Blog #1

Blog 1
Sandra Nava
Kirstens 102 English Class
An advice the book gives, is to enter a conversation using what others say or might say as a launching pad for our own ideas. According to the book one of the main pieces of advice in this book, is to write the voices of others into our text. The book also states, how to make an impact as a writer we must do statements that are logical, well supported and consistent. The book highlights ways of responding , where we can argue with no need of arguing or disagreeing. The templates in the book are very good, they are supposed to make our writing more original and creative. The book has templates to introduce what others say, standard views, what we say and many others points. The section of the Art of Summarizing, states that a good summary requires balancing what the original author says and the writers own focus. A summary should reflect what the author says and what interested us from the author. In other words the writer and the readers points of view. I learned how important it is to know about the areas above that 5 paragraph essays don’t exist. High School teachers teach 5 paragraph essays all along but when we get to college, we are told they don’t exist. I don’t think they should be thought anymore because it makes it hard for students to adjust to a different way in college.