The Pickwick Papers

Wrong, and after writing a handful of essays and short papers which required research, my opinion of error has evolved and matured throughout the course. At the beginning of the course (and even before then), I looked at errors with disdain, because I focused on the negative consequences instead of the positive consequences. Essentially, I was a perfectionist, and I could not stand errors. But now, I am much more welcoming of errors,…

Watching The first 20 hours -- how to learn anything, gave me a new motivation for me to continue to learn how to speak and read in Korean. Josh Kaufman emphasized the 4 steps in learning anything and listening that I need “20 hours” of practice and the motivation, I realize that it’s true. For the past few years, I’ve been teaching myself the Korean language and the “20 hours” of learning, I applied it to learning the new language. This essay will describe the details of what I applied to…

improve my punctuation, as well as, some other characteristics of my writing; however, I feel I have made incredible strides since the beginning of the year. My main goal with writing in college is to look back on freshman year and put side by side the papers to how I am writing senior year and to be able to see how far I have come, and how much I have developed as a writer. I want to leave Alvin College going into the world as a confident writer, one that has accomplished the goals on my to-do…

Adah is the most fascinating character in the Poisonwood Bible. Adah is one of Nathan and Orleanna’s four daughters and is one of the narrators of the book. Adah is the identical twin sister of Leah, however, they are like night and day. Adah has been paralyzed on her whole left side from birth. Adah rarely speaks and is usually reading books, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or Emily Dickinson Poetry. She is a very unique person and is very intelligent, however her family doesn’t really know that…

Portfolio Assignment Throughout the Rhetorical Analysis paper that I completed for this English 101 class, I called back to many of my past experiences in high school that allowed me to interpret the meaning of the song that I decided to choose. The main skills from my past that I referenced were: my ability to comprehend text, my ability to convey a message through an essay, and my ability to view a text with an open mind. Opening my mind to the text was one of the more challenging abilities…

and Conclusion to be tedious and burdensome, but over time I have learned to appreciate this process. Although slaving away to move my fingers across my keyboard to type several drafts takes time, it is helpful in the end to develop a well written paper. In the past, I would settle for an average of a C on all my essays because my writing style was plain and it lacked a sophisticated tone. This was due to my use of simple sentences and awkward word choices throughout my essays. It was not until…

What writing means to me and why I prefer to shy away from it, until now. Being an Adult Learner, having been out of school for more than 30 years my weaknesses outweigh my strengths. My greatest weakness in writing, I would have to say is my spelling and use of grammar. I have recently been diagnosed with a slight learning disability which explains my problems with spelling and grammar. Having 4 children who I am very close too helps alleviate a huge portion of my inhibitions about writing,…

My introduction paragraph was not up to the senior level writing. My writing simply didn’t make a clear path that allowed me to carry my ideas throughout the whole paper. The flow of each sentence was choppy and that made it difficult for anyone reading this paper get into the essay; therefore, I need to start including transitional words, phrase, or sentence so the reader and I can easily read my essay faster and with ease. Another thing that I would change is the thesis that I made. It was…

When I started my high school, I often times stumbled upon people with different belief and experiences, but there is one particular incident that will always astonish and startles me. It was my junior year in Trinity High School, I was excited to start a new year in high school. The excitement of being an upper class was infused in my heart and my mind. As far as I can recall it, I met a colleague of in my theater class. He seemed to be amazed and surprised by everything around him. I couldn't…

Throughout high school, I have noticed an overall growth in my writing skills. The skills that I have learned since freshman year has helped me grow as a writer. In the beginning of Freshman year my writing had limited vocabulary, informal expressions, and it lacked proper organization. My English teacher encouraged me to use a thesaurus and to read more books to help broaden my range of vocabulary and sentence structure. Therefore, these resources helped me build a vast range of vocabulary…