Calvaresi. This was the kind of odd creativity he encouraged and allowed us to have when doing our spelling homework. He told us to make our sentences as creative as possible. He definitely helped influence me to be a more creative and expressive writer. This all started at the beginning of fifth grade when we were first assigned to write three excellent sentences using our spelling words. I started out not really caring about the sentences and added details, but not much creativity. Instead of…
describe this woman. I had to interpret things on my own, it was very difficult at first because I had been spoon feed the details and the underlying meanings. This time I had to create those underlying details and become a creative writer. This sparked my interest again as a writer because I actually loved what I was writing about. I wrote about my time, my mother, my childhood, and songs that described me. Through that writing Mrs. Witteman had me do, it made me feel powerful. I gained a new…
assignments help me discover that I am not behind at all and that nothing that you write about is wrong in any sense. The class helped me over come writers block. The assignments were all unique and fun to finish. However, all the assignment had some sort of challenge. The biggest and most common challenge with the assignments would be overcoming writers block. Most of the assignments took me over four hours due to the…
different steps in the writing process. The two steps that I have a struggle with are the revision and editing portions. I believe with time and experience these elements will become second nature to me. When I conquer these elements, I will be a great writer and my relationship to writing will be easy and…
six feet under. “Battles are lost in the same spirit they are won,” in the same spirit there are winner and looser. When reading poems, you have an idea of what the writer is trying to contrast but when you writing freestyle verse poems, any reader can come up with different perspective of what the writer is aim for. Only the writer knows what message they are portraying and this is how Walt Whitman wrote his poems. During last days of Whitman’s life, he wrote two poems called “Sands at Seventy”…
Are Students Necessary to Take Writing Intensive Class? What do you think about writing intensive? Words, essays, or reports? How do you think about writing intensive class? It is good for students or a challenge. Writing intensive course is a class for students to develop their writings with promoting students’ abilities to write. In California state university system, writing intensive is a class students need to meet the graduation requirement. Students might be necessary to take the writing…
Hello Gerasimos, when I first read your topic, I had so many suggestions for you but then I realized that you pretty much covered everything and more in your outline. I like how detailed your outline is. You have a clear sense of what message or argument you plan to convey through your essay. I was able to understand where you are heading to with your main ideas and thesis statement. Though, I have few suggestions that might be accurate and work well for you. • You may want to work on your…
the writer uses the various approaches to distinguish his writings from others. Rhetorical analysis is one of the best tools in writing which makes an essay more entertaining and persuasive. That is why I have revised my project two in order to show that I have the clear understanding of the topic and I know that how the thesis and the rhetorical choices made makes an essay persuasive and effective. I have now the good knowledge that how to analyze an essay and identify approaches the writer…
I write this correspondence as a means to convey my feelings regarding the matter of my personal growth as a writer. My goals, though simple in nature, were mainly to finish the required writing on time and with great haste. I think I may have successfully managed that much and even more gained an enhanced understanding a rhetoric. Mostly with the earlier assignments of weekly writing was where I felt I tried much harder to write something I was proud of. To accomplish my goal of writing the…
AN ENJOYABLE READ and also very intellectual, How to Read literature like a professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas Foster has now turned into one of my favorite reads. Not only is it informal, it also has an upbeat style that makes you want to continue reading. Throughout this novel I learned a multitude of ideas and helpful tips. While reading, Foster not only creates a question to ask yourself, but also explains his reasoning. A few things I…