Tag: #engl311
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Hilary James: Notes Reflection
When reading Shakespeare, there are certain steps I tend to follow in order to best analyze the text. While the order and specifics of the steps may differ depending on what, when, and why I am reading, the general idea remains. Before I dive right into the first line of a scene, I recap for…
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Jordin Cummings: Notes Reflection
In order to properly evaluate my annotation practices when reading a play text, I decided to do what I did for my close reading paper but with Act IV Scene I of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In comparison to the start of the semester my note taking skills have greatly evolved. I am no longer…
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Marisol Calzada: Notes Reflection
Note taking for me has always been fairly difficult. In grade school I always struggled with finding a note taking style that worked for me; I remember using a different style of note taking every month along with different pens, highlighters, tabs, etc. Nothing seemed to work until I got into university. University courses made…
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Katarina Nedeljakova: Argument Reflection
Until I started taking university level English classes, I never truly appreciated the art of annotating text and more broadly, note taking as a whole. As a child, I have always been told that books were to be read and not written in. However, as I started reading more texts, mostly those considered “difficult” (such…
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Ashley Staples: Scene Comparison
Act 3 scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet culminates in the death of Tybalt by Romeo’s hands, as they duel over the fate of Mercutio. Romeo, seeking vengeance for his friend, lets his emotions overcome him, furthering the gap between…
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Natasha King: Argument Reflection
When I’m planning my paper I like to treat it similar to how I put together a puzzle. Just like how I establish the frame of the puzzle first, I create an outline for my paper to work within. Once I’ve built my frame I then organize the remaining pieces together based on thematic commonalities…
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Reilly Kruger: Notes Reflection
The transformations that I have made in my annotation practices have changed drastically since I’ve been in university. Note taking in university involves neat and tidy writing that is 100% legible, the notes must also be relevant and concise. On the contrary, my note taking practices while in high school were illiterate scribbles…
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Cailin Murphy: Notes Reflection
For my second blog post I decided to write about the prompt that asked to reflect upon our note taking and how our methods attributed to our success in English 311. Throughout the course I predominantly took notes during class lectures. I used two notebooks to write down key ideas, themes, language choices, and any…
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Ashley Staples: Notes Reflection
The way I take notes differs depending on what kind of media I am viewing. Text versus film changes my style of perception drastically, and therefore what and how I annotate will vary depending on my experience. For example, film is a visual medium, so a lot of the notes I take while analyzing a…
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Andre Retuta: Film Review
Zeffirelli’s rendition of Hamlet (1990) was really interesting to me right from when I first saw it, which is roughly around a couple of years ago. It is probably my favorite Shakespeare play, regardless of how limited my knowledge of his productions is. The first time I saw the film, I was intrigued right away…