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Writing sample 11/15

Since the 1950’s when plastic started being produced plastic has been accumulating and degrading in oceanic environments. Macro-plastics are plastics that range from 0.5cm and up and can sit on the surface of the ocean or sink below. Depending on the the buoyancy of the object these plastics can get swept and carried by either wind or water currents to remote areas of the ocean.

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Annotated bibliography

Yu, Ren-Shou, and Sher Singh. 2023. "Microplastic Pollution: Threats and Impacts on Global Marine Ecosystems" Sustainability 15, no. 17: 13252.  https://doi.org/10.3390/su151713252

            In this article, published in 2023, talks about microplastic pollution and the implications it has on the marine ecosystem and human health. This source is useful to my research question because it shows how the microplastics are harmful with charts and diagrams provided by the authors. This article is a primary source by two authors who study in science and this article also belongs to Fisheries, and Resource Marine Ecosystem.

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Lines of inquiry: Research question

General Subject:Micro-dosing Hallucinogens More Specific:Micro-dosing hallucinogens and happiness More Specific:Does micro-dosing help reduce depression? General Subject:White collar crimes More Specific:White collar crimes and how the conceal it. More Specific:Do white-collar criminals typically conceal their fraudulent activities within complex financial transactions? 2. Turn one of your narrow topics into a “How?” question and develop 3-5 other “How?” questions related to your topic. a.How does macrodosing hallucinogens affect cognitive thinking and creativity in Individuals? b.How do people typically measure and control the dosage when engaging in micro-dosing with hallucinogens? c.how can one distinguish between the therapeutic benefits and potential risks associated with micro-dosing? d.how has micro-dosing of hallucinogens been integrated into alternative health an wellness practices e.how does the legality of micro-dosing vary from one region or country to another, and how do people navigate these legal challenges. 3. Identify some key words/concepts and their synonyms or related terms that will help you search for relevant sources. Example 1: Micro-dosing hallucinogens Example 2: Micro-dosing safely Example 3: Benefits of micro-dosing

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Mid Term Reflection

What has been difficult for me this semester would be back to back writing assignments in this class and in art I mean I understand its college and its not your job to cater to us and the other work we get from other classes its just tiring thats all. What has been easy for me is that understanding how to write an essay correctly, write a good topic/thesis, back up your evidence, and how to conclude essay I might be really good at it but in this class I'm able to understand it easier. What surprised me was the work how its like here the work, here's how you do it now go do it but the work also has to be detailed. I wouldn't start this semester over I think it's going good for me. Im not too sure what to look forward to maybe learning more. The changes I noticed from the last time in school is that I'm paying attention more and taking it more seriously and also learning what I should've know in high school.

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"Its time for they' rhetorical analysis

The purpose of this text is to tell people that they're not addicted to their phones even though it may seem that way since we spend a lot of time on there but actual are addicted to each other. I would say the targeted audience is anyone with a phone which its majority of the population. The author main argument is that we stay on our phones may make us feel more lonely than before but thats not the case because we actually have an easier way to connect with one another. I would say the tone of the text is calming it's not coming at our opinions, it's more informative and making us thinking and feel about how we use our phones. my example would be "No, you can help flatten the curve by doing one simple thing—staying home and texting your friends." Which gives me something to reflect on and think maybe I should see how my friends are. "Humans are driven by our need to communicate. We are social creatures, and we come to know ourselves and our world primarily through our interactions." This sentence is uses Logos because they're evidence that shows we are social creatures. In this sentence the author uses Ethos because or the words like journalist and scholars which positions the author that they know the knowledge from the data they've received. The author uses Pathos by talking about our emotions with saying "Moreover, there are physiological benefits to being with one another. Expressing affection helps us better deal with stress. Extensive research has documented the health benefits of expressing our emotions to others." I think the authors message was convincing to a point maybe there was more for him to touch the reader using pathos but he kept it simple and easy to understand his research. Yes I would like got explore more with this article and actual go 24hrs without my phone to see if the author is right.

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A Few of Your Favorite Things

What I consider myself to be an expert in would be solving a Rubik's cube even though I just learned it a couple months ago I pretty much solve the two I have everyday just to wake myself up of before I start homework just so I can prepare myself to start thinking. people think solving a rubies cube is hard but all it is, is steps that you have to follow in order that'll help you solve it.

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Writing Reflection

My topic is music because I listen to it everyday and I think it should be easy for me to write about. It's important to me because since I listen to it everyday it became a big part of my life filling in whatever hole I may have during that time in my life. What I learned so far about music is that majority of rap songs are similar they usually talking about common things like having money and women and staying solid to your brothers. What I want to still research is what other genre is similar to rap because I'm not to sure what genre that is yet. what I find most interesting about my topic is that music can connect people to each other sometimes you wouldn't believe who like the same music as you.

The difficulty with brainstorming is how to word you information write and making sure you have hard evidence on what you're talking about. What comes easy is what I'm writing about since I know what artist and listen to the genre a lot. What ima be doing differently is making sure that have strong points when Im typing my assignments and make sure I have a good argument on my topic. What's different about college work is that we don't get a lot of work everyday like in high school, yes maybe the assignments they give out is a ton of work just for one assignment but its easier thanks having homework for every class you have. What I need to focus on this assignment is the research making sure I have strong points. My plan for this is get my ideas on paper and making sure my research is good and then pout everything I have into an outline making sure it's good.

The phase that gives me a hard time is always the gathering ideas and forming a thesis/outline I'm not to sure but that has always been a hard part for me when having a writing assignment. "Think of a working thesis as the general focus of the paper, helping to shape your research and brainstorming activities. " this is this helped me understand the process of writing by helping me understand that I need to write something thats covers the whole paper