writing this cover letter to you as a part of the Informative essay assignment for English 111. I choose to write about the current debate over whether college athletes should be paid for their time and effort while playing their chosen sport at colleges and universities across America. I received only one peer review on Blackboard, and was underwhelmed by the response that I received. Jairret Boyce was the only classmate that responded to my essay, and in his peer review, he merely agreed that I did everything
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Oh Rapunzel, let down your hair! (you coming blondie?) Now it’s time to leave your tower to explore the world of body paragraphs! This is the most important part as it makes up the bulk of your essays. Call it a journey to the floating lights! Tip: For all body paragraphs of the three types of essays, you have to cite your sources/evidence. You can do that by putting quotation marks or citing the author or source’s name somewhere in the body paragraph. Body paragraphs for Rhetorical Analysis:
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Throughout this course, my ability as a writer has significantly improved. As a result, I have acquired new skills that will help me in life. My confidence has increased about college level writing. When I started this class I did not know how to write a proper essay, in fact, I did not even know where to start. To begin with, each chapter has taught me a new valuable skill. As I wrote each journal entry I noticed that my skills were improving. In particular, the tools I have benefitted from the
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In the quote from Thomas Paine, a supporter of American independence from England, he states his views on America. Although, this was from 1791, there are still some things that he said that are true and some better now polar opposites. He was able to say something in 1791 and probably think that by 2017 it might be completely different but in reality it's not. In America, although not highlighted, there are many opportunities given to you no matter if you're rich or poor. Paine uses the quote, “The
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Summary, Analysis, Response “A Google, Google, Google, Google World” McCracken, Harry. "A Google, Google, Google, Google World." PC World Communications, Inc. 28.8 (2005): 17-18. Print. “A Google, Google, Google, Google World” by Harry McCracken, in PC World is an article that touches on the uses of Google as a search engine. McCracken states in his article Google’s slogan "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful”. But he goes on to mention that Google
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kings, soldiers or noblemen of pre-Shakespearean works. Therefore the audiences might have had a difficult time forming an association with them. Those plays did portray important themes but they lacked an anti-hero,’ a character who embodied all the flaws of an ordinary man’ in this regard the classical plays were not the ‘plays for the common man’ rather they were the ‘plays for the elite’ (Barranger, 2013). However William Shakespeare began a change with his tragic heroes which in time lead
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Pete Moran Professor Wright Unit #4 Essay ENWR 106-11 August 8, 2013 Even the Blind Can One Day See In the short story “Cathedral” the speaking voice comes from the character known as the husband. The husband appears to narrate the story with the intent of telling it like it is. He makes his opinions, usually negative, very well known to the reader, which I believe makes him appear that much more human to the audience. I chose this story for my final paper because I was able to develop a connection
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5Great Wall Essay The Great Wall had some flaws while it was being built but over all it was an awesome creation.It had a bunch of flaws but at the end it came out being a great structure.”It is better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times.”~Rachel Kristensen There were some rough times to the Great Wall but in the end it was all worth it.In this situation, the benefits outweighed the costs.The Great Wall protected China and stopped invasions also linked China's trade with
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think the biggest weakness of my composition one was that my evidences did not focus on my topic very well. My topic was that the gender based wage gap always existed since the WWII and it was difficult to eliminate it completely. However, at first, I gave an example, which was a woman who protected her basic right successful through the Equal Pay Act, which was contrary to my claim. Moreover, I also mentioned the Pregnancy Act in my previous draft, which was out of topic. My strength was that I wrote
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Writing an essay is not as much about the end product as it is the journey to get there. You may possess the most expansive vocabulary, but the one variable that shows through your writing is time. Time is the one factor that shows improvement, effort, and persistence. Without time, the journey would not exist. Step one in the journey is throwing ideas on to paper. Throwing refers to the chaos of that first step. In my case, the throwing of ideas was evident in the lack of cohesion and argument
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