The Pickwick Papers

the school year, my writing fell short of my expectations, but as I continued to work and learn the principles of writing, I have written papers that I am proud to say are mine. Among the aspects of my writing I have improved, the best strives are seen within my my counter arguments and overall strength and coherency of my papers. To begin, when looking at a paper I wrote in August on necessity of first drafts, there were large gaps in my elaboration, bringing concerns as to whether I was…

Sylvia Plath had a troubled life. She tried to commit suicide once, but failed. She ended up marrying and having two kids, but the marriage ended in divorce. She later tried to commit suicide again, this time she succeeded. As seen in the poem Mirror, if we aren’t content with our reflection or focus too much on finding ourselves through the mirror, we will end up losing ourselves and never find happiness, just like Plath. We need to find ourselves without looking in the mirror, because if…

Argumentation Techniques Brian Tracy often uses anecdotes as his types of evidence and rarely uses proven statistics. He follows the same pattern for all of his chapters in the book, causing it to be very repetitive. He will first motivate the reader by reminding them of their potential and abilities. He may begin a chapter by saying that “You were born to do something wonderful with your life” (Tracy 116). A short inspirational paragraph that uses the appeal to flattery fallacy usually…

I love language because it carries beauty and thought. While the study of languages seems monotonous and meticulous to many people, to me it is an unfathomable ocean of fun. My initiation of English study originated from my obsession to literary aestheticism. It was a step-by-step aesthetic pilgrimage to the glorious palace of western literature when I started from ABC on, then read simple passages, later moved onto the beautiful essays and poetry and at last plunged into the classics by…

Cadbury Psychometric assessment has always played a part in Cadbury recruitment process. However paper-based tests can be unwieldy and time-consuming. Applicants used to spend 90 minutes of an assessment day on verbal and numerical tests. After a successful trial last, they’ve cut this down to a 45- minute online experience prior to the interview stage. Cadbury feel this is a far more efficient way of achieving what they want to achieve. It also means they get better value out of thier…

A Defense of The Handmaid's Tale The book The Handmaid's Tale has been challenged or banned eight times since it has been published in 1985 (Sova). However, most of the bans or challenges are related to the author's portrayal of specific events and themes in the novel, sometimes without a legitimate reason to back them up. The Handmaid's Tale is a book that should be kept in course curriculums and there are important lessons to be learned from the novel. The Handmaid's Tale is an account of…

Over the course of the year, I have definitely grown as a writer. At the beginning of the year my essay grades were extremely inconsistent. I did well on some essays but horrible on others. It was like shooting a basketball in the dark and hoping to make it. I focused on writing four paragraph essays --when it should have been five-- because I feared running out of time or writing unsatisfactory body essays. However, Mr. Koetzner worked with me to help make my work more concise and thus save…

are than your assumed “big problems”. I try to keep this in mind when I write my papers. Starting a paper is the biggest struggle, especially when your brain seems to not be working at all the one day it’s supposed to. When I take a step back from my paper, and realize it’s not the end of the world when words won’t come to me, I…

started to receive average grades, due to simple errors. This even carried over to the latest paper, with a combined six comma splices and fused sentences (Johnson). All things considering, Composition 1 has made me a better writer by teaching me how to analyze and evaluate rhetoric, use a prompt to demonstrate structure, and speak and…

When I was growing up, I was exposed to a wide variety of children’s stories such as the Disney classics, the Babysitter’s Clubseries, and many more. I can truly say I loved reading all throughout my childhood. I loved reading so much that it became a hobby for me and I would read just about any where and at any time. I was also able to take my love of reading to higher levels by participating in various reading competitions, in which I was very successful. On my sixth birthday, I received a…