Suggestions [Rai]
One to change about the class, is maybe for the papers, create a syntax packet, where you can list how you want papers to be formatted for each type of paper, and maybe even a list of resources to help Continue reading
Author Archives: Navin S Rai
Thesis Restatement [Rai]
Scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, and space travel enthusiasts need to realize and have a proper discussion about the changes space travel and colonization will have on our society, and their potential to create unpredictable problems in the future.
Prospectus [Rai]
I’m thinking about writing about the development of space tourism, and how it will affect our society. I believe the problem is that space travel will cause people to abandon fixing the issues here on earth, instead focusing on the Continue reading
Frankenstein Feedback [Rai]
Your introduction paragraph starts off well, with a good hook that also summarizes the part of frankenstein that is relevant to the prompt. However, immediately after, you introduce a counterargument. This would be fine, but you simply state that there Continue reading
Frankenstein Short Thoughts [Rai]
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, she tackles the issue of ethical development of technology. The main character of the novel, Victor Frankenstein, creates a monster when trying to achieve his goal of creating new life from a corpse. He states his vision Continue reading
Long Sentence [Rai]
While most technology has had positive impacts on the styles of writing throughout history, such as making it easier to create pieces of writing, making it easier to compare and contrast your own writing with other people’s writing, and creating Continue reading
Rhetorical Analysis Final [Rai]
In Milton Friedman’s “An open letter to Bill Bennett,” he uses many rhetorical strategies to further his message that the prohibition of drugs only creates more problems. He does this through creative use of logos, ethos, and pathos. By presenting his argument Continue reading
Technology Final [Rai]
Ever since I was little, I have been interested in technology. I’ve always been interested in the innovations and complexities of modern technology. However, my most formative experience with technology came when I was about 15 years old, when I Continue reading
Gibbon Sentence [Rai]
While technology has had positive impacts on the styles of writing throughout history, it has also had its discontents; the slow erasure of the artistic side of writing, a move towards impersonal versus personal pieces of writing, and the sacrifice Continue reading
“This is Water” [Rai]
David Foster Wallace, in his 2005 commencement speech at Kenyon college, addresses the typical rhetoric of a commencement speech and rejects the genre at the same time. He realizes that following the conventions of genre is not essential to creating Continue reading