Personal Essay

An essay is a powerful tool to broadcast personal thought and deliver opinions from writer to readers. Shall we generate an ideal framework in literature education for the students to help them write a “perfect” essay? A Grant MacEwan award-winning novelist, Fred Stenson, published the article “In Search of a Modest Proposal” in 2004 on Alberta Views, in which he argued that current curriculum of literature education diminish the creativity and personality of students. The author initiated his…

and repetition. I have also learned how to distinguish the difference between a personal essay and an argumentative essay with first hand on the two types and how why my grade differed from essay one and two. During writing I run into problems with coming up with a thesis; the trouble with this is that I almost always confuse what a thesis statement is and I don’t specifically identify my stance within the essay. I do not have problems with reaching page length but with that I come across…

For the past four months, I have been participating in Professor Beadle’s English 115 class in hopes of improving my writing skills throughout the multiple essays and assignments that have been given to us. Looking forward to reach this personal goal of mine, I took the time to focus on each essay individually and seek out the resources that would help me earn a good grade. Over the semester, the course revolved around the topic of monsters which was used throughout three projects: Project Space…

I have developed strong writing skills throughout the semester; any pieces of writing I have written have improved every time. Looking back at my essay and revising them to be placed in my portfolio, I saw where my weaknesses were and where my strengths were. Just by reading my past essays, I noticed how I have grown as a writer. While plagiarism percentage wasn’t an issue and transitional words were my specialty, using broader vocabulary, staying on one point of view, focusing on my main idea,…

My Bad Writing Habits Noted in Robert’s Essay No one writer is without writing mistakes, or what one may call “bad writing habits”. Reading through essays, one can wonder that even expert essay writers are not all that perfect. Although this is an issue that partly relies on individual judgment, the different ways in which people perceive phenomenon, their experiences, backgrounds and all other personal preferences. There are generally universally acceptable standards that are used to gauge a…

Writing a persuasive essay can be done in various ways. In Libby Hill’s essay “Calvin and Hobbes: The Voice of the Lonely Child”, she uses methods such as emotional appeal and testimony to connect to her readers. In Melissa Rubin’s essay, “Advertisements R Us”, she uses a very different approach as to how she persuades her reader. Rubin concentrates on logical appeal and historical facts to prove her claims. Both of these essays present reasonable arguments in different techniques as to what…

In the essay entitled “George Orwell…Meet Mark Zuckerberg”, Lori Andrews discusses the malicious power of data aggregation and targeted advertising, and its immorality. She highlights the dangers of companies tailoring to specific demographics, and through her writing style, attempts at building trust with her readers. Andrews argues that the techniques used in targeted advertising and data aggregation are immoral, however she employs similar tactics to make her point. Andrews caters to a…

Reflecting WRTG 101 Writing has always been a personal experience for me. I have pages and pages of journal entries from various times throughout my life. Writing used to be an outlet for me to get the thoughts out of my head that I didn’t quite understand, or even a way to freeze a moment in time. My writing has always had such a personal voice on it that I would get negative remarks through high school. The teacher would tell me, “amazing writing, but you write as if you are speaking”. In…

tone! In your writing, I can definitely tell that you are a very opinionated person and you managed to analyze every evidences in the essay. Honestly, the topic of this essay “The Trouble With Self-Esteem” did catch my attention. However, I am just wondering how trouble can it be for self-esteem? Why Self-Esteem matters? Is it a mentality issue? It should be a personal well-being concern! To me, self-esteem is how much a person defines himself or herself and the value within a person. In all…

and interpret essays and stories. Throughout the entire 39A course, I also met new friends and a great professor who gave me advice to fix and add more details on my essay. And now is my story when I were first time stepping into the class. I thought this course would be similar to what I have learned how to write in Academic English. The theme of the course is totally different with Academic English. Writing 39A is about imitating someone and using observation to write up an essay. Grammar and…