Student Sample Mr. Bradley English II Pre-AP – Period __ 22 November 2013 Beowulf Essay Now that you have closely read and studied Beowulf‚ you are to write an essay that responds to the one of the following prompts: Some critics dismiss the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf as an adventure story filled with monsters and treasures. Others see in the poem a culturally significant allegory. Develop a thesis reflecting one of these two opposing arguments and write a well-supported argument in which you
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Kincaid’s Viewpoint of England In Jamaica Kincaid’s essay “On Seeing England for the First Time”‚ Kincaid expresses her viewpoint on England’s authority over her homeland‚ the Caribbean island of Antigua. Kincaid has strong resentment towards England. She sees England as a dictator in her life. Through the use of emotional arguments and social appeal the author‚ Kincaid‚ gets the feeling across that she was a victim of England. At an early age she started to realize that the English had taken over
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PERSONAL ESSAY The word essay derives from the French infinitive essayer‚ to try or to attempt. The Frenchman (Michel de Montaigne 1533–1592) was the first author to describe his work as essays; he used the term to characterize these as attempts to put his thoughts into writing. Francis Bacon’s essays‚ published in book form in 1597‚ 1612‚ and 1625‚ were the first works in English that described themselves as essays. (Jonson‚ 1609) first used the word essayist in English‚ according to the Dictionary
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“Chance vs. Fate” Do you ever tried to think‚ what if chance and fate face a fight? Who do you think would be the winner? And who do you think would be the looser? If one people began to fight his chance and his fate‚. Who do you think would make him feel happier? Is it the chance who gave him chance‚ or is it fate that decide his life. Maybe most of you think that chance would be the obvious winner‚ for more people is now wanted to take a chance than fate. But how ever what if I told
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ENG12 – Descriptive Essay Chelsea Park Happiest Place on Earth Last Christmas‚ I spent 5 fun-filled days and 4 magical nights in Disneyland. Daily weather in Anaheim was beautiful. The driveway leading to the park entrance was lined with tall palm trees as they stretched to the heavens in the blazing sunshine. Everyone’s face shone with joy and the children shook their parent’s hands from side to side screaming happily. The sweet smell of fluffy
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Brent Staples: “Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space” In Brent Staple’s essay‚ “Just walk on by: A Black Man Ponders his Ability to Alter Public Space. He describes how he is predisposed to purposeless discrimination because he is black. Staple’s shares a series of encounters he had with people who view him a threat. He was a graduate student at the University of Chicago when he began to notice that is presence made people uneasy‚ because he is a tall black man
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noteworthy personal essays are written by famous personal essay authors. I think reading a personal essay is like having a deep conversation with someone. I am reminded of the drunken heart to hearts I had in high school with fellow friends out on the ranch. A personal essay is a story filled with feelings‚ sounds‚ comparisons‚ parallel to me‚ parallel to everyone somehow. Sitting down at a computer wondering why a personal essay is so popular‚ thinking about the other essays I have written and
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video games and going out to play basketball with my older brothers and kids from the neighborhood. I struggled my whole childhood through Elementary ‚Middle‚ and High school. I remember feeling like my life was over when it came time to write an essay‚ I could already hear my mother and fathers voice in my head as I recieved a big fat F on my paper. I found a way to breeze by
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down to the severity of suicide or even physical harm that is when it’s no longer just a simple slap on the wrist‚ but rather a closer‚ deeper look into what we can start doing to change this and fast. In There’s Only One Way to Stop a Bully‚ an essay written by Susan Engel and Marlene Sandstrom they speak about this issue in depth. Sandstrom and Engel speak of specific ways we as a community and faculty at schools should incorporate lessons on how to deal‚ recognize‚ and solve bullying in everyday
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is the main reason my first essay had so many Main topics. For future I will be brainstorming ideas‚ running them through AWC thesis generator‚ and then using free-writing to further develop the essay. Three things I will focus on improving in my writing are: First‚ I need to focus on a single topic. My first essay draft was too broad scoped‚ it had many main topics and lacked details for each. Second‚ I need to pay attention to writing instructions. In my second essay I got so wrapped up in a single
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