Month: August 2022

Sentence Fragments

• Keeping things short is hard work
• Sometimes when an author abbreviates too much, it leaves out important details
• A complete sentence needs a subject and a verb, you can make one with just two words
• Imperative- lets you make one word sentences, usually a command or verb
• When fragment is a dependent clause, can not form a complete sentence without the main clause

Group Assignment- Tori Sallade, Czarina Viloria, Alvin Gonzales

Revised Passage 1

A man from the city came to visit a small farm and he saw a farmer feeding pigs in a very strange way. The farmer would lift a pig up to a nearby apple tree and the pig would eat the apples directly off the tree. The farmer would move the pig from one apple to another until the pig was full, then he would start again with another pig.

The man from the city was pretty puzzled. He watched for quite a while and finally said, “What a strange way to feed pigs! It’s a waste of time! You could save a whole lot of time if you just shook the apples off the tree and let the pigs eat them from the ground!” The farmer looked puzzled and replied, “What’s time to a pig?”

Revised Passage 2

A young man waiting in line at the bank developed a loud case of hiccups that got worse and worse. By the time he got to the teller’s window, he could hardly talk while handing the teller his check to cash.

The teller tapped numbers into the computer, in a moment looking up and frowning, “I can’t cash your check,” she said.

The man was shocked. “Why not?” he asked.

“The computer indicates you do not have sufficient funds to cover this amount,” she said. “In fact our records show that your account is overdrawn by more than $5,000.00.”

“It can’t be!” cried the man. “You’ve got to be kidding!”

“You’re right. I am,” she smiled. She started counting out his cash. “You will notice that your hiccups are gone, though!”

Reading Response

I read Priscilla Samuel’s response, which was very thorough and explained the reading very well while also adding personal examples. The key idea of her response was that she found arguments about the future the most intriguing. She also found Elizabeth Heath’s argument intriguing, especially when she states that negative emotions can have advantages. In my writing, however, I thought the most intriguing argument was the proposal argument, which occurs after you have found all your information. From Priscilla’s response, I learned that negative emotions can have advantages too. I think this response follows the guidelines almost perfectly and expresses enough personal experience while also including evidence from the chapter.

 

 

Meaning of Name

After some research, I have found that my first name is of Japanese origin and it means “bird”. My first name was given to me because both of my parents liked it. My middle name is the same as my grandma’s because she did not want her first name to be my middle name. Growing up I was never really embarrassed about my name, but people would pronounce my last name wrong all the time and ask me if Tori was my full name, thinking it was short for Victoria. People have pronounced “Sallade” in so many ways, so I usually just correct them and it is not a huge deal. I have not changed my name but I jokingly say my last name is “Salad” because it is just easier than having to explain it. At home I only grew up speaking English but I went to a dual immersion elementary school where I learned half of my curriculum in Spanish, and I earned my seal of biliteracy in high school when I graduated. People will sometimes make fun of the way I speak but it does not happen often.

Alvin Gonzales, Yvonne Tan Yu Yan, Tori Sallade

Can an argument really be any text that expresses a point of view?

Arguments are texts that express a point of view and also invite opposing views that challenge the message they are trying to express. This message could be either verbal or non-verbal.

A Golden State Warriors cap

Arguments:

• Is a fan of GSW – big enough fan to spend money on merch and is proud of being a fan
• Expressing an opinion – may convince others to research and find out why the fan thinks that the warriors are good?
• How many points the team has made, overall? How about the amount of points made in the current season vs. past seasons?
• How many of its top players were originally drafted into the team vs. traded into it?

 

Covid-19 Face Mask

Arguments:

• Most effective material?
• What kind of mask/how many layers? – how seriously are they taking the pandemic?
• Effectiveness vs style – which one does the wearer value more, or did they manage to balance both?
• Lack of face mask – do they think that COVID is not that serious? Do they not want to wear a mask for other reasons? Are they not wearing a face mask during times of serious covid? Is it because they have already gotten covid, and think that they are completely immune?

 

The Health Warnings On A Package Of Cigarettes

Arguments:

• Cigarettes are bad – how many would be bad?
• How detailed is the warning label; how small are the words 
• What is the point of putting health labels on cigarettes when you know that smoking is bad?

In Hannah’s response, she explains how everything can be an argument, and it is not always a negative thing. This is a really big point in the chapter because the authors emphasize how important it is that we learn to communicate with each other respectfully. Due to social media, people have become much meaner which causes arguments to escalate. Instead of always thinking you are right and the other person is wrong, it is important to remember that we all have different views that affect our thinking. Instead of criticizing people for thinking differently, we should be trying to reason with them and understand why they have those ideas or beliefs. Overall I think Hannah followed the reading response guidelines very well and did a good job explaining the information that was in this chapter. She made a connection with our world today that is very relevant to the chapter we read, and helped me see a different perspective than what the book was saying.

My name is Tori, I go by she/her pronouns, and I am a first year student majoring in psychology. I am from Long Beach, California which is about a 6 hour drive south from SF. At home I spent a lot of time at the bay or hanging out with friends. There are a lot of pretty places nearby like PV, Malibu, and Laguna Beach to go to and explore. Over the summer I worked full time at a beach camp for girls and got to spend almost every day of the week at the beach. I used to be a dancer and I played the violin as well, but I stopped once I graduated high school.

I have done lots of argumentative essays. I have also done some expository and persuasive essays, and I did lots of narrative essays when i was a lot younger. When I was younger I used to love writing, especially since most of the essays written were about personal experience and I could be as descriptive as possible when writing. As I have gotten older I find writing to be extremely difficult, especially if I am trying to start an argumentative or persuasive essay. Most of the time I feel like the sentences I write are not substantial enough and I just repeat the same thing over and over again using different words.

During this writing course I hope to learn how to write longer essays that actually contain important information and don’t include sentences that are not necessary. I hope that by the end of the semester I am better prepared for my classes, especially the ones that require me to write a lot. Writing used to be very easy for me, so I hope that by the end of the semester I am not stressing out over how I plan on writing essays for other classes. I want to contribute by talking to my peers and professor in order to make sure that we are all on the same track and we all feel like we are being successful in this class.

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