9/15-9/21 #3

the writer talks about the iraqi citizen patrols called "Awakening Councils" and that with them being involved in the different sectarian neighborhoods has greatly reduced the fighting. these patrol members are being paid by the american millitary and are worried that when the americans withdraw in the coming months they will not be paid anymore. there has also been different outbreaks of violence in the past months concerning council heads being squeezed out or losing money or power by other leaders in different neighborhoods. there are worries that these mostly sunni memebers will be either arrested by the shiite government or go back to the insurgency. the author seems to think that without an extremely smooth transition to the iraqi government when the americans leave that there will be alot more violence and problems created with these people holding power in their neighborhoods. the author also ends the story talking about how the council leaders deeply respect the generals in the iraqi army because they are their future. That makes sense because the iraqis dont want civilian militias running around for the next 20 years, they want the awakening council members to be absorbed into the police force or to join the mililtary.
the author deals with the topic different than other sources only going into more depth with some of the problems of the council. in other articles it is discussed about the patrols worries about future jobs and that tens of thousands have been givin training in other areas or have been absorbed by the police.
a question i have after reading this article is that i would like to know how much corruption there is going on in this situation. i would hope that many of these citizen soldiers arent taking our money and turning around and attacking our forces.

9/15-9/21 #2

It is important to properly introduce your argument and/or topic before diving into your argument. You should write your argument as if no one else knows anything about your topic so they can fully understand the fundamentals of your topic. it is also important to sometimes summarize articles that are important to your topic rather than quoting them because you can elaborate on a summary better than a quotation. you also have to keep in the readers mind your earlier argument as you move along in your paper so they dont become lost as to what you are saying. a good summary uses the original writers view as well as your own equally. when you summarize something in your paper you need to make sure it supports your topic well and that it ties back to your point somehow. when quoting its important to properly introduce the quote and make sure it ties back in to the previous article. you need to make sure it frames to make sure it is organized and the reader can follow it. so basically its important to use summaries and quotations to make sure the paper flows well and that the reader gets enough information to be able to make an informed decision about the topic.

9/15-9/21 #1

the writer introduces his quotation as a look back in the past and uses the person being interviewed as a way to invoke memories. the writer describes the circumstances in the paragraph before then using the quotes to describe the moment sufficiently. the writer then describes why the person is there and why he is important to the story. the only changes i would make is introduce the quote better by giving more of a context of the story and definitly setting it up better.




http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/sports/baseball/22yankees.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1222056937-kHIXdlhk4XIXqsjHbgEtsA (first quotation)

9/8-9/15 #3

So the news article i read about was about the stock market falling 400 points on the heels of two more big mortgage companies filing for bankruptcy. Another reason the market fell is because investors are worried about AIG also because its stocks dropped last week by 45%. The article also mentioned that Merryl Lynch also filed for bankruptcy of up to 60 billion dollars.

I think that the stock market still has not hit bottom and as more financial institutions hit bottom the market will fall further. Hopefully by the time a new president takes office some of these problems will have resolved themselves. Also I am hoping that oil prices will keep falling as they fell below $100 a barrel for the first time in five months last Friday. Its to bad that all these mortgage lenders had to make all those shitty loans because it really came back to bite them in the ass ten times worse then they thought it would.

The author writes like he thinks this situation is only going to get worse and that Wall Streets "dark days" are not yet over. The writer fails to point out any facts to make us think that this will be better and just finds different facts to repeat that the economy is crap right now.

This story compared to other articles actually paints a sunnier picture then i would have thought. The only good thing that is coming from this is that oil prices keep falling so hopefully that will equate to lower prices at the pump in the future. Other sources also point out that today was the worst stock market day since shortly after the 9/11 attacks which is not to assuring.

One question I would ask the author is how he thinks we are going to get out of this mess and also if he thinks the finanicial problems are over or if they are just going to get worse.

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/stocks_point_sharply_lower_aft.html

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/15/markets/markets_newyork2/index.htm?cnn=yes

9/8-9/15 #2

Formal
Jane Tompkins, the writer, tells of a pattern that shows itself whenever she writes a novel or an article. For the first fortnight she writes and things go well. Then, in the middle of the night, she wakes up to a fright and realizes that there is a criticism she has overlooked. Invariably her first thought is that she has to give up on her hard work. Then, later, she comes to a realization that her text becomes better.

Informal
Jane Tompkins talks about a pattern that repeats itself when she writes a book or an article. For awhile whenever she writes, things go well. After a little bit she will wake up and realize that she overlooked some criticism and that shes gonna have to start all over. After a bit she realizes that she can just revise what she has written and make her work better overall.


Mixture
Writer Jane Tompkins describes a pattern that is repeated whenever she finds herself writing a book or article. For the first critical weeks she writes things go well until she wakes up in the middle of the night and realizes she has made a huge error in her writing. At first she thinks she is going to have to give up on her work but then realizes that she can use this to her advantage and make her work better and more interesting.

9/8-9/15 #1

The first strategy i would adopt for use in my autobiography as a writer would be that it is important to make connections between my experiences and those of my readers and that by doing that it helps my readers understand how my past experiences have shaped me and that different experiences can do different things and that even bad experiences can lead to good things.
It is important to not only state my experiences but to also explain their significance and what kind of effect they had. It is also important that you don't just talk about yourself the entire paper but also include

The second strategy i would adopt to use is that its important to connect my experiences to a larger issue such as my ability to be a good writer and excelling in different classes or different assignments. I think it is important to include personal experiences where ever possible to add some personal flavor to my writings. It is also important to explain significance of your events as long as it has something to do with your paper and not just a random fact about yourself.