Assignment No. 7- Reflecting Progress.

Now that I've entered this English 101 course, I don't think I've ever had a writing class focusing just on writing. I remember Humanities, which is a combination of history and English, I remember philosophy and Linguistics but never just writing. Overall, I think I am pretty good at finding the main ideas of something specific and picking it apart and what not, but it wasn't until now that I am unsure if I'm a good writer. Our first assignment had me kind of dumbfounded, I felt like I was writing a paper, about reading or writing a paper (or book, whatever). I didn't know where to start or what to talk about. I didn't really feel like we had adequate examples because I never had any struggles or conflicts with literacy worth talking about. I just gather all my notes, pull up some sources on the web and start writing. What is so interesting there? I was completely confused. I thought that if any class I took and I would do exceedingly well in, it would Writing 101. However, I’m on my fourth paper for the Literacy Narrative assignment , and I think I’ve grasped the point better after sitting down and having a meeting. I like that we have more than enough time to write and revise our papers with one on one time with our peers and our professors. It helps because it honestly would have been a downer to receive my original grade. I feel like you’d have to try really hard to not do well in this class.

Assignment #1: Why Writing 101

First thing I thought when I learned it was mandatory to take an English class is, "I already know how to write! Why do I have to take more English??" However, as the great philosopher Socrates said, if you think you know everything there is to know, you don't leave room for improvement. In fact, when you are examined by another, you may be found incompetent. I'm taking English 101 to better my writing and speaking skills because I aspire to be an English teacher overseas. I think I am what some consider a "cocky writer". Usually I write something and automatically expect it to be greatness, I barely look it over and turn it in. I have a lot of creative thoughts and literal juices flowing but I think my skills have weakened over the years and I make silly mistakes. I need to be brought back down to Earth with my writing and be further analyzed to become an even better writer in the future.

Assignment #5: Analyzing Advertisement

What does a REAL woman look like?

Purpose: Typical models displayed in advertisement are tall and thin with attributes the average woman you'd see walking down the street would not have. That kind of advertisement makes the majority of women aspire to be something that isn't realistic for the majority. This is ad by Dove was created to do the exact opposite, showing that your "girl next door" is beautiful too.


Audience: The audience is all women of different shapes, sizes, and colors. It's aimed towards the young, the middle aged, and the older woman, the mother and the daughter. Such diversity is shown by the wide variety of women posing.


Genre: The genre is skin care, advertising Dove's Beauty Bar and products. Dove shows mostly women in their most natural states to promote the use for everyday women, not just the model in Vogue.


Tone: The tone is very bright because of the variety of skin tones against the white background and underwear, the beauty and smoothness of their is more apparent.