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In Class Writing 10/8
I have never written a rhetorical analysis before. I confused rhetorical analysis with an argumentative paper at the beginning of this assignment. It took me a little long to catch on to what was necessary and what was not in the essay. I did not know that we would have to explain each part of …
Grammar Guide
Grammar guide Sentences/complete sentence/independent clause IC: Subject verb “complete thought” Sentence Errors: 1.Fragments For dependent clauses Subordinate Conjunctions: after, although, as, as if, as though, because, before, except, if, since, though, unless, until, when, whereas 2. Run-on: Fused Sentence and Comma Splice -Dividing them into two complete sentences. Add a period to the end of …
In Class Writing 10/1
Jabara’s message is that in the end he knows kids will get more than just money out of this. They will gain the ability to learn math in a productive manner. The students realize what was once a hard subject for them is now understandable. This sets up students to have a skill in the …
Essay #1
Alan RodriguezJanel SpencerWRT 101S19 September 2019Pay Them KidsThe best way for students to start doing homework is to start paying them! The founder and CEO of Mathspace Mohamad Jebara in his TED talk, “This company pays kids to do their math homework,” is suggesting that the best way to get students to do homework is …
Essay post #2 9/26
Pay Them Kids The best way for students to start doing homework is to start paying them! The founder and CEO of Mathspace Mohamad Jebara in his TED talk, “This company pays kids to do their math homework,” is suggesting that the best way to get students to do homework is through a money incentive. …
Revision ICW 9/25
Thesis: Jebara tells his viewers that math is a need to know subject through the use of questioning the importance, factual data & statistics, and humorous personal story Topic sentence 1: Mohammed questions the importance of this issue and why action needs to be taken. Topic sentence 2: One thing that Jebara further explains is …
In Class Writing 9/24
In the article that I am analyzing the narrators intended audience is teachers, students and parents. The student audience is primarily to help them from struggling in math and to give them an incentive to do math. The parent audience is to convince them to invest more into their children so that they can improve …
In Class Work 9/19
Pay Them Kids The best way for students to start doing homework is to start paying them! The founder and CEO of Mathspace Mohamad Jebara in his TED talk “This company pays kids to do their math homework”, is suggesting that the best way to get students to do homework is through a money incentive. …
Outline Homework 9/18
Introduction: The speaker mohamed Jebara uses all of the elements of persuasion to convince his audience. He uses example throughout the talk to help the audience visualize the problem. Main point 1: Uses pathos with worry for the future generation and how they can handle math in the future. Main point 2: Uses logos with …
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