It was a few minutes after 10pm on a Monday night and I had just remembered that my rough draft essay for my dual enrollment English class was due the next day. Even though I wrote the date it was due down, I always pushed it off to do “another day”, well another day became that night. I had to write 500 descriptive words about the nature of opening and eating a tootsie pop; I didn’t even have a tootsie pop. I knew I would have to improvise, so I grabbed the old lollipop in my pantry and started
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It may be possible in our society today that books will no longer be used but I don't think it will happen. Books may be replaced by computers and electronics but I don't feel that people will totally lose interest in books. Lots of people really like books. Books keep history recorded. When you have a question about science you look in a book. I don't think that Bradbury’s depiction of a society without books is realistic.There wouldn't have been any book burnings such as the ones that happened
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Cookie”, was an analytical 8-point paper about The Odyssey, and it was quite literally the worst paper I have ever written. It was so terrible, that I couldn’t even make it through the first paragraph, when I attempted to re-read it. I remembered my writing not being horrible, because, otherwise, I wouldn’t have turned it in. As I recall, it was so bad, that you didn’t even grade it, because I would’ve gotten an F (thank you about that, by the way). This paper exemplifies the very beginning of my
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(optional) Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences. (250) Shortly after I moved to the United States, I enrolled in an origami class. The art of paper folding was familiar to me but also difficult to master. I remember my struggles to keep up with the class and worries that I wouldn’t make any progress. Squash-folds and folding diagonal halves were steps that I had a very hard time doing. I often fell behind in class, or someone would help me with the
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Once enough time has passed that I am under some pressure to start putting pen to paper, I gather my laptop, a pencil, and some paper. I prefer making notes about the topic of my assignment on a piece of paper before actually writing any drafts. I make short, simple notes, so it does not usually take very much time. After I have researched my points, I make a basic outline for my essay. This helps me keep my paper organized and make
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This year I was taught different rhetorical devices. Some of the devices were just a simple review, while others were completely new to me. In the beginning of this year I did not know how to use certain devices, but being taught the same devices constantly made them drill into my head. The fact that I started to remember when to use these devices have helped my writing become more vigorous throughout the year. I do not know where begin with all devices I was taught. All the rhetorical devices that
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create our research paper on something that sparked our interest and had plentiful opinions on. As I started to sculpt my work, I tried and included various sources that would support my points thoroughly. Afterwards, I revised my work and found a few parts in which were lackluster and sought to add more details and remove statements in order to make my essay have more clarity. Overall, what I've learned this semester is that I have a good, general grasp of creating and molding papers to my whim; however
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tea. 3. A clear mind. 4. Depending on the topic, I will read all required documentation, and do my due diligence on the topic if necessary. This allows me to process and formulate ideas in my mind. 5. I always scribble my first draft on a sheet of paper. This sheet will contain random thoughts and ideas that come to mind. It could be a word, a sentence, even a statement. As I continue writing
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Since the beginning of the year to now, the end of the year, my writing process and skills have dramatically changed. My writing process coming into junior year was not vigorous; I would not begin the pre-write and just go straight into the writing process. Regrettably, I would procrastinate till the last night to actually begin my writing, therefore, I would rush my writing process. In addition, my evidence and commentary was poor. With this being the process for me as a writer, of course, my worse
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that I use when writing are online writing tools, and rereading my writing aloud. The benefits of reading aloud my writing are to make sure the order of ideas in a paper to make sense, see grammatical mistakes, and gaps in your explanation. Therefore, rereading my writing will help me to edit, change, add, and delete information on my papers. While taking English course at Mission College, I have learned that revision is the process of returning to a previously drafted piece of writing to incorporate
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