The Pickwick Papers

concise paper through the use of a strong thesis statement. I still feel confident in my ability to do these things, but now I have added a few more things to feel confident in. I now know how to strengthen my introduction, which has always been…

For this assignment, I chose to do Langston Hughes’ “Salvation”. The paper focused on illustrating meaning from the writing, and using all the elements of the paper in order to construct a viable perspective. Therefore, using the elements provided, I developed an analytical understanding of Hughes’ story. In order to illustrate this, the following text exhibits how…

The writing process is an art to place the ideas out on paper, but not in a messy way. Maybe the writing can be a messy process because we will need to find the writing process that will work for us, but at the end, we will have to use the right word combinations, so we can transmit the clear message to the reader. The seven steps of the writing process are: discovering, planning, composing, getting feedback, revising, editing, and proofreading. Sometimes is impossible to follow all the…

MANDATORY: Please describe how you have prepared for your intended major, including your readiness to succeed in your upper-division courses once you enroll at the university. Although it took me quite some time to realize, I have been preparing for my major and career all my life. When I started fifth grade, my teacher fostered my love for reading by challenging me to read books that were much more difficult for my grade level because they addressed heavy subjects. He recommended that I read…

intimidating to complete, I genuinely enjoy reflecting upon my own experiences and learning about who I am. As a narrative, it does not imperative to have a topic sentence; however, I think a more cohesive theme could have better kept the subjects of my paper in order. When I have the chance to, I will likely revise the writing and transform the syntax used. Originally, I used the repetitive "I am" as a stylistic choice, but looking back, it is excessive and I would like to add more variety in…

passionate it about, it made it much easier for me to form bond around it. Like stated before, I took on challenges to test myself to even more extents by using styles that I weren’t so confident on using before. One of those styles were using the end the paper how it started. In…

accomplished my goals because I worked really hard and focused on every single paper. In the beginning, writing seemed challenging. Now that the semester is over, I can sit and write a three-page paper in little or no time at all. I am able to do this because of all of the notes we took. When I felt stuck or unable to write anymore, I would look back in…

As a writer in English 101, I learned how to structure my essays and how to organize my thoughts in a way that strengthens my arguments. English 101 greatly helped me advance as a writer. Before this class, I would never add my own voice into my papers; however, throughout the course of the semester, I learned to draw from my own experiences and integrate those experiences into my support. Every essay that was assigned was easier to write than the one before; therefore, my writing abilities and…

A book is a dream that you hold in you hands. Many people love books and read all the time. Many do not understand the real meaning of books. Three stories have the most meaning by far: "Through the Tunnel", "The Bridge", and "The Scarlet Ibis". The story, "Through the Tunnel", is about a boy named Jerry who is eleven years old. He decided one day he would leave his mother and go off on an adventure, to the rocky beach. While on the rocky beach, Jerry meets a group of big boys. Jerry tries to…

While both the Extended Short Course Essay and the Think Piece have their own respective advantages and disadvantages, I found that the Think Piece was more enjoyable to write. The biggest similarity between the Extended Short Course Essay and the Think Piece is the content. While the language, voice, and discourse varied between the pieces, the points that I made were relatively the same in both of the pieces. In both of the Extended Short Course Essay and the Think Piece I supported my points…