I chose to look at my first essay. Do you see any patterns? I seem to follow a pattern of restating the topic of conversation in the paragraphs. Other than that, I don’t seem to follow a specific pattern. Do you rely on certain devices more than others? I rely on repetition and transitions. I repeat key terms and ideas throughout each paragraph and circle the idea back to my claim. I also use transitional phrases to keep the words…
Personally, my favorite brainstorming method is either follow the thread or just simply free writing. Following the thread allows me to annotate a piece of writing at a more in-depth level. Freewriting allows me to just get my ideas out and let the words fill the page. Often times I find my argument this way because I can get everything out on the page without thinking too much and I find what I want to argue along the way if I wasn’t…
Steven Pinker and Yo-Yo Ma present a similar view on connecting science with humanistic approaches. In “Science Is Not Your Enemy”, Pinker writes about how science provides reasoning for why we are able to believe in our moral and spiritual values; it allows us to distinguish fact from fiction and explain why humans think the way that we do. Pinker says “The facts of science, by exposing the absence of purpose in the laws governing the universe, force us to take…
