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Alma Ramirez

4 / 20 / 2023

Dr. Jason Dew

ENGL 1302-280: English Composition I

Everything Anosmia

“ Assembling Writing Portfolios" by Karen Mauk which is posted on Blackboard.

Respond to these questions:
1. What does Mauk say about why portfolios are assigned?
Increasingly, colleges have been using portfolios as a way to assess individual students'
performance and sometimes to see if the student body as a whole is meeting university
standards. In addition, some employers request portfolios so that they can assess an
applicant's writing proficiency. Because portfolios are so widely used, knowing how to
assemble a portfolio is an important skill. It gives the student a unique opportunity for
you to present your intellectual track record, showing where you've been and how you've
developed as a college writer. Increasingly, colleges have been using portfolios as a way
to assess individual students' performance and sometimes to see if the student body as a
whole is meeting university standards.
2. What does Mauk say effective portfolios highlight?
Growth and process or best works and presentation portfolios.
3. Based upon Mauk's advice and the assignment prompt create a list of what you
will include in your
We make sure that my portfolio contains the best work that I have completed for my
class. as we as many of my assignments and notes that I have taken for this class.
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4. What does Mauk say that reflective statements allow students to do? It allows the
writer to be focused on the reflection and evaluations of the writer's portfolio.
1. From the comments you received from me on your first essay, list the revisions
you need to complete First of all most of my classmates did not participate and
secondly, no one sent feedback to my essay. However I would follow the guidance to
ensure to do the following.
1. Controlling idea that reveals to your classmates how the members of the community
use the genre (remember, this is not simply a definition of the genre—it needs to be
specific to the community)
2. Introduction that hooks readers and narrows your focus in the essay
3. Topic sentences for each paragraph that connect the sub-point of the paragraph to the
controlling idea
4. Evidence from the genre itself in every paragraph with the correct in-text MLA citation
5. Conclusion that summarizes your essay (2 sentences), tells your readers why your
analysis is important (2 sentences), and tells your readers what you want them to do with
the information (2 sentences)
6. Omits the use of the pronoun “you”
7. Work Cited page in the correct MLA format
I have not gotten any feedback yet, but I do think that I did learn from my previous
mistakes and have done my best to complete this essay. I do need to have the proper
citations for my essay as well as have the complete word count that is required to finish
my essay.
2. Do the same for your second essay
1. Controlling idea that reveals to your classmates how the members of three
communities use the same genre (remember, this is not simply a definition of the genre—
it needs to be specific to the community) in different and similar ways.
2. Introduction that hooks readers and narrows your focus in the essay
3. Topic sentences for each paragraph that connect the sub-point of the paragraph to the
controlling idea
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4. Evidence from the communities’ uses of the genre itself in every paragraph with the
correct in-text MLA citation
5. The conclusion summarizes your essay (2 sentences), tells your readers why your
analysis is important (2 sentences), and tells your readers what you want them to do with
the information (2 sentences)
6. Omits the use of the pronoun “you”
7. Work Cited page in the correct MLA format
This essay I did do a little better however I still need a lot to improve on because it was
still a low grade.
3. Do the same for your third essay.
1. Thesis statement that reveals to your classmates how effective the author of the peer-
review article is in communicating his/her argument to the members of his/her
community.
2. Introduction that hooks readers and narrows your focus in the essay
3. Topic sentences for each paragraph that connect the sub-point of the paragraph to the
controlling idea
4. Evidence from the peer-reviewed article in every paragraph with the correct in-text
MLA citation
5. The conclusion summarizes your essay (2 sentences), tells your readers why your
analysis is important (2 sentences), and tells your readers what you want them to do with
the information (2 sentences)
6. Omits the use of the pronoun “you” and the pronoun “I”
7. Work Cited page in the correct MLA format

In the process of writing this topic it was fun and I also learned about this topic and

where my essay is going. This complete loss of smell is called anosmia derived from infection

and at times obstruction. Most of us take our sense of smell for granted, but have you ever

thought about what it would be like not to be able to smell something? This disease for most
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people is temporary and in some cases, it can be permanent. Without the sense of smell, food can

taste different, and will not be alert of dangers. The symptoms are the lack of odor, and often

mistaken for a stuffy nose from a cold or sinus infection. Nasal congestion from a cold, allergy,

sinus infection, or poor air quality is the most common cause of anosmia. In addition, anatomy

and physiology affect homeostasis in different ways. For example not smelling well complicates

the appetite as well may cause improper eating which can lead to depression in the immune

system. An overall problem of depression on the immune system getting sick is more propensity.

The anatomy and physiology that affect homeostasis is the balance our body tries to make. In

different ways for example not smelling well complicates the appetite as well may cause

improper eating which can lead to depression in the immune system. An overall problem of

depression on the immune system getting sick is more propensity. Also, the imbalance that leads

to this disease is Olfactory nerve damage known as Cranial Nerve 1 part of the cranial nerves are

in charge of sending sensory information to the brain can lead to the lack of sense of smell.

Anosmia is the loss of sense of smell either partial or total. Nasal cavities around the nasal

passage become inflamed, or a good example of a Sinus infection is one short-term. Permanent

damage may also be a side effect of head & nerve injury.

At the same time, the loss of olfactory function risk increases with age; it begins to

decline after the age of sixty. Anosmia can affect different systems like the olfactory system.

Also, the gustatory system is affected; smell and taste are often referred to as a pair because they
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are closely interlinked. This being said what we think is our taste sensation is actually from our

sense of smell. On another side, the symptoms of anosmia are difficulty falling asleep at night,

waking up too early, daytime tiredness or sleepiness, irritability, depression or anxiety, difficulty

paying attention, focusing on tasks or remembering, and these are just some examples of the

symptoms of anosmia.

The diagnosis of anosmia is when the doctor asks for important associated symptoms

like nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, or both. The nature of nasal discharge in rhinorrhea is

important. The relation of anosmia to any upper respiratory infections or head injury is deeply

excavated. A physical examination is done to identify swelling, inflammation, discharge, and

polyps. Making the patient breathe through each nostril separately helps to identify the

obstruction.

Additionally, anosmia can change the quality of life of persons with this disease because

they can not perceive life as ours. Inclusively, they lose an important sense that helps us to be

alert to what happens around us. For example, if something is burning we can smell the smoke

and make something to control the situation or preventing. Moreover, the causes of anosmia are

nasal congestion, allergies, drug abuse, sinus infection, and poor air quality. Other causes are

nasal polyps, small cancer, growths in the nose, injury to the nose, head trauma or smell can be

compromised nerves damaged by surgery. The most common symptom of anosmia is the loss of

smell and the least common is nasal discharge.

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To make the diagnosis of anosmia the doctor first must know the patient's history which

is what the patients tell the doctor. An example is how long the patient has been suffering the

loss of smell or if the cause was an allergy, drug abuse, trauma, or if the patient went through

some surgery. Once the history gives a fair amount of information, the doctor can start with a

nasal endoscopy to rule out any obstructive cause of the impaired smell. This is how most

doctors can see for the impairment if it is correctable, but unfortunately, a few of them are not.

In conclusion, anosmia is a disease that causes the lack of odor and may affect also your

taste of food, the symptoms are detected by noticing a change in your sense of smell and the

most common diagnosis is nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, or both. The correct way to treat it is to

take antibiotics and follow the instructions of your doctor. Anosmia is a terrible disease that

changes the lives of people with this disease in some cases, it has a cure and a treatment but in

most cases, it does not have any of these. New evidence from research studies mentions that even

complex B vitamins may help repair or assimilate nerve connections.

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and Background, Anatomy and Physiology, Etiology of Smell and Taste Disorders, 24 May

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