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The Closet Recently, I started my sophomore year of high school. I came in the year, clueless of what was going to happen throughout the year. I walked into my second period English thinking it was going to be like any other boring year of English but my teacher brought up the question of “who are you?” Like anyone else in the world the first thing I thought of was, “Duh, I am Madisyn. I love to play softball and I like music.” But what I didn’t realize was she meant my culture. “What is culture…

So i'm going to be meditative in my essay because when i write about my feelings i feel so much better and i don't really have a best friend to really talk to and maybe this isn't like meditative but it helps me concentrate and actually have something interesting to write about. Everything i change will be in blue writing, and so far while rereading my essay I started a lot of sentences with “So” So to start of I joined a sorority and m not trying to be those typical “it was the best decision…

Questions 1. How does Mairs organize her essay? What connects the different parts to each other? Mairs organizes her essay in a narrative. There is no chronological order, as far as the reader can be aware. She retells different parts of her life, specifically stories of her experience with multiple sclerosis. This has a couple of purposes; it helps us learn of a life of multiple sclerosis through her experiences and how she personally deals with the disease. For example, she retells a small…

When it comes to public speaking, I am the furthest thing from an expert. Although, after many years and classes of communications I would say that I have a pretty good idea of the do’s and don’ts when it comes to presentations. Hypocrisy should be my middle name because even though I know what to look for in a presentation I still am a terrible speaker. In my opinion, the speaker Phil Han would receive a six out of ten. This score is based off of a number of things including content, public…

Every sentence in an essay has to support the thesis statement. Five mistakes to avoid when making the thesis are simply stating the topic, cluttering, being unreasonable, stating facts, and stating the thesis as a question. Some writers might often profit from using essay maps: “Many thesis statements will benefit from the addition of an essay map, a brief statement in the introductory paragraph introducing the major points to be discussed in the essay” (Wyrick 42). Essay maps not only…

an engaged writer are to have a constrained "prompt political impact" while separated journalists have more sensible objectives, meaning to give a more objective point to see. Article Summary To help the author support the claims he made in the essay, Brooks utilizes the rhetorical strategies. For instance, he compares the engaged strategy against the detached in composing technique. Brooks lays out the…

Finding the Joy There is a deeper understanding when it comes to writing; writing brings so much joy to others, whether some realize it at the time or not. Yet, I spent the first part of my life oblivious to this concept. As a young writer, I wrote because I had to; it was mandatory for the English curriculum. Writing came easily to me, never having to give it much thought. The ideas running through my head could be easily placed onto paper; however, I was never fully involved or engaged in…

On Wednesday, September 13th, I attended a reading in the gallery. The reading was done by professors and while attending this reading I learned multiple things. I didn’t know that there are many professors that do outside writing and some of them get their writings published. I guess I just assumed that they only taught. This was very interesting for me because it wasn’t only English teachers that write outside of school. For example, speech teachers also get their work published. Professor…

Course Reflection The eight weeks over which English 111 lasted were weeks of learning and enlightenment. The class was beneficial and taught many points of advanced English and explained each concept and format thoroughly. English 111 has helped better myself and other students for upcoming college classes because it takes clear and in-depth looks at the formats and sciences behind English and paper writing. The course has personally helped me gain a better understanding of the mechanics…

What does it mean when someone asks you what the theme of the story is? Well, it means that they are asking you what the central idea of the story is. So, recently we’ve finished reading the book called “Heck” by Dale E. Basye. The book didn’t specifically have one theme, it had many themes. One of the themes was “Every moment of every day we decide our fate.” This theme was shown through characteristics and relationships of characters, how the characters faced conflict, and the author’s unique…