Over the years my experience and improvement in writing has cultivated me into a person I believe would prosper in the Humanities program. The ability to write well and in a way that is coherent to those reading your work is an important skill no matter what field. As I interact with my fellow students I make sure to be an effective critic and listener. This would not only help my peers work but my own writing as well as I am paying attention to techniques as well as errors. As I am interacting with
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Although writing is taught to children throughout their years in school, it doesn't always have the same impact as a child sitting him or herself down and writing simply because it makes them feel good. Creative writing can be a healthy outlet for a persons emotions. It can also teach valuable lessons and skills to a person that they can apply throughout their life. Creative writing has had this affect on me. Creative writing has helped me grow and expand as a person outside as well as inside of
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Reading is one of the best things, Pictures of Hollis Woods, not something people should read. If you like reading realistic fiction books, this one will ruin it for you. Wouldn’t you rather watch the movie than read the worst book of all? Others would rather hear otherwise of how it is an amazing book. If you like books that have a climax, don’t read this book. One reason to not like this book is that there is no climax. Normally, you would expect your average book to have a climax, such as a huge
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Mishka Kornai, filmed “Growing Up” capturing the essence of maturing in a diverse way. Kornai drew us in and caught our attention by placing seventy-five different individuals in this film, each growing up in a beautiful and complex way. Mishka Kornai displays growing up in a short 16-minute film. The short film by Mishka Kornai is an interesting documentary that uses story telling and film to show us the how complex it is to grow up. The author, Mishka Kornai captures growing up as people transform
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In writing my synthesis paper as well as the reflection done in week 9 discussion I have modified and refined my writing style as well as my approach to this essay to get a successful outcome. My goals for where this essay is going to go has definitely changed from what I want to present and argue. This mentality has come from the commentary given to me by the other students to push my ideas further, to develop the basic idea of my essay and maturing it into a more creative realm. For the drafting
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The name of the topic is “River Rights”.The name of the article I have chosen is “River Plan Too Fishy for my Taste Buds”.The author I have chosen is Bill McEwen.The reason I have choosen this article is because the author uses political and economic facts to support his opinion,which is very convincing.Bill McEwen is a 35 year veteran journalist and the opinion page editor of the Fresno Bee,which makes me believe that McEwen is the proven/better expert.The article was published in the Fresno Bee
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In the development of my assessment one essay writing, I found it is imperative to have a sound grasp of knowledge of formal writing style, using prestigious language, standard systemic rules and grammatical structure. Additionally, after completing part B table, I found that predominantly it was through a hands-on process that I was able to develop my understanding of the features of the systemic rules and grammatical structures of the language. After receiving feedback from different grammar checker
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As a student I feel this year has assisted me the most writing wise. I was never really big into writing but this year has helped shape me into a much better writer and actually gave me joy when given the task to create an essay. My strengths this year have consisted of a larger vocabulary and I have also learned to lure the reader in with better introduction sentences. For example in my college admissions essay I hooked my reader in quite well with the following sentence “ As a child it was never
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I am a seventh grade student in Massachusetts, and I have recently read The Fifth Wave (the series). When the first book was introduced to me, I found it challenging to put down. I have read plenty of great books in my time, but your books top my list of favorites. While reading, I felt all the characters being brought to life. Therefore, it was easy to imagine the events of the story taking place in the world of the book. Throughout the suspense and excitement of the book, one problem stood out
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high level. After reading this small book, I am having trouble narrowing down what is most important to me as I become a college reader and writer. One point that sticks out to me most is creativity. After reading this I can remember all the papers I have written and most of them were about stuff I had already known. Unless they were assigned to me with specific
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