Overall the essays that we have read this semester have been good. There are a few essays in particular that I think benefited me the most was “The Time to Act I Now” written by Al Gore, “Just Walk on By” written by Brent Staples, and the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” written by Martin Luther King. These essays have benefited me in a numerous amount of ways in which I am going to explain how their writing styles helped me become a better writer. Staples helped me a lot in which he taught me to explain my reasoning fully so that the audience know exactly what I am talking about. Another thing that Staples taught me was to explain the setting of the story in full detail so the readers can visualize what’s actually happening in the story this
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Martin Luther King. King taught me how to address a controversial topic in order to help that greater good of a community. This showed me how writing can have a big effect on the world as many problems can be addressed in writing and not in a public speech. King also taught me to never be afraid to say something in an essay and that everything that you talk about in an essay helps the readers get to know you a little bit more than they already did. This taught me how when you say what you actually feel in a story, it gives the story more meaning instead of you just write something that it’s true or sugarcoated. “When King said we have wait 340 years for our constructional and God-given right” (515). King uses strong words in that he talks about the dark times that African- American had to endure during slavery and during segregation in the south. This gives the content of the story value to it as it shows the dark past of America. King also taught me that I need to speak with conviction that way the message of your story is understood and there is no confusion in what you are talking about. King spoke with a lot of conviction when he was talking to the white moderates, in which helped him to try and persuade the white moderates to support the black
Martin Luther King. King taught me how to address a controversial topic in order to help that greater good of a community. This showed me how writing can have a big effect on the world as many problems can be addressed in writing and not in a public speech. King also taught me to never be afraid to say something in an essay and that everything that you talk about in an essay helps the readers get to know you a little bit more than they already did. This taught me how when you say what you actually feel in a story, it gives the story more meaning instead of you just write something that it’s true or sugarcoated. “When King said we have wait 340 years for our constructional and God-given right” (515). King uses strong words in that he talks about the dark times that African- American had to endure during slavery and during segregation in the south. This gives the content of the story value to it as it shows the dark past of America. King also taught me that I need to speak with conviction that way the message of your story is understood and there is no confusion in what you are talking about. King spoke with a lot of conviction when he was talking to the white moderates, in which helped him to try and persuade the white moderates to support the black