...Idea-Mashing: 3 Foolproof Ways to Find Your Awesome Story Idea I hear new fiction writers say that they’d love to write, but they just don’t have any ideas for stories. In Stephen King’s On Writing he writes this about getting story ideas - “… good story ideas seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky: two previously unrelated ideas come together and make something new under the sun.” — Stephen King, On Writing Taking two ideas and joining them into something new, like King described, is called idea-mashing. Yes, I just made that up. King writes that ideas come from nowhere, but the opposite is true — ideas come from everywhere. The trick is to expose yourself to great ideas and let them naturally...
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...Between 1960 and 1965 developmental reading programs, advanced rapidly. Phonics one again became a hot topic. Dick and Jane were resigned and supplanted by a more extensive 28 varieties of narratives and characters (Sears, 2006). In the mid 1970s, a greater amount of the choices were adjustments of kids' writing as opposed to stories composed to adjust vocabulary limitations or meaningfulness procedure (Sears, 2006). The 1980’s, where “the decade” of writing emerged in the education realm (Sears, 2006). Gerde et al. (2012) investigates writing as a vital developing literacy ability that establishes the framework for students' later education aptitudes and reading accomplishment. Furthermore, discoveries demonstrate that youthful kids' written...
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...Angelique Vasquez Doctor Scala WGS 4100 April 4, 2017 Log 8 As a black feminist and social activist, bell hooks addresses the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality and religion, and their ability to produce and perpetuate systems of oppression and domination. In her latest work, Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and Practice, she attempts to strategize the ways in which scholars, activists and readers can challenge and change systems of domination. In Writing Beyond Race, bell hooks provides an insightful and compelling analysis of the discourse and media representations of race and racism, and provides suggestions for the ways in which people can bridge cultural and racial divides. Writing Beyond Race is a smart, engaging and passionate...
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...The excerpt from Natalie Goldberg’s “Writing Down the Bones” emphasizes writing as a perennial developmental process that requires commitment to reach the goal of becoming an adept writer. I liked the fact that Goldberg recognizes the various problems a budding writer faces such as mistrust of one’s own instinct, impatience, aggression, and fear of revealing true emotions. She provides a good solution to the problems she recognizes by advising that a writer should embrace and release his emotions if he wants to write something that resonates with the man inside and will ultimately convey his feelings unto his readers. The excerpt from Betsy Lerner’s “The Forest for the Trees” showcased the journey a writer makes to stardom, the misconceptions...
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...In “Writing and Teaching for Surprise”, Donald M. Murray, writes about the true, raw writing process. He explains in the beginning of the essay that writing is all about the experience and the process of how you end up with the final paper. He says several times that the best work is that which stems from hours of jotting down random, seemingly illogical sentences. And that by the end of the piece, those unorganized sentences have been edited and are now a fluid flow of words coming together to create a masterpiece. Murray describes writing as a way to discover yourself and your writing process, rather than a way to figure out what you will be writing about. Then he brings the essay to a central focus on the element of surprise, commenting...
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...In Michaela Cullington well-written paper, Does Texting Affect Writing, written on April 18th, 2010. The well-written document starts off talking about how texting is affecting the majority of humans living in the United States of America. Also talking about what texting is and how it is becoming a concern to cause humans to decrease their writing skill sets.Also how texting is becoming a huge factor in the business world. Michaela Cullington explains how texting is a great invention and also how it is a lousy invention for humans in the world. In the discussion of texting, one view is that texting hurts humans In her article she comes to her conclusion after she conducts some of her experiments regarding the issue. As well as analyzing other...
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...1—“Critical Reading, Summary and Paraphrase” Research and Composing in the Disciplines 1. What is Summary? __ A summary is a brief restatement, in your own words, that focuses on the main idea or point of a passage. ___ 2. From this chapter, what are the 3 qualities of an effective summary? _brevity______, _completeness __and __objectivity____. 3. Why is objectivity difficult in summary? ___Objectivity is difficult in a summary because, in a summary you have to select certain content that you think is an important part of the passage. _ 4. What factor affects the nature and quality of your interpretation? _prior knowledge of a subject.__ 5. What else may affect your interpretation in writing a summary? _your personal or professional frame of reference. _____ 6. Why does summary have a bad reputation? _Summary has a bad reputation because many student have summarized books that they were supposed to review critically. ______ 7. What types of writing involve summary (4)? Academic Writing: • Critique Papers, Synthesis Papers, Analysis Papers, Research Papers, Literature Papers, Argument Papers, Essay Exams. Workplace Writing: • Policy Briefs, Business Plans, Memos, letters, and reports, Medical Charts, and Legal briefs. 8. In what 3 ways are summaries useful (4-5)? First, a summary is a form of academic study. Writing a summary can help you understand what you read, because you have to write the summary in your own words. Summaries also help improve...
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...here: http://mindsblow.us/question_des/ALLASSIGNMENTSENG115/1832 contact us at: help@mindblows.us ENG 115 ASSIGNMENTS ENG 115 Writing Assignment 1 Summary of On Becoming a Writer ENG 115 Assignment 3.1 Determining Causes and Effects – Draft Version ENG 115 Industrialization After the Civil War Final Paper ENG 115 The Public Needs to Know ALL ASSIGNMENTS ENG 115 To purchase this tutorial visit here: http://mindsblow.us/question_des/ALLASSIGNMENTSENG115/1832 contact us at: help@mindblows.us ENG 115 ASSIGNMENTS ENG 115 Writing Assignment 1 Summary of On Becoming a Writer ENG 115 Assignment 3.1 Determining Causes and Effects – Draft Version ENG 115 Industrialization After the Civil War Final Paper ENG 115 The Public Needs to Know ALL ASSIGNMENTS ENG 115 To purchase this tutorial visit here: http://mindsblow.us/question_des/ALLASSIGNMENTSENG115/1832 contact us at: help@mindblows.us ENG 115 ASSIGNMENTS ENG 115 Writing Assignment 1 Summary of On Becoming a Writer ENG 115 Assignment 3.1 Determining Causes and Effects – Draft Version ENG 115 Industrialization After the Civil War Final Paper ENG 115 The Public Needs to Know ALL ASSIGNMENTS ENG 115 To purchase this tutorial visit here: http://mindsblow.us/question_des/ALLASSIGNMENTSENG115/1832 contact us at: help@mindblows.us ENG 115 ASSIGNMENTS ENG 115 Writing Assignment 1 Summary of On Becoming a Writer ENG 115 Assignment 3.1 Determining Causes and Effects – Draft Version ENG 115 Industrialization After...
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...A Summary of Unit One Tim Yarbrough Post University A Summary of Unit One As writers sometimes you will need to summarize someone else’s thoughts or ideas. In order to do this properly you must, briefly restate, someone else’s content, in your own word’s (Behrens & Rosen, 2013, p. 3). When writing requires paraphrasing instead of quotations the writer needs to understand the work then put it to his/her own words. Quotation are only used when you need to use the exact language of someone else, these should be used scarcely. When writing, knowing how to write a summary, paraphrase, and quote a source is key conveying your ideas without plagiarizing someone else’s. While developing a summary there are some key things to remember. When you are summarizing someone else work you must read and understand the authors work. Without understanding the context and main points of someone’s work you will not be able to put it into your own words. Although it is unreasonable to think that while writing a summary someone can be completely objective, that is the goal. While writing a summary just like writing anything else a key in the process is preparation. As stated before understanding the work you are summarizing if crucial to the writing process. Reading, writing summary’s as you read the work, developing your thesis, writing your summary, checking it against the original and then final revision are the steps that should be taken to effectively...
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...Qualities of a Good Essay Title that has depth, more than one meaning Introduction: lead-in that draws, notable strategy leading to thesis Thesis: an opinion that shares a worthy explication (an unfolding) • Avoid plot summary • Avoid reducing story to dusty platitude ("Crime doesn't pay", "Be kind to animals") • Underline thesis Body: logical support drawn from within the story • Strong topic sentences (underlined) without pronouns (preferably the first sentence) • Strong logical progression of support for thesis • Strong logic within paragraphs • Smooth transitions within and between paragraphs • Simple documentation of borrowed materials Conclusion: noticeable strategy that adds integrity to the essay Consider: 1. Title is first read 2. Lead-in is next 3. Conclusion is last read and probably most remembered The Qualities of a Good Essay • Even if the essay is about a personal experience, be sure there is a thesis statement (which may be implied). It should be: -declarative -simple, clear, and direct -one that requires explanation, illustration or proof -one that can be explained, illustrated or proven -one that makes a claim that not everyone would accept or automatically agree with. • Limit your essay (and your term paper) to something you can manage. Which of the following theses are too ambitious for a 2-page essay? - Jokes can reveal a great deal about culture. - Brazilians constantly communicate...
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...relates it to the topic of study. Meets word count requirement. Includes a discussion of the research problem, questions, method, findings, and implications discussed by the authors. 35.0 % Summary meets criteria of an effective summary including objectivity, order, accuracy, and simplicity. Summary does not follow guidelines of an effective summary for graduate level writing. Summary is significantly lacking qualities of an effective summary. Summary meets some criteria of an effective summary, but is lacking in at least two areas. Summary meets most criteria of an effective summary, but is lacking in at least one area. Summary meets all criteria of an effective summary including objectivity, order, accuracy, and simplicity. 20.0 %Organization and Effectiveness 20.0 % Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use) Writing is unclear and not concise. Spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar errors significantly distract from the purpose and organization of the paper. Language use is inappropriate for the academic setting. Clarity and conciseness in writing could be improved. Spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar errors distract from purpose and organization of the paper. Language use could be improved for the academic setting. Writing is generally clear and concise. Some spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar errors...
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...practice: Reading and writing Oxford : Oxford Univeristy Press, 2006 LLB 428 CAM* IELTS with answer 2: (1b+2c) Cambridge : Cambridge Univerity Press, 2003 Summary: It containes: four complete tests for Academic candidates ENG Exams – IELTS * Catt, Carolyn Language Passport, Preparing students for the IELTS interview New Zealand : Addison Wesley Longman, 1966 ENG Exams – IELTS * IELTS with answer 1: (1b+2c) Cambridge : Cambridge Univerity Press, 2003 Summary: It containes: four complete tests for Academic candidates 428 JAK* Jakeman, Vanessa IELTS Practice Tests Plus London : Longman, 2001 LLB 428 SAH* Sahanaya, Wendy IELTS preparation and practice Oxford : Oxford Univeristy Press, 2006 ENG Exams – IELTS * Deakin, Greg Practice tests for IELTS Melbourne : Indonesia Australia Language Foundation, 1996 LLB 428 SAH Sahanaya, Wendy IELTS. Preparation and Practice. Reading and Writing . Academic Module Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001 LLB 428 SAH Sahanaya, Wendy IELTS Preparation and Practice. Listening and Speaking Oxford University Press Melbourne, 2001 ENG Exams - IELTS CAM* IELTS with answer 3: (1b+2c) Cambridge : Cambridge Univerity Press, 2003 Summary: It containes: four complete tests for Academic candidates LLB 428 SAH* Sahanaya, Wendy IELTS preparation and practice: Listening and Speaking (1b+2c) Oxford : Oxford Univeristy Press, 2006 LLB 428 JAK* Jakeman, Vanessa Inside into IELTS extra with answers Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003 Summary: This book offers comprehensive...
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...of buildings, business, or marriage. However, there is another type of foundation, which can serve as a ground for advanced education, and this is the foundation of reading and writing. Everyone knows the importance of reading and writing for a college education. Since a student has to do a lot of reading in all the courses, he needs strong vocabulary and reading skills. In addition, great writing skills are primordial to succeed in college and everyday life. In this class (ENGWR 42), I have done a lot of activities to perform my writing and reading skills such as writing reading responses, writing summaries and responses for articles, and learning to write an essay, and I hope all of those skills will be necessary for the next English class....
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...Executive Summaries by Pamela Hubbell The Executive Summary is a one to two page summary of the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the report or document it precedes. Information in the summary should be presented in the same order that it appears in the report. In some cases, the Executive Summary will be all that the audience will read; therefore, it needs to present the essential points efficiently. Your goal is not only to summarize the contents of the plan, but also to generate the reader's interest so he or she will continue reading the plan. When your objective is to secure funding for a new business, begin with a brief description of the business, product, and market. Then summarize the qualifications of the people involved in the business. Finally summarize what is being requested (money), how it will be used, and what are the expected returns on investments. Write the Executive Summary last. For more detailed information, refer to the Executive Summary page: http://www.umuc.edu/writingcenter/writingresources/exec_summaries.cfm Writing the Executive Summary When preparing the Executive Summary after the report is written, you should do the following: Review the report Summarize the purpose of the report, the problem addressed, and your findings, conclusions, and recommendations Support your recommendations by listing the major headings and briefly summarizing these sections. Eliminate all nonessential detail and use minimal technical language...
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...Catalog Description: LIB 111 focuses on writing clear and coherent summaries, analyses, and essays. The course also stresses the ability to understand, use, and document college-level non-fiction readings as evidence for effectively formulating and accurately supporting a thesis. Course Description and Goals: No man is an island! To communicate effectively with colleagues and communities, we must first learn how to accurately interpret the conversation around us and articulate our own thoughts so we can join the dialogue and make contributions to the world both as professionals and active citizens. In LIB 111 you will learn to analyze writings and argue with authors of literary, journalistic, and academic non-fiction. Through assignments in summary, critique, synthesis, and persuasion, you will progress your ability to formulate and share ideas efficiently. Together we will write, revise, workshop, and revise again, learning as much from each other as from the authors we read in class. As part of our commitment to helping students reach their full potential in their academic, professional, and civic lives, Arts and Sciences faculty believe that learning in all disciplines is an integrative process, a synthesis of critical reading, thinking, and writing. For this reason, as we guide you in your studies in LIB 111, we will use a Writing Intensive approach that emphasizes mastery of information and concepts AND the application of what you have learned in a variety of forms: you will...
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