...Writing Styles Pauline Gilmore June 20, 2011 EDU 623 Dr. Norman Rose My writing style has been describe by my family and friends as middle school level. I have tried very hard to work on it. It has been one of the reasons it took me so long to pursue my graduate degree. I knew my writing was not up to par for a graduate student. I tend to write the way I speak and my grammar is worst than my eight year old sons. I can use the fact that english is not my first language, but I honestly think, I have been so used to speaking and writing in slang so much it is hard for me not to now. I knew I had to start correcting myself and be more mindful of my grammar and language once I started teaching. It is still a work in progress, I try to usually keep my messages to the parents short and simple. I also write in cursive, that way when I misspell a word it is harder to see. My research skills has not been any better. I am still learning how to cite my citations. I cannot tell the difference between MLA and APA format. I tend to have a hard time putting what I need into my own words and summarizing. I do not like writing papers, but it is unavoidable in graduate school. After reviewing the research guides and completing the avoiding plagiarism tutorial I now have a little bit of a guide to follow. My strength has always been my ability to take notes. I love to write, I tend to have a hard time summarizing, so I write everything done. When I am doing a research...
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...Isaiah J. O'Brien Professor Juskuv Intro to Academic Writing 25 January 2015 When it comes to writing for a class I am usually good at it. I have a very good sense on how to write and what I would like to get out onto the paper. I usually like to write about personal experiences either the good or the bad. I feel like when I write from the heart or personally its easier for the reader to connect with the writer. Especially if the reader has the same feelings toward the subject. I find that through my writing I can express myself and my ideas. I have written a couple of essays that have pertained to sports, school or even just everyday life. I feel like if you want to be great you have to go out and get it. It doesn’t just come to you. When I was younger I used to write a lot of poetry because it was a cool way to express your feelings. I was really good at it and from there on I excelled in writing courses and have a good grasp on how to write and what to write about. It is a cool feeling when you can just write about whatever and know that it’s a reality. I really enjoy when people read them too and feedback is given because it makes me better. Everyone could always use some advice and the more people you show it to the better you can get. I really would like to learn how to cut down on grammar mistakes in my writing. It seems that spelling and grammar is always my biggest problems in my writing. My writing would make sense but little errors here and there do disrupt...
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...Literary genius of the 16th century Shakespeare's style of writing Who was Shakespeare ? What made him “the greatest writer in the English language ? Why Shakespeare's work has stood the test of time ? To understand Shakespeare's great gift for writing or rather try to we have to learn more about his style of writing. Shakespeare had a very moving writing. He was an emotional and passionate man. He has the ability to write human feelings as eloquently as nobody can. In Sonnets and Hamlet : examples : "Doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love". Hamlet Quote (Act II, Sc. II). "Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs." Hamlet Quote ( Act I, Sc. I). Shakespeare used over 25,000 different words in his writings. He is the magician of words. He made many play-words, quotes and expressions still used nowadays. (Beginning of his career in 1592 Robert Greene : Elisabethan playwright called WS “upstart cow”) Shakespeare wrote mainly tragedies. His work contain thousands of quotes from the Gevena Bible (Matthew) There is many changes in his style of writing. His first plays were acknowledged by the public : The Comedy of Errors, and Taming of the Shrew He wrote tragedies as well as comedies. From 1580 to 1613 : he wrote 37 plays! He had the ability to represent human nature. He saw life as a theater and theater as life. He gave the public what he want. He was a formidable storyteller. He told every...
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...I agree that the time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time because when you are enjoying yourself you have no time to waste you are enjoying yourself and that to most is wasting time when you could be reading or working on something when you can finish most of those things later on in the day because enjoy yourself while you still can before you have to go do something for school or work. Sometimes people take time for granted and think that time can wait for you when you and time goes faster than most think. He is saying that style is a purpose of writing and it makes writing better. Style is what creates a story and puts words into a fashion and creates a good writing system and makes a character come to life in some stories. A style...
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...brief answer, I’d say that an author is a well-known writer or a person who writes big pieces of writing. I’ve never given it much thought before and I don’t think I’ll ever exactly know unless I do some research. Some could say that the mere act of writing is what makes a person an author. If I am to be considered an author for the fact that I have written a few essays, then that’s great but I really don’t feel like I should be given that title. In my own standards and from what I’ve been reflecting upon, authors are people who are known for their writing and whose writing is aimed to be read by many. Hence, I do not consider myself an author for the reason that my writing does not seem at the level of an author and I don’t write for other people to read....
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...In the development of my assessment one essay writing, I found it is imperative to have a sound grasp of knowledge of formal writing style, using prestigious language, standard systemic rules and grammatical structure. Additionally, after completing part B table, I found that predominantly it was through a hands-on process that I was able to develop my understanding of the features of the systemic rules and grammatical structures of the language. After receiving feedback from different grammar checker websites, I have searched online tutorials and university library books that could help me to improve my knowledge about applying systemic rules and grammar of the language. Through my process of exploration in the development of my writing skills,...
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...My Thought on O’Brien’s Writing Style Authors always have specific writing styles to attract and influence their readers. In the novel, The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien uses selected diverse writing techniques to support what he intently wrote. In my opinion, these techniques are very immediate and compelling for his readers as well as are essential to support non-fiction writers’ styles. Tim O’Brien uses symbolism, common language, and fiction writing in his novel for the purpose of showing his readers the big picture of US soldiers in the Vietnam War. For one thing, symbolism is a technique that uses a word, a phrase, or a description in order to represent a deeper meaning than the words themselves. In the first chapter of The Things They Carried, the author states, “Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha,” ‘Ted Lavender, who was scared, carried tranquilizers, 6 or 7 ounces of premium dope” “Norman Bowker carried a diary. Rat Kiley carried comic books. Kiowa, a devout Baptist, carried an illustrated New Testament.” By listing the daily-using things the soldiers carried, the author not only indicates the soldiers’ characteristics but also implies unseen things as the love of Jimmy Cross for Martha, the fears of facing the unknown dangers from the mysterious land. By using of this technique, O’Brien can put messages behind the certain words so that his readers can actually understand what are being implied. Relate back to the thesis. Another technique...
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...Over the past year in journalism class I have fallen in love with The Tribe. When I first signed up I did not know what to expect and had no idea how to write in the AP style, but I quickly learned. Having had a passion for writing, I signed up and hoped for the best. However, my bargain paid off because I have never enjoyed a class more and have learned so much. Since then I have met some of the current staff on field trips and even dancing in front of the entire school. Even in these few hours I have spent with them they have helped me more than they know. I slowly broke out of my shell and became more confident in my writing and in general. I want to do that for other journalism students. It was a thrill to make it into the first issue...
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...phonetically based on a child of Harper’s age pronunciation of the spelled word. Harper undoubtedly is able to spell out the high frequency words, however, sight words and multi-syllabic words are misspelled. Cox (2013; as cited in Fellowes & Oakley, 2014) states that the ability to spell has a direct effect on the development of one’s reading skill. Harper displays writing skills of a child in the early phase three stage of writing skill (Fellowes & Oakley, 2014 p. 423). A child’s linguistic abilities is the reflective of the common reason why children like Harper has misspelled words in the narrative (Treiman, 1998). The fact that Harper...
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...“It looks like a cockroach covered in ink ran across your page,” my mother often teased in Bengali. The number of times I have been patronized for my horrific handwriting is unfathomable. Teachers saw grading my essays as more of a punishment than their obligation. “It’s not my fault!” I exclaimed. “My parents made me switch from my left hand to my right hand when I was in the first grade!” However, no matter how often I constantly explained to my elementary school teachers, they did not care. Psychologically, they destroyed my self esteem in writing from an early age. How can I or anyone write under the impression no one is going to read it? The sad truth is, the quality of my handwriting affected my grades on personal narratives and essays. The worse the quality of my handwriting, the lower my grade would be....
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...Academic to Business Writing Style When I first entered the business world as an intern, I quickly realized that I would have to unlearn the academic writing style in order to improve my business communication skills. I have learned that being able to writing effectively and professionally is the key to being successful. Due to the advancement in technology, the way we communicate with each other has completely transformed. Business professionals are now able to communicate instantly via e-mail, phone, and video with a simple touch of a button. Effective business writing is a skill that can be improved with practice. Understanding the differences between academic and business writing is essential for success. Business writing differs from academic writing in terms of: • Format • Purpose/Audience • Content Business writing is composed of simple, short sentences that vary in length. It is important to write in a clear and concise manner to avoid information overload. The writer should convey the message in as few words as possible. The authors of “Writing that Works” emphasize that it is important to “write concisely, but do not be so blunt that you risk losing the reader’s goodwill” (Alred, Brusaw, & Oliu, 2013, p. 277). The use of bullet points and bold font helps to summarize the information and emphasize important details. The two main purposes of business writing are to recommend actions and inform the audience. In business writing, the audience can include...
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...Technology has had a profound effect on my writing style. Technology has made learning to write easier and more efficient for me in numerous ways. For example, when I need to enhance my word choice and sentence structure I utilize the free sources found on the Internet to aid me in this process. While some might use a thesaurus to solve this problem, I feel as if the Internet would provide me with more resources. Using the Internet instead of a thesaurus would also expedite the process providing me with useful information in just seconds. In addition to this, the countless videos found on the web have been a great resource for me throughout my academic writing career. Whether I am working on a research paper or a personal narrative, I can turn...
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...Seeing the finish line just in my reach has made me look back on the things I have learned. In addition to learning new techniques, I have learned different methods. Though I will miss this class I feel it would be a waste if didn’t continue to perfect my writing style. First, I will like to reflect upon my first week in English. After contracting a nasty cold and didn’t want to do anything but stay in bed; I decided if I missed one assignment who will care. You gave me multiple chances to turn the assignment in and that is when I realized I needed to suck it up. Now I see a zero for that assignment and it reminds me how you reached out and I should not have taken that for granted. Furthermore, this will be something I will take with...
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...November 2000 EAST AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL 599 East African Medical Journal Vol. 77 No. 11 November 2000 SAFE MOTHERHOOD INTERVENTION STUDIES IN AFRICA: A REVIEW M. Luck, DSc, Researcher, Centro de Malária e Outras Doenças Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, P-1300 Lisboa, Portugal SAFE MOTHERHOOD INTERVENTION STUDIES IN AFRICA: A REVIEW M. LUCK ABSTRACT Objective: To review the findings of safe motherhood intervention studies conducted in African settings. Data sources: Published literature regarding interventions designed to reduce maternal mortality in African settings. Study selection: Studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa to assess the effects of interventions designed to reduce maternal mortality. Data extraction: Search of Medline database for the years 1988 to 1998 with additional manual search of references cited in Medline-referenced studies. Data synthesis: Few of the 34 intervention studies identified used a double-blind, randomized controlled trial design (4/34), or outcome measures directly related to maternal mortality or maternal health (7/34). Six of the studies produced reasonably convincing evidence of a positive effect on maternal health outcomes. Of these, three showed that changes in delivery practices brought about improved maternal outcomes, two found that a combined intervention consisting of upgrading of emergency obstetric services and community education increased the number of major obstetric...
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...Note: Use the full title of the web page if it is short for the parenthetical citation. Articles found on the web, like the example above, are not italicized in the reference entry and are not italicized but enclosed in quotations in the in-text citation, just like a newspaper or magazine article. Reports found on the web would be italicized in the reference list, as in Publication Manual (6th ed.) Examples 31, 32, and 33 on pp. 205–206. They would also be italicized in the in-text citation, just like a book. These posts on the APA Style blog will also be helpful: How to Cite Something You Found on a Website in APA Style by Chelsea Lee Perhaps the most common question we get about APA Style is “How do I cite a website?” or “How do I cite something I found on a website?” First, to cite a website in general, but not a specific document on that website, see this FAQ. Once you’re at the level of citing a particular page or document, the key to writing the reference list entry is to determine what kind of content the page has. The Publication Manual reference examples in Chapter 7 are sorted by the type of content (e.g., journal article, e-book, newspaper story, blog post), not by the location of that content in a library or on the Internet. The Manual shows both print- and web-based references for the...
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