Matyas’ English Blog

  Prompt Response:  I dissagree with the statement " We spend more time connecting online but less time connecting in person."We spend more time connecting online but less time connecting in person." Personally I do not own any major social media, and am not active on any sites so for me all of my connections are in person connections. Whil yes technology affects the way I communicate by commodifying communication, it still feels less genuiene than in person connection, and therefore I seek out more inperson connection. I struggle to see how people feel such close connection when they are so far from someone.  Summary: Today in class we read about different rhetorical devices and practiced using them Reflection: I can use what I learned in class today to see and utilize rhetorical devices. This can make my arguments clearer and more concise and convincing.

Prompt Response:  A time I exaggerates something to get my point across was when I exaggerated the amount of time I am busy doing activities. I was telling people how much activities and trying to have them understand why it would be hard for us to hang out and i said they I Never ever have a moment of free time. While I may be very busy it is obviously understood that I do have moments of free time and too myself. Using this exageration they were able to understand that going out was not an opportunity as i was constantly busy. Despite the success of this I still would not use exgeration as a device often as it could potentially be confused as lying. Summary: Today in class we read about different rhetorical devices and practiced using them Reflection: I can use what I learned in class today to see and utilize rhetorical devices. This can make my arguments clearer and more concise and convincing.

  Prompt Response:  After recieving feedback on my argument essay assignment I can concurr that I did a very good job chosing from a variety of different evidence that presents different perspective, and i created a nuanced argument successfully. According to my feedback one thing that I can improve on is not adding too much evidence for an argument. I went slightly off topic with certain factual claims and even though I was able to connect it back to my main argument it was unnecessary. Next time I write an argument essay I will budget my time better, and practice getting my thought out faster so I can finish in time.  Summary: Today in class we evaluated what we scored on the argument essay and started writing a poem. Reflection: I can use what I learned in class today as practice for what I need to do on the AP land test. 

  Prompt Response:  a conversation that changed me was a conversation that I witnessed between two people who had very opposing view points on a topic. It was a conversation between someone who was transgender and someone who was extremely conservative. This conversation was so enlightening because I was able to see how far people would go to perserve their beliefs even if that means oppressing what is already a minority. It was also mind blowing because you were able to see how someone being respectful even to someone who was being hateful against them was able to change someones mind in the end because they were able to see humanity after looking past their biases. Summary: Today in class we talked about poetry and how to evoke the five senses in your poetry. Reflection:  I can use what I learned in class to better my poetry skills. THis will help improve my creative writing skills.

  Prompt Response:  A time I had to write a poem was when I was doing a haiku writing project for my english class. For this project we had to write a haikyu and create an artwork inspired by nature to go along with the poem. Writing the haiku was very fun because it forces you to use words that you normally would not use in order to meet the syllable requirements. Overall I was very proud of my finished product because it both looked and sounded very beautiful. This project made me realise how much I enjoy poetry, and creative writing as a whole. Summary: Today in class we took notes on how to create an effective poem Reflection:  I can use what I learned in class ti better learn how to structure poems, and help my writing feel more alive and creative. This can make me an overall more engaging writer to listen too.

  Prompt Response:  CLustering is a strategy where you build out branching topics to come up with ideas. Clustering can help me generate ideas by thinking of more broad information, and not limiting myself to a few examples. It also very clearly lays out all of my information which allows for the writing portion to be way easier. Perosnally I am snot sure that I will be ujsing the clustering process as it takes up a large ammount of time. i already get out ideas very slowky, and I fear that by using this method I will not have enough time to complete the exam. Summary: I was out of class today Reflection: I was out of class today