As I read through this book, I began to understand how I myself could transform a single writing assignment into something much bigger, something much more important. I felt the influence right away. I began to understand the significance of poetry to a greater degree. I…
Strategies from read/write learning incorporated with strategies from kinesthetic learning appears to be effective for this writer. Recognizing new learning styles will improve the quality and speed of this writers learning and study abilities. This writer will not limit the learning styles but expand the knowledge by learning a variety of strategies to increase learning ability. It is important to be flexible in the learning styles to be able to switch from one style to the next style to enhance the knowledge that one needs to improve…
In this essay “How to Read Like a Writer” Mike Bunn, claims that college students should distinguish choices the writer made and decide whether they want to implement them in their writing; enhancing their level of writing. Bunn explains that reading like a writer is a strategy that questions, analyses and criticizes a text to make readers look at the structure, the style, the word choice in regards to several factors like: the purpose, the audience, and the genre. The author concludes that this strategy will also signal the writer’s argument. The essay ends by providing a step-by-step example to obtain structural analysis and familiarize students with this strategy.…
When a person begins writing they have many obstacles that they must overcome. Some face issues with creating well-written sentences, writing thesis sentences and others face issues with expanding their vocabulary. It can be difficult to do and takes a great deal of practice and patience. A student, Amanda Grumke, faced these same obstacles as she began writing. At the beginning of her English Composition 1 class, her writing landed at a very low level. After a semester of practice, she has made improvements. Amanda has improved her sentence structures, transitional words, and improved points of view.…
African-Americans during Reconstruction and American Indians in the Gilded Age share similar and differences during its history. In the book titled, Give Me Liberty!, by Eric Foner, talks about the history of African-Americans during Reconstruction and how it required states to ratify the fourteenth Amendment and permit freedmen to vote. Forner also talked about the history of American Indians during the Gilded Age and their experiences and how it signified the dangers of mass cultural incorporation. Both events share similar and different histories such as both events include General Howard and his contribution to African-Americans and American Indians. The histories link to each other when it comes…
I have accomplished a great deal in the past three months. As the semester ends I find myself reflecting not only on how I have survived the first semester but also what I have learned. Writing is hard work. There is so much more to it than just writing an interesting story. I also learned another important lesson; just because I worked hard on an essay before presenting it and reviewed the daylights out of it did not mean it was ready for submission. Every time I went back to read it I found new changes, typos and other mistakes I had missed before.…
From doing this assignment, I earned some skill of writing, in which I wasn't very…
Most people cannot recall their very first experience with reading or writing. However, the majority of people can recall the moment in their lives where the way they viewed reading or writing changed drastically. The pivotal moment that truly alters how one views the written word seems to be engrained in one’s memory. When someone chooses to write down and share their journey with reading and writing, whether it be discovering it or redefining it to themselves, they create a literacy narrative.…
In the past a thousand weeks, I feel like I have accomplished a great deal. As the quarter ends, I find myself reflecting not only how I have survived my fifth quarter but also what I have learned. The most important thing I have learned so far is how to become a better writer. I did not think it could really happen to me. I did not think I could handle all the work. I did not think I could actually become a better writer. Somehow, after all the hours of writing, and putting effort into my papers that I wrote in this quarter, I became a better writer. I did this because I concentrated on two very important areas. With help from an awesome teacher and my partner, I have become a better writer by improving my skills in the areas of procrastination and content.…
The course I was taking was WRTG 101, taking this course helped me out a lot because it improved my writing skills a lot. When I was choosing this course I wanted to develop my ability to write in an effective way. The first hope was that the course will help me to develop my skills in different types of writing and expand my knowledge in different areas. The second hope was that the course will help me to writing full papers that make sense. Also, I hope that this course will help to understand papers written by other people and so that they are more clear to me. After completing the course, I believe that I am successful in achieving my goals of becoming a good writer. When I first started this course, my writing skills were not so good,…
There are many characteristics that identify Jay Gatsby as a tragic hero. Some of the characteristics of a tragic hero include greatness, a weakness or a flaw, an undeserved fate and a punishment exceeding the crime. Jay Gatsby encompasses all of these characteristics of a tragic hero. Although, the author tries to portray Gatsby as a perfect person, there are still some flaws that are noticeable. Gatsby's great life unwinds with the death of the tragic hero.…
Improving my ability to become a great writer and write grade-A college papers is an important goal I hope to achieve by taking this class. My personal goals overall for this class is to gain the necessary elements and principles of writing, in order to further help my skills as a writer so it may lead to future success. As a writer my skills have improved over the years in things like grammar, thesis statements, outlines and critical thinking. Overall my skills in writing have greatly improved over the years, even though some may still require improvement. By completing this class over the summer, I look forward in reducing my weaknesses as a writer writer’s block and etc., in order to become a more significant and effective writer. Improving my writing skills has numerous benefits whether in college or things like vocabulary, keeping track of daily events, or even writing a journal of all the events taking place…
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The art of writing is a unique skill that requires the writer to have great flexibility and be open to improvement. Some may consider themselves a “perfect writer”, when in reality, no one is, and will ever be. Writing is a process that requires one to continuously build on skills learned in previous situations, applying new techniques and strategies to future writing projects. Different settings require different writing styles, and with that being said, one must be willing to change their writing skills to suit the requirements of their current setting. In the following essay I will reflect on past writing assignments, identifying my best and worst writing courses, strengths and weaknesses as a writer, and my opinion on why writing may or may not be beneficial to me throughout my career.…
It is any authors dream to be published. They have written their work, and think that it is the best they can do. However, when it comes time for them to publish what they have done, many authors find that publishers do not print everything that comes across their desks. Most of what an author tries to get into print is rejected, especially new authors. This group has an even more difficult time getting work laid out onto paper because they as writers are unknown, with book companies wishing to release works from more well-known authors as the public knows the older writers are good and do not want to spend money on some ones work that they have never heard of. In order to become published a new writer should…