I have became a better writer over the year. I have struggled with many things over the semester and some things came naturally or was easy. I know how to improve my writing skills and become a better writer. I think not having confidence in my writing also makes me not try as hard as I can also because writing isn’t really my best subject so this course and the assignments helped me gain my confidence. All the assignments helped me become a better writer because they all were different and each of them showed a weakness and something that need to be worked on. Some assignments showed some things that came naturally. This course and all the assignments has made me a better writer than I was and a better student, and I also know what to work on as a writer and student.
One thing that I struggled with was commitment. Throughout the semester and for every assignment, I made no commitment at all for the assignments. My grades sometimes reflected that because I wasn’t making the commitment that should have and the commitment needed for the assignments. I learned to make commitments on anything I have and not to just wait until the last minute. This will not only make me a better writer, but also a better student.
Another thing I struggled with a lot was digging deeper. I found myself repeating statements and things that was already stated earlier in the essay. I also couldn’t expand my thoughts about certain topics or for a certain assignment which made everything harder and not knowing what to write about. Everything ties together because not making a commitment or doing the assignments at the last minute doesn’t give me enough time to dig deeper. Digging deeper would help a lot because not only did I repeat some things, but also I didn’t even meet some length requirements. I have to make a commitment first so I could dig deeper.
One of the modes of writing we did that I struggled the worst one was the analysis assignment. I struggled with the analysis essay because I was repeating things and summarizing things when the assignment was for you to analyze. Even though I struggled with this assignment, this was my favorite assignment to do. I think it was my favorite assignment because I had to use a video and some writing techniques like pathos, logos, kairos, and ethos to complete the assignment. The analysis assignment was very fun to do. It was about an 11-year old girl that gets hit by a stray bullet. This was the hardest assignment out of all the assignment to me because I kept summarizing and when I was told I was summarizing, I tried not to and that caused repetition. I discovered writing this analysis paper that if I make a commitment and try harder everything would have been easier and the assignment would have been easier and more. If I make a commitment and dig deeper, I would be a better writer than I am.
A thing that I was good at while doing the argument assignment was opposing viewpoints. I think I didn’t struggle with this because I only had to write about the opposite of what I was writing about. My argument was that hip hop doesn’t belong to any race, age, or gender. I didn’t have to dig deep about the opposing viewpoint which made it easier. Opposing a viewpoint on something you are arguing about is really easy anyway because it is just the opposite of your argument. When I did the argument assignment, I struggled with digging deeper and repetition because I didn’t make a commitment but when it came to opposing the viewpoint of my argument, it came easily. I think opposing a viewpoint for anything is the easiest thing to do because it is the opposite of the argument.
One thing that helped me with all the assignments was research. When I say research, I mean peer review or student-teacher conference. The peer review research helped me a lot because I was able to see an example of what we were suppose to do because most likely I was confused or I forgot, and the peer review research also helped me because I was able to get feedback from my classmates on what needed to be changed and fixed and their opinion on the whole paper itself. The student-teacher conference research helped me because I got feedback from my teacher and she’s the person that is grading the paper. The research itself helped a lot because I knew I didn’t try my best on the draft because I didn’t make an commitment doing the assignment, and I needed some helpful feedback from someone. The research helped me so much throughout the semester.
I have to work on making commitments for my assignments, so I can dig deeper in the essay. If I make a commitment and dig deeper, then there will be no repetition and I won’t struggle as bad as I did over the semester with the assignments. I do think that I improved as writer because I realized mistakes and learned from them. I gained some confidence in my writing over the semester because I came up with good topics or good points which made me try harder. This course has helped me a lot with my writing in many ways. On some assignments, I would think I would have gotten a bad grade but I actually got a good grade and that also made me gain confidence in my writing. I learned a lot over the semester and will bring it along with me as I continue my college career.
I think I struggled with meeting the word length requirements because I didn’t want to go off topic and repeat myself over and over. I also think I struggled with keeping my thesis true because I kept making it contradicting when adding things that did’t make my thesis true and that didn’t support what I said. It kind of came easily but meeting the word requirement, trying to not go off topic, or keeping the whole article in order and about my thesis was hard. If I had more time, I honestly don’t think that would help because the assignment was already extended but that did help a lot. I have never did a project like this before, only essays when I was in high school.
I learned from this op-ed project to stay on topic and not to add anything that will make the thesis not true and will make the whole assignment wrong. The kind of commitment I made to this project was a little time but a lot of effort. Writing isn’t my best subject so I don’t really do well in it so since I know that I don’t make as much time as it needs. The part of class that helped me was the peer review and working on it in class. When we did the peer review, I got to see how my classmate did theirs and they left comments on what is wrong and needs to be fixed. The time in class helped me because I could ask questions if I needed help and it allowed me to get started on my final draft. The out of class experience that helped me was emailing the teacher when I had questions or was confused about the assignment. I would define the Multimodal Project as different and challenging because it is based off of the argument essay but it is different from it. I thought about the outcomes because I’m sure this has made me a better writer.
What is hip hop? Everyone wants to be a
part of hip hop or rap. Hip hop is a style
of music, art, history, clothing trend, and
a part of culture. It has became very popular
since it was first created because there’s
not only African American rappers and
also even more groups.
Hip hop’s definition is a style of popular
music of US black and Hispanic origin,
featuring rap what electronic backing.
Hip hop was created on the poorest side
of New York City that not only produced
music, but also it produced break dancing
and graffiti. The DJs would make beats and
people would try to rhyme to them which
created rapping.
Hip hop is evolving more and more each
day. Hip hop was created by the African
American race, but it has evolved to where
everyone is a part of it.
Some people believe that hip hop belong
to African Americans because they were
the first to create hip hop. Some people
also believe that only black people can
rap, but they are all wrong. Hip hop
does not belong to any race or gender, the
only part of hip hop that belongs to the African
American race is culture, so anyone can
rap or dance and be a part of hip hop.
Anyone can rap, dance, or listen to that kind
of music because it hip hop itself belongs
to no one.
The culture of hip hop is just the way of
life. Hip hop’s culture is the not
only that but the way some people speak,
dress, and the things they do in everyday life.
Afrika Bambaataa’s definition of hip hop is
the way of life like the way a person speaks,
walk, and act, but the music is colorless.
Afrika Bambaataa is known for the “Godfather”
of hip hop so what he thinks of hip hop is
very important. Hip hop’s culture is just
everyday life.
Almost everyone is a part of the hip hop
culture. Almost everyone is a part of that
Culture because they listen to hip hop
music, they dress hip hop, or they grew
up in the hip hop culture. Just because
some people aren’t African American or
don’t rap because just listening to hip hop
music and listening everyday makes anyone
a part of the hip hop culture.
Some people grew up in the hip hop culture.
Many people grew up listening to hip hop
music, looked or dressed like hip hop, and
much more. Hip hop’s culture is just everyday
life or everyday living. Most people that grew
up in hip hop maybe lived in
In music culture today, the color of a
performer’s or artist’s skin does not
determine their success in the hip hop
industry. Some are Eminem, Iggy Azalea,
Yelawolf, Lil Dicky, G-Eazy, and
Macklemore. Anyone can be successful in
the music industry.
Hip hop has changed but has stayed the
same overtime. People then and now are
rapping about money, drugs, and a female
in a bad way or male in a bad way. It has
also stayed the same because there are
groups like before. Some groups from the
past were TLC, N.W.A., Run-D.M.C., and
Beastie Boys. Some groups now are A$AP
Mob, Rae Sremmurd, OVO, MMG, and
G.O.O.D. Music. Most groups are very
popular and others are trying to work
themselves up. People in most groups aren’t
good rappers and they are African American,
so the color of skin has nothing to do with
rapping skills.
Some women are underestimated in the
hip hop music industry just because they
are women. A woman can do just about
anything a man can do. People think that
women can’t do a “man’s job” which are
plumber, mechanic, truck driver, rapping,
and much more. Women can do almost
everything a man can do. Just because
they’re a woman doesn’t mean that they
can’t rap or anything.
Anyone can rap that has the skills and know
what is they are talking about. Rapping
doesn’t require a gender or race or even age.
there are even young rappers that are even
more successful than some older rappers.
Young children and adults can be just as
successful as the adult rappers that rap.
Just because they’re young and wants to
rap doesn’t mean they can’t be successful
because it doesn’t matter what the age of
someone who wants to rap.
No race or gender or age belongs to hip hop.
Anyone can rap, dance, or listen to
hip hop because hip hop is a part of
culture, art, music, history, and
clothing trend.
I think that the peer review helped, so I hope that it will be better. I was struggling with my ideas. I didn’t know how to just put the ideas in the article without being too blunt. This is similar to the argument essay but different because the citations are different, an image is included, and the way it is set up and has to be written. I was struggling with this assignment, but I think I will do better because I now know what to fix and plus, I have more time.
What is hip hop? Everyone wants to be a
part of hip hop or everyone wants to rap. Hip hop
music, culture, style and dance has became so
popular since it was first created because there’s
white rappers and even more groups.
Hip hop is evolving more and more each day. Hip
hop is a culture, style, dance, and music. Hip hop
did begin with the African American race, but it
has evolved to where everyone is a part of it.
Some people think hip hop belongs to African
Americans because they were the first to create
hip hop. Some people also believe that only black
people can rap but they are all wrong. Hip hop
doesn’t belong to any race, and anyone can
rap or dance in hip hop. Not only a black person
can rap or dance because even though they created
it or was raised around that kind of music,
dancing, and culture doesn’t mean that they are
the only ones that can rap or listen and like
that kind of music because anyone can.
There are many and has been many successful
white rappers. Some are Eminem, Yelawolf,
Lil Dicky, G-Eazy, and Macklemore. White
rappers can be as successful as the African
American rappers.
Although anyone can rap, dance, and listen to
hip hop music, the hip hop culture belongs
to African Americans because they were the
people to create hip hop.
Hip hop has changed but has stayed the same
overtime. People then and now are rapping
about money, drugs, and a female in a bad
way or a male in a bad way. It has also stayed
same because there are groups like before.
Some groups from the past were TLC, N.W.A.,
Run-D.M.C., and Beastie Boys. Some groups now
Are A$AP Mob, Rae Sremmurd, OVO, MMG,
and G.O.O.D. Music. Most of the groups are
Very popular and others are trying to work
themselves up. People in most groups aren’t
good rappers and they are African American,
so race has nothing to do with rapping skills.
Even though the hip hop culture belongs to
African Americans, nothing else does because
anyone can rap, dance, and even listen to
hip hop music. That doesn’t belong to anyone.
When it comes to hip hop some people are
protective because that may be their culture
or feel like only the African American race
are only allowed to do those things like rap,
dance, and listen to the music.
No race or gender belongs to hip hop, except
hip hop’s culture which belongs to African
Americans. Anyone can rap, dance, or listen
to hip hop.
I think this assignment will be very interesting and fun to do. It is nothing I’ve done before and I am very excited to do the assignment. At first, I thought this assignment was going to be very easy, but it is not. It is kind of hard because it has to be an article and my topic is kind of hard to me. I hope that I won’t struggle with this assignment using the same topic like I did with the argument essay assignment with this topic. I hope I do very well on this assignment.
I think I will like this assignment because it seems more easier than the last one. I do think I shouldn’t keep the same topic from the argument essay assignment since I really struggled doing that assignment. I don’t think I will struggle with this assignment as a whole, maybe just certain parts but I do think I will do good and get a good grade. Since I struggled really bad with the argument essay and we have to use our same topic. I think I should change it but to something that is related to the same topic, just not the same topic because I feel like I will struggle with that topic too on this assignment. I think I will do really better on this assignment than the last one.