I believe that Murder on the Orient Express would be a valid option for future seventh grades. I actually prefer this book over And Then There Were None. I am inclined to say that even though ATTWN is and easier, the complex vocabulary and superior story make it a much more interesting, if more difficult, read. Murder on the Orient Express is a book with a vocabulary far above and beyond that of ATTWN. There are many different sections in the book that are in French, and just generally a far more
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A writer’s main goal in their work is to captivate the reader into believing that what they are writing is true. Stephen King states “Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should end in the reader’s” .Captivating a reader through powerful pieces of the author's work will enhance the reader’s overall experience and will make the work more memorable. Within the use of a writer’s finesse, the author is able to enrapture the reader for a heightened portrayal of the overall story. A
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In the article "This Way for Vampires: Teaching First-Year Composition in 'Challenging Times.'" by Sandie Friedman, she argues whether popular culture and current events should be taught in first-year writing classes. Friedman receives the support from several other professors that agree with the same claim. Based on the article, Friedman believes that vampires offer just as much learning material as an informational textbook. With that being said, I agree with Friedman; teaching popular culture
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Authors use a wide variety of literary devices to enhance the reader’s perspective of their writing.Diction is one of the many that authors use as it can be used to convey words in a more detailed way.In Beowulf the author utilizes diction to create more descriptive phrases that shows the juxtaposition between good and evil. In view of authors,there are many thoughts that come to mind that have a part in the expression of their theme.To interpret their views many different styles are used,with
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I have never been an awful writer. I have also never been an amazing writer. Over the course of this semester, I have watched my writing evolve a bit. Although I do not see a drastic change in my writing I do see some which is good. Throughout elementary school, I always felt like I was a bad writer. I thought that the most when we all took the writing TAKS test and I received a two out of four. This score convinced me that I would never be a good writer. From then until the sixth grade I believed
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Since I first learned to write, I have been a writer. It has always been an incredibly cathartic and therapeutic passion of mine. Writing became a part of my job when I had to learn to write search engine optimized web copy more than 15 years ago. And about 10 years ago, I started writing how-to articles to help fledgling developers who were trying to teach themselves the ins and outs of web design and development, like I had done. (I swear this is leading someplace. Hang in there.) Then, just six
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Ms. Tarabrina the assignments we have worked on helped me on how to choose a genre and improve my writing process skills. The assignments showed me the purpose and use of a genre. A genre is very important it helps readers learn what the text is about and how it relates to the information they are looking for. Although the genre is important it is useless without the writing process. The MWA-1 assignments have helped me organize my ideas and put them on paper. Before I began the assignments I became
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When my writing, I aim to use formal words instead of slang; however when looking at writers diet review I can see that I can over use certain words such as verbs and adjectives. When writing academically, I always refrain from using the word you or any other personal reference. Writing in the third person, instead identifying to the reader the person or thing you are referring to (Grellier & Goerke, 2010). In my writing, a strength I find easy to avoid is abbreviation and contractions such
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believer in what she has become, a writer. Didion was a college student who was going to major in English , but thought she couldn’t do college because of the way she thinks. Her way of thinking wasn’t bad at all, she found what she truly wanted to be by her way of thinking. She didn’t recognize her true passion tell she wanted to write what she see in her head. In why I write didion said, “By which I mean not a “good” writer or a “ bad” writer but simply a writer, a person whose most absorbed and
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For many years the authorship of the plays, sonnets, and narrative poems written by Shakespeare have been disputed; now writers all over the world have assembled different theories on weather or not he actually wrote these. With evidence to support their theories many are beginning to question the ownership of these plays supposedly written by Shakespeare. I believe that Shakespeare wrote all of the plays that he was said to have written even though many may postulate, he didn’t write all of them
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