Our group is working on a website to help current and future Ball State students to choose between buying a Mac or a PC. We have split our jobs up to where two of us are gathering information on Macs and the other two are finding PC information.
This is going to be helpful to try and decide which type of computer is better for your specific needs. We aren't going to be going for or against either one, we are simply stating the facts about these two products. This is why this website will be very helpful.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
From Beginning to End
The beginning and ending of a paper is a crucial part of your writing. I believe the most important is the beginning. If you have a catchy and exciting start, your readers will want to continue to read and explore what you are saying. You can start it with a rhetorical situation or a story; either way, you need a strong beginning.
The ending to your papers are also important. You need to leave your reader wanting more after the paper is done. There are several ways to end a paper. One is to summarize everything that you have explained. Another is to end with an anecdote. My favorite is to refer to the beginning of the story and tie it in with everything else.
The ending to your papers are also important. You need to leave your reader wanting more after the paper is done. There are several ways to end a paper. One is to summarize everything that you have explained. Another is to end with an anecdote. My favorite is to refer to the beginning of the story and tie it in with everything else.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Cause, Classify, and Compare
There were three main points to the reading today. First off was cause and effect. This just basically told us how to organize and analyze different kinds of causes and effects. There are several ways to do this but I believe that the best way to is by identifying a cause and then discuss the effects.
Next was classifying and dividing information. When you classify something you are grouping it with similar things. The book uses the example of how a linguist would classify certain languages as romance languages.
The last part of our reading was comparing and contrasting. There are two ways to do this. One is the block method. In this method you find all of the information about one object at one time and then move on to the next item. The second method is the point-by-point method. Here you focus on specific points of comparison.
Next was classifying and dividing information. When you classify something you are grouping it with similar things. The book uses the example of how a linguist would classify certain languages as romance languages.
The last part of our reading was comparing and contrasting. There are two ways to do this. One is the block method. In this method you find all of the information about one object at one time and then move on to the next item. The second method is the point-by-point method. Here you focus on specific points of comparison.