Essays

As a recent graduate from high school, I believed my writing was at the top of the batch when it came to creating stories and essays based on emotions and strong opinions. However, as I process to college I feel like a fish out of water who as little knowledge that you must keep swimming to survive. I was praised by my teachers for having extraordinary detail that easily created a visual representation within their minds. Fellow students would discuss within me the options of being a writer or…

Computers’ Effect in Classrooms The essay begins with a quote from the author’s elementary-school-aged daughter about how she had thought that her lesson at school that day involving a PowerPoint was boring and it uses this to transition onto the main point and thesis statement, “The text and material covered is still the same boring grammar and spelling lessons, but the educator has altered: It is a screen.” The point Bohnhorst tries to convey in her essay is that the creativity and social…

edit my essays instead of letting someone else look at it. This class has helped me to let someone revise my essays for me. In my essays I learned to improve my writing by reading my feedback from you. The feedback has made me take the time to learn how to improve my essays. Essays are one thing that I struggle with the most. In my essays I used to struggle with using slang, contractions, and "thing". My first essay was about my favorite holiday and I had to learn to construct my essay in a…

Narrative Essay Every student is different and every student has their own story. I chose the prompt in which I would tell you about a story so central to my identity that my application would not be the same without it. However, this is a personal narrative, and I am supposed to be telling you about the real me. So, excuse me if I do not follow the prompt like I am supposed to. A story that I feel my application would not be complete without involves a treacherous journey through middle…

Writing? What is writing? Writing is more than just the stroke of your pencil. It is a way of communication, expression, and creating a whole new world entirely at your fingertips. In this essay I will introduce why I need to improve my writing skills, why others think I should not, and how writing will benefit me in my life, career, hobbies, and how I want to impact other individuals lives with my writing. Learning new writing skills is so important. Why you may ask? Well, because there is…

to explain it. This class has helped me become more confident in my writing. I was able to reinforce my strengths and reduce some of my weaknesses. I am surprised at how fast I improved in the class, from not being able to write more than one-page essay to easily write more than two pages. I know I still have to work hard to become a confident and independent…

persuasive essay. The past eight weeks, I have learned that writing enhances my communication and thinking skills, in order to give a clear view of my ideas to my readers. Writing is the main foundation upon which my skills, my knowledge, and my brainpower is measured academically and professionally. My writing process has been refined throughout this course specifically¬—choosing my topics carefully, properly researching my topics, outlining my essays for better organization, and editing my…

Throughout this semester, I have learned a lot about how to write a good essay. am not a great writer and I will never be a great writer. My writing this semester has been below average. I find my writing to be very basic and it doesn 't grab the reader’s attention. I have more weaknesses in my writing than strengths. The first thing in the writing process is to choose a topic. My topics during this semester have been ok but nothing outside the box that would grab a reader’s attention. My first…

Then I applied my new knowledge of rhetorical situations with an example from my work on my short essay. For example, in my first paper when I was explaining how there was a rhetorical situation in my short story that I wrote in my freshmen year of high school I first provided a direct quote of rhetorical situations. Then I provided background knowledge…

prepare and to write an essay I feel I’m a much improved writer. Specifically the topics covered from the first module of this course help my development. The tools to help us in our thinking and…