Thlog 4

This week was all about self-editing. It really helped me notice where my paper needed improvement, especially the highlighting and poem exercises. Where the highlighting exercises allowed me to see how I threaded my argument the poem exercise allowed me to see where my sentences were weak and where they were strong and if I needed to restructure them how to do so. In the highlighting exercise I was really able to notice where my argument was lacking either due to poor textual evidence, poor support from the articles, or poor commentary. When I reviewed my highlighted paper I was able to bring in new textual evidence and support from the articles themselves. By doing this I was able to strengthen the overall argument of my paper not only because I had reworded some sentences but because I had brought in more support and evidence to actually prove what I was saying. The poem exercise was equally helpful. I went home and broke up each paragraph in the same way we had in class and was able to see which sentences were lacking, where sentences need to be moved around, or where I needed to add a sentence or two to make my argument more conclusive and understandable to a reader. I think that by doing these exercises and extending I was able to improve my writing a lot. I look forward to applying these concepts to PB2A and seeing how my writing improves as the class goes on.