Final Portfolio

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Greenbook 22

Greenbook 22 This thesis returns to the very roots of writing theory and explores how genre, discourse, and personal identity work together to define a writer, and writing itself. My midterm is a reflection of what I had learned in the middle of the semester. My final is a refelction of everything we have worked

Friday Post: 11.15.19 and 11.22.19

I am writing these together, as I forgot the one for 11.15 but still wanted to get it done. The three sources I selected were: “Genre Performances” by John Swales “Genre in the Wild” by Lisa Bickmore “Genre and Genre Analysis” by J.B. Corbett For my 11.22 Friday post, and I recognize that I’m doing

Final Any Genre Piece

Zoos can be a bit of a controversial topic. Many people enjoy zoos as a center for family education, and a conservation hot spot. Zoos are some of the only places in the world where one can safely come face to face with animals from across the globe. To those who oppose them, however, zoos

Greenbook 20

I am a writer in the sense that I build entire worlds. I have created characters, plots, cities, and universes from nothing. Sitting in a silent room or listening to music can open doors to a reality that only exists to me. I have countless precious stories that I have yet to show the world.

Final TIB Draft

Sometimes the biggest blessings come to you in the strangest ways. For some, it could be a person or an event. For me, it was a misfiring frontal lobe. Executive function disorder is one of those things that people don’t know about until they’re hit over the head with it. That was the case for

Greenbook 19

Each situation acts as a prompt for a piece of writing that will determine how understandable and efficient that text is for completing a task. For example, if the prompt was to create a recipe for grandma’s lasagna, we would not write a profile on grandma. This would be completely besides the point for the

Greenbook #18

I have learned so much from my friend, an aspiring author since 14 years old, and one of those things is this: It takes curiosity to become a writer, and bravery to keep being one. My friend Josie has worlds trapped in her mind of her own making, that with one stroke of a pen

TIB Draft 2

Sometimes the biggest blessings come to you in the strangest ways. For some, it could be a person, or an event. For me, it was a misfiring frontal lobe. Executive Function Disorder is one of those things that people don’t know about until they’re hit over the head with it. That was the case for

Green Book Entry #16

I don’t know if its fair to compare This I Believe pieces because of how personal they are to the author. That is the challenge of a TIB piece–finding out just how to rank or qualify it when the genre itself is so intimate to the writer. Just as the stories are unique, the writing