English women writers

it seemed too casual, not matter-of-fact enough. I would read papers from authors like David Sedaris and learn to hate my writing style because it was not theirs. I did not see the power it held until junior year of high school. My junior year English teacher had one of the worst reputations in the school. At any given…

The general argument made by Gerald Graff in his work “Clueless in Academe How Schooling Obscures the Mind” is an evaluation on students and their ability to write- and to state their elaborate points on themes, criticism, and reflection-in a scholarly way that maintains and correlates their level of education over to a work of writing. Furthermore, he elaborates by stating that in using a template the student will demonstrate an ability to write in a scholarly way. Graff also argues that…

students have trouble in the matter of fact professional writers have the same problems too. Although many authors seem to be perfect writers, they are not, they face the same problems as students do. They do not write perfect papers, as professional writers, there are going to be mistaken when writing an essay. Anne LaMott in her essay “Shitty First Drafts” she believes that every good writer or writer should write a shitty first draft because the writer will produce a better second draft and…

Tatianna Baker Ghost Boy Reflection Ghost Boy is written as a journey, which the reader takes along with the writer. The journey gives a vivid picture of what an individual with physical limitations goes through and how AAC can truly change one's life. Having the opportunity to read this book this semester has opened my eyes to the life these individuals live and has shown me how important our job as a speech pathologist can be. Before reading this book I hadn’t put much thought into…

by their definitive meanings, but by a series of questions considered in the early stages of writing; what do I want to say, how do I want to say it, and who do I want to say it to? To these questions there are no clear-cut answers, empowering the writer to explore a variety of topics. It is important to understand that genre, audience, and rhetorical situation are not considered in a sequential order, nor are they exclusive to planning. In fact, the development of new ideas can occur in any…

It is not the person who delivers the speech that determines the speech’s success; it is the confidence, determination, and skill with which they speak it. Every experienced writer and speaker knows the importance of using literary devices in one’s argumentative work, and Martin Luther King Jr. was evidence of this statement. Through the entirety of his speech, “Beyond Vietnam- A Time To Break Silence,” Dr. King used multiple literary tools to enhance his argument that the United States should…

During the Common Sense Reading, I was so inspired by these writers vivid imageries that I not only took notes of what they said, but what I saw in my own head. I was incorporating images that came into my mind as the poet's words were slipping around me. I wrote down phrases that seemed important to both me and the poet. I began to realize that there was a repetition, not only in individuals poems but a theme that was included in all three. Bones littered my page besides the words. Death, and…

Thinking deeply about the arbitrary and conventional nature of language and the importance and power of rhetorical strategy impacts my understanding of the writing act. It would help me to understand what I’m reading better. Also, it would be more clear to read the essay than the one without the rhetorical strategy. Rhetorical strategies are Logos, Pathos, Ethos and the essay will be based on one of the appeals. I would know if the essay is about logos it would be something based on logic so it…

an audience, purposes, or a setting interact with the main component to create an effective writing. In Aristotle’s Rhetorical Situation, writers also use the rhetorical concept to create an organizational and a clear context to appeal the purposes that necessary to develop a well-written text. Thus, to use the rhetorical analysis effectively, this refers writers have to understand and recognize the rhetorical situation, the context, or the purpose of the…

The first sentence paragraph can be an effective tool that can illustrated the core message of the essay. The purpose of beginning paragraph is illustrate the core message of the topic; its either informative, descriptive or narrator. Once the purpose has been set, next the author must illustrate to audience the thesis/theme; which is usual done with a sentence or two. In this article the author decide to use a one-sentence to paragraph as both the introduction and as the thesis/theme. The…