Translation Assignment 1st Draft

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Remediation Assignment

Remediation seems to me like it is just a visual display of a paper.  It is another example of something that has already been written about.  An example is what one of the readings said or a from of new media.  I like the example it gave as to where a book was turned into a movie.  The movie was a new type of media and a good visual example of the novel and it is a new media because it is a new revised version of the old novel. 

With these two writings, I seem to be understanding that its just a revised version of an original piece.  Multimedia and the constant search for the revival of old things is a form of remediation.  We like when things are remade into the new visual form because we are a visual species.  Remediation is just the answer to that.

Outline Paper 2

I. Intro
   1. Introduce with a quote from a famous doctor discussing cloning
   2. Thesis will be to about main points
       a. Background on cloning and the history of it.
       b. Why cloning should or shouldn't be allowed
       c. Counterclaim based on why cloning is good because it can create new organs

II. Body 1
    1. Give Dolly story
    2. Background on how cloning began
    3. Success rate and mortality rate, as well as current cloning projects

III. Body 2
      1. Give argument on why cloning is bad and reasoning behind it.
          a. Success rate is poor so it is pointless to even try
          b. When cloning is successful, clones are premature and brittle due to complications in DNA.
          c. Reason 3 not sure on yet

IV. Body 3
      1. Give counterclaim recognition
      2. Speak out on why it doesn't work based on research
          a. Cloning is good for organ transplant but success rate is so low and the quality of the clone isn't good enough to be able to produce a solid transplant

V. Conclusion
    1. Summarize point and restate argument.

Topic Brainstorming

The topic I am really thinking about is cloning and whether it should be allowed or stay banned.  I don't know much of the effects of cloning such as the health of the clone or other important aspects such as that, and I currently do not have a stance on cloning.  I am hoping to learn a lot about this topic because I have heard it tossed around multiple times in biology class.  It sounds quite controversial and obviously very interesting.  I do know that the first successful clone was Dolly the sheep and that there are other types of animals that have been cloned.  I would enjoy researching the health of the clones and the success rate of the cloning.  Current cloning events haven't passed through my ear either but I'm sure there is more out there to find that are relatively new. 

Just another thought, organ donation and regulation would be a great topic as well.  This I do have a stance on which is that I believe it should be legal.  This would help save many lives and could benefit so many people.  I don't know much of the negative side of this topic but I feel more good can come from it than bad.

Research Papers Compare and Contrast

To compare the two research papers on quotations and citations, both broke down the topics they were talking about.  They went over how to breakdown either the full paper, or just how to cite a source without following the "rules" of MLA.  They both covered their topics really well and I gained something from both of them. They both ended up having similar source techniques it was just that the outline based paper had more official citations.

Differences in these two medias is that one goes over outlining a paper while the other goes over citations.  It seemed like the one that went over the outline didn't really have much information on citations.  It was better for helping how to organize a research paper.  The video was just all about how to cite a cereal box on your own when not all of the right source resources are available.

Reflection Assignment 1

In the first assignment, I learned how to better understand writing in my field of study.  I've never taken the time to step back and reflect on the nature of writing in biology until this assignment.  I mainly considered writing in biology to be a completely formal area of writing until I learned the different types of informal, or nonacademic writing such as pamphlets at a science museum.  I also learned how to better source things and how to quote pieces from sources and interviews which will be important down the road. 

As I said before, most of my assumptions were that writing in biology were purely formal and that was definitely challenged.  Although, my assumptions for the types of academic writing were almost spot on when discussing the types of paper and styles within those papers.  During my interview is where most of my assumptions were supported and only once was my assumption of nonacademic writing proven otherwise because the interviewee brought up note taking as a nonacademic form of writing.

Challenges of this paper were finding good sources that gave me some good information about the nature of writing and I couldn't really find any amazing sources that provided me with the true information I was looking for, so to overcome that I just worked with what I had.  The paper could have been much stronger with better sources.

Now as a writer I would say that am weak in using the information I have into a more detailed and expressed way.  I could have probably used better vocab as well in order to spice up and enlighten my paper.  Strengths would be that I believe I had a pretty sufficient introduction.  Also I think I did well with the information I was given and I made that the best that I could.

I thought that the group conference was useful to the point where we met with our peers before we set up schedules with our partners.  So basically to me the best way I see fit for us to do papers and conferences are to do one class with a small peer review with our peers and schedule conferences for 15 minutes another day.  That way we can have more time with you and also get another set of eyes on our paper another day.

"Organ Sales Will Save Lives" Analysis

The thesis states that organ donations should be regulated, not banned.  The way the author supports this thesis is by giving the negative side of not regulating the sells of organs, such as the increase of death of people in need of a new organ. Then she addresses the counter argument and what they would be likely to say.  She then uses another argument against the counter argument to shoot it down.  Finally she reinforces the ideas and positive aspects of her thesis.  With this clean sense of organization she is able to get her point across clearly and effectively.