The
hacker homework assignment was a good exercise to do. Some of the activities
were review, and some were new to me. As
I worked through the exercises, my mind began to wonder on past writings I have
done. I wondered about what I do wrong without even noticing. The activities seemed so simple and easy when
you just had to pick the correct sentence but when I went to the edit and
compare sections they got more challenging. Our group was focused on the
section 11-1 and 11-2, mixed construction. Mixed construction is something I
have never really heard of before. After the first couple of examples I was
about to notice the main theme of mixed construction that is; a sentence that begins with one
type of structure and shifts to another type of structure. Some example of
mixed construction are: Mixed: Every few hundred feet a test sample of
the layer of earth a bit of it is analyzed to determine the distance from oil. Revised:
Every few hundred feet a test sample of the layer of earth is analyzed to
determine the distance from oil. Mixed: Out in the rain was coming down on the children. Revised: Out in the rain the children
were getting wet. Doing this hacker exercise was overall very helpful for me.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
20 parameters of "Good writing"
--Grammar and Structure
--Good choice of words but has to make sense
--Transition from one point to another
-- Introduction: Needs to catch your attention and make you want to keep reading to find out what happens.
--Clear and intresting ending
--Creative body could make readers not loose their interests in your story
--Be logical: a story should make sense
--Mystery: don't make the topic be extremely obvious. allow the reader to actually think about it and try to figure things out for themselves.
--Imagination: Being creative makes it more interesting to read, and more engaging.
--Personalized stories with your own words and ideas are more meaningful and interesting
--Creative: Should be something new that makes story more interested and different
--Emotion: The ability to connect to the emotions of what is happening
--Has a good hook in the beginning
--Conclusion that summarizes main points of the story
-- When it is made for the reader to understand. Target audience.
--Using good resources to find legit information.
--Put facts from least to most important.
--Attractive clues that makes you want to read more.
--Pace: How fast the story moves shouldn't be to fast or to slow
MADE by en191s12
--Good choice of words but has to make sense
--Transition from one point to another
-- Introduction: Needs to catch your attention and make you want to keep reading to find out what happens.
--Clear and intresting ending
--Creative body could make readers not loose their interests in your story
--Be logical: a story should make sense
--Mystery: don't make the topic be extremely obvious. allow the reader to actually think about it and try to figure things out for themselves.
--Imagination: Being creative makes it more interesting to read, and more engaging.
--Personalized stories with your own words and ideas are more meaningful and interesting
--Creative: Should be something new that makes story more interested and different
--Emotion: The ability to connect to the emotions of what is happening
--Has a good hook in the beginning
--Conclusion that summarizes main points of the story
-- When it is made for the reader to understand. Target audience.
--Using good resources to find legit information.
--Put facts from least to most important.
--Attractive clues that makes you want to read more.
--Pace: How fast the story moves shouldn't be to fast or to slow
MADE by en191s12
Hacker Review of
E-ex 8-1 Active vs. passive verbs- It was a nice review and refresher, but I understand the difference between active and passive.
E-ex 8-2 Active vs. be verbs- I need a lot of work on Active vs be verbs. I had a hard time telling the difference.
E-ex 8-3 Active verbs -A good test of your skills but I had and easy time switching them.
E-ex 9-1 Parallelism- That is something I never realized that I do.
E-ex 9-2 Parallelism- Same as 9-1
E-ex 9-3 Parallelism- After the first two reviews changing them wasn't hard.
E-ex 10-1 Needed words- it is easy to read the sentence to see it the word is needed or not.
E-ex 10-2 Needed words- It was hard for me to find the mistake and fix the sentence.
E-ex 11-1 Mixed constructions- It was easy when you read the sentence out loud.
E-ex 11-2 Mixed constructions- Same as 11-1
E-ex 12-1 Misplaced modifiers-This one was good for me because it is something I do without noticing.
E-ex 12-2 Misplaced modifiers- It was hard to correct the sentences correctly.
E-ex 12-3 Dangling modifiers-It was hard to tell the difference between the right and wrong sentence.
E-ex 12-4 Dangling modifiers- It showed me that modifiers is something I really need to work on.
E-ex 13-1 Shifts: person and number- Easy pick up but can go unnoticed easily.
E-ex 13-2 Shifts: tense-Same as 13-1.
E-ex 13-3 Shifts-Same as 13-1
E-ex 13-4 Shifts- Nice to review what you just learned and put it to use.
E-ex 14-1 Choppy sentences- Tough for me to tell the difference between the correct and not correct sentence.
E-ex 14-2 Choppy sentences- Something I also need to work on.
E-ex 14-3 Subordination- Easy to understand as the examples went on.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Mixed Construction
Mixed construction- sentence that begins with one type of structure and shifts to another type of structure.
Examples: Mixed: Take, for example, in the strip mines of southeastern Ohio, the blaster has one of the best-paying jobs.
Examples: Mixed: Take, for example, in the strip mines of southeastern Ohio, the blaster has one of the best-paying jobs.
Revised: For example, in the strip mines of southeastern Ohio, the blaster has one of the best paying jobs.
Mixed: Every few hundred feet a test sample of the layer of earth a bit of it is analyzed to determine the distance from oil.
Revised: Every few hundred feet a test sample of the layer of earth is analyzed to determine the distance from oil.
Mixed: Out in the rain was coming down on the children.
Revised: Out in the rain the children were getting wet.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Good Story
1.Organized
2.Grammar and Structure
3.Interesting to reader
4.Clear details
5.Descriptive words
6.Creative
7.Inspiration
8.Focused on the topic
9.Suspenseful
10.Positive attitude
11.Good dialog
12.Personalized
13.Educational
14.Easy to understand
15.Good content
16.Good development
2.Grammar and Structure
3.Interesting to reader
4.Clear details
5.Descriptive words
6.Creative
7.Inspiration
8.Focused on the topic
9.Suspenseful
10.Positive attitude
11.Good dialog
12.Personalized
13.Educational
14.Easy to understand
15.Good content
16.Good development
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