As I began English 111 this summer I thought I was a good writer unfortunately. I was not skilled in writing like I expected. As I progressed in in this course it has become evident to me I lacked the proper structure when formulating an essay. I essentially saw that I was going to need a lot of improvement when devising a good thesis statement and fixing grammatic errors. I also had to refrain from using sentence fragments to improve the flow of my writing. Despite‚ all the obstacles‚ I have developed
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Thus far‚ English 1101 has been very beneficial to me. I always have a chance to be better‚ and I always have the chance to learn from my mistakes. I have grown tremendously as a writer and expect to keep making good progress as the semester proceeds. This course has helped me gain the edge to make my papers much better than they were before I had taken this class. The hardest thing about writing in my opinion is the transitions between points in my essays. This is the main thing that takes points
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throughout English 101" As writers many students write to the expectations of their professors and not to their fullest potential. Throughout English 101 I had been writing only to please my professor or to fill the basic requirement to pass English. I always felt that my writing ability was never enough for my professors throughout the previous years. They always wanted clear and concise essays‚ which for some reason was unreachable by me. However‚ starting college and taking English 101 helped
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Ruby Tracy Dawn Silmon ENGL101‚ MWF @ 8 a.m. Wednesday‚ October‚ 8‚ 2014 Unfair Judging of Individuals Sight being one of the most important senses a person has and one of the strongest form of communication that a person will probably use. So‚ it’s no wonder that a person will judge another person within the first thirty seconds of laying eyes upon them. Unfortunately‚ being judged by your appearance is by no means an effective way of determining what a person is like on the inside. Although
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The snow had all but melted away and the smell of spring filled the air. Just a few months of school were left; it was my eighth grade year. Much preparation and months of work had been done to get ready for the last dance of the year. It was the last dance of our middle school career and the excitement was building. It all began with shopping. First with my girlfriends over the years‚ goofing off on trips to the mall trying on gorgeous flowing gowns for fun‚ and then it was finally time for
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This semester has had a lot of work especially in English II‚ but I’m glad it was like that because I have learned a lot in my English class. I’ll be talking about a few things that I learned this semester. Like discrimination‚ debating‚ and how to convince people to change their mind about something. In the beginning of this class I learned about discrimination‚ which is when people treat others different because of their skin color. In the book “The Secret Life of Bees‚” the main character‚ who
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English101/ Narrative Essay I never thought the day would come where I’d have to admit to myself I had an addiction. The hardest part was to except the fact I was an addict of painkillers and admitting it to my family so that I could get the help and support needed to get clean. The road leading to my addiction started with the factors of my childhood‚ always trying to fit in and not being supported emotionally from my parents. Having a child at the age of sixteen was the second factor‚ which
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Suffering the Oedipus complex I agree with the fact that Sophocles’ Oedipus had suffered from the Oedipus complex because Oedipus has shown that he is part of the triangle of being the young child who is “in love with one parent and hating the other” (Freud 472). If a person is one to not get over this stage in his childhood‚ to detach from his mother and forgive his father‚ then the conflict of the triangle has not been resolved leading him to be psychoneurotic. In the next paragraphs‚
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Hale’ Alexander Dr. Felty English 101 June 22‚ 2013 The Cultural Insights of Footbinding The Chinese practiced foot binding for over a thousand years in the Song and T’ang dynasties. Some people found it very cruel‚ and then some found it fascinating. The ‘Golden Lotuses’ were the art and symbol for the wealth and beauty of ancient China. For any other culture‚ one would ask what foot binding is? Or‚ how did foot binding in Ancient China compare to John Fairbank’s text “Footbinding”? Also
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Combination Essay Football is one of Americas greatest pastimes. As families are just getting home from their Labor Day Vacation‚ football players are gearing up for a tough 22 game schedule. Football players are organized by positions on offense‚ defense and special teams. On kickoff weekend temperatures across the country are still relatively warm. The days‚ though‚ are getting visibly shorter. As weeks go by‚ the warm air of Summer becomes a fond memory and the bitter cold rears its unwelcome
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