Both of the dumpster diving and the egg donating articles were well-written and passionate. It was cool to see how both authors chose topics that they clearly were interested in. The article on dumpster diving eloquently used a personal experience but combined it with a lot of outside sources to strongly describe and explain “gleaning.” The author showed a lot of passion and commitment to the topic by going out and going on a true dumpster diving outing. His own experience was a powerful example, and the many other sources provided a well-rounded article.
Malinda Barrett also picked a topic that was clearly relevant and interesting to her. She went beyond the requirements of the essay and dug deep into the topic of college girls and egg donation. She took a small add in the California Aggie and expanded it into a complex analysis. I thought her Humpty Dumpty subtitles were witty and a cool way to tie the different sections together.
I think the reason both articles were well-written and interesting was because the writers cared. It did not seem like just another assignment, but a interesting task. The best way to write a good essay is to be passionate about the topic and dig deep into the many factors contributing to it.
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You make a really good point at the end about caring about your topic. This is what I hope everyone can do for Essay 3: find a topic you care about and want to do more research on. You're right that caring about your topic not only makes it easier to write a paper, but also makes your writing stronger.
ReplyDeleteI like that fact we are given the choice to do any research paper we want. This gives us the opporunity to research more about something we fascinated about..but just didn't make the time to do it cuz of school work. Now we can use this essay to do that.
ReplyDeleteWe should also be thankful that Kaitlin has given many interesting topic to write about. I talked to other UWP 01 students and they don't really liked their essay topics.
It definitely shows when someone is passionate about what they are writing about, and I agree with you when you say that these two authors cared a lot about their research topics. It'll be fun to choose a research topic of our own, and hopefully we'll all have the same passion that these two writers portrayed in their papers. I think caring about what you write about makes writing a lot more fun and meaningful.
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