Introspective Analysis

Writin" rel="nofollow">ing Assignment: Write an in" rel="nofollow">introspective analysis essay about your background in" rel="nofollow">in writin" rel="nofollow">ing formal essays and research papers. If you have very little background in" rel="nofollow">in writin" rel="nofollow">ing formal essays, your essay will be about that. "Introspective" means lookin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">inward or reflectin" rel="nofollow">ing. "Analysis" means takin" rel="nofollow">ing apart your writin" rel="nofollow">ing history and experience to examin" rel="nofollow">ine the parts of it to make sense of your present level of writin" rel="nofollow">ing skills. "Essay" means usin" rel="nofollow">ing words to "go forth" in" rel="nofollow">in thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing. See a partially graded, real student paper written for this same onlin" rel="nofollow">ine class--"Kevin" rel="nofollow">inMillerReview of LaToyaJohnson" paper above. Create a runnin" rel="nofollow">ing head and runnin" rel="nofollow">ing page number. This is your last name and a runnin" rel="nofollow">ing page number in" rel="nofollow">in the upper right-hand margin" rel="nofollow">in of the paper. I give in" rel="nofollow">instructions for how to do this in" rel="nofollow">in the Formattin" rel="nofollow">ing Checklist in" rel="nofollow">in the syllabus. Be sure to format it with Times New Roman 12 pt. font and to not have any decorative lin" rel="nofollow">ines with it. See below my answer to the question "What if I Don't Have Microsoft Word?" for how to format a runnin" rel="nofollow">ing head. Type the top matter: After the runnin" rel="nofollow">ing head and page number in" rel="nofollow">in the upper margin" rel="nofollow">in of your paper, begin" rel="nofollow">in your paper this way (adopt it for the particulars of each course and assignment and date due): Thomas Vasquez Professor Kevin" rel="nofollow">in Miller ENG1270EOL43: Advanced English Composition Module 1: Introspective Essay Indiana Tech 10 May 2014 Create a two-part title. Begin" rel="nofollow">in with a two-part title (see the Formattin" rel="nofollow">ing Checklist section on titles for in" rel="nofollow">instructions on this). Sin" rel="nofollow">ince this is a personal reflection paper, use the word "My" or “Me” or “I” in" rel="nofollow">in the title. Form a four-step in" rel="nofollow">introduction paragraph. Follow the title with a four-step in" rel="nofollow">introductory paragraph (see the Formattin" rel="nofollow">ing Checklist for in" rel="nofollow">instructions on this). Note that this is ONE paragraph with four steps in" rel="nofollow">in it: 1. Attention step: The paragraph must start with a short description of a moment in" rel="nofollow">in your life related to writin" rel="nofollow">ing. This anecdote may be as short as three sentences, but don't let it run more than six sentences in" rel="nofollow">in length. Perhaps describe somethin" rel="nofollow">ing you once wrote in" rel="nofollow">in a school settin" rel="nofollow">ing, whether recently or years ago in" rel="nofollow">in school as a child. Use the word "I" in" rel="nofollow">in writin" rel="nofollow">ing this openin" rel="nofollow">ing anecdote. 2. Topic-orientation step: The next sentence after attention step above (the example) is the topic-orientation step/sentence. Sin" rel="nofollow">ince the assignment is about writin" rel="nofollow">ing formal essays, say somethin" rel="nofollow">ing here in" rel="nofollow">in one sentence about that. As an example, it might read somethin" rel="nofollow">ing like this: This experience I had in" rel="nofollow">in fifth grade with writin" rel="nofollow">ing left me with a good taste for formal essay writin" rel="nofollow">ing. 3. Thesis statement: The next sentence is the thesis statement, and in" rel="nofollow">in this course I want it to always be the third step in" rel="nofollow">in your in" rel="nofollow">introduction paragraph and italicized (please don't forget to italicize it!). Make it a simple and clear assertion. For example, it might be a statement like this: Writin" rel="nofollow">ing has always been an easy skill for me, so when I began to write formal research papers in" rel="nofollow">in high school and now in" rel="nofollow">in college, I found it an easy process. Of course, if you have found the experience not an easy process, say that. This is just an example. 4. Preview step: The last sentence of your in" rel="nofollow">intro paragraph is called the preview step. It needs to be clear to the reader that you are givin" rel="nofollow">ing them a "table of contents," so to speak, of the main" rel="nofollow">in sections of your paper. Don’t use the word “will” in" rel="nofollow">in it; it should be written in" rel="nofollow">in the present tense. For example, it might read like this: In the first part of this essay, I review my childhood writin" rel="nofollow">ing experiences, then the draconian writin" rel="nofollow">ing teacher I had in" rel="nofollow">in high school, and fin" rel="nofollow">inally the twenty years that have passed sin" rel="nofollow">ince when I have written no formal essays. In the second part of the paper I describe my experience with Microsoft Word, my experience usin" rel="nofollow">ing MLA formattin" rel="nofollow">ing style, and my experience usin" rel="nofollow">ing documentation in" rel="nofollow">in research papers. If you complete the steps above, you will have a sin" rel="nofollow">ingle, well-rounded in" rel="nofollow">introduction paragraph. (Did you make each step its own paragraph? If so, you will lose poin" rel="nofollow">ints. It is to be four steps in" rel="nofollow">in ONE paragraph). Write the body of your essay. After the in" rel="nofollow">introduction pargraph, craft the paragraphs of the main" rel="nofollow">in part of your essay. The paper should be written in" rel="nofollow">in paragraphs that have clear topic sentences. The first lin" rel="nofollow">ine of each paragraph should be in" rel="nofollow">indented (tabbed, not spaced) 1/2 in" rel="nofollow">inch. A paragraph should generally be between four and eight sentences in" rel="nofollow">in length. In the first half of the body of your essay (after the in" rel="nofollow">introduction paragraph), describe your personal history and experience with formal writin" rel="nofollow">ing. It should run two or three paragraphs in" rel="nofollow">in length. In the second half of the body of your essay, describe and reflect on your level of experience and knowledge about exactly the followin" rel="nofollow">ing four areas of writin" rel="nofollow">ing. It can be one longer paragraph (form the topic sentence so it covers all four topics), or each poin" rel="nofollow">int below could form its own paragraph if each paragraph is at least four sentences long: 1. Your experience usin" rel="nofollow">ing onlin" rel="nofollow">ine article databases (like EbscoHost) versus just googlin" rel="nofollow">ing to fin" rel="nofollow">ind in" rel="nofollow">information. 2. Your experience in" rel="nofollow">incorporatin" rel="nofollow">ing outside sources and quotes and then formin" rel="nofollow">ing bibliographies (called Works Cited in" rel="nofollow">in MLA) of those sources at the end of your papers. 3. Your experience usin" rel="nofollow">ing a style manual like MLA (and other editorial formattin" rel="nofollow">ing guides like APA) in" rel="nofollow">in papers you have written. 4. Your experience usin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in-text parenthetical citations to document your sources. Start each paragraph with a topic sentence. Except for the first in" rel="nofollow">introduction paragraph of the paper, be sure to write in" rel="nofollow">in paragraphs with clear openin" rel="nofollow">ing topic sentences that in" rel="nofollow">introduce what the main" rel="nofollow">in idea of the paragraph is about. Quote from Cameron, Nairn, and Higgin" rel="nofollow">ins one time. Somewhere in" rel="nofollow">in the essay where it flows naturally, you must quote word-for-word (with quotation marks around it " ") one sentence from this article (no other article is allowed): "Demystifyin" rel="nofollow">ing Academic Writin" rel="nofollow">ing: Reflections on Emotions, Know-How and Academic Identity" by Jenny Cameron, Karen Nairn, and Jane Higgin" rel="nofollow">ins. 1. You must fin" rel="nofollow">ind this particular article in" rel="nofollow">in EbscoHost's Academic Search Premier. To know how to access this database, read the in" rel="nofollow">instructions in" rel="nofollow">in the Formattin" rel="nofollow">ing Checklist (near the end of it). 2. The quote must be author-centered. The Formattin" rel="nofollow">ing Checklist tells you how to form an author-centered quote. 3. You must list the source in" rel="nofollow">in your Works Cited on its own page at the end of the essay. Let EbscoHost format the source for you (read how to let EbscoHost do this for you in" rel="nofollow">in the Formattin" rel="nofollow">ing Checklist in" rel="nofollow">in your syllabus), but do check if it did it correctly by lookin" rel="nofollow">ing at examples of MLA sources here: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ One thin" rel="nofollow">ing EbscoHost won't do is format it as a hangin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">indent, which it needs to be (again" rel="nofollow">in, the Formattin" rel="nofollow">ing Checklist explain" rel="nofollow">ins this for you)