Creative accounting

A Journey into the Mind of a Writer As I walked into her room filled with noisy students, I reminisced about the memories I had in her class. I made my way to my old desk, sat in it, and remembered the time when I fell on my butt because my friend pulled my chair out from under me. I also remembered the time when I tripped on a backpack and hit my back against the closet, causing all the trophies that were showcased on top of it to wobble, which almost fell on my head. I started to chuckle, but…

Jack Solomon is a professor of English at California State University, Northridge where he teaches literature and critical theory. Along with his graduate and undergraduate classes on popular cultural semiotics, he is often interviewed by the media for analysis of current events and trends. “The Signs of Our Time” is a book written by Jack Solomon in the year 1988 which is where the essay “Masters of Desire: The Culture of American Advertising” was taken from. It was published by Penguin Group,…

I feel my biggest success was adjusting to the idea of technical writing and implementing what I have learned. Taking this class was a bit intimidating at first. I had never been involved in a class like this and with a name like Technical Writing, it sounded very strict, difficult, and the opposite of fun. Once I started doing assignments, my whole perspective on technical writing changed and I was more successful that I thought I would be. The biggest challenge of this course would…

First semester was was filled with the essentials of writing. The things you need to know how to do like using transition words or how to mimic your introduction in your conclusion. Using transition words is a skill we all learn in elementary school, but during first semester we revisited the idea. We improved our vocabulary of transitions and learn the importance of them. So in second semester I knew this was a important thing to use in my writing. One of the pieces that I used them in was my…

I absolutely love to write. Therefore, I habitually also love to read— it’s my favorite way to understand other people and to help them understand me. When stories get written down, anyone can comprehend them, especially with a miracle like braille. Writing lets both adults and children alike communicate complex ideas and feelings that humans just can’t otherwise show— hence, why I adore words so much. My favorite example of communicating that “complex emotion” part is a book called Freaks Like…

The thesis statement is a very, very important part of the essay. In their book entitled, Writing: A College Handbook" James Heffernan, John Lincoln, and Janet Atwill clearly explains the following: "A statement of thesis answers your exploratory question and expresses the main point of your essay my making a precise, specific assertion about the topic. A thesis statement expresses your unique insight or way of explaining a subject and often forecasts how you will develop and organize your text…

A Candid Narrative Up until recently, I hated writing papers. This seems like an ironic place to confess that, but it is true. I would dread the process of staring at a blank screen until I managed to get words to finally begin flowing. More than anything, I hated the revision process. I remember once I got a rough draft back from a teacher with some harsh criticism and nearly cried in class. I always hated my writing voice, it seemed too casual, not matter-of-fact enough. I would read papers…

Road to Literacy As a literate person, I could not begin to envision a world in which I could not read or write. Literacy is such a vital part of my life, it is the backbone to everything that I am. My life was forever changed the moment I read my first picture book. Literacy enables me to create, learn, and expand my horizons and gives me the ability to have a voice. Without literacy, my life would be dull and meaningless, but with it I can do anything I set my mind to. My journey to literacy…

The general argument made by Gerald Graff in his work “Clueless in Academe How Schooling Obscures the Mind” is an evaluation on students and their ability to write- and to state their elaborate points on themes, criticism, and reflection-in a scholarly way that maintains and correlates their level of education over to a work of writing. Furthermore, he elaborates by stating that in using a template the student will demonstrate an ability to write in a scholarly way. Graff also argues that…

When writing a paper there are steps that need to be taken to have a perfect paper to be proud of. But sure there are going to be some complications and moments to give up, but not only students have trouble in the matter of fact professional writers have the same problems too. Although many authors seem to be perfect writers, they are not, they face the same problems as students do. They do not write perfect papers, as professional writers, there are going to be mistaken when writing an essay.…