Illinois at Chicago 601 South Morgan Street Chicago‚ Illinois 60607 Dear Portfolio Review Committee‚ My first semester here at UIC I was obligated to take English 160. I can honestly say I thought I would be easily passing this course. I was used to the 5 paragraph essay in high school and assumed that things would be the same in college. After writing my first project for English 160 I felt invincible until I received my graded paper. I had no idea what I had done wrong because I had done so
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about events that seem to leave a permanent scar on an individual’s memory. Flashbulb memories are specific events preserved with great detail in an individual’s mind. These types of memories occur after an individual has gone through a traumatic experience‚ or an event that is linked with pain or immense fear. I personally have a few memories that are clearer and more accessible than others because they are a type of flashbulb memory. Countless individuals today carry the weight of past traumatic
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forget where I placed my sunglasses and end up finding them on top of my head. I have also looked everywhere in the house for my cell phone but I was actually talking on it the entire time. Everyone may not experience these same situations‚ but everyone does experience forgetting memories. There are ways one can improve his or her memory. However‚ improving your memory is something that you must work on just like one would workout in order to stay in shape. Improving your memory takes time and commitment
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importance of memory What will happen if all human lost their memory? What if we can’t remember anything anymore? Can our society keep running? Can we live? The answer is simple. We can’t live without memory and the modern society will be destroyed. Here I’ll explain to you one by one. Memory plays a big role in our life. It is the processes by which information is encoded‚ stored‚ and retrieved. Everything we see‚ we do‚ we think‚ will goes to memory and transform to implicit or explicit memory. Which
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Childhood Memories When recalling my childhood memories‚ there are many stories. Some of them making me happy‚ but some of them are not good memories. I grew up in Tehran‚ capital of Iran‚ and come from small family‚ my mother‚ my father and me. Whenever I think about my childhood some memories come to my mind such as war between Iran and Iraq‚ spending weekends at my grandma’s house‚ playing with my friends‚ and my father’s sickness. I remember I was too little when the war between Iran
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to wonder why he can remember her face and not her name. This situation comes down to Thomas’ memory and how he encoded the information of where‚ when‚ and how he met this girl and her name. Memory is defined as the structures and processes used for the storage and retrieval of information. Encoding is defined as the transfer of information into the memory system. This is done at different levels. Memory information takes many forms. When any information comes into us‚ it has to be changed so that
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“My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke and‚ “Piano” by D. H. Lawrence both recollect a childhood memory. The two poems are also different eventhough they are talking about a childhood memory. The poems have the same background‚ but in “My Papa’s Waltz” it is a boy and his father and in “Piano” it is a boy and his mother; one is positive and one is negative; and lastly the feeling of each poet is different in each poem. Eventhough the two speakers share a childhood memory with a parent‚ the gender
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“Persistence of Memory” This is one of Dalis most famous paintings and is called “Persistence of Memory” and also possibly known to be the “most recognizable surrealist painting in the world.” The painting is oil on canvas and was created in 1931 earning him world-wide recognition at just 27. Consisting of 4 clocks (3 of which seem to be melting) the other being over-run by ants as if decaying; a distorted face‚ possibly of Dali himself and a cliff formation in the background; the painting is
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significant impacts on both the way the prose is crafted‚ and how the reader interprets it. For instance‚ Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography appears to be written for a very particular individual. This is made explicit by the first two words of the book: “Dear son.” Immediately‚ one becomes aware of the fact that Franklin is not engaged directly in a dialogue with the reader‚ but rather‚ that he is addressing his own son. At first‚ it may seem rather peculiar for him to address his audience in a way so closely
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September 1933 Dear diary‚ Today was my first day back at school. I’ve been looking forward to the start of school for ages‚ really glad it’s finally started. It was my first day back‚ it wasn’t bad for a start but then it got worst. Well you see my new teacher Miss Caroline Fisher has just moved into our school; I don’t think she likes me. Today she asked the whole class ‘doesn’t everyone know how to read or write? ’I said to her that I didn’t really learn how to read or write I just read the
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