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__**Unfamiliar Genre: Sports Satire**__[[file:stire 333-1.docx]]
I chose this writing because it was by far the most enjoyable writing that I have ever done. I admit that when it was first assigned had no idea what genre I was even gong to write in and really didn't even know what a satire was. I had read satires all my life but just never knew that's what they were called so when I decided to write this project I needed to use extensive research to help me understand the genre and what made my writing effective in this genre. As a result this was my best paper of the semester and the most enjoyable for me to write and would love to write more papers like this because it gave me the freedom to write about whatever subject I wanted to.

__**Public Letter: Socially Inept People**__[[file:public lertter.docx]]
This was a public letter written to a specific person or group of people to try and persuade them to do something. I chose to do mine on socially inept people. I chose this because it was not only the first time I had ever written something like this, but because I feel that it was a very good effective piece of writing when all is said and done. I really enjoyed writing it because I got to voice my opinion but also had to back it up with some facts and research at the same time so it provided a little bit of a challenge. It was also something I believe strongly in and really bugs me so I was very passionate about this particular piece of writing.

__**Analytical Source Paper**__ This was a analytical research paper that my whole history 150 class was required to write. We were to choose a significant event from the past such as the Holocaust, or D-Day and find a primary and secondary source on the topic. After that we were to write a detailed analytical paper explaining both sources in detail and tell if the information was the same or different between sources. I chose this because it was the first time I have ever written anything like this and I really enjoyed it and found it to be a very interesting learning experience. I also felt that it was a very good piece of writing and would be extremely helpful to someone who needed to know a little bit about the Salem Witch Trials that they did not already know.

__**APA Research Paper**__[[file:SPTAD.docx]]
This was a research paper about a significant figure in the world of sports that was to be typed and cited in APA format for my Sports Administration class. The goal was not so much to write a good paper, but to focus on the correct format of APA since it was new to us. I chose this particular piece of writing because I have written many research papers before but never in APA format and it was something that was interesting to me to write about. Writing this paper I realized that I do not like APA format and would much rather stay with MLA if given the choice just to keep my sanity. This paper gave me a lot of problems with all the formatting you have to do before you can even start writing the actually paper and then the whole citing part just threw me a curve ball.