Essays

It was the day before the paragraphs were do and I had no idea what I wanted to do. I couldn’t think of anything to write for my personal essay. On every other essay, they have a guideline or things you must follow but with personal essays you get to write about whatever you want if it has a message. My message for personal essays is that they can go die in a hole. I hate having to choose a topic and write about it. It was the Tuesday right before Thanksgiving break and I was having a good day…

the importance of this learning outcome. I chose to focus on this particular learning outcome because it was the most difficult essay for me to create. While writing this essay it was difficult for me to understand and reciprocate the opposing viewpoint. Understanding an unfamiliar idea and giving ideas for or against a topic is key to creating a fluent argumentative essay. It must collaborate your own ideas along with viewpoints that you have researched in a concise manner. The application of…

Compare and Contrast Essay Today, there are two different ways that you can write an essay. The first option is on paper. Most people utilize paper every day. You can write down phone numbers, make notes, write important notes or write an essay. But the second way you don't even have to use paper and you can still in an accelerated, organized, fashion. That way is a computer. Once you become comfortable to typing on a laptop you can write a neat, clean essay in a day. On the other hand,…

Critical Analysis Is structure important when we write our essay and will our essay be polished without a structure? This essay is based on one of the argumentative essays that I did for one of my subject, Language, Culture and Society. I had to go through an article entitled “There is no proper English” and state whether I agreed or disagreed with Oliver Kamm. I personally did agree with some parts of his article and disagreed with other parts because it didn’t feel right to me. I…

interesting essay. Though this class didn 't require much research, it taught me how to write an interesting essay. Most of the time the professor gave us the decision to write whatever we wanted to write on. There might been some times where he wanted us to write a specific topic, but still had the chance to write whatever we wanted within the topic. Most papers were 4-7 pages, and because we had the choice to write what we desire, it became easy to get the required amount. Being most of our…

In this essay, I evaluated the persuasive techniques in a CoverGirl advertisement. In my claim statement regarding the advertisement, said that I CoverGirl had designed a successful advertisement by using proper placement, emotional connection, and celebrity endorsement. I do feel pride in my claim statement, for the ad I was analyzing strongly use all these techniques. The aspects I would revise my claim statement would be italicizing the magazine’s name that I found my advertisement. When I…

The concluding paragraph is the grand finale to writing a paper. They have the power to make professors stop and think “wow, that was an overall strong paper” or “wow, that went downhill quick.” After writing my essays this semester for Writing 102, I believe that my conclusions most likely evoked the second response. Usually my conclusions tend to stray off-topic, or when I attempt to write a creative opening sentence in my conclusion, it does not relate to my paper at all; therefore, it leaves…

Overall I felt like this essay was the funnest and hardest essay to write. I enjoyed that I had the freedom to analyze anything such as a video, commercial, or picture. Therefore it allowed me to choose a topic that actually enjoy and write about it. I also thought it was quite relevant because in today’s technological world the use of ads is everywhere. I see them used on the tv, radio, and internet. In addition the ads and videos I saw were all based on current problems or current events,…

I achieved this with my reflective essay. In the reflective essay, I reviewed my work throughout the semester. I explained how my different writing pieces and satisfy all four learning objectives of the course and reflected upon how I can improve and can use what I learned in the future. Additionally…

In the essay exam, I chose “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “I heard a Fly buzz” and compared their use of setting. Following the advice mentioned in class, I pre-wrote two outlines of the five protentional essay questions, which is similar to the structure of the sample essay in our text book. It worked well because I have the same question in the essay exam. I saved a lot time on choosing the question and organizing my essay structure. I looked for additional info on the Internet as well. Since I…