My Presentation

I wasn't able to get my prezi to successfully download onto my blog so this is the URL =)

http://prezi.com/mirrdzsixmzx/untitled-prezi/?kw=view-mirrdzsixmzx&rc=ref-25930433

Course Reflection

1) I think the thing that has stuck out the most to me was learning about satire literature. Though I am sure I have read books and seen movies            that use satire but I was not about to recognize it until now.

2) Unfortunately I did not really enjoy any of the books we read this semester. If I had to pick one that stood out more then the others I would have to pick a modest proposal by Jonathan Swift. Mostly because it was so strange and he proposed something so crazy that it made it more interesting,

3) As far as learning outcomes go I Think I managed most of the pretty well. But if I had to pick one that I think I learned the most about is interpreting and analyzing text and identify and evaluate multiple meanings and perspectives in language. In the past I have had to find the “hidden meaning” but I feel like in this class the books we read required me to look much harder and really pay attention to the details.

4) I don’t think that my writing process has necessarily changed except for the fact I have really realized that I need to make an effort to go back and revise and edit  my papers.

5) I think one of the biggest challenges I had in class this year was simply making sure I actually get on and do the work each week instead of putting it off or waiting till the last minute. Sadly it took a little long for me to consistently do that. Out of all the assignments writing the paper for white noise was the one that was the most challenging for me.

Technology

Online learning is very different from in-class learning. I think there are many pros and cons with both that about equal out. With in-class learning one pro is that you get the interaction with not only the teachers but with the other students as well.You get to ask question and get an immediate answer and you get more clarification on things because you are able to sit down and talk about it right then and there. Another thing pro about in-class learning is that you have to do work while you're in the classroom which helps keep you on track with your work. The cons are that you can only choose between so many times and dates that might not work with you.

Online also has many pros, the biggest one, I think, being that you can do everything on your own time. You don't have to worry about making it to class or having in class distractions. On the other hand it makes things a little more difficult because you don't have complete access to your teacher when your  doing your assignment. there can also be communication or technology problems.

The pros and cons for english online in particularly are that when it comes to things like essays I would say being in a classroom gives you a little better odds, because you have classroom time to work on them ensuring that you don't put it off too long and you have better access to peer reviews and teacher reviews or comments. The pros however are that you have all week to get your assignments turned in and that you have easier access to sources because you are already on the internet.

out of all the technologies id say using blogger was my favorite. One reason is simply because I had never done a blog before this class. Another reason, probably the biggest one, was that I enjoyed being able to see and read other students work. I liked being able to see where everyone was at and how they were preparing and dealing with their assignments and then compare it to where I am.

Im not sure which one I will use in the future. Im sure somewhere down the line the database will come in handy on maybe another paper or on a research project. Who knows maybe one i will become a blogger.

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Revising process for white noise!

My writing process is pretty simply I like to brake everything down into sections and then place them in an order I find fit for my paper. Im not the best at revising simple because i don't do it a lot. I have a tendency to wait to get things done or if i do get them done early I forget about them until it is time to turn them in. when I do tend to do it sometimes I make my paper worse by thinking I need to add more or take things away or change the wording and I end up just messing up the paper. 
With the novel White Noise I had a hard time just getting started with my writing process. I felt like the first half of the book really jumps around in the different points it makes which made it harder for me to find a steady path for my writing. Once I got past that and the plot started to make more sense it was a little easier to write about. I was not necessarily a fan of this book which did not help my writing process either but oh well. I did not really have time to revise my paper this time because I didn't write it within a timely manner unfortunately but in hoping for the best. =]

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Critical Essays White Noise

For my critical essay I decided to do Tom LeClair’s “closing the loop: White Noise” written in 1986. I chose his because for me it broke everything down the best and was easy for my to understand and read. At first I found the essay to be pretty confusing but as a read It again and connected it to the book more it became very helpful. He starts off his essay by talking a little bit about Don DeLillo’s different pieces and compares them to White noise. But then after jumps into talking about White Noise. He talks about the three different parts of it while also paying close attention and pointing out the different aspect’s and key points that help you to better understand DeLillo and what he is saying. One of the strangest parts of the White Noise is how there are so many sentences that seem be unfinished or a fragment. He is short with his word and as LeClair points out they are usually “noun dominated”. When speaking about this in his essay he goes over don’s writing style for the story while explaining it. In the story the two main characters Jack and Babette are struggling to over come their fear of death. LeClair does a great job talking about the three ways these two go about overcoming this fear and at the same time he points out where so examples as to where the steps are used.

I like LeClair’s critical essay mostly because of one reason. He made me think about the story in different ways he pointed out his way of thinking and viewing the story which were different from mine. Because of this it gives you a bit of a different perspective. Although the beginning of the essay is a little confusing over all it helped me out a little and was interesting to read.

Citation:

Delillo, Don. White Noise, Text And Criticism. New York, NY: Penguin Group USA, 1998. Print.

LeClair, Tom. Closing the Loop:  White Noise. New York, New York: Penguin Group, 1986. 387-411. Print.

swifts modest proposal

Swifts modest proposal, written in 1729, is one in which many different types of literary methods are used. From irony, to grotesque, to the main method, satire. Satire is a form in which comedy takes the lead role. It is a way of talking about a serious subject but in a joking matter to keep the tension levels from rising. This is exactly what swift was doing when he wrote the modest proposal, which is what makes satire such a perfect tool.