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    Dorothy Parker Analysis

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    Her reviews of others work showcase her blunt attitude and scathing wit. Her early writing style most often employed sarcasm and a tentative balance between romantic and flippant. “Indian Summer”, one of Parkers better known poems, is about her transition from a young lady willing to subject herself to the sexism of the early 1900’s, to…

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    become outdated. She believes that the writer today resembles that of a programmer. In conjunction with this, Goldsmith states in his article “It’s Not Plagiarism. In The Digital Age, It’s ‘Repurposing’” that writers are exploring different ways of writing, including: “word processing, databasing, recycling, appropriation, intentional plagiarism, identity ciphering, and intensive programming, to name just a few”…

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    Finkelstein, Sidney. "Cold War, Religious Revival and Family Alienation: William Styron, J. D. Salinger and Edward Albee." Contemporary Literary Criticism, edited by Lawrence J. Trudeau, vol. 378, Gale, 2015. Literature Resource Center,. Accessed 16 May 2017. Originally published in Existentialism and Alienation in American Literature, International, 1965, pp. 211-242. As Sidney Finkelstein is a professor at Dartmouth University, has published twenty books and eighty articles, and has papers…

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    While reading Ender’s Game, I was responsible for tracking Valentine’s character development throughout the course of the novel. By doing this, I learned about what kind of character Valentine is and I learned about her personality. For my body biography of Valentine, my first symbol is a heart to symbolize how she is a loving and caring person, especially when something involves her brother Ender. Valentine’s love for Ender plays a major role in the novel. I placed the heart symbol on her chest…

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    Siddhartha Biography

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    Hermann Hesse a German- Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. Born on July 2, 1877, in Calw, Württemberg, Germany to his mother, Marie and his father, Johannes. His parents were of European ancestry and did much of their missionary work in India. At a young age, he was expected to pursue a career in religion. But he was very interested in his poetry and literature. After finishing schooling in 1893, he found a bookstore, antique store and a clock tower factory. This is when he pursued his poetry.…

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    better. All writers struggle to write shitty first drafts, but they never give up. After you’re done reading the first draft, start revising your first draft then begin to structure into the second draft. For example, She describes how when she was writing food reviews for California, the only way to complete the reviews was to first write a shitty first draft. On third drafts, you really focus on your purpose, voice, and grammar. She said that is okay to write shitty first drafts, then you can…

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    Writing Reflection 3- Harvard Implicit Association Tests Kiera R. Fry Texas State University The entire test taking experience was an eye opener for me. My results were the complete opposite of what I thought it was going to be. The setup of the test definitely took me by surprise. I was expecting the test to be a questionnaire. When I first started the test, I was to focused on not messing up. I thought if I messed up then it would have a negative effect on my results.…

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    The article “Teach Writing as a Process Not Product” by Donald M. Murray talks about how teaching writing as a product is ineffective, and that teachers should be teaching writing as a process. The article’s purpose is to persuade teachers to teach writing as a process instead of a product. The article “Reading and Writing with Purpose: In and Out of School” focuses on the emergence of informal learning, and what teachers can do to bring informal learning into the classroom. The article’s…

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    teaching style was. Being in GSW 1110 my senior year of high school has taught me so many things and made me become a better writer as well as getting me ready for my future college classes and my future career. This class has bettered me in my writing abilities as well as my ability to do better research. I have learned many things throughout my semester in GSW 1110 such as counterarguments, different…

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    really like the sound of a writing class. In high school, my writing skills were average and my grades in my English classes reflected that. When reviewing the syllabus for this course, prior to the semester, the sound of five pages essays really made me sick to my stomach. At the time, I wanted to possibly try to just skip the class somehow, but instead, I decided just to get it over with already. This was probably the best choice that I’ve made this semester. My writing skills have really…

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