Writing Mystery Essay

The book I chose to read was Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes. Nikki Grimes is an American author of books written for young adults and children, as well as a journalist and a poet. She earned the honor of the Coretta Scott Notable Award. Nikki was born and raised in New York City. The book Bronx Masquerade is fiction. The setting is at a high school in the Bronx. The students did their everyday activities in their classes until they got to Mr. Ward's. In Mr. Ward's class, they studied the…

Writing 39 A is an important class, which designed to help students better analyze and understand various academic texts, the skill, which would be later essential in their future careers. I believe that this course has helped me a lot. I think my language style has improved and I started to write my texts better and clearly. One of the most important things that I have learnt in Writing 39 A class is the importance of the word choice. This class made me notice in how many different ways the…

Mistakes cannot always be seen as a negative, as you can move on and correct them to better your knowledge. From my first essay this semester to my last I have seen a vigorous amount of improvement. Not only seen in my grades, but in the way my writing has transitioned between paragraphs and topics. This has helped my work flow more and added a keen sense of intelligence. I have seen much improvement in my essays but have seen the most significant change from my first entrance essay “My season”…

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…

Look around you. Many people are going through different journeys throughout their lives. It can be big or small, but they are still going through many things with many obstacles that are set up in their way. Throughout the journey Odysseus had many obstacles to face which were caused by Gods. The God who set obstacles in his way throughout his 10 year journey was Poseidon, but it was only because of Odysseus’ actions. Odysseus had just left Kalypso island with his hand made boat to sail for…

the narration as a whole and see Changezs faults and triumphs. Hamid conveys almost a reluctant sympathy for Changez because as the reader I was against the fundamentalists but yet I wanted him most to continue in the American dream. Without the mystery as well as facts of the narration, hamid wouldn't of been able to convey his…

How I Used Public-School While reading the essay “I Just Want to be Average,” by Mike Rose, I noticed how his schooling experience was opposite of mine, there were similarities that lied within our home life, as well as coming from poverty and then making it in the end. During my time in high school, I had my own battles to fight every day, I was homeless, had a hard time finding the courage to make it through class and was stealing the bare necessities to make it week to week. I overcame this…

In the body of this essay I will examine the results of my Carl Jung and Isabel Briggs Myers’ typology personality test to not only fulfill the assignment requirements of this graduate school class but to also aide in further exploration of who I am. Ironically, on my social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram, my “About Me” section reads, “Trying to be true to myself by embracing curiosity, awareness and growth.” This is something I wrote long before “Organizational Behavior” came…

What is human versus idea/phenomenon? There are several types of literary conflicts. A literary conflict is a struggle between two or more forces shown in a story. Some conflicts include more than one concept, trend, or group. Human versus idea/phenomenon includes technology, medicine, and progress. This type of conflict creates a struggle between people and concepts or trends that are shown throughout many stories. In the essay “Money Isn’t Everything,” there is a contrast between merit and…

Throughout the ever changing history of mankind, one thing remained the same: storytelling. From paintings on a wall to stories told in the tavern, people have always enjoyed a good story. One medium of storytelling is from mythology, Tales written by authors who could have experienced the events. However like people there will always be some different interpretations that changes the story completely. An example of this is the tale of the demigod Hercules and his encounter with the dangerous…