Expository writing

During my dream session, I worked with one of my friends, Jaclyn. Jaclyn was skeptical of the dream work process, but I told her how much I have learned about myself over the course of this semester from taking this class. Upon sharing this, she seemed to relax and was more open to the idea of sharing her dream with me. She shared this dream with me: John (her husband) and I are traveling through some big city. We’re super tired and decide to stop at a motel on our way through town. The set-up…

My first video filmed is very raw. While there are some positives to my first video I also have many negatives in which I can improve upon. To start with some positives I believe my voice projection was strong throughout the entire video. It is very important as an up and coming physical education teacher that I am loud and work on properly projecting my voice appropriate to the environment I am in. An example of a situation in which voice projection is key would be during an outdoor education…

A written assignment demonstrating your understanding of the reflective process and theories of reflection. (1500 words) Within this written assignment, is an in-depth analysis on the theory of reflection within teaching. consideration of two of the seminal theorists will be underpinned by recent applications, developments and opinions. Firstly, within teaching, reflection is the pattern of thought whereby actions are planned in order to change the outcome of a critical incident (Stenberg,…

In the essay Pierce uses numerous rhetorical devices and uses them at the right time to make the essay more effective with a condescending diction and a long and involved syntax, which also helped set the conversational tone and serious mood. This essay had numerous rhetorical devices throughout the essay, in fact there is a rhetorical device in the first line, “Once upon a time” (Pierce, Line 1), this is cliche as “Once upon a time” is very used and familiar phase and the reader knows that it…

Adapting to the World: An Argumentative Literary Analysis In today’s changing world, millions of things are being left behind in the new tech-filled world. “The Pedestrian” is a story about how Mr. Leonard Mead was very unadapted to the new world and is arrested because of all of the things he did that no one else did anymore. As the world changes everything needs to adapt to it to stay relevant. Bradbury’s concept of change in the world in “The Pedestrian” warns the reader that to survive in…

Introduction Chetan Bhagat as viewed an icon, role model and a top-class writer in the sight of the present youth. He has written seven blockbuster novels so far namely – Five Point Someone (2004), One Night @ the Call Centre (2005), The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), 2 States (2009), Revolution 2020 (2011), What Young India Wants (2012) and Half Girlfriend (2014). Interestingly all most all novels of Chetan Bhagat are associated to the lives of contemporary Indian youth. Some of the major…

A literary work exists because of society. Literature is a written work and relates to the society, they cannot be separated. Through literature, we could see how the author depicts the society and their social circumstances. Therefore, literary work is the reflection of the real life. It can describe the events in our life, and also contains the stratification which indicates that literature and society is closely related because literature expresses the situations and problems existing in…

Many times in writing authors will use symbolism so they can convey different aspects to the reader. Symbolic elements in writing could be anything from an object, a color, or even a person. In the short story “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich, there is a great deal of symbolism. The story is about two brothers of Native American descent who live on a reserve in North Dakota. The two brothers buy a Red Oldsmobile with the money they earned from their jobs and go on many adventures together…

Gaming Loved Ones within Games: Ambiguity and Power Relations in Harold Pinter’s Betrayal Introduction: Power Relations Arising from Ambiguities “A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false” (p. 11); this was how Harold Pinter (1977) expounded the role of art in exploring reality in the Introduction to his collection of works. More than forty years later, Pinter repeated this quote as he began his acceptance speech of the Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobel Media…

Paradise Lost holds some of the greatest literary elements throughout its series of books. This work, by John Milton, showcases many persuasive skills and rhetoric. Aristotle once stated that rhetoric classifies as “the ability, in each particular case, to see the available means of persuasion.” Among the three main arguments in Paradise Lost, each carry, at least, one form of Aristotle’s rhetorics: Ethos, Pathos, and/or Logos. Whether it be Eve persuading Adam, or Satan persuading Eve, each…