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  1. Oct 2023
    1. Commas are punctuation heroes in more than one sense

      in my first paper I felt like I used commas too much but it turned out I could use more and benefit from more

    2. semicolons and colons can take the place of a period

      I feel like I'm always kinda nervous to use these in fear of using them wrong but after going to the writing center for my first paper they showed how sentences could really benefit from them

    1. Stereotypes, generalizations, and misguided assumptions are fallacies you’ve likely encountered.

      In psycology this is known to be perception. We use past knowledge without consciously realizing and apply it to what we see everyday creating a false reality we believe as true

    1. Bring to mind a recent movie you watched, book you read, or other text you’ve encountered;

      When being able to connect with the text I find that it not only makes the text more engaging but also makes the author more agreeable .

    2. the main idea, focus on large-scale comprehension, and ignore errors, digressions, or irrelevant information

      Main idea concept feels like it's been drilled into my head since like 3rd grade. However it was hard to ignore erorrs. We actually once found an error in a piece of writing about pacemakers and when I went home I asked my Dad about it since he worked for a pace making company at the time. He concluded the information was in fact incorrect

  2. Sep 2023
    1. not all attempts are successful on the first try.

      this is harder to apply to work (or simply be okay with mistakes) when you take into the account of a grade being associated with it.

    1. Illustrations

      this reminds me of a book i read called Wildwood by Colin Meloy. It was set in a fictionary world and in the beginning of the book there was an illustrated map which made the book much easier to understand when the author was describing the location of the characters and the interactions between them

    2. few ideas or events, instead of trying to relate every idea or event.

      I think I struggle with this in my writing- feeling pressured to find more and ending up with a piece of writing that isn't as strong as a result

    1. What is my subject? What is my occasion? Who is my audience? What is my purpose? But you should also ask How do each of those answers influence the way I will write?

      I feel like this can be hard coming into college from high school with such a structured paper expectation. Being able to take an assignment in many directions can be so freeing but also overwhelming

    2. He got him to do important behaviors first, and didn’t reveal where they fit into the overall skill until later.

      I feel as though it can be hard to go back to basics after realizing the big picture.

    1. Never share content that makes you vulnerab

      I think there is a big risk in this but also I can think of celebreties who get a lot of support when they come out about mental health and their personal stories

    2. what they say about themselves (on profiles and biographies), but also with what they do

      I think this is applicable to life and relationships/ interactions outside the internet as well