Last honors blog

How has your thinking changed regarding American history or literature?


by doing honors in literature i learned what made literature literature, and how it is different from fiction.I new that there were great differences between literature and fiction but i was not sure what they exactly were. But through reading classic literature, and discussing the books with Randy and my litgroup-i learned that in literature the plot is driven by the characters, and fiction is driven by the plot. I though that this was really interesting because, i had always wondered why books that had fantasy and science fictions themes were not considered great writing. It makes perfect sense to me now.

Final reflection

What did you learn?

I learned several new things about writing-article writing in particular. What I learned about writing articles is that you have to make the beginning and end attention grabbing-and that your intros and conclusions should contain information about the topic of your article, and self reflections of how it relates to you. I also learned that all the filer words and sentences in my writing like "was able to" or "a lot" are unnecessary-and that my writing is much better without them.

How did you learn it?
I learned this from reading newspaper and magazine articles-and listening to the discussions in class, and taking note of how i can use the tips that i got to improve my writing. Getting critiques and advise from people was helped me learn as well.

Why is this important?

It is important because i can take what i have learned from this project-and use it to help me with my future writing assignments. It is good in general to know the important writing techniques.