Genocide and Atrocities”. I chose this book, because the study of genocide is interesting to me, in learning about why it happens and how to stop it from happening in the future. In regards to the essay, it is going to be broken into three different parts. The first part, which is planned to be about half of the essay, will talk about some about a couple of the major themes of the book. The second part will consist of showing how the book is tied to content we have learned in class. And to wrap up the paper
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One major thing I learnt from this class was to primarily focus on what other people said about my certain topic first, rather than coming up with an argument that doesn’t have strong roots. I used to focus more on what `I wanted` to say, and ignore what other scholars have already established. My inclination towards being a selfish writer caused me to struggle through the writing process. Since I did not listen to what other scholars have said in the past most of the time, finding sources that supported
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My Writing Process in Contrast Writing is a skill required for many aspects of life and being able to write well can set you up for success. Although my writing process is not always the most efficient, as I further my education my abilities strengthen and my writing becomes more proficient. One of the first things I do when I begin a written assignment is put myself in my ideal situation for focus. Weirdly enough for me that setting is most commonly a coffee shop or occasionally a public library
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others, I have enhanced my writing skills. As I was assigned to write a great amount of essays in this English course, I realized that my writing has improved immensely. This course has taught me how to write various types of essays, for example, rhetorical analysis, review, report, and reader responses. Every essay has different requirements and different components to include. By using these skills to compose an essay, I am capable of improving my writing and noticing my strengths and weaknesses. Every
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this essay, the writer J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur is writing to people during the time period 1782. The purpose for writing this article was to promote Americans as Europeans who have gone into another country because they weren’t happy with their current standing in their own country. While, reading this essay, the author’s inspirational tone would have persuaded anybody in 1782 that America is just as good if not better than European countries. Although Crevecoeur’s wrote this essay in 1782
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The articles written by Pierce and Kirschner may be of different genres, however the use of Ethos, Logos, and Pathos is still very prominent in the argument that each is making. Upon analyzing the text for Ethos, the reader can find that Kirschner goes above and beyond where Pierce falls short. The piece by Kirschner is targeted towards a scholarly audience and includes many examples of statistics and credible resources. The end of the article includes the references used throughout his argument
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this journal entry is to select my favorite and least favorite of the 5 written essays in Chapter 13. My favorite sample essay in Chapter 13 is “Bad Dog” written by Rachel Mays. The reason I chose this sample essay is because I am a dog lover and it really sparked my interest. My least favorite sample essay in Chapter 13 is “Speaking Quiché in the Heart of Dixie” by Gabriel Thompson. The reason I chose this sample essay is because it was too boring to hold my interest. The details in Bad Dog were very
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After your thoughts are down on paper, you can go back and correct your mistakes. It is much easier to proofread a paper that is too long (because you can omit words or phrases that don’t make sense) than to try to come up with a perfect, logical essay on the first try. Most likely, when you begin writing, ideas will flow one after another. It is best to write them down as soon as they come to you (even if you are in the middle of sentence) because by the time you finish the sentence you may forget
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In my essays throughout the semester, I have learned how to address clearly state a thesis for a particular paper. For example, in my Libby Copeland essay “One key factor that I would like to address in the essay, how humans compare their lives with others on Facebook, making themselves lonely and sad.” This was my thesis statement I proved my thesis using some quotations and some of my experience. As a writer at first, I struggled with addressing a clear thesis and some ideas. For example, in my
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Throughout the course of the semester, my writing as drastically improved through analyzing and understanding the course goals, its objectives, the topics of the papers, and grading rubrics. Utilizing the syllabus allowed me to see what was expected of me as a writer, and how I would be critiqued in my writing, starting with the first paper which asked me to explain the moment or experience when I knew I was a part of a discourse community. At first, I did not understand what I was supposed to write
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