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Disscusion 1

• Describe how point of view, structure, and tone differ in the three different types of genres explained in Chapters 6, 7, and 8 of the textbook.
• Explain which of the genres the journal entry most closely resembles and why.
• Ask your peers a question you have about this week’s assigned reading.

Disscusion 2

• Write a two page draft of your personal essay.
• The draft should be double-spaced.
• Either (a) upload the draft of your personal essay (.doc format) as a new thread, making sure the document includes your name and title of paper, or (b) create a new thread in which you copy and paste your essay into the body of your post (again, be sure to include a working title).

journal

Both of the personal essays we have read this week, “How to Say Nothing in 500 Words” and “Life Under the Chief Doublespeak Officer,” use narrative and/or descriptive elements (sections 6.3 and 6.4 in Essentials of College Writing, and each has a clear purpose.

Write about one of the essays assigned in this week’s readings. In 250 to 500 words

• State the purpose of the essay.
• Describe one descriptive writing pattern being used in the essay (refer to section 6.4 in Essentials of College Writing).
• Explain why you think that descriptive writing pattern is used well by the writer. Incorporate a paraphrase from the essay and properly cite the essay.
• Explain how you plan to use the same descriptive writing pattern in your personal essay

Assignment 

• Describe a person, place, or object that has special meaning in your life.
• Describe a particular moment or occurrence in your life that had special meaning to you.