Versutia Capital has had tremendous growth and great success since its establishment in early 2003. Its recent period of lower performance is alarming, but through an analysis of the provided information, we were able to identify that the decline in performance can largely be attributed to ineffective leadership. The causes of this problem have nothing to do with Leslie as the current leader, but with the environment in which she leads. We believe that the following three elements are the main causes of Versutia’s ineffective leadership: an organizational structure that did not fit the changing needs of the company, a culture divergent from Versutia’s maxims, and poor communication and lack of feedback.…
Although the collective knowledge in the field of Pedagogy on how readers, "actually carry out this interpretive process with college-level expository text is rather limited" (Haas and Flower 167). The study in discussion would like to help the understanding of this constructive, rhetorical view of reading. Throughout the article, Haas and Flower emphasize how students “are good readers in the traditional sense… yet, they paraphrase rather than analyze, summarize rather than criticize texts” (170). This brings up two key points that Haas and Flower discuss in a relation to rhetorical reading strategies, in student reader-writers.…
Course Rationale & Objectives: WP1212 will help you further improve the academic writing, reading and critical thinking skills that you acquired in WP1010 and WP1111. In addition, WP1212 will prepare you for the discipline-based work you will be doing in your majors through the study of texts written in a variety of styles. The course is separated into two parts: the first part will explore ways of reading diverse texts and the second part will promote your research and writing skills. You will be exposed to texts from various sources (academic journals, newspaper articles, commentaries) which often present the reader with conflicting points of view on the same topic. You will also engage with a variety of methods regarding preparing, outlining and researching a project. Using techniques as diverse as individual presentations, group work and role-play, the course aims to offer you a unique learning experience which will provide you with all the necessary tools for your assignments. The material you gather for your group and/or individual presentations will be uploaded, together with your word-processed annotations, on Blackboard, so you can share your…
Before arriving on my first day of instruction, I believed that my argumentation skills were at a reasonable level and as a result I was not going to learn an abundance in English 2, critical thinking and writing. However, this was not the case. I quickly realized that the pathos, ethos and logos of which was introduced to me in high school, had long lost their meaning and subsequently found myself in the deep end of the swimming pool, once again. With that being said, through learning these concepts, planning for the subsequent tasks and writing the assigned essays, I acquired a substantial amount of knowledge which is widely applicable.…
Critical reading is a way of analyzing texts that involves an active examination of each argument in the text and the evidence supporting it. Critical reading helps to identify the ideas in the text, the position the writer takes on the issues discussed, and the underlying logic of the discussion. That is, critical reading helps to decipher the writer’s way of thinking.…
At the beginning of the course I wasn’t sure what to expect. It was my first year in college and my first English class of the year. In High school, English classes worshiped the 5 paragraph essay format, and this format spontaneously disappeared in English 101. Instead of the 5 paragraph format, we were introduced to writing about the text instead of the topic. Our papers weren’t structured as 5 paragraphs as much as length in pages. The texts we were introduced to were focused on rhetorical analysis. Rhetorical analysis is an essay that breaks down a work into pieces and explains how these pieces fit together to give off a certain effect, such as persuasion. The papers we were doing were are interpretative but based on rhetorical analysis.…
For additional practice, we’ll also review the essay analysis process and deconstruct some of the following sight passages in class. Review the “Essay Deconstruction Note” on Mr. Bignell’s website, and practice deconstructing to following essays by answering the questions following.…
Grammardog was founded in 2001 by Mary Jane McKinney, a high school English teacher and dedicated grammarian. She and other experienced English teachers in both high school and college regard grammar and style as the key to unlocking the essence of an author. Their philosophy, that grammar and literature are best understood when learned together, led to the formation of Grammardog.com, a means of sharing knowledge about the structure and patterns of language unique to specific authors. These patterns are what make a great book a great book. The arduous task of analyzing works for grammar and style has yielded a unique product, guaranteed to enlighten the reader of literary classics. Grammardog’s strategy is to put the author’s words under the microscope. The result yields an increased appreciation of the art of writing and awareness of the importance and power of language. Grammardog.com L.L.C. P.O. Box 299 Christoval, Texas 76935 Phone: 325-896-2479 Fax: 325-896-2676 fifi@grammardog.com…
I like how in Chapter 7 Boroson talks about co-teacher. She discusses how both are teachers and that both are equal. Boroson said it well on page 127, “It’s not my students, and her students. It’s our students.” The students will accept both as their teachers.…
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One of the most important moves academic writers can master is the art of analysis. This assignment will help you to develop the skills necessary to determine the meaning found within a text.…
In this class I learned that you have to open your mind and become a thinker, but throughout my coursework, I was happy that I can critical analysis my skills. Through any assignment I have to continuously ask” why” on many levels how everything ties in with each assignment. I love how my English challenge you to dig into the text and develop every detail. Also I learned how to identify different writing styles and connect on a better understanding on details. The only thing I can say as feedback is I want to know what I did wrong in a paragraph, why is it not structure the right way. Also, what can I work on to become a better writer because I can sometimes feel like I’m off topic…
great book. The arduous task of analyzing works for grammar and style has yielded a unique…
Elder, L., & Paul, R. (2011). How to write a paragraph: The art of substantive writing. Dillon…
Critical Analysis and Creative Communication Skills: Each student should be able to identify key issues relevant to this course, develop a perspective supported by…