I have to admit that this past assignment (Rhetorical Analysis of a Painting) was a great deal harder than I anticipated it to be. I took AP English in high school, like most of the class probably did, and I also took English 1101 when I was a second year, but had to withdraw from school.
So, here I am, a FIFTH year in an English 1101 class. At first I thought, Well, I'll be older than most of the other students, and this will be a breeze. I can crank out a paper fast. NOT SO! This was one of the most difficult papers I've written at Tech, EVEN WITH the rough draft process! It made me realize that while I HAVE been spending a great deal of writing, the KIND of writing I've been doing is totally different: scientific writing and lab reports! All past tense! Impersonal. etc. etc. etc. I know a lot of you know what I'm talking about. Anyway, I just wanted to say how funny I thought it was that I had such an unexpectedly hard time cranking out the paper, but it feels good to get that side of my brain working again.
I found a great paper talking about scientific writing, that pretty much summed up how I felt about the whole "art" of it all!
http://192.38.112.111/write/How_write.pdf
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