Semicolon

Words are powerful tools that should be used wisely by writers. Words have the power to build and tear down. They have the power to make someone agree and disagree. But, words are only as powerful as the context that surrounds them and the meaning that is given them. This is a concept that Richard M. Weaver talked about in his book Language is Sermonic and what George D. Gopen stressed in his book The Sense of Structure. These were two books that were used in my Editing Essentials class…

On Sunday, November 12, at approximately 8:00pm I was in the car with my Grandmother. We pulled up her house and I started to talk to her about my Gender Studies course and asked her if she would like to participate in my interview assignment. She was very excited to take part and was eager to discuss and hear my views on some of these topics. 2- What surprised me most during the interview and what was most informative was how blunt my grandmother was being about topics surrounding modern…

In the bill of rights, James Madison uses diction, syntax, and repetition to signify the libertization of every citizen in America by granting each individual, specific rights of their own. I. historical background The bill of rights was created approximately five years after the American revolution, which was the one and only revolution that granted the united states their freedom from Great Britain, in fact, it was such a long and concurring war, most were distraught with the length of the…

The Online Writing Lab During my freshman year at Aims I was having to complete these difficult writing assignments. At first I was struggling, but then I was introduced to the Aims OWL by my professor in my English 121 class. From The Aims OWL I was able to get the writing help that I needed to become successful in my English class. English 121 students who are struggling in their writing should consider using the Aims OWL because it is an incredibly credible, relevant, reliable, and easy to…

such as a change in point of view, or external, it is our conscious thought which gives us our humanity. Although Mandelbaum’s translation of Pythagoras poetry rarely uses terminal points, it is important to note that he does utilize the colon and semicolon with some frequency, for example he discloses “so, forget what I had meant to teach,/ know this: the heavens and all things beneath/the heavens change their forms”(531). In poetry, colons can be captivating, as…

Reflection Paper The HLSC 1701U course focuses heavily on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, an APA writing manual for students and educators. Johnson guided the students on different aspects of the writing process like applicable in-text citations, proper formatting and maintaining academic integrity. At the beginning of the semester, I had a lot of anxiety over the impending course work, but now I can truthfully say, this is one of my easiest classes. Johnson…

what I was expecting. It had what seemed to be a million negative comments on it. (I actually had about sixty.) The comments ranged from having incorrect sentence structures to basic grammatical errors such as misplaced commas or needing to insert semicolons and such. Now that I knew what my essay was worth, I knew that I definitely needed to step up my game. I began searching for ways to improve my writing by first asking my teachers for any…

Throughout English Composition 1, I have learned several crucial writing skills. Writing skills that will benefit me in other classes, outside of school, and during my future college years. Not only will these benefit my overall writing and making it flow better, it will all in all make more sense to the readers. Even though I learned many skills and objectives during this semester, four skills really stood out to me. Cohesion, comma usage, the use of satire, and how to write a definitional…

Although at first read, a person will most likely furrow their eyebrows in confusion, trying to distinguish who is taking control of the poem and when so, who they are berating on. Being a single paragraph with mostly semicolons in place of periods, it gives off a run-on vibe that typically signifies an error in the English language. Yet, it adds an appealing component to the composition as a whole, giving the author her own unique writing style. Dissecting “Girl” phrase…

American based poet, Galway Kinnell was born in the year 1927 in Providence, Rhode Island. Growing up Kinnell was a very shy and introverted child who often turned to American literature and poetry to escape daily life (Poetry Foundation). Kinnell, who spent two years in the United States Navy then went on to receive a Bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a Master’s degree from The University of Rochester. During the times of when he was most active writing poetry was during and…