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In all honesty, if one of the members of my freshman class were to ask me for a book recommendation next year, I’ll admit that I’d have trouble deciding what to recommend. At first I’d be worried about which route I should go: gratifying young adult romance novels or something thought-provoking that would impact them, and perhaps, change them for the better? Then, I would realize that I can choose both. With that, I would recommend Oscar Wilde’s The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray, Michael…

Having Faith in Our Dreams Will Develop Our Grit English is my second language. I have good skills in speaking, reading, and writing. I know and memorize a reasonable amount of vocabulary, but this is the first time I heard the word GRIT. Never heard of it before. I heard it for the first time in the short video I watched, “Angela Lee Duckworth: The key to success? Grit”. Every culture has its own special ways to encourage the individual how to be a determined and not to give up when…

Grit has been identified as a significant predictor of success. Describe a situation in your life that truly demonstrated a unique degree of grit. Why were you so motivated? What did you learn from the experience? 1. Edit! Make sure to use spellcheck and have someone else read your essay before submitting it. 2. Share something with us we haven’t seen in the rest of your application. 3. Don’t be afraid to get creative. Tell us a story. 4. Your essay should be approximately 500 words. “I…

For most students, the problem with writing is that it takes a lot more mental effort and time than some most tasks so understandably they don't want to do it. I have mixed feelings about writing. I feel like once I sit down to start writing, I either have way too much to say, or too little. When I have a lot to say, writing becomes frustrating because I try to get all of my thoughts out quickly, but it is difficult to do that but still make the writing flow and be enjoyable to read. When I have…

Experiences I had working as an apprentice to my brother, James, and my subsequent running away resulted in my finding independence and establishing myself as a cool bean. When I was twelve, I was apprenticed to my brother, James, who was a printer; he started publishing The New England Courant when I was fifteen. Though I wanted to write for the paper, my brother rejected anything I submitted under my own name. Deciding that using a pen name would be the best way to get my writing in the paper,…

My writing has developed better throughout the years. When it came to my writing there were many problems that I had to face to become successful. When I began writing I was struggling to figure out how to put my words together in an essay, which was grammar, organization, and focus. I had good ideas for my writing but not enough focus, communication, and explanation. People who read my paper could not understand what I was writing about, which was a problem. My writing was not that good at that…

Senior year I devised an 8-page research paper on why the effects of anesthetics on children are too harmful on their brains. As I read today, I kept on relating what it was saying to the process I used to create my research essay. I used the same process to set out criteria, judge it, analyze it, and then write the actual argument. • Narrative Arguments The upside down triangle in the beginning of this chapter helped me to understand what the author was trying to convey…

Writing Reflection Writing is like a complicated journey of emotion and feeling. As a writer I am like worm in a cocoon waiting to become free and reach my full potential as a writer. In the past semester some specific areas as a writer, which I have improved at Chaminade for the past two years would be my ability to write and analyze text, finding different meaning hidden within texts. I have also improved at explaining why things are the way they are in texts and backing up my opinions with…

Over the past three months, class ENC1101 has taught me some major lessons in English writing. My expectation coming into this class was to become a better writer, at least in my eyes. The different writing assignments were helpful to me using research and asking questions when I was stuck. My progression has included me writing essays, MLA format as well as discussing classmate’s papers, and becoming open to others criticisms about my work. Most importantly I have learned how important English…

In Donald Murrays article “The Maker's Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscript,” he explains that after a writer finishes their draft, the writing process really begins. This is the difference between skilled writers and beginning writers. Murray then talks about how editing and making changes to your draft is when a writer discovers the true meaning to their work and how they want it to be expressed. The main purpose of this article is to show the readers how important revising is in building up your…