Essays

first proper thesis statement I ever wrote in english class was for my Life of Pi essay. The first time I wrote it, it was awful. It was far too inside the story. Instead of discussing the general idea Martel was trying to get across, I attempted to talk about the tiger and Pi. After i had Ms. Wagner read over it and give me some ideas on how to fix it, I fixed it up, got the lesson/idea across, and thus shaped my essay quite well because of it. The finished product went as follows, “Using…

The experience I chose to use in my essay was my interaction with Wattpad and how it affected my writing. I focused not only on the functionality on the app and how I used it to enhance my writing abilities but also on the components that enabled it develop the many different communities that it possess. I used this interaction for my literary narrative because I felt as though it could effectively relate it back to a specific article in Porter's essay that had stuck out to me in the initial…

Revision of Beowulf Essay 1 The changes that I made in my original essay on Beowulf was abundant. As a matter of fact, I realized that the original format of my essay, before the corrections, enhance a reader to be confused. The original version had many comma splices, grammatical errors, and incorrect word tenses. Moreover, wrong word tenses were present like the word envious was uses when it should have been envy. Furthermore, the current changes will help a reader understand the juxtaposition…

How does one write? How does one write a whole essay, or a book, or anything, for that matter? There is a type of process to write anything. What is this process? What are the steps to help you get through this process? I have always struggled with writing essays and they’ve never come easily to me. I used to sit in my room, in the middle of the night, just staring at a screen, for what would feel like hours. Wondering, “When am I going to finish this paper, or even, start it?” The writing…

For example, in every essay I would receive a comment from either the TAs or Dr. Clermont that would say something like “Good hook!”. My favorite opening sentence is from my Discourse theory essay “Burying Bodies is a One Man Job: How ’Grass’ by Carl Sanburg Highlights the Violence Perpetrated by Humans Through Parts of Speech” which asks the audience to consider…

I chose this two essay not because I got higher grades but because they are the ones that I improved as I wrote first, second, and third drafts. For this essays, one of my most challenging parts was vocabulary. When I was writing about small thing, I used many words to explain because I didn’t have a short way to explain the word. Right now…

After reading a few essays by three different groups of people: The Doctors, the Nurses and the Patients. People hold different styles in almost every aspect in life such as types of music, clothing, colors, books, and films. So when it comes to different writing styles, then one can agree with that also. One just never thinks about it and with people having what they think is “good’ personal writing. Good personal Writing should include humor, graphic details, things I can relate to, and not…

worked on several different types of essays which included basic argument essay, rhetorical analysis, synthesis essay, and finally a reflective essay. After almost completing the course, I feel like I have grown to become a more prepared writer because of all the useful information that I have learned. I know that everything that I have learned in this semester will be useful for my future classes and work, where I will be most likely writing scholarly essays, lab reports, and so on. Through…

Literacy Essay My stomach churned with anticipation as my classmates and I gathered for an interactive reading assignment we called, popcorn reading. The most dreadful moments of my middle school career were spent in agonizing pain trying to pave my way through Ms. Orellana’s reading class. Soon I knew it would be my turn to try to muster words from a book in which I had no interest in , all while hiding the fear of reading aloud to a group of people. As the words came flowing with no…

understanding the key elements that I need to apply for English 11. Being in his class I learned how to communicate with my peers and how to get my points across in my writing. I have overtime grown as a writer and learned how to write all types of essays. His class made me fined the enjoyment of writing papers and reading books. When I was in class we would read the book and watch the moves to get a visual idea of the author plot or climax. I think that being in his class help me with passing…