Apostrophe

Out of the many lessons I learned in this course I enjoyed learning the aims of writing, expressive aim, referential aim, persuasive aim, and literary aim. Although my writing experience in the military was writing papers in referential aim and persuasive aim, the reason I choose the three essays below is because they were written in expressive aim. While I was making corrections and editing these three essays, I noticed that there was one common mistake not only in these three essays, but in…

narastictic. B) Review of Main Points I) Social media is good way for people to promte what they are doing at all time II) Adding more and more friends on social media can lead to naracism. III) Social Media plays a big deal in adult’s life. C) Apostrophe: Social Media! You control our…

– My favorite Hamlet soliloquy is “To be, or not to be.” I know that this soliloquy is popular and almost cliché in a way; however, I think that this soliloquy is important and does have a large impact on the play. This soliloquy is relatable and contains a larger purpose. The speech speaks on his discontentment and possibly the reader’s. 3 – Alliteration: “Therefore I have entreated him along, with us to watch the minutes of this night.” Allusion: “In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A…

Literary Terms in Walt Whitman’s “O’Captain! My Captain!” On the surface, Whitman’s poem appears to be about a captain that died at sea after a rough voyage. Directly under the surface, however, is actually a different poem entirely. “O’Captain! My Captain!” is actually a poem about the death of President Abraham Lincoln after his victory in the Civil War. Whitman uses many literary devices to paint a dark and grief filled picture of Lincoln’s death. The way Whitman writes about Lincoln shows…

In his sonnet, “Thou Blind Man’s Mark,” Sir Philip Sidney uses an apostrophe as a way for his speaker to address their complex feelings toward the subject of desire. The speaker explains that desire has the power to both mentally and physically blind people, causing them to strive towards instant, materialistic gratification rather than true self-satisfaction. However, these feelings seem almost ironic as it appears that through discovering the true face of desire, the speaker found a new…

Reflective Essay “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time” (Thomas A. Edison). Throughout my time in English came many moments where writing another essay, completing another tool, or simply attending the class became hard to do. This was my first class that I attended here, I had freshman written all over my forehead when it took me over 20 minutes to find where I was supposed to be. As a student, I set the bar for my…

During Cesario’s quarrel with Sir Andrew outside Olivia's manor, Antonio, assuming Cesario is Sebastian, attempts to protect the man he loves. However, an officer catches Antonio who has an offense towards the Duke; Antonio then asks “Sebastian” or Cesario to help him out of this situation as previously he “snatch’d [him] one half out the jaws of death, [and] relieved him with such sanctity of love.” Cesario confused does not help him, thus Antonio’s exuberant love for Sebastian resulted in his…

paper. Revising and editing is the hardest part about writing an essay to me. Even though we do writing drills in class I still have a difficult time editing my paper and other peoples. I look through my tip advising books that include: commas, apostrophes, fragments, and tenses. When I have no one to revise and edit my paper besides me, I put my paper through editors on the internet and they usually give me useful information. Once I do the revise and edited my paper, I read through it a dozen…

Figurative language and figures of speech have two functions: first, to add vividness and immediacy; second, to interpret the object described or the attitude towards it. For example, instead of saying that a girl’s hair is black and glossy, you can stir the imagination of the reader if you say that the girl’s hair is black as a raven(simile). Examples: 1. We wouldn’t move a muscle; the room was an oven and we felt we could be roasted bread my moment. (Metaphor) 2. The river showed an insane…

Robert Frost was a well-known American poet. In Frost’s poem “Range Finding”, he uses rich and vivid language in order to paint mental images in readers’ minds. Additionally, Frost utilizes diction, rhyme, and form in a way that lets the poem flow. “Range Finding” has a relatively straightforward structure. It is laid out in the form of a sonnet. It contains fourteen lines of iambic pentameter that are split into two stanzas. The first stanza is an octave consisting of eight lines, and its rhyme…