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Blog Entry #5 Eng 107

How Place Matters in my Discipline                I am a Business major and this discipline matters on different locations throughout the world. A variety of geographical information systems are available such as Google, Yahoo!, Bing, etc. These systems offer new perspectives on strategic decision of business location, by taking … Continue reading Blog Entry #5 Eng 107

Blog Entry #4 Eng 107

After reading Shelly Reid’s “Ten Ways To Think About Writing: Metaphoric Musings for College Students”, I have chosen five of the metaphors in Reid’s essay that resonated with myself. The first metaphor I chose was called A Thousand Rules And Three Principles. This metaphor explains that when writing an essay or a research paper as a … Continue reading Blog Entry #4 Eng 107

Blog #3 Eng 107

After reading the “Navigating Articles” by Kerry Dirk, I have learned that genre is important when writing certain papers, articles, or letters. Genre incorporates mood and subject to a text and that what is most important for readers to comprehend. “To consider as potential genres such homely discourse as the letter of recommendation, the user … Continue reading Blog #3 Eng 107

Blog Entry #2 ENG 107

RWL stands for Read Like a Writer. Typically I have never though about reading like a writer until I read an article about it called “How to Read Like a Writer” by Mike Bunn. After reading this article I have realized that there are two types of ways to read. The first way to read … Continue reading Blog Entry #2 ENG 107

Blog Entry #1 ENG 107

“The more we know about how to analyze situations and draw informed conclusions, the better we can become about making savvy judgments about the people, situations and media we encounter” (Carroll, 46). In the article “Backpacks vs. Briefcases: Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis“, I have learned that on the subject of rhetoric, it is everywhere. It … Continue reading Blog Entry #1 ENG 107

Civil Rights Act 1964

September 18th, 2015 To my understanding, the The Civil Rights Act in 1964 was basically having equality around the nation no matter race, religion, or sex. I had the opportunity to look through some letters during that time period to Congressmen Harold “Bizz” Johnson. Most of the letters I saw were against military’s and the … Continue reading Civil Rights Act 1964

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The 1960’s

Andrew Hauffen September 11, 2015   Freedom, heartache, peace, destruction, bloodshed, hate and hope were some key characteristics in the 1960’s in America. In the beginning of the Vietnam War Lyndon B. Johnson was the President at the time and I feel some of the actions were absurd. He had all the power in sending … Continue reading The 1960’s