Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development.

My thesis statement for this semesters research paper was changed and abstracted throughout my process of writing. even before I had submitted a formal thesis, I had to go through numerous completely different ideas, such as veganism, the causes of one’s talent, and the essence of knowledge itself. eventually I decided on the origin of curse words as my topic, how it almost always stems from elitism. However, as I did more research, I realized that to explain it better, I needed to abstract the topic even more, to the overall idea of repressiveness through the banning and forcing of certain language, usually by the ruling class. Through the process of writing my paper, I went through many different stages of thought that lead me to a deeper understanding of the topic at hand.

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Core Value 2. My work demonstrates that I read critically, and that I placed texts into conversation with one another to create meaning by synthesizing ideas from various discourse communities. 

Because of the abstractness of my essay, I had to reference wide variety of sources to fully explain my topic. This meant that I had to carefully read through and understand each one, because there often was not overlap between the topics, forcing me to read each on critically, whilst also connecting these various topics abstractly, and thus continuing their conversations. not only did I read through articles, but I also watched a 27 minute interview with Noam Chomsky, about the concept of language, which I had to analyze closely in order to get an idea of how a language changes and forms over time. through understanding Chomsky’s take on language, I was able to synthesize new ideas from his research and continue the discussion.

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Core Value 3. My work demonstrates that I rhetorically analyzed the purpose, audience, and contexts of my own writing and other texts and visual arguments.

In my topic of oppressive language, I reference medieval historical cases, and there are cases going back to ancient time, and yet is also relevant today. Due to this, I was able to take the historical anecdotes, and fit them into the context of today, like how people oppressing language now is the same idea as controlled language back then. for example, I took a form of language oppression from now a days, deadnaming, and related it to previous historical context. its purpose is also very clear; to enlighten the reader- to help them realize the illegitimacy of the authority that bans certain language time. my audience is simply the common people; anyone who has fallen victim to the forced language habits of the ruling class

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Core Value 4: My work demonstrates that I have met the expectations of academic writing by locating, evaluating, and incorporating illustrations and evidence to support my own ideas and interpretations.

In my stone money assignment, I demonstrated an understanding of different nuances and perspectives of the topic at hand because of how I analyzed the situation. rather than give a cookie-cutter answer, I took the idea of understanding that the object of money itself does not have meaning as trivial and went on to explain more simple and elegant idea on the matter of what money is. As for the evidence provided, I went straight to the source and referenced a German review of prices and production from 1932, the time that I was referring to, which certainly qualifies as valid evidence. The topic of the stone money was clearly a preexisting conversation, as it was based off of a podcast we were assigned, and I believe that added a great deal to said preexisting conversation.

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Core Value 5. My work demonstrates that I respect my ethical responsibility to represent complex ideas fairly and to the sources of my information with appropriate citation. 

I think that through me heavily researching numerous sources about the idea of language, including the revolutionary Chomsky, I have not misrepresented anything about language that would leave readers to misinterpret what certain authors were trying to convey, as well as come to false conclusions about language based on my thesis of oppressive language. In my definition essay, I clearly define everything in which needs to be defined for such purposes. I also consistently cite relevant sources for said purposes, such as Sam Louie, on the topic of having to change to an Americanized name, or once again, Chomsky, on linguistic topics, for he is an extremely relevant source of information for that topic. I think that I have demonstrated writing ethics through citing these relevant sources, because then, the reader is not misinformed with something that could have come from a less qualified source.

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