The Pickwick Papers

Reflective account of presentation I have chosen "Is protectionism desirable?" as my topic of presentation as I learnt Economics in the high school and I am very familiar with this topic. In my presentation, I talked about the pros and cons of protectionism and tried to convince the audience that protectionism can be desirable in the short term but harmful in the long term. As for preparation, I had referred to related topics in my previous Economics text book to make sure I do not…

headed towards; along with most of my other fellow students I did not. In one of my honors class’, I had to write a paper about a future career I might see myself in. I had no idea where I was headed, or what direction to go in, so I asked my mother. Her response was, “ What do you love most?” Only being a freshman I still had no plans set in stone. It was about two weeks before the paper was due, that I realized which direction my life was going to go, and it was all thanks to my dog and two…

order to clearly identify the audience, the author ought to state whom the essay identifies with. One such example is: In today’s digital world letter writing has been lost on our teenagers and although their parents grew up in a world of pen and paper letter writing today’s fast pace has left them in the dust. This rough draft does not have a distinct purpose. It goes off in several different directions. The author goes from emails being impersonal to computers malfunctioning and making funny…

I never felt that they required much effort on my part which has most definitely not helped me in the long run. The little revising I did do consisted of checking for spelling errors and repeated words. Also, I never did much to plan my papers; I just gathered some ideas and went from there. This lead to some of my previous writings seeming rather disjointed, although nowhere near incoherent. This is a point I hope to greatly improve upon. Its hard for me to find any strengths in my writing…

With every writer there comes a paper of some sort, whether it is an outstanding paper or an awful paper a writer tends to have some sort of strength and some sort of weakness throughout. With each ability that a writer has, whether it is a strength of organization, order of thesis or a strong introduction or it is a weakness such as catching a comma splice, or being just below the length requirement, resources are available to improve. However, the strength I find to come naturally to me…

Have you ever seen the movie Happy Gilmore? It's basically about this hockey player who starts playing golf because he had a great drive. The problem with his game was that he didn’t know how to putt and every time he missed one he lost control, making his putting worst. Due to his awful putting his coach recommends that before he putts he goes to his Happy Place. His happy place is the thing Yoshino talks about, the location where one feels relaxed and one’s creativity flows. This area for me…

My Memoir “Come on Savannah just let me read my book to you, it won't take very long. It will help me become a better writer”, my sister proclaimed. “Cheyanne I don't want you to read me your book. You know that I don't like books, so stop trying ”, I yelled as I slammed my door. I said this in fourth grade, and little did we know that about a year later I would be eating my words. Over my fifth grade year I started to love books because I would spend all my time inside because all my friends…

myself and is likewise any other person. Due to its time consuming, many people hate to be involved and enroll. Nevertheless, irrespective of these limitations I decided to embark on this golden journey. In order to successfully complete week 4 paper, I must develop a plan that must be strictly followed. First, I must be proactive in all my assignments meaning I must do all my assignments ahead of time and post on a due date. Secondly, I must curtail most of my social outings. This will…

Function: Throughout time many of todays languages didn't exist and Kate Burridge the author of "Colloquial Todays, Standard English Tomorrow" understands this and tries to explain about it. Even in the title she uses the word "Colloquial" which means "used in ordinary or familiar conversation" or in more simple term used everyday conversation. Then comes Burridge quote "Today's weeds may become tomorrow's beautiful and rewarding species" and to understand her text you need to understand what…

that before you start writing you should choose the group(s) of people you intend to read your writing. Then after you accomplish that you should gather a message that you are trying to get through the audience you choose. This will give you a great paper that will speech the designated audience you have…