(McLaughlin 1). She should not have to chose between…

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Xenophobia is the dislike or prejudice against people from other countries. This term relates to the Covid 19 pandemic because of where it started in Wuhan China, people from there got a lot of hate and some people even started calling it the Wuhan Virus. Covid 189 started a lot of Xenophobia against China. Many other countries were also affected by it like the European countries that were affected by the travel ban because they thought that would stop the…

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1.I think my biggest strength in my essay was explaining quotes, I think I explained them very smoothly and gave enough explanation so the quote makes sense. ““Empathy is a spotlight of narrow focus; it shines brightly on those we love and gets dim for those who are different or strange” (Bloom 3).What I think that Bloom means here is that for people we love and are close to we will give out all the empathy they need, but for…

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Cadogan has different struggles and challenges in each of the 3 places he has lived in. The first one Kingston he knows the streets very well and knows how to stay out of trouble, but if he wears something like the wrong color in a certain area it will cost him his life. In New Orleans at first he thinks it’s not so bad but then he realizes everyone is looking at him and thinking that he is the crime….

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Overall I think I improved from the last peer review. My confidence in reviewing someones essay and figuring out helpful comments to write has definitely improved. This time around I was able to make comments that give helpful feedback like about how sentence structure needs to be fixed or just adding a brief introduction to a topic that doesn’t make much sense. I am now able to give sharp feedback for most of the essay, like adding more explanation for…

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Winter is the best season out of the rest since there is the most to do. Multiple sources agree with this statement like skiing or snowboarding. According to a season expert Sam Arangio, ” Skiing and snowboarding makes winter the best season”(10). In other words skiing and snowboarding does not compare to any other sport you can play in other seasons, making winter the bets season. Winter is not just the best because of skiing and snowboarding you also have…

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In The limit of friendship the essay analyzes how humans will lack the social needs and social interactions if they keep on track by just using social media and online interactions. One concern that Konnikova states is that some social skills will not develop when so many people are using a lot of online interactions., As Konnikova puts it, Konnikova says here “We aren’t born with full social awareness,and Dunbar fears that too much virtual interaction may subvert that education”…

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This speech was about how your life has value and what you can do to make your life have value. One Main argument he had was talking about how your degree has human value, he talked about how every choice you make can affect your life value. He also talks about an example with believing in god and not and saying the same experience can have 2 different meanings for different people, he states that an atheist does not exist…

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