Personal Essay

skills we learned about before. Learning how to read like a writer was especially frustrating for me. I usually never care about the way an essay is written; I mostly only pay attention to the message. As we were learning how to read like writers, I found myself getting thinking that the whole concept seemed pedantic. I thought if a writer has written an essay, shouldn't we spend time dissecting that message and debating it instead of worrying about word choice and transitions? Through doing…

The essay The Better For My Foes written by Elouise Bell. Bell emphasizes the importance of opposition. Relaying common mistakes Americans and Mormons participate in deeming all opposition as pure evil. Bell draws a light on personal and intellectual growth that can be erected from opposition, but demonstrates the consequences of asserting it. Agonism In The Academy by Deborah Tannen reveals the weak link in the educational system. Portraying the combat like atmosphere encouraged and exposing…

in many situations where we hit and run, but we miss. Meaning we would get the process but miss the general idea that serves as the powerhouse to the entire essay. College writing changes everything we have learned and observed in the past. I know college writing is trying to make the student dig into their theories and ideas to make an essay that changes the word of the entire article we use as a source. Sommer’s stated, “ If I could teach my students one lesson about writing it would be to…

totally confused how to reach a college level of writing skills and practices. Then I slowly started to learn the correct way to setup an efficient personal writing method that I felt comfortable using but did not overwhelm myself with the amount of work at once. To forge this personal writing process, I had to learn the correct way to organize an essay, write a well developed thesis, cite scholarly sources I used, and use appropriate evidence from them. With this process it also taught me how…

found before the writer writes, but often found after they have decided to start writing. While both styles in both approaches in the writing of these same-title essays “Why I Write” are pervasive and convey…

To be honest, I had no ideas about how to start and what can I say in my essay when I received WA#2 sheet, mainly because Michel Foucault was talking about prison and its history, things that I am not familiar with. Writing something unfamiliar will be a hard work for me, so I decided to relate the idea of Michel Foucault to my life. The first thing came up to my minds when I think about discipline and punishment was Student code of Conduct, a written “law” dominated my whole high school…

1. On the first day of class, the Prof Khan gave us write a diagnostic essay to see where we stood from a writing point. Next, we gave all gave a small introduction of ourselves. Furthermore, we had a small debate about Donald Trump. In the debate we questioned Trump’s motives while running for president. After the discussing about Trump, Prof Khan gave us a sheet on “Thinking and Writing”. On that sheet it had this written on it “How to say something worth saying about something worth…

Evaluative Essay This course was originally designed to teach students about being an English Major. It was created to be that first stepping stone towards graduating with a Major in English. While I was never an English Major, I did expect this class to be an easy course. As the semester progressed I realized that there was more to being an English Major than simply writing essays. I would like to preface this essay by saying that this class has most definitely helped me with my major…

because the zoo owner is lying about the authenticity of his animals and giving the children an unrealistic experience. These texts didn’t assist with my essays because they are narrative and fictitious, and these were not the genres of the assignments I completed; but they did help me understand literary elements and analyzing texts. These essays both dealt with animals’ relationship with humans, one with the absence of humans and one with the absence of…

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