Monday, September 6, 2010
Blog #2
The letter to my best friend, Katy, was easier to compose. This letter was intended to be read by my friend, therefore I used words and phrases that I definitely would not use if I was writing to the schools editor. When your addressing someone such as your friend, you feel more comfortable around them so usually the letter is informal. However, the letter to the schools editor was more formal because I was addressing a person with authority. The letter to my friend was not planned at all, whatever just came to my head I would write down. When speaking to my friends, I do not really need to plan what I'm going to say, instead I just say it. I included in this letter that I was not a fan of the rainy weather and missed going to the beach in the hot Miami sun, that I have made many friends from around the world, and finally that the food here is great. :) For the letter to the editor, I carefully planned out what I was going to write because I did want to impress the editor. I brainstormed before class the problems I would like to see changed at Florida Gulf Coast University and I also included some positive aspects too. In this letter, I made sure to include suggestions such as to extend the hours of operation at the bookstore during the first week of school because the line was too long, and to have a larger variety of fast food restaurants on campus. On a positive note, I included that I love the student involvement at this school and the Greek life on campus is exceptional. Some errors I corrected while writing the second letter was the use of contraction words and I tried to improve my writing style by using bigger words.
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I also thought that the letter to a friend was the easier of the two. Writing informal is just a natural way for me to express my feeling on the paper. Like I said, natural, that doesn’t mean they are the appropriate way for them to be written. I included many new words that I naturally wouldn’t use when writing to one of my friends. I find both forms of writing, informal and formal, to hold its own challenges but also hold its own advantages as well. One might be easier to write but the other might be easier to put together and lay out on the actual piece of paper.
ReplyDeleteGreat suggestion for the bookstore hours. :] Go greek life woo!
ReplyDeleteYes, I competey agree - the experience in the bookstore during the firs week was not pleasant.I was there ten minutes before opening one day and there was alredy a line in fron of the door.Extended hours defenatelly would have helped. Good suggestion!
ReplyDeleteWhen I am writing to a friend, I do not think too much either.Whatever they can understand and do not care whether it is formal.And I also hate waiting for my turn in bookstore, starbuck and subway.
ReplyDeleteI included in this letter that I was not a fan of the rainy weather and missed going to the beach in the hot Miami sun, that I have made many friends from around the world, and finally that the food here is great. :) love it !!!!!
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