Even though using long words, complex sentences, or metaphors could make the writing better for some audience. However, a large number of audience would prefer a simple or graphical writing which would help them to understand complex ideas in shorter time.…
Williams explains the usefulness of “metadiscourse” when intensifying or hedging a sentence, but too often inexperienced writers over use them (135). Williams emphasizes his point on “metadiscourse” usefulness to writers when not improperly used (137). Williams says, “Readers don’t like flab” he believes that readers want substance in their reading not just “bone and grilse” (139). He explains that writing needs to read easy yet not so tough it discourages the reader (139).…
Teachers and those involved in the writing process concern themselves over the issue that writers abuse adjectives in their writing. For example, in the Course Reader week five materials the lecturer gives the following quote, “Isaac Asimov warns writers against ‘a having thick layer of fatty, adjectival froth’ in their work.” [Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s, p.179, Doubleday, 1974.]. Asimov’s warning puts an eloquent exclamation point to the point concerning adjective misuse. Both novices and experienced writers face this quandary, and simply put, meaningless adjectives deaden the prose. The following example helps answer the question of why unnecessary adjectives stifle text.…
Leo, John. “On Good Writing.” Speech at Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA. 3 Oct. 2006 .…
At the beginning of the course I wasn’t sure what to expect. It was my first year in college and my first English class of the year. In High school, English classes worshiped the 5 paragraph essay format, and this format spontaneously disappeared in English 101. Instead of the 5 paragraph format, we were introduced to writing about the text instead of the topic. Our papers weren’t structured as 5 paragraphs as much as length in pages. The texts we were introduced to were focused on rhetorical analysis. Rhetorical analysis is an essay that breaks down a work into pieces and explains how these pieces fit together to give off a certain effect, such as persuasion. The papers we were doing were are interpretative but based on rhetorical analysis.…
Agger writes that “pleasure readers would be the sloths hiding in the jungle while everyone else is out rampaging around for fresh meat” (Agger 612). We constantly like finding out new facts about random and cool things, but if we do not find what we are looking for by skimming a particular site many of us will just go on to the next site and repeat the process. In Agger’s essay, he suggests that writers eliminate some of the unneeded material in order to sustain a reader’s attention longer. He says that it is the writer’s responsibility to change their writing style and methods by using only one idea per paragraph and providing less word content than conventional writing. These techniques will enable writers to connect to their readers…
The problem begins with public perception. Buresh & Gordon point out a fundamental disconnect. The public trusts and respects nurses as caregivers but does not understand the professional standard or practice of nursing (Buresh & Gordon, 2006). Buresh & Gordon movingly quote Joan Lynaugh, nurse historian, “Most people know they can’t get into a hospital without a doctor. What they don’t know is…
Not only one of America’s Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin is one of the world’s most influential human beings. Most people recognize him as the face of a hundred dollar bill or the elementary school lesson of his kite in a storm discovering electricity. He was a scientist, an inventor, a printer, a philosopher, a musician, an economist, and of course a statesman. With his tremendous intellectual gifts, Franklin introduced devices to society that benefited America as a whole. Franklin’s most famous inventions were; the lighting rod, the bifocal glasses, the Franklin Stove, the glass harmonica, and even the current day urinary catheter. Getting to know Franklin personally, if stated as a possibility, would be an honor.…
I believe that you should read Tears Of A Tiger. Tears of a tiger teaches many heart felt lessons of life after death. It is in-depth on how teens deal with tragedy and pulls you in through its interesting story. This book is also very easy to relate to, almost everyone has had to go through the lose of a loved one. This book deals with the issues that can or already influence every teenager in America. It addresses the issues of peer pressure, sorrow, death, friendship, teen drinking, guilt and teen suicide. Various youth have said "That won't happen to me" As teenagers, you have countless ideas about drinking alcohol in addition to its affect on you and your body! Teenagers do not realize how drinking just one drink and getting behind the wheel of a car can cause harm to you and innocent people.…
The author uses many complex words to add excitement or intensity to a certain moment. In novels that are meant for high school students the words should be a little larger or more uncommon because, students should be tested vigorously with vocabulary to improve knowledge and understanding.\…
This semester my writing saw both the best of times, and the worst of times. My worst piece of writing is most definitely the first FRQ essay, which was a rhetorical analysis of one of the Onion’s articles. I have never held the most strength in rhetorical analysis. In years past when I would analyze the diction or syntax of an essay, I would experience immense difficulty. It was no different when it came to the first FRQ. I floundered, like a fish out of water, desperately searching for sentences I could analyze, words that I could pick apart. For me, the trouble with rhetorical analysis is that it is so focused on the small details. When I read anything, whether it be a book or an essay, I read the work as a whole. I never pay that much attention to the author’s word choice or the lengths of their sentences. To have to write about a subject that I don’t know much about, or pay much attention to, is always a struggle.…
Today, when time becomes more valuable and people have less time in their daily conversation because there are full of tasks around them everyday, writing seems to be a useful tool to help people keep contact with each other or manage their time easier. Therefore, writing strategies have changed a lot to adapt with the modern writer. People need an appropriate writing which they can use as an explainable format, well- organized writing, and it’s also enough to persuade the reader. It doesn’t matter how long it has existed, rhetorical strategies have been presented to pursuit all that requirements. Beginning in an ancient Greek dictionary, “rhetor” originally knew as an orator or speaker. And according to the explanation of the OWL “Throughout much of history, “rhetoric” used to have a more narrow meaning like “the art of persuasion.” However, over the course of the 20th century, “rhetoric” came to be used as a descriptor for all use of communication.” (Page 5, Reader). Then, this effective communication somehow had been used popular in the paper today as well as the rhetorical strategies. In fact, understanding the rhetorical strategies can help contribute to strong, audience-focused, and possible to modify the perspectives of the writers. This type of presentation is suitable for the beginning of a composition course of the assignment of a writing project in any class.…
The principal lesson Zinsser is trying to teach is to keep your writing simple and keep an eye out for clutter. Zinsser goes on to explain how “clutter is the disease of American writing,” due to the desire to add purposeless words or phrases used to make someone’s writing sound more professional and significant.…
It is not because of the problem to fill in the 500 words. Excessive timidity means using expressions such as “in my opinion”, “in my point of view” among others. I admit that I use these expressions and I do it because I’m a student and feel that my opinion is somewhat inexperienced. I learned from Paul Roberts that using these expressions too often can be dangerous. Yes, I am inexperienced but I don’t have to write about it throughout the article.…
On Monday, February 26th at 6:00 p.m. three speakers from the writing center at Ball State university, Rory Lee, Kelsie Walker and Morgan Gross presented a webinar speech entitled “Why College Writing is Hard: Insights and Tips for Demystifying Academic Writing”. This webinar lasted for an hour and was recorded in room 104 in Bracken Library but could be watched online. Overall the speech was enlightening because of the topic and information but the technical elements involved in public speaking could use work.…