Free Write: Spend the next 3 minutes writing about your day so far today. Don’t think, just write using the space below. This morning I had to get up at 6 o’clock because I had Quiz Bowl.I just want to go back to bed for 15 minutes. I don’t like that I have to get this up early for Quiz Bowl. On the plus side Profe brings us doughnuts. I’ll only try to have one since I’m trying to watch my weight. There are way too many kids that come to Quiz Bowl Practice. I just wish they would shut up and
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My very first college English class at Louisiana State University was most definitely everything that I expected it to be. It was tough, tedious, and time consuming, but I learned a lot through out the semester. I learned how to write different kinds of papers, how to do research on a topic, and how to manage my time to where I can efficiently do my work by the due date. At the beginning of the year we had to write a literary analysis and in that analysis I said that me, and writing never really
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In the poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, the speaker details one night during a period of sadness and madness in which a raven flies into his room and talks to him. The speaker uses diction, symbolism, and allusion to present the loneliness, hopelessness, and darkness that he experiences throughout the night and how it takes a toll on his mind. The diction in “The Raven” helps to set the mood of the poem, which is gloomy and dark. The poem starts off with, “Once upon a midnight dreary.” This
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Compare and Contrast Essay I will be telling about the similarities and differences between the two short stories The Most Dangerous Game,by Richard Cornell, and The Cast of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe. There are two difference The Most Dangerous, the guy that died was into hunting and his death was not planned but in The Cast Amontillado, they had an interest in tasting fine wine and the death was planned. But they do have some similarities such as that one person has died in each story
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In Edgar Allan Poe’s, “The Raven” is an intricate story of life’s shortness and how desperate individuals are to reclaim moments of loved ones or friends who they may have lost. Consequently, in "The Raven" through the anger that emerges as the man grieves, leads him down a path of unwanted deprivation, and self-doubt. The individual clings to the belief that the answers to his lingering questions will come from the "mistreated raven" until his need to know becomes broken. Additionally, "The Raven"
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I have always enjoyed English classes and writing. After taking the English 101 course here, I felt like my writing skills had improved and matured greatly along, helping with my transition to college and more advanced writing. Now, through completing English 102, I feel like my writing and research skills have improved even more and I feel better prepared for the writing and research tasks that await me. In this portfolio, I hope to demonstrate how my writing has improved through this class and
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When I first thought about my English 11 class I was thinking about how I wanted to better myself in the future. I was hoping that I would get a teacher that would help me improve my writing skills and help me improve my SAT score and I received my wish. I ended up getting Mrs. Miles as a my English teacher and I was very excited to get her as a teacher because I wanted to see how fun she makes English and it was a lot of fun.Writing is like cooking you can only have a few ingredients but, you can
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Entering this course, English 214, the perspective that I had is that it would not be as different from my prior English class, English 114. As I began to learn about the course and its structure, it did become clear that both English classes would not be too distinct from one another. For instance, this course would also revolve around your own topic of choice, in which throughout the semester your writing would be based on that topic. I personally like this structure of the class, since I am able
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Stradlater’s composition? Holden wrote Stradlater's composition about his brother Allie left handed baseball mitt and the descriptive part of the mitt was all of the poems he had written on the mitt. Holden wrote poems for Allie so that when he was bored in the outfield, he had something to look at while waiting for the game to continue. Allie had died on July 18, 1946 from Leukemia. 2. Why did Holden tear up the composition he had written for Stradlater? Holden tore the composition he had written
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complexity require more rigorous course work to ensure success in both college and career situations. Students who take and are successfully challenged in an honors course will be more competitive college applicants and more successful when entering college. This change in pace for the honors course is one of the components that allows students to have more depth in their writing, comprehension, and they work towards more college level
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