Creative nonfiction

In August, at the beginning of the semester, I considered myself a thoroughly terrible writer. With time and practice, though, I have gradually gained confidence and skill. Throughout high school, I have assumed that I am a decent reader, with my average expectations; however, I have constantly struggled with translating what I know into intelligible phrases like my peers in gifted English seem to do with ease. Insecurity has always gone hand-in-hand with my writing- not because I am unwilling…

Literature is a mirror of humanity and its condition, but additionally, as said by literary critic Roland Barthes, “Literature is a question minus the answer”. The questions posed in literature keeps the reader wanting to know more and makes the reading experience more enjoyable. People would not have to think about what they are reading if they are never forced to try and find the answer to an unanswered question; however, which questions the author presents often separates the decent writers…

When it comes to Composition 1, I learned a lot. In the beginning I wanted to learn how to become a better and creative writer. I also wanted to learn how to come up with topics and write about them easier. One last very important thing that I wanted to learn was how to prepare myself for college next year. After finishing Composition 1, I can say that I did accomplish all of those goals. I accomplished my goals because I worked really hard and focused on every single paper. In the beginning,…

Organization is an integral part of writing an essay. Without organization, ideas will be jumbled and the argument will be unclear. As a writer in English 101, I learned how to structure my essays and how to organize my thoughts in a way that strengthens my arguments. English 101 greatly helped me advance as a writer. Before this class, I would never add my own voice into my papers; however, throughout the course of the semester, I learned to draw from my own experiences and integrate those…

Bildungsroman is a novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character. In life we don’t thrive when things are facile; we thrive when we face challenges. Life greatest moments are usually learned at the lowest times and from the worst mistakes. In the Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, demonstrates the evolution of the protagonist as he goes through the struggles during racial times in the 1950’s. Crash Course describes the struggle of the narrator and how, “at every turn, the…

While both the Extended Short Course Essay and the Think Piece have their own respective advantages and disadvantages, I found that the Think Piece was more enjoyable to write. The biggest similarity between the Extended Short Course Essay and the Think Piece is the content. While the language, voice, and discourse varied between the pieces, the points that I made were relatively the same in both of the pieces. In both of the Extended Short Course Essay and the Think Piece I supported my points…

Throughout the entirety of this English 101 course, I have seen my skills as a writer grow. In the beginning of the school year, my writing fell short of my expectations, but as I continued to work and learn the principles of writing, I have written papers that I am proud to say are mine. Among the aspects of my writing I have improved, the best strives are seen within my my counter arguments and overall strength and coherency of my papers. To begin, when looking at a paper I wrote in August on…

When sadness overcomes people, they often devote themselves to literature to focus on another world. Helping them to get over their own sorrow, they read poems such as “The Raven”. Those poems are very popular and loved for such a long time. The reason for that is that people read it and the poem makes them feel something, it makes them think or it helps them in a hard time. One example for that is “The Raven”. The poem is written by Edgar Allan Poe and focuses on grief, sorrow and death. The…

There are many differences between “Me Talk Pretty One Day” and “One Last Time” First, “One Last Time” is very serious and the characters are poor while “Me Talk Pretty One Day” is very upbeat and hopeful. Secondly, “One Last Time” is talking about something much more serious than learning french from a mean teacher. Lastly, “Me Talk Pretty One Day” he finds it imperative to learn french while in “One Last Time” their priorities are more important. They are also similar in many ways. First, they…

Argumentation Techniques Brian Tracy often uses anecdotes as his types of evidence and rarely uses proven statistics. He follows the same pattern for all of his chapters in the book, causing it to be very repetitive. He will first motivate the reader by reminding them of their potential and abilities. He may begin a chapter by saying that “You were born to do something wonderful with your life” (Tracy 116). A short inspirational paragraph that uses the appeal to flattery fallacy usually…