Among the major differences between the two essays is the way they are structured. In the essay “How…
The goals for this course are to help you develop the skills necessary to write expository, analytical and argumentative essays which are clear, concise, grammatically sound and stylistically persuasive. In addition, this course will help you to interpret and evaluate texts so that you can support and validate a stated thesis or implied premise using detailed evidence. We will also focus on specific forms of essay writing such as comparison/contrast, definition and cause & effect with the aim of enhancing your rhetorical writing strategies. We will also engage in the analysis of the text through close line reading with an emphasis on becoming familiar with and understanding rhetorical strategies such as tone, context and metaphor as well as a focus on critical thinking, with the goal of helping you to read and write with a more critically…
Write a critical essay in which you discuss two works of literature you have read from the particular perspective of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens. In your essay, provide a valid interpretation of the statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references to appropriate literary elements from the two works.…
ESSAY: COMPARE AND CONTRAST TWO LITERARY WORKS FROM THIS COURSE THAT SHARE THE SAME THEME…
One theme demonstrated in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, is ignorance versus knowledge. It is a certain kind of knowledge that most people in this future-set world lack. Not the knowledge that is about facts and how well you retain them, but the knowledge that is awareness, consciousness, and realization of what is going on around and using it to good use. Knowledge has power. Guy Montag slowly starts gaining this intelligence throughout the book, and strives to find other people with the same knowledge. Ray Bradbury discusses this theme through many different forms of figurative language including symbolism, personification, imagery, and similes.…
Week 2: Writing Tips, Components of a Good Essay, and the Narrative Essay - Discussion…
In my first essay, I wrote a rhetorical analysis The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This essay was created to interpret that the American Dream can never truly be achieved no matter what you may have or do. While writing this essay I choose this novel because not only have I read the piece, but I found it interesting enough to analysis especially when it came to the American Dream concept. While writing this piece I took a risk and wrote on a whole novel instead of a smaller piece which would have been a greater opinion. The reason I choose this was not only because I loved the book, but I wanted to see how I would have done analysis this novel and testing my writing skills. In this essay, I took on the challenge and while I believed…
What do you want your readers to learn and understand after reading your essay? What is the purpose of your essay?…
Some novels and plays portray the consequences that occur when individuals pursue their own personal good at the expense of the common good of the group or society. Choose a novel or play, and write a well-organized essay that explains how the interests of a character or group of characters conflict with the common good and produce dire consequences for another group or society. Avoid plot summary.…
What do you want your readers to learn and understand after reading your essay? What is the purpose of your essay?…
I am just your average teenager from Paterson New Jersey trying to make a better living for my family. Growing up in Paterson, I experienced things I should not have experienced, from deaths, drug dealing, to gang violence in my neighborhood. I come from a very big family where college was optional. But for me, I made sure to make it a priority. I come from your typical Dominican family. My parents migrated to this country in 1993 with nothing to their name. Two years later I was born. The sacrifices they made to provide a better living for me were enormous. I know the only way I can make them proud and paying them back is by being successful in my studies. It took the support of my family get here where I am right now in my life.…
Write on what literary critics have said about the topic that you wrote on for Essay 4. Use at least three of the sources listed in your Annotated Bib. The essay should be at least 900 words.…
4: Be sure to build your essay around a central thesis, or statement of what you are trying to prove in your comparison of the two stories – and state that thesis in your opening paragraph. Then proceed to demonstrate and prove it, with at least three separate arguments, each supported by specific…
During this semester our class had to write three major essays, which are: Rhetorical Analysis (RA), Discipline Investigation (DI), and Critical Reading Reflection (CRR). The Rhetorical Analysis paper is based on how “to develop your understanding of rhetoric by investigating how a writer constructed a professional document or text in your major field.” It is also “to practice analytical thinking and clear writing. Basically, I had to research a professional document that is in the field that I want to succeed in my future career. I had to analysis what the rhetorical strategies and appeals are and explain it. The Discipline Investigation paper is based on “to investigate a discourse community you hope to join and to learn about the kinds of text that community uses.” Before I started this paper, I researched about the job position I would be interested in the future and set up interviews with general managers from hotels. I asked questions to get more outside knowledge and get to know how the job works personally. The Critical Reading Reflection is based on the book we read which is, The Mind at Work and personal experiences with work. My first best essay is the Discipline Investigation, then the second best is Rhetorical Analysis, then the third best is Critical Reading Reflection.…
Choose a character from a novel or play who responds in some significant way to justice or injustice. Then write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the character’s understanding of justice, the degree to which the character’s search for justice is successful, and the significance of this search for the work as a whole.…