The Pickwick Papers

research papers in the proper format and structure supports my claim that I am an average writer. Through my experience in AP Language, as well as AP Literature, I was taught how to construct essays utilizing rhetorical techniques, argumentative essays, and research papers. Writing a minimum of two essays per week allowed me to practice the craft of writing and ensure that when i am constructing an essay it is executed properly in structure. The ability to compose these varying types of papers…

When I was around six or seven years old, I would line up my Webkinz stuffed animals in perfect rows and cut up notebook paper for small worksheets. Sometimes I’d even read out loud to them or make up “once upon a time” stories to tell them in the private area of my bedroom. Since then I have been interested in becoming either a professional writer or a teacher, preferably a middle school English teacher. Deciding what I want to be while only a freshmen in high school isn’t a piece of cake. By…

“Revise, revise, revise!” The echoes of my high school English teacher’s wise words still reverberate within my head whenever I am writing a paper, be it a think sheet, essay, or report. Over the years, I have fine tuned my writing process and strived to make it as efficient as possible, but as with all matters, there is always improvements to be made. The field trip to the Harry Ransom Center (HRC) was illuminating in the sense that I got to see firsthand how professional writers and great…

Brandon Mull has written, or aided in the creation of seven series: Fablehaven, Beyonders, Dragonwatch, Five Kingdoms, Candy Shop War, Pingo, and Spirit Animals. His favorite authors include Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Orson Scott Card, J.K. Rowling, J.D. Salinger, Hemingway, Frank Herbert, Neil Gaiman, Ayn Rand, and George R.R. Martin. He was born on November 8, 1974, in Pomperaug, Connecticut, and grew up in Westlake, California. He later went to college at Brigham Young University, where he led a…

reflection upon the capstone project is very scary and rewarding at the same time. At the beginning of class, it seems very scary and intimidating. “A 20-page paper is due on a certain topic and then I have to present it?” That was the question I asked myself. I am not very good with talking in front of my peers and much less writing a 20-page paper when I have not been use to writing that much since high school. After I overcame the fear and stress of that big of an assignment, my nerves were…

comprehend ideas coherently into one thought and I struggled with that throughout the poem and the hard moments essay, but writing this it has been much easier to think of and communicate my ideas through writing and speaking. I have used resources like paper rater and slick write to help improve my vocabulary and grammar skills in my writing and in my everyday life. They have been very helpful and are amazing resources to improve my writing. Often I was thinking…

Rhetorical Analysis of Print is Dead What happened to paper? Is print the past. When reading the text of "Print is Dead" Miss Jamison introduces the idea that a culture of magazines, once very prominent and large, is now slowly being terminated by technology now used by online media. The notion that print is dying is surely one to take with a grain of salt, as print today is now filled with craft and sharpness. While magazines were out in the bunches in the past to bring information,…

to generate my paper of that free write within hours of free writing. I chose that topic (track and field jargons) because it was something I have encountered before and I that made me know how the power of language can affect one if they are new to a community or organization. Track and field is a major sport in the united states, but many writers have not written articles about this topic. I used google search engine a couple of times to generate the 5 sources I have in my paper. The…

that the teacher assigned. It is very hard for me think of ideas sometimes, so when teachers say, “free write,” it take me about a whole class period to think of an idea. Then once I think of a topic, I take a while to figure out how to start the paper. I really like to write about things that have happened to me personally, or like writing about how I feel, like in a diary or a journal. I don’t like to write about aliens, space, and fictional stuff like that. My favorite part about writing is…

Blog Review “Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast” by Julie Danielson is a great blog full of resources for students and teachers. Danielson was at first a sign language interpreter, she then moved on to being a children’s librarian, and now she works from her home as a freelance writer. She studied children’s literature at the University of Tennessee and has since had a love for nothing but reading. She wrote her first book in 2004, titled, “Wild things! Acts of Mischief in Children’s…