Punctuation

I realized I constantly rushed to finished pieces without going back to look them over. I believe that simple mistakes should have been caught in while reading over the essays. I missed many simple punctuation mistakes and have learned from those mistakes. My drafting process has remained unchanged I normally do not write rough drafts I do research and just begin writing. I do write my essays over a course of a few days to keep my ideas free-flowing.…

Punctuation was a nightmare for me in the past couple of years because I did not write a lot then. I decided to focus on punctuation whenever I am writing, or whenever I had time I used to go to a website online and played a little game that helped me to become better at punctuation. However, the easiest part was the punctuation section in the LSA, I finished it faster than any part of the LSA. The area that…

One of the strengths in my movie assignment is giving the reader clear picture of the story without giving too much information. In my assignment one of the clear proofs given is “ ever since her father died, her stepmother has treated her like a raggedy servant girl.” In this proof I have given a clear understanding of how Cinderella’s stepmother has treated Cinderella without giving too much information. It is important to be clear when writing but not to have too much information because…

Sally Ann, and Douglas B. Walters. “Big Trouble Comes in Small Packages: Commas, Apostrophes, Quotation Marks, and Hyphens.” Chemical Health and Safety 7.3 (2000): 26-8. Web. 2 Mar. 2016. This article refers to the technical grammar errors such as punctuation rules, but I am focusing in the misuse of a comma. The authors of this article mention how there are many comma rules and people wanting to know; ho, when and where to use it. The authors gave some examples on where to place the comma in…

Nestruck effectively employs humour in his essay “The importance of email punctuation”. His essay shows how each type of punctuation can carry a connotation of either seriousness or cordiality. Unfortunately for Nestruck, it is the former that has caught his attention while reading an email sent to him from a coworker whom he has feelings for. Using hyperbole and metaphors such as “And as she recedes into the distance, I will be left standing there like an ellipsis. Two little bulletholes…

As an African American orator, social reformer, and writer, Frederick Douglass, proceeds his syntactical structure with parallel structure, shifts to sections of reflective cumulative sentences and finishes with punctuation to depict how slavery dehumanizes slaves based on his own experiences. Frederick Douglass begins the narratives by utilizing parallel structure to inform upon the institution of slavery. He states, “She is ever disposed to find fault with them….; she is never better pleased…

Summary Jordan (2003) explained that local government expenditures goes through punctuations. This is due to the implementation of certain policies. The author also highlighted that expenditures are incremental in that the allocation of spending can also lead to stability in cities. Wood & Waterman (1993) focused on the way political institutions has affected bureaucratic behavior. They explained that bureaucrats go through an adaptation processes in the political environment sending and…

stop for Death,” a female narrator is nostalgic about the memory when “Death” came her way. Dickinson’s poetry technique, with the use of symbolism, punctuation, and structure and tone help strengthen the poems theme of death being a new beginning of another life and a new perpetuity for the soul. The structure of the poem and the use of punctuation helps accentuates the subject matter of death and afterlife. At first glance, the poem’s title is the first line…

There is a similar problem I had then, and still have now. It does not matter if it is a great story or paper, if the grammar, and punctuation are not up to the teacher’s par, the paper will not be that great. As I was reading the comments that were left from my paper it accrued to me I need to focus on my grammar a lot more. I had multiple comma splices, and punctuation errors,…

style, which is built around her punctuation and self-revision. To bring this into a more modern sense, I’ve made Emily a twitter account that demonstrates her technique in the age of technology while at the same time accounting for her style of writing, complete with dashes, emphasis, and word-options. Twitter’s format grants Dickinson’s work a space…