English 15 Fall 2018

As I'm staring at the car in front of me I can't take my eyes off the bumper sticker on their car. I don't know what it is about it but, it keeps my attention. Bumper stickers is a large textual genre that we all see on a daily bases. Bumper stickers if you don't know are a type of "art" that people find passion in and put them all over their cars. People love putting bumper stickers on their cars to express themselves. For example, people put political candidates' bumper stickers on their cars. Like Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. People love expressing their political views through bumper stickers. People also love expressing their love for other things through bumper stickers as well. Whether it's their religion, nationalism or an certain organization (ex. Salvation Army). There are people who also use bumper stickers to show off to people. For example, at certain schools, when a student receives honor roll status, their family receives a bumper st

  When I'm usually reading an article, I like to make a couple different types of annotations. The different types of annotations I like to use are underlining important pieces of the text. Underlining important pieces of text is one of the most simplest forms of annotating. I liked to use this because it helps me pin point certain parts of the article. The next form of annotation I use is circling important words. Circling important words help me understand that the section that word is in might be an important section. The last two types of annotation I like to do work off each other. These two are summarizing what I thought the author is writing and what that the text means to me in my own words.   Other people told me their types of annotating. Writing down in the margins if they agree or disagree with the author. Starring different sections on things he finds interesting. Try to relate the article to the real world. Note when the author repeats certain information. Noting rhe