Paper Bag Records

shoes while reading a paper. The compare/contrast essay was a little difficult because I didn’t know what to write about. The group activity that we participated in class helped me to develop an idea about what to write about. The activity was comparing two people’s likes and dislikes that acted like a brainstorming session. The summary essay was a little easier because it only had to be one page. However there contained a lot of information and ideas addressed in the paper “Letter from…

As part of my communications course I have to produce a personal writing essay. My personal writing will be about something that has changed my outlook on life. Like the start of most years I was trying to stick to a new year’s resolution which I found hard straight from the start as I had no drive or determination what so ever. When on the 8th of January everything for me changed as I started to develop a weird sensation in my face and mouth. As most males my age I just choose to ignore it and…

asked to find the paper using the citation provided rather than having a copy of the paper posted on the D2L website in order to familiarize ourselves with how to interpret citations, since it is critical to understand what information (for example: title, author, publishing date) is provided within the citation, and also to get a sense of how the Ryerson online library site operates, along with the various resources offered on the library site. 2. The legal reason as to why the paper was not…

A research paper was given as assignment in my English class. This research activity weights a good percentage of the final grade. Although I have done research papers for previous classes, this project has become special for me because I’m trying to demonstrate to myself how well prepared I am, and also it’s the opportunity to show the abilities attained in previous courses during my time in BCC. Certainly I have to admit that due to all information that I have to compile, this research…

Joan Didion in the article, “On Keeping a Notebook,” explains that keeping a notebook is very different than keeping a journal. Didion supports her explanation by giving examples of what she wrote in her notebook, and explaining why she wrote those things. The author’s purpose is to inform, in order to let her audience know that keeping a notebook is important. The author writes in an informal tone for the audience. Joan Didion writes using pathos, ethos, and rhetorical devices. Throughout her…

When it comes to writing; I have never really had a preferred method or process. For the most part I usually just try to force ideas out onto paper in a somewhat organized manner. I have always had a serious problem with procrastination and staying on subject, so if I do not find myself interested in what I am learning I always seem to zone out. Even when it comes to subjects I enjoy writing has never captivated my interest, and when I do manage to write something it is always terribly…

As I recall, the earliest experiences I had was with my mother reading to me. She used to read me books like Cat in the Hat, the Three Little Pigs, Humpty Dumpty and the Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. These books were read to me before bedtime. I remember these books because my mother always had some type of action that goes along with that the characters where doing in the book. Oftentimes, she would follow the reading of the book up with a finger play of that book. When I wanted to read…

Once I was done beating the crap out of Virus I went up to Jason's room and slept there. A few hours later I woke up. I yawned and opened my eyes lazily before stretching. I swung my feet over the edge of the bed and glanced around the room. Where am I? I jumped out of the bed before I remembered where I was. While scratching my head I left the room and made a bee-line to the bathroom. Swearing as I stubbed my toe on every other thing in my way, the pain eventually woke me up enough so that I…

Writing an article, a book chapter, or any sort of literature can almost be comparable to a science. Authors must write in such a way so that the reader can understand the content and be persuaded by it. As such, writers often tailor their arguments and supports based on what kind of audience they are trying to reach. Bruns and Highfield, trying to target the expert audience, use a different method than Steele, who is addressing the non-expert audience. Although they are both writing on the same…

For most of my papers I had a pretty good understanding of what my purpose needed to be for each of them. I would have to say that I struggled more with the reading response essay more than the others because I realized that I wasn’t quite understanding what the assignment was for that paper. I liked that the essays were more personal so it made it easier to know who my audience was and what I wanted my purpose to be. I was happy with my first essay because I really tried to make the stories and…