Overview of Class

What I Have Learned This Semester

                This semester, I have learned many things about writing.  I have learned how to be more efficient with my writing, what rhetoric is, how to analyze advertisements and how to tell how an advertisement is rhetoric.  I have also learned how to dig for sources.  Before, I did not know how to really look for sources and properly cite them, but now, I know how to properly cite my sources.  I know how to write my papers from different angles, how to really get my ideas down on my paper.  I know how to make a bibliography, and how to make a good outline.  The class overall has been a very good class for me.  I really have learned a lot and I plan to use what all I have learned from here on out.

                The way I will use everything that I have learned so far this semester on assignments in this class and assignments in other classes is my way I write my papers and how I am able to gather information and apply it to my paper.  I will be able to write more detailed papers, be more specific about what I am writing and be able to express how I feel about the topics better.  I will know how to take the topic and analyze it more in depth so that I will be able to cover all of the aspects of the assignment.  I will know how to research proper articles for my assignments when needed, and I will know how to present my point more effectively in all the assignments I do.  This class has been very helpful to me this semester, and I am happy about all that I have learned.  I feel much better about writing papers and doing research now.

Acedimic Integrity

Academic Integrity

                Academic integrity is a very important factor for Clemson students.  It is something that is stressed in all the faculty and staff on Clemson’s campus, and is a vital part to how the students do their work.  Academic integrity is a student doing their own work.  They do not cheat on their tests, or plagiarize while writing papers.  They stay true to their own work, and don’t take away from others.  It is very important to everyone in Clemson because it makes Clemson a better campus.  It shows how intelligent and hard working our students are.  We stay true to academic integrity not only for the university’s sake, but for our sake as well.  We learn more when we stay true to the academic integrity pledge.  It prepares us for later on in the life when we are out working on our own.

                I will be working my hardest to stay true to academic integrity.  I will be doing my work on my own, I will never cheat on a test, and I will never plagiarize while writing a paper.  I know that if I do plagiarize on a paper, that I will get in serious trouble, and if I cheat on a test and get caught, I will not pass my class.  I have the risk of getting kicked out of a class or just straight failing out of a class.  I will not use my friends’ work to do my work.  It will be a huge help for me later on in life to do my own work.  Yes, it will be challenging, but it will help me learn how to do things on my own.  It will help my expand my mind and help me get smarter and wiser.  Academic integrity is a very big part in my college life.

My Rhetoric Paper

My Rhetoric Paper

                This visual rhetoric paper has been a very interesting paper to write about.  I enjoyed searching for an interesting advertisement to write about and learning new things about how an article really says more than how it presents itself.  I have learned how to analyze every single part of an article and talk about the all the emotions that are expressed, whether if it is shown physically or it has to be thought about.  I have learned the difference between ethos, logos, and pathos.  I have also learned that the supposed “Kodiak snapshot” will most of the time be set up so that it can be “the perfect moment.”  This way it can relate to our emotions better.

                The difficulty of this paper was definitely finding the right words to analyze the article.  It was difficult for me to really know the full emotions from first glance.  I understood how to analyze every aspect of my article, but having to explain what every part was pretty difficult for me. It was also difficult for me to categorize the emotions as whether they were ethos, logos, or pathos.  However, towards the end of the paper, I understood better and was able to write better. 

                The ways that I can improve my next paper is to not procrastinate as much.  On my next paper, I need to start on it whenever it is assigned, not whenever I absolutely have to do it.  With not procrastinating, it will also help me improve my grammar and my sentence structures.  I will be able to explain my thoughts better and not feel rushed.  I will have more time to get more feedback from others and I will be able to have a better paper.  This paper has been very interesting paper to research and write about.

My Profile Picture

                My Facebook profile picture is very unique to me.  It is a picture of my girlfriend and me at a park.  In the picture, we are both smiling in a beautiful scenery, which indicates that we are having a wonderful time being together.  We are very happy that we can be together spending time with each other.  For me, this is one of my happiest times, when I am able to be with my girlfriend. 

                My choice of invention for my profile picture is I show that I am happy.  This picture means a lot to me.  It makes me think back to the memories that my girlfriend and I made while we were together at that time, and it makes me think of all the other wonderful memories that we have made.  It the kind of picture that I can just look at and I automatically get a smile.  My choice of arrangement it in a way, cause and effect.  My girlfriend and I are in love, and because we are in love, we are very happy in the picture. Our smiles and how we are close together shows that we really care and love one another.  The overall feeling from my picture is just a cute couple being together, and being extremely happy.  The composition is shown explicitly because the picture can be explained by just looking at it.

                This is one of my favorite pictures of me and my girlfriend.  An interesting fact is it is her profile picture, and it is my background on my laptop as well.  This picture means a lot to me, and it will be a long time before I change it; unless the next time we are together, we take another memorable picture.  Overall, I just love my profile picture.