Photo essay

My essay is based on Bruna Dantas Lobato’s “Firsthand Account” which is from “The Common” issue 13. In reading the essays and fiction in both issues 12 and 13, I wasn’t looking really at the poems or photos as I am not very creative, I found little to work with. I wanted a piece that I could connect with or relate to and I was unable to or found them difficult to relate to Lowell. I read and skimmed countless pieces, these ranged from “Santa Anita” by Sean Bernard to “Meandering Zone’ by Rachel…

In the essay How We Wrestle Is Who We Are by Brian Doyle, Doyle is speaking on his sons’ illness. His son is suffering from a severe cardiac illness. The author utilizes many distinctive literary techniques such as personification, alliteration, imagery, and a couple examples of play on words. One of the literary methods Doyle uses is personification. "He looked like cucumber on steroids." (Doyle). Writers use personification to trigger the emotions of the reader. It also makes sentences…

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decided to repurpose my essay from the first unit. After looking back through my essays, the cultural analysis essay was my weakest and the one I struggled with most. It also happened to be our first major essay. Instead of going the conservative route and choosing my best essay to repurpose, I wanted to repurpose the cultural analysis essay for a few reasons. First, I thought it would be most convenient for the multi-modal aspect of this assignment because my original essay involved pictures…

reflect back in the direction from which it’s approached.” (Sullivan, John Jeremiah. The Best American Essays, The Ill-Defined Plot.) In the essay “The Ill-Defined Plot” John Jeremiah Sullivan, a noted essayist, describes the problems with defining the essay and concludes he can only arrive at a working definition. First, the essay’s definition is unclear because the definition of the word Essay or essai means to try, a stab, a trial by grain, and an experiment. These multiple definitions…

Writing Essays 3 and 4 was much different than writing Essays 1 and 2. As of our midterm we had written an essay based off of an issue raised in a text and one from our experiences in life. And starting with essay three we had to research information to write about. When we began essay 3 I had a multitude of ideas. The assignment was to find two essay of opposing viewpoints on a topic and to compare and evaluate both sides of the argument. Some of my ideas were; Electric VS. Gasoline cars, Are…

I was an average writer to now learning an abundance of techniques on how to improve my writing. I have continuously learned how to become a better writer. I now know how to use rhetorical devices such as the eight questions to better develop my essays in an organized way. Throughout the first half of the semester, I have learned by practicing writing that I have many different strengths and weaknesses in my writing skills. Some of my strengths in writing is that I take criticism well,…

Commit Revised Descriptive/ Reflective Place Essay Reflection: What makes this essay better than its original form is that I added more detail to give the reader a better understanding. Just adding one small detail can change the reader's perspective. I have also learned to incorporate different types of sentences to improve my writing style. “Come on dude, just do it.” Brady’s encouraging voice kept echoing over and over in my head. Pressure filled my mind as if it were air filling a…

easy on you”. Her voice was soft and tender but also serious. She sacrificed her personal time to help me on some basic stuff, she taught me how to write step by step. She even will check my essay before the peel review, because I told her I felt embarrassed that my essay had a lots of grammar error. My essays sometimes contain some Chinese elements that interested Mrs. Vondell and my classmates, its really satisfied me. I felt my writings were actually being read. Especially, after first draft,…

to a fellow stallion about meeting humans, or a lengthy series of rhymes about a sandwich passing through the digestive system, the imaginative nature of these "fun" assignments has brought out more of my character than any research paper or formal essay. Having the freedom to write without consequence or restriction in thought, I can utilize writing as a form of expression. The artist in me is immediately…