Andrea Clater's English 4 ePortfolio
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This is where I offer some overall thoughts about this ePortfolio and the process of taking this class and completing the writing presented here. I talk a little about the changes I made to the drafts of the papers and how I did and did not apply the advice in the style guides I critiqued. I also talk about the research process and what I learned both from finding and evaluating sources and from what those sources had to say. Finally, I talk about my sense of myself as a writer and as an English major.
I did a lot of work between this draft and the final draft of my paper. The aspect of my revision that I am most proud of is described in my Meta-critical essay. Here's your chance to judge for yourself!
In this paper I compared several books designed to teach style to writers in general and English majors in particular. That list of potential texts included the ubiquitous Strunk and White's Elements of Style; Joseph Williams' Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace; Anson, Schwegler, and Muth's The Longman Writer's Companion; The MLA Handbook; and Lynne Truss' Eats, Shoots, and Leaves. In this paper I both compare the styles and demonstrate my own style and the stylistic choices I made as a result of reading these books. I talk about the process of developing this style in my Meta-critical essay.
There is no single way to prepare for a research paper, and many ideas and notes never make it to electronic form. Here's the part I found most useful as I developed, explored, and focused my topic.
There were many other drafts between this and the final, but here's where it started. Read the final draft to see how it developed!
Thanks for reading my work. I hope you enjoyed it.
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