Cover Letter
Cover Letter
Cover Letter
by his own excellent scholarshipit is a gift to know which bits of evidence will compel and
which will simply bore. He is an enormously scholarly guy, without being slightly dull in that
students of many levels could find this book compelling and readable (Travis Annotated
Bibliography). After revisions, I ended up completely taking out that sentence because I
realized that I was still summarizing rather than responding to the content related to my research
topic on food waste in America. With that new knowledge, I was able to redo all of my response
paragraphs correctly which helped my grade, but most importantly it helped with my research
paper. This is why I chose the annotated bibliography to be my first positive piece.
As mentioned in the previous paragraph, the skills gained from the annotated bibliography
helped created my second positive project, my research paper. The assignments purpose was to
create a thesis-driven, argumentative paper of our own topic. Once I could understand the PIE
paragraph format, I then moved on to integrate templates from They Say I Say. On page two,
paragraph to of my final draft I stated, Seifert contradicts himself here. On one hand, he argues
how great dumpster diving can be financially. On the other hand, he also says the amount of
wasted food is too immense. By focusing on the large amount of food found in his local
dumpsters and how his family is able to survive solely off the foraged foods, Seifert sometimes
overlooks the deeper problem of food waste in the United States (Travis Research Paper).
This template and many other argumentative templates used in my research paper provided depth
and reason to my paper. Overall, this positive project greatly enhanced my writing skills and
taught my how to properly include argumentative templates to strengthen my argument.
Finally, for my summary or reflection, I chose to do They Say I Say chapter 17 critical summary.
I chose this piece because it was the first that I earned full credit on. Previously, I often was
deducted points because of improper citations and PIE paragraphs. In the second paragraph I
state, I agree with the explanations described in this chapter about how to draw specific
conclusions on data because it is vital to all audiences, including readers without scientific or
statistical backgrounds, to be able to interpret the data and therefore build their own conclusions
(Travis TSIS Critical Summary). This piece was the last critical summary for the class and I
am proud to say that I correctly demonstrated argumentative strategies and provided the correct
citations.
After looking back on all four of these assignments and reviewing my progress I am sure that my
writing has improved and strengthened. By recognizing my mistakes and what I am doing well,
I have enhanced my writing skills and can carry these tools into future academic classes.
Thank you,
Jamelah Travis