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I am not the kind of person that can whip out a paper the night before or create a masterpiece from nothing, but I can write an essay or story without it being too much work. Due to all the reading I have done writing to me is almost as natural as talking. Also, I am quite good at knowing how to divide writing to make it less work. Some writers I have come to know write until they…

is knowing how to properly write a college written essay. I know after taking this course that I can somewhat write a well written essay that is college appropriate. In high school I was taught to write essay that were good enough for the teachers, but now that I’m in college I feel the need that I need to write better and show my instructor that I do know what I am writing about. I’ve learned so many ways to write a paper, but some of my essays aren’t there yet, I feel as if I haven’t gotten to…

This past semester I took a seminar called, "Define American: An Exploration of Immigration" and it was the first history class that really meant something to me. We explored many origins of immigration, African, Central American, Asian , European. We read a lot of personal narratives from immigrants, and also discussed current events surrounding sports, art, and politics. I found myself stuck in the middle when it came to policies and rights one should have in this country. I also was able to…

Progress Throughout the Semester My mother went to a four year college in Russia for nursing and then went to medical school and my father went to Boston University and then to Suffolk Law School. My whole family has gone to college so I felt like I needed to go as well, but also I wanted to go as my own decision. I wanted to go to college to get a better job than I had been getting for summer work. With a college degree in my major, I would finally have a chance to get a job that I love.…

last four essays, my ability to write has improved exponentially from the beginning of the year. Through the four essays I have learned valuable skills that will be the support for future essays. On the two beginning essays my ability to use vocabulary and other valuable skills was improving. By being supplied by information from the instructor, and fellow classmates I was able to spot my weaknesses in my writing and improve where improvement was needed. As the semester progress each essay…

Exercising My Writing Skills Writing is evolving by the day in the English language, in other words communication is evolving on the daily since writing is our main source of communication. Learning how to write the English language in an academic setting has been one of my greatest accomplishments as a scholar, despite the fact that, I am still learning new skills daily on how to improve my writing. Even though, I am not the best the writer, I have gained enough strength in my writing to…

In Paul McHenry Roberts “How to say nothing in 500 words”, I was caught up by the colorfully words strategy. As I understand by his explanation using colorful words does not mean using literary colors to pen down words rather to get depth and meaning out of the message that is to be conveyed. Using these words would in turn help the reader formulate better the scene that the writer is trying to convey. This is an effective way of author to audience communication I personally find this one of the…

Adams, Susan R. “Writing in the ESL Classroom: Confessions of a Guilty Teacher.” English Journal. 98.3 (2009): 117-120. Web. 21 Nov. 2015. Adams realizes that ESL students need to understand what the goals are in the classroom and argues that teachers should demonstrate their own struggles and methods of writing in order for their students to realize that “we are all writers” (117). By dismantling song lyrics, poems, and jingles, the students realized that writing is hard work and does not come…

I selected "Party Time" by Tantra Bensko. The story is about Clyde Hancock's excursion into a strange l little town called Naryway, where a man skipping in the train might be caused to call the police, set the dogs loose, of even split his throat. The man send to be paid to spy on the town's inhabitants, but in this night he runs into an owl who causes an accident when it tries to fly off with him. Ultimately, Clyde is killed by the owl and it is made clear that though this sort of thing…

In George Orwell’s work, Politics and the English Language, Orwell makes many points as to why the English language is collapsing, especially in political writing. Impropriety in the English language has been passed about much like tradition and has not seemed to have stopped. Ambiguity in political writing has made it dry with no imagery in the words or metaphors used, which is often done incorrectly. Orwell uses several phrases from other professors and politicians as examples to explain why…