Communication Samples

Listed below are selections of my best WOVE (see About This Site for explanation) communication work, excluding my Engineering work. Items taken from my English 105H class are the majority of works listed, but there are items from my other classes, including German and Orchestra.

Formats used on this page: Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, QuickTime Movie (Win, Mac), JPEG

Buena Vista Social Club

Analysis of Buena Vista Social Club

For the second assignment within my English 105H class I was to write a rhetorical analysis of a documentary film. Out of the available films I chose Buena Vista Social Club, a movie about aging Cuban musicians. . . Read More

Definitional Essay

What Is Documentary?

This is the question I was asked to answer for my English 105H class. At first I thought that this would be easy to answer and the hard part would be to differentiate my essay from those of my classmates, but then as I began to look into what I found was far from what I expected. . . Read More

My Weekend

My Weekend (in German)

One of my assignments for German 101 was to write about my weekend. This is one of the best examples of my work towards being able to communicate in a foreign language, a skill I feel will become absolutely necessary in the coming years. . . Read More

Oral Diagnostic

Oral Diagnostic

At the very beginning of my English 105H class we completed a series of diagnostics in the assorted WOVE fields to see where we were in each. For the oral component we had to come up with a memory that showed a bit of our character. I have never thought of my self as a great orator, but this is painful for me to watch. . . Read More

My Poster

Documentary Poster

As an assignment for my English 105H class I was to document a local event. The class was split into groups for the assignment. After documenting the event as a group we were to each individually create a documentary poster about the event a give a 2 minute presentation to our classmates. . . Read More About Poster, Read More About Speech

E-Portfolio

My Electronic Portfolio

My final assignment for my English 105H7 class is what you are reading right now. This is to be a conglomeration of our communication efforts during our first semester of college, I think mine came off alright. . . Read More