This year in Humanities my confidence in sharing my opinion with the class dramatically increased due to the great work environment you provided. Going into this semester being my first year in college I was not planning on speaking up and giving my opinion in class. I had been a to myself person throughout high school and to some extent I still am but what i've learned is when I ask questions and give my opinion not only does it help me but it also gives the rest of the class a different perspective
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a situation involving the two have changed my life. However, one time that sticks out to me vividly is when my teacher analyzed my essay in front of the class. I always thought I was a great writer , but when I got papers back with the grades I didn’t want, I was confused. It felt like all my hard work was never good enough. At first I thought that getting your essay read and critiqued by everyone in the class was pointless and insignificant. After we had finished I realized that some benefits had
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needed for an essay to be considered a “good” essay, and what separates a good essay from a great one? In order for an essay to be considered a “good” essay, a writer must follow the basic rules of essay writing, such as using proper grammar, correct punctuation, etc. If an essay contains two or more grammatical errors throughout the essay, the writer might be viewed as uneducated or may not be taken seriously. Numerous grammatical errors can discredit an author’s credibility. If an essay contains “bad”
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To the Army Recruiting Course team; first let me start with thanking you for your entire kindness and candor establishment that you have built. As for I have personally learned a lot about myself and recruiting. During my training I have observed a lot and would return to my room to ponder what was good, bad and mediocre. I would only ask of you to understand my opinion not in judgment, but with sincerity to better the organization as a whole. Many of my thoughts derive from reading a book in
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Along with the language as the most straightforward feature of genres, the contents of two different genres are quite different. Different contents always indicate different materials, informations and evidences provided in articles. The two genres I found display completely different contents by focusing on two different main objects. The main object of the online advertisement is “community college”. Generally, when writing the online advertisement, the author needs to provide some common and uncomplicated
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Finishing my eighth grade year, I decided that middle school seemed fairly easy and that I needed to challenge myself. When I scheduled classes for high school, I made the bold decision to take speech and creative writing, even though I knew it might ruin my goal of having a perfect grade point average in the future. I recognized that I was a weak writer and a poor public speaker, but that only increased my efforts to succeed in those two areas. Learning the importance of confidence, speech and creative
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I just recently stopped at our public library and check out the book “Peak” by Roland Smith. After finishing reading the book I was amazed by how much meaning it had and the great lessons it tought. I immediately thought that this book should be read by as many people as possible and that is why I am writing this letter to you. In this letter I am requesting that you add “Peak” by Roland Smith to our library. I think it would be an amazing addition because of its aspect of thrill, characters that
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Every now and again, the introduction of a book is skipped. Occasionally, I’m that person. But any inquisitive person should read the opening of “They Say/ I Say”: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein provide writing templates designed to organize thoughts so that they can be expressed clearly, at the same time, keeping readers engaged. Graff and Birkenstein propose that the use of these templates can benefit you by getting your foot in the door of academic
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Let’s say that it’s the night before your paper is due. You get a snack, get comfortable in your chair, and start to write. You type your paper and have met all the requirements that your teacher has asked expect one last thing… you have to share the essay in Google Drive with the rest of your group mates. You go to your internet browser to try and send the file and realize that your internet is out because your mom hasn’t paid the bill yet. So you tell yourself, “I’ll just go to campus early tomorrow
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My writing has changed a lot throughout the years, but this year I feel I have made the most progression. I went from not being able to finish a short story to being able to finish one with a well-developed plot. While I am very happy about my development in writing short stories I am most proud of my growth in writing poetry and dramatic writing. But it hasn’t always come naturally. It has involved a lot work on my part too. As expected, my writing quality in sixth grade was very different than
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