Thloging #4

This week was an interesting week. For starters we started talking about the difference between whom and who. I never even thought about it til Monday, I just usually knew when and where to use it. I use "whom" in professional settings, I use it to address people that I do not know where the message is going to, for example (to whom it may concern), and when I am addressing someone professionally throughout a paper. On the other hand, I use "who" when addressing someone informally or just in general when I am writing.
Then we focused on what a reverse outline is and how it can help us. A reverse outline is when you write your entire paper first and then decide to go back and revise it after. This helps us out because we are able to depict each and every paragraph one by one and get the full message out of it. You are able to see whether you follow your main point throughout your paper or not. You also get to see how much evidence you have throughout your entire paper and whether it allows your writing to flow or not.
One activity that really helped me this week was the color activity. Due to this activity I was able to see what I lacked, what I did not lack and what I had too much of. It also allowed me to see whether my summary and analysis flowed with my evidence or whether I was completely just jumbling around.I was able to see what the "good"part of my paper was and what did not work at all for me. I really would have wished that we could have done this earlier on in the process of the paper but now I know what to do on my own for next time so that is fine.
Another activity that I found really helpful was breaking sentences up one by one. This helped me realize what sentences were run-on's, what sentences did not make sense, and how my paragraphs were really structured. This is another activity I wished I would have learned about earlier or at least thought of on my own because I have always had trouble with run-on sentences.