In his book‚ William Zinsser defines unity as the anchor for good writing. It means that‚ in a prose‚ a writer should maintain unity. Let it be the pronoun‚ the tense or the mood‚ there should be unity in the whole prose and the reader must be in a state to understand the right context about what the writer wants to say. For example‚ consider a situation‚ where the writer is supposed to explain a situation or a scene that he is observing or experiencing‚ he must be able to make the reader visualize
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Siddhartha and Candide‚ their stories converge when simplicity is found to be key to both their philosophies of life. The setting of Candide begins in Westphalia‚ a land described as an "earthly paradise" (Voltaire 22) and owned by the Baron Thunder-Ten-Tronckh. Candide is "blessed by nature with the most agreeable manners" (Voltaire 19) and lives in Westphalia until he is exiled after a sexual encounter found to be unpardonable with the baron ’s daughter‚ Cunégonde. In light of this event‚ Candide
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career that their parents approve of because they know that their parents are footing the bill. Zinsser also includes examples of people asking students on a college campus if they like the career that they are currently pursuing. “Do you want to go to medical school? I guess so‚ or not really. Then why are you going? Well‚ my parents want me to be a doctor. They’re paying all this money and…..” (260). Zinsser adds this piece in the article because kids would love to make their parents proud‚ but it is
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The advice from “How to Write a Memoir”‚ William Zinsser gives advice to people writing a memoir. Zinsser gives things like “Be yourself”‚ “it’s your story”‚ and “Think small” (2‚ 7‚ 27 Zinsser). This tells writers how to do it and what they should and should not do. In the memoir‚ “Guts”‚ Gary Paulson follows all of Zinsser’s advice. An advice Zinsser gives is be yourself he says this by‚ “Or it can be an informal family history…”(2 Zinsser). In “Guts” Paulson does follow this because of his view
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William Zinsser gives very specific or memoir writers .My author gives suggestions such as “Be yourself”‚ “It’s your story”‚ and “Think Small”. These suggestions encourage memoir writers to think about how they want to tell their story as much as what they want to say. In my memoir Knucklehead‚ Jon Scieszka supports Zinsser’s writing memoir ideas though his use of child’s point of view‚ an honest storytelling‚ and a stature of small memories. Zinsser says the best memoir are written form the point
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William Zinsser The Right to Fail William K. Zinsser (b. 1922)‚ American critic and writer‚ was born in New York and educated at Princeton. A former columnist for Look and Life‚ he has been on the faculty of Yale University since 1970. His books include Pop Goes America (1966)‚ The Lunacy Boom(1970)‚ On Writing Well (1980)‚ and Writing with a Word Processor(1983). 1I like “dropout” as an addition to the American language because it’s brief and it’s clear. What I don’t like is that we use it
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communicate. “Good writing skills can make your material easier to understand‚ more respected‚ and actually paid attention to. If you can’t engage someone in what you are trying to say‚ why do you think they would listen to you?”(yahoo.com/question/homeworkhelp/regamj951) “Good persuasive skills are also writing skills‚ and with this past election‚ we’ve seen how important it is to get people to your side of thinking.”(yahoo.com/question/homeworkhelp/regamj951) Without good writing skills
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comes with many types of pressure. Which‚ are mention in the article “College Pressure” by William Zinsser; all of them with side effects that can make students stumble in their pathway to success. One of the biggest and most common is economic pressure which affects everybody. Lack of time is another critical aspect of pressure that exists as a challenge in college. Pursuing the excellence of good grades is the most debated topic among all students. Lastly‚ there is the one of parental pressure
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MGMT2725 CAREER PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT Week 9 Tutorial S1 2015 OVERVIEW Examples of Good vs. Bad Themes (20 mins) A chance for you to ask questions and continue working on your themes. (40 mins) 1 8/05/2015 EXAMPLES OF THEMES GOOD BAD 1. I’m a very well-organized person. 1. I’m capable of gathering information. 2. Working independently is important to me. 2. Competition. 3. I have an enterprising spirit. 4. I’m good at making friends.** 5. I’m a deep thinker. 6. Socialising is very important
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How Do You Write? What makes “good” writing? A question often asked by English professors at different levels of education. Instructors often wonder whether anyone can really be taught how to write; and why their students do not know how to write at a certain level. To begin to understand what makes writing and writers “good‚” we need to ask the larger question: What is writing? It’s easy to agree on the definition of writing if we limit it to something like putting pen to paper or typing ideas
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