These are all of my relevant classes that I have taken at Longwood University:

• English 382: Grammar Theory and Practice
• English 380: Children’s Literature
• English 483: Writing elementary classroom
• English 400: Advanced Writing Seminar
• English 209: Intro to Literary Analysis
• English 381: Young Adult Literature
• English 202: British Literature
• English 150: Writing and Research

I chose English for my minor because I like to write and read. When I was a kid I wanted to work for a publishing company, to put those books out in the world. I have loved reading all my life and I want to work with books or have some sort of writing/reading career. My grammar class has taught me how to catch grammar mistakes in other works and in my own. My children’s Literature and young adult literature class have given me a chance to read books and talk about what makes these books good for children. It more than reading but seeing what the author has intended for the reader to get out of it. My Intro to Literary Analysis class has taught me more about looking at the text in depth. My writing class has taught me how to write a paper about different topics and how to reach the readers on a more personal level. These English classes have taught me how to look at writing in a different lens. Books and articles are not just words on a page, but hold a deeper meaning as long as you are willing to see it.

I chose the New York Times, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal to compare their stocks. For each data set I chose the recent three months of the stock period, from July 7, 2018 to October 12, 2018. I chose to compare the ‘close’ period in each stock company. The close period means the end of the trading session or the closing price. I wanted to compare the closing price because I wanted to know how each company did at the end of the trading session. I wanted to know how well the companies did.

I chose to do a line chart because they are easier to see the changes over small periods of time. In a line chart you can see the little changes that the companies might make. It shows how well the Washington Post did at the closing period. It shows the New York Times staying relatively the same but the Washington Post moved up and down a lot. The blue line is the New York Times. Their stock tinker is NYT.  The red line is the Wall Street Journal, which was bought by Microsoft Corporation. The Wall Street Journal stock tinker is MSFT. The orange line is the Washington Post, which was bought by Graham Holding Company. The stock tinker is GHC.

I chose to compare newspaper companies because I wanted to see how well they are doing in today’s society. Newspapers are becoming digital which means that they have to change. I was curious to see if some of the newspaper companies were able to stay afloat and become digital.

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