Cover Letter
My essay is about what I believe a hero can be. Many people believe heroes are the people in movies running around in tights, or the people who sacrifice everything, but I believe a hero is someone who can be a simple savior in any everyday situation. My audience is anyone who wants to know what I believe being a hero is. Since the definition can be very scattered, this essay was written to say that being a hero is situational. My genre is motivational because I want everyone to know that they have the ability to be a hero. You don’t have to sacrifice a lot, nor try and be a vigilante. One of the challenges I had was trying to come up with an appropriate experience to write about based on the prompts we were given. Once I chose …show more content…
During peer review, we both realized we didn’t use the exact format for the essay, so I had to rewrite my introduction and conclusion. He also said that I described things thoroughly but didn’t use telling details as well as I could. Overall, the essay was a good look back on my life for me and I enjoyed writing it.
Sidney Taylor-Reynolds
Vicki Amour-Hileman
English 1101
2 September 2015
What it Means to Be a Hero It was an average Wednesday night at church. I showed up promptly at 6:20 pm, clock in at 6:30, and greet parents and their children as they come in to be dropped off. Around 7pm, I was coloring a picture of Jonah inside a whale with some little girls, while a decent number of kids played on the “Tree of Life” playground. A calmness filled the air and set the tone for the night. As I sat the coloring, a speech my friend gave earlier in the day kept rolling in inside my head. It was about the young girl, Malala Yousafzai, and how she is an activist, the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and an international hero. At a very young age (11) she began giving speeches on how the Taliban couldn’t
My essay is about what I believe a hero can be. Many people believe heroes are the people in movies running around in tights, or the people who sacrifice everything, but I believe a hero is someone who can be a simple savior in any everyday situation. My audience is anyone who wants to know what I believe being a hero is. Since the definition can be very scattered, this essay was written to say that being a hero is situational. My genre is motivational because I want everyone to know that they have the ability to be a hero. You don’t have to sacrifice a lot, nor try and be a vigilante. One of the challenges I had was trying to come up with an appropriate experience to write about based on the prompts we were given. Once I chose …show more content…
During peer review, we both realized we didn’t use the exact format for the essay, so I had to rewrite my introduction and conclusion. He also said that I described things thoroughly but didn’t use telling details as well as I could. Overall, the essay was a good look back on my life for me and I enjoyed writing it.
Sidney Taylor-Reynolds
Vicki Amour-Hileman
English 1101
2 September 2015
What it Means to Be a Hero It was an average Wednesday night at church. I showed up promptly at 6:20 pm, clock in at 6:30, and greet parents and their children as they come in to be dropped off. Around 7pm, I was coloring a picture of Jonah inside a whale with some little girls, while a decent number of kids played on the “Tree of Life” playground. A calmness filled the air and set the tone for the night. As I sat the coloring, a speech my friend gave earlier in the day kept rolling in inside my head. It was about the young girl, Malala Yousafzai, and how she is an activist, the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and an international hero. At a very young age (11) she began giving speeches on how the Taliban couldn’t