Writing Center Should I Use “I”? Like Be the first of your friends to like this. What this handout is about This handout is about determining when to use first person pronouns (“I”‚ “we‚” “me‚” “us‚” “my‚” and “our”) and personal experience in academic writing. “First person” and “personal experience” might sound like two ways of saying the same thing‚ but first person and personal experience can work in very different ways in your writing. You might choose to use “I” but not make any reference
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In “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read” Francine Prose confronts this plummeting interest in literature among teenagers. The United States has been afflicted with this disinterest for some time—young students are instilled with passion for math and science yet care little for English and literature. Attempting to explain this disparity‚ Prose argues that mediocre literature options and shoddy teaching methods leave students without any connection to the material they read. Unfortunately‚ while
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Turning my face to a nearby window‚ I began to watch the dance performed by the raindrops. I took a momentary distraction from this image by picking back up my 4B charcoal pencil and skilfully tracing over a faint pattern. I put my pencil aside and spotted the weather outside. I was sorry for the people outdoor who were not allowed inside‚ regarding ‚ once‚ I was stuck external‚ too. I had only very recently found comfort in this classroom ; in this comforting place I call my refuge. Thanks to
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October 20‚ 2013 How to Solve the Reading Crisis in our Schools vs. I Know Why the Caged Bird cannot Read Both articles talk about the reading crisis in our school today. In Francine Prose’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird cannot Read” she states that a lot of our kids in school today are not interested in literature because the books are outdated and talk in a way that students can understand. However the other article states that the problem is more at the elementary level. It states there are three
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Justin Prater Chapter 6A 3‚ 4‚ 9‚ and 14 3) a. b. Cycle time = production time per day/required output per day = [(8 hour/day)(3600 seconds/hour)]/240 units per day = 120 seconds per unit c. Work station | Task | Task time | Idle time | I | AD | 6050 | 10 | II | BC | 8020 | 20 | III | EF | 9030 | 0 | IV | GH | 3060 | 30 | d. Efficiency = Task time / [# stations X avg. cycle time) = = .875 or 87.5% 4) a. A B F C D E G 30 35 15 65 H 30 35 40
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Francine Prose explicitly shows her passion in her writing of “ I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read”. She states her point that students today fail to get the most out of literature that they are required to read in school clearly. This statement is not false‚ most students are uninterested in the texts that teachers assign and make the decision to not engage entirely when reading. Despite these students not engaging‚ they still are capable of understanding certain aspects of the text. The fact
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In the passage 6A‚ Mengzi argues with Gaozi about the true direction of human nature. While Mengzi believes that humans are inclined to be good‚ given the proper positive environment for “cultivation”; Gaozi believes the opposite (Mengzi 6A2). Mengzi would not accept the assertion that if the outcome depends on the climate of the environment‚ that humans have an equal chance of turning out negatively. This can be concluded through analysis of the “sprout” metaphor (Mengzi 6A1). If one takes a literal
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In the short story How I Met My Husband by author Alice Munro‚ the setting takes place in a small country town around the end of WWII. It is easy to tell that Edie feels a little out of place in the Peebles’ house since they are new to the country and are more wealthy than Edie’s family. When Edie was describing her job she says‚ “Mrs. Peebles had an automatic washer and dryer‚ the first I ever saw‚” (Munro 220). This quote shows how not many people were able to afford luxuries like modern day conveniences
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Ken was my voice teacher. I never admired anyone more than him. He meant the world to me. It would be safe to say that we did not have a typical teacher/student relationship. I was infatuated with him. He was tall dark and had the voice of an angel. But he was eleven years older than I was‚ and he was my teacher. I learned from him‚ I confided in him‚ and I trusted him. I never pictured myself being with him. I never dreamt he would think of me as a ’woman’ and not just a love-stricken seventeen
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I never liked to think a lot about college‚ the reason is that I was afraid that I was not going to do good there. I was afraid of my classes because I knew that it was going to be challenging for me and specially English. English has not been my best subject. I just don’t think I am good enough with my writing. I would always struggle to get an idea of what to write. I never expected to get good grades on my assignment specifically essays‚ but not only that. Reading was difficult too‚ I could not
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