Over the course of the semester I personally feel that I have developed as a writer. Throughout the essays I wrote, there is a common pattern of errors I made, ranging from poor choice of words to poor sentence structure. Overall I feel my biggest weakness in writing is putting my thoughts into words and being able to clearly express my ideas. I often find myself thinking one thing, but writing it with poor choices of words. After looking through all of the revisions, I do feel I have a better grasp
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Purpose The purpose of Dumas’s essay is to persuade readers to remain open-minded and respectful to unfamiliar languages and cultures. Audience The audience of the essay is anyone who has had experiences or had an interest with the relationship between the mixing of unfamiliar languages and cultures. Ethos Dumas appeals to ethos by stating that she was an immigrant and further appeals to it in each of her anecdotes regarding struggles she faced as an immigrant. She also appeals to ethos when she
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respond to the writing. Chapter 3 of Successful College Writing expands on this topic and offers insight on the actions that accompany reading and responding to the text. College introduces difficult literary assignments, (such as informative essays and essays meant for academic audiences) and unlike high school, you won't receive as much support in deciphering the text. This means you need to acquire sustainable skills and become an active reader. Being an active reader requires for you to take action
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I remember reading somewhere that, unlike most of the other Founding Fathers, Jefferson never kept a diary. Because of this and his tendency to stay quiet (which we know about from the writings of those who knew him), the personality of one of the greatest men of all time has been mostly lost to history. When I was told that I not only could, but had to write about whatever I wanted for a formal paper, I was (like almost everyone else in the class) excited. Not soon after, however, the task became
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As an author, your main job is to create a story that attracts your audience’s attention, but also retains it through out. Authors shy away from the mundane, and focus in on the details that make the story worth telling. Authors ponder on how to make these key details more appealing, so they use strategies like, metaphors and distortion. They have the creative ability to bend and shift the story to better deliver their message. Author Flannery O’Connor has written “I am interested in making a good
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them in ones writing. The essay will also have to be clear so the reader will not get lost. Writers have to specify the materials that ones own readers will need so that they can be ready before starting the process. Making extra comments in the essay will help the audience visualize the process. One also needs to include what to not do like caution the readers. Kahn uses the rhetorical appeals, her story is also in process writing, and lastly she created a multimodal essay. Kahns’ purpose of “Stripped
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Charles Sykes writes at a level that people can understand in high school or maybe even junior high. Sykes makes his writings funny yet more about reality at the same time. Charles Sykes writes at a high school level to say what high school students should be told but nobody wants to say. Charles Sykes’ reading called "50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School" is very straight and to the point which is now how many teenagers learn. One of Charles Sykes rules says "If you mess up, it's not your parents’
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Semester Final Reflective Essay At the beginning of this semester I felt this course would go smoothly and I could complete it with no difficulty. As the semester began I was expecting the similar English courses I had experienced through the past four years of high school, which is exactly what I got. We reviewed the same basic grammar skills and writing techniques. Although one thing seemed to be different compared to the other high school teachers, you were able to take interest into our work
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Being at Allegheny for this semester has taught me a lot about my writing habits. In almost all of my papers, I stray way off track just to make a point that needed one sentence of explanation. During the time I sent on my final portfolio, I really tried to focus on getting the point across in much shorter detail and making sure I am staying on topic. The thing that has helped me the most is the feedback I am receiving from you and my classmates. I decided to begin with my original research paper
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At times, thoughts of walking away crossed my mind due to the short amount of time. It was as if I was fighting an inner war with myself. However, once I started writing the essays it became something easy and natural for me. I was able to finish both essays on time and I felt as I won to my other side who said that I was not capable. After a few weeks, the test results were posted and to my surprised I passed the CBEST and got a high score on the writing section
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