Semicolon

Writing has impacted my life and allowed me to look at books differently. After realizing all the work and effort that went into creating an elaborate story, I gained a better appreciation for how much authors do in order to present such amazing stories. I feel that I have a vast amount of respect for writers, but I also feel that writing is a chore and I tend to shy away from it. I have had some amazing English teachers that have really helped me grasp certain aspects of the writing process…

someone better their grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure. When reading a professional literary piece, one is not only absorbing the story line, but he/she is also absorbing the correct use of hyphens, dashes, commas, apostrophes, colons, and semicolons. The misuse of such things is what could potentially ruin a good essay. The lack of grammar could cause the paper to seem unorganized, and the lack of punctuation could make the paper seem confusing. In example, if I were to put, “Lets…

conjunctions. This sort of speech pulls the audience further and further into Hazlitt’s words, which act as a looking glass to the lives of people who lack money, a very strange sight for his affluent audience. By dividing parts of his essay mainly with semicolons, Hazlitt accentuates and amplifies the ongoing struggle that comes with poverty, driving his point forward without the pause provided by a conjunction, period, or indentation. This lack of pause prevents the audience from stopping to…

It is hard to believe that this class will soon be coming to an end. This class while a core requirement for University of Maryland University College (UMUC) was chosen to help prepare me and introduce me into a better understanding of grammar and the mechanics of writing. In the beginning of this class (WRTG101) I had very marginal writing skills and experience, now with acquisition of skills that I have gained through this course any writing task set before me can be completed with the upmost…

The fourth learning outcome that students must hone in this course is the knowledge of conventions in writing. In order for one's work to be appropriate for the audience, each convention of writing is crucial to utilize. These knowledge of conventions helped improve my personal work since grammar tends to be my weak spot. My grammar, spelling and punctuation was all carefully minded to and over analyzed in order to perfect my end product. These assignments helped me sharpen my skills and better…

were. I, now, understand when words should be used and when they shouldn't be. I also wasn't the best with punctuation. Writing papers really helped me overcome that struggle though. As I wrote I knew when sentences should be split up by commas and semicolons by reading…

It's crazy how this semester ended so fast. I was in total shock when I heard the semester was ending; it seemed like the first day of class was yesterday, I can remember everything from that day, its insane. Throughout the whole semester, Professor Keohane has challenged us to better writers and critical thinkers. I accepted the challenge, and feel that I've become a better writer and critical thinking because of all the new strategies Professor Keohane has taught me. Of course, I still have…

Nour Haidar ENG 203 Informative Speech Outline Topic: History of Aprils Fool Specific purpose: at the end of the speech the audience will be able to know about the origins of April fool and the circumstances that led to its start. Central idea: All people wait the first of April to perform pranks but none of them wondered about the reason behind this day. Preview: April’s fool became an international day where every culture celebrates it in a different way and there is a history behind its…

Even though students have an endless supply of information on the internet it is more likely they will watch a movie, play a game, or even catch up on the latest celebrity gossip than lookup how to use semicolons properly. Neil Postman uses a great example of this in his article, “Virtual Students, Digital Classroom”. Postman writes, “Little Eva can’t sleep, so she decides to learn a little algebra? Where does Little Eva come from? Mars? If not, it is more…

Students should graduate high school knowing proper grammar. I say this because they can get a good job that way. Students could also get into the college that they want. With good grammar the students would look even more educated than other students applying to the same school. Also it's important for students to have proper grammar after high school. The students are going to be adults it's necessary for them to have it. The internet can also help with this. The outside world is not going to…