Hi there

WOW, it has been a long time since I’ve written one of these guys! I cannot say that I missed it, but all in all these blogs post could be a lot worst. I enjoyed reading chapter nine and found the material cover relatively interesting. I liked how they compared reporting and arguing and the differences between them. The reading made me consider my approach to writing and I found some new techniques to take advantage of. One of course was the cluster map. I’ve done things like this before, but not in the same means they used it for. I was also introduced to a few news things during this chapter, for example “qualifiers”. I have probably used them before in my writings, but I never knew the technical name for them and with the additional examples given, I probably could point a few of them out here and there. The tools and examples they gave for developing different writing styles such as, emotional arguments and authorial ethos was something interesting and I think I can apply them to my writings in the future.

Chapter ten was short and sweet. It was nice because it integrated lesson from chapter nine in a new style that can be hard to formulate. I personally liked the piece on “Are you addressing your audience’s wants and needs?” I think as a normal college student writer, meaning I keep my writing to class oriented projects and assignments only, this area is something that I do not always address accurately. I cannot say I have ever done a survey of my audience before any of my writing projects or taken any serious effort to really try and understand them. I think as college students we all kind of group everyone together, at least I do for my writing projects. This section certainty made me think about my future writing efforts and how I can apply these new learned lessons appropriately and better understand my audience.

Well, it was nice catching up with the old blog, but it’s time to get back to MNF!!!