Monday, June 26, 2017

Journal 1 by Aracely Aguilera

Writing is a form of art that entails information, ideas, and expression that we read by the reader. It is a form of communication that is used to share information. A successful piece of writing would include engagement and the use of critical thinking to its reader. Writing should be able to make the reader think, and see from another perspective and learn from it. 

I see myself as the type of writer that writes informational essays. In the process of educating others through my work, I get a learning experience through multiple research, sources, and data that I found to compile in my informational essays. 

The following key terms are what defines writing: articulate, controversial, independent thought, reasoning, delivery, and an exchange.

In the reading, the author was primarily arguing for teachers to encourage an assemblage in a student's work rather than the original content of its delivery. 

I learned that there with the use of an assemblage, it focuses more on the bigger picture of a piece of writing than the details, which would not be considered as plagiarism and should be used more often than creating an "original" work. 

I believe that this article was successful, according to my earlier definition. For one thing, it was something that was engaging. Most people who take an English course will learn about plagiarism and what would be considered as plagiarism, but this article had a point of view that was different than the norm. This brings me to my next point: the use of critical thinking. After all, most of what is considered "original" is a remix or a spin based off of someone else's work. The reader can apply critical thinking to come up with their viewpoint when realizing new information from this article. 

This article reminded me of a project I did, where it was about the difference of remixing and copying content in music. The same concepts can be applied to writing as well. I do believe that this article has given more insight of understanding writing between the assemblage and original work, because both music and writing is an art, and there is a difference between assemblages, or remixing, as a whole and copying parts of it. 

No, I would not revise my key terms, as it has accurately described this article thoroughly.

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