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reflect back in the direction from which it’s approached.” (Sullivan, John Jeremiah. The Best American Essays, The Ill-Defined Plot.) In the essay “The Ill-Defined Plot” John Jeremiah Sullivan, a noted essayist, describes the problems with defining the essay and concludes he can only arrive at a working definition. First, the essay’s definition is unclear because the definition of the word Essay or essai means to try, a stab, a trial by grain, and an experiment. These multiple definitions…

Reflective essay Writing was very hard for me. There were many mistakes I made before 211, but now I feel much more comfortable writing my essay and I will be successful in Ewrt 211. Before 211, I was a writer that didn’t understand much about writing and I often made my reader confuse. Every time I had to write an essay about something for the class, I didn’t know how to organize my ideas and I didn’t know how to put them together. I jumped into writing without second thought and wrote what…

reading, I was taught to read an essay and if I don’t understand it then I reread it. Sometimes I take notes but when I do, I have a hard time picking out the main ideas and then rewriting the notes. When I’m writing an essay, I have a hard time keeping it clear for the reader to read. Strong vocabulary is also hard for me to include in my essays. I struggle with attempting to perfect my essays before they are even complete. I also build an emotional attachment to my essays causing me to take…

Semester Test In the begin of the year I took this class because I want to improve my writing. I need them to improve, so I would be ready for college level writing. Now that the semester is coming to an end I am reflecting back on the progress made. The way I approach writing as changed greatly since the beginning of this class. Before taking College Prep Writing II, I would just write a paper the way I thought it should be. After taking the class though I am now looking through my paper more…

What is an analysis essay and how does it work? Usually in English class, teacher gives out an assignment asking students to write an essay on how an author uses rhetorical devices to develop a story. In an analysis essay, writers explains how an author brings meaning to a story using rhetorical strategies and how the rhetorical strategies help the author accomplish his task. An analysis essay is not a summary but how the strategies used by an author brings out the big picture from the text.…

Treatment Preferences Concerning Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,” the many credible authors discuss the importance of understanding and sympathizing with those diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The intention of the essay was to inform and bring to light the more controversial side of ADHD. Through pathos, ethos, and logos the authors reach out to the intended audience, not researchers, but rather parents of kids who suffer from ADHD and teachers who try to…

reading and writing classes, because they have not been told what will be expected from them. In college, the instructors will want a well written essay, and many students do not know how to do give them that. When first starting college, I was one of those unprepared students when it came to writing a strong essay. I faced many problems when writing essays; I did not plan what I wanted to be said in my body paragraphs, as well as using quotes off the internet without plagiarizing. In high…

demonstrate something. While writing your essay, you must question yourself such as what do you want your audience to do, feel or think, and what are the best ways to achieve your purpose? Audience is also a big factor in all format of writings. A writer must know whom he/she want to reach, and how much do his/her audiences know about the topic he/she is writing about. The genre is one of the most important elements in writings. Genre could be anything. Essays, emails, notes, and speeches are…

grades on my essays say differently. After looking over my essays, I noticed that I have become better with using evidence to support my papers. This, to me, is my best accomplishment. I have also improved on my word choice, organization, and how I use my quotes. If you were to compare the first paper I wrote to the last paper I wrote, I feel as though it would be obvious on how much my organization has improved. Over the semester, I found that the hardest part of all of the essays that I have…

Self-reflective Essay While in the class this past ten weeks, I’ve learned quite a lot. It’s been a long time since I’ve had to take an English class that I had to write so much. Week after week, there were so many writing assignments. Each week we had to read an article and answer questions on that article through the discussion board on the college blackboard. After posting your answers, then you had to respond to two other classmates’ answers. Each week we also had to read an editorial…