Pensive by Emily

In our Paper 1 practice exercise, according to the feedback of my peers, I generally fell short of the criteria. Unfortunately, I mostly expected this of my writing. Going into the exercise, I had no idea where to start. I’d never seen a Paper 1 example before and I didn’t fully comprehend the task, so I had no jumping off point. Now that I’ve read some good and bad examples of a Paper 1 task and written a bad one myself, I know how I can improve my writing for this specific work. For Criterion A, my peer noted that I didn’t acknowledge the time period or audience. This wasn’t a goal I had in mind going into the task. However, now that I have had practice, time period and its relevant audience is an idea I will take into heavy consideration next time. Personally, I felt like I needed to analyze each text more and understand better how they relate to each other and what their differences are. These are lessons I will carry into my next attempt at a Paper 1. For Criterion B, my p...

Hey everyone! Welcome back to my blog, the best blog ever to exist. Which reminds me, today's topic... Bias in the media is rampant, especially when you take into consideration the current political administration. No matter whose side you're on, you can look into the media and find articles that trash Trump to the ground, or that build him up on a pedestal, with few acknowledging both sides, or even the idea that there are two sides. Today we're examining an article from Fair.org, whose tagline is " Challenging media bias since 1986." Considering this claim, you'd think it would be a challenge for me to examine bias in their articles. You would of course be wrong. Below are some screenshots of the  article , which I've annotated to highlight several different types of media bias.  Colorful, right? Interesting for a site which is based on challenging bias in media. Now that we know the article is biased, let's examine how and why.  The purpose of ...