Rice's Comp. Blog

 This term was pretty much the best learning experience I've had yet! In this term, I learned how to analyze works of writing and learn what to look for. Firstly, I learned how to look for the thesis in the writing, how it should sound to be a correct and clear thesis. Clearing that all the major points are in fact align with the purpose of the writing, and are organized. Make sure that it is the same as when I write a paper of my own.  When writing, it is most important to make sure that your citations are correct. Without correct citations, the paper can then just be seen as not credible. Being as citations is one of the most important parts of your paper, it goes without saying that it just strengthens your paper. I can say that understanding that the different ways that citations work and how you need to cite it differently debating on how it's supposed to be formatted or the type of paper.  I don't think that there was anything that I didn't think was helpful, the ...

Comparing in writing is as most people think, it's used when you compare the things that are similar that might share the same topics or elements. While contrast mainly focuses on the differences on the topic mainly showing how different they might be. For writing, I would say that it's good for a compare and contrast essay to have a similar ground that's enough to show the similar qualities and then the differences. The main tool when writing this type of essay is having enough information on the main similarities as it will become important info for the reader to understand.  Another helpful tip as well as when writing any papers is having a good organizational strategy, mainly knowing what you're going to do. And how you are going to organize the body of the paper, whether it be about one part or multiple different points.