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    My Self-Assessment As a Writer Up to this point I’ve never really considered myself a writer at all. After skimming through the chapters and reading about all the processes‚ my assessment is‚ as a writer‚ I’m probably not very good. So this brings me to‚ what are you able to bring to the class? Well that’s easy. I’ve really wanted to learn how to write correctly. I’m extremely excited about all the information our textbook has to offer. I’ve wondered in the past how to do certain things and

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    of observations‚ which stands as the premier example of their influence: that we are reading and writing about them today. These women have been published countless times in as many forms‚ and are widely believed to be some of the best American writers of all time. Indeed‚ the anthology that is associated

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    Freedom Writers The movie Freedom Writer is an inspiring story that unveils the perfection of the teaching profession . Throughout the film ‚ the main character Ms . Erin Gruwell (played by Hilary Swank ) managed to standout as an exemplary teacher regardless of the complexities that surrounds the learning environment . The story discusses how students managed to survive in school with the aid of an exceptional teacher who influenced them to change and aim for success . 1 . How does

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    “The Writer” by Richard Wilbur makes use of metaphors and poetic devices such as assonance to show the journey of a girl’s struggles to overcome the obstacles of adolescence and gain independence. This poem uses two metaphors to convey its message. The first metaphor is comparing the girl’s journey to a journey across the sea. The daughter is writing “in her room at the prow of the house”‚ so her house is like her ship (1). The typewriter keys sound “like a chain hauled over a gunwale”‚ a sound you

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    Freedom Writers is a 2007 American drama film starring Academy Award winner Hilary Swank‚ Scott Glenn‚ Imelda Staunton and Patrick Dempsey. It is based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary by teacher Erin Gruwell who wrote the story based on Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach‚ California. The title is a play on the term "Freedom Riders"‚ referring to the multiracial civil rights activists who tested the U.S. Supreme Court decision ordering the desegregation of interstate buses in

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    I’m Kavitha Janakan following Food Science in Dalhousie University.I started to writer English essays when I was in grade six. As a non-native English speaker‚ writing essays in English was a big challenge for me. I used to write essays for my school assignments. The first essay‚ I wrote was about “Hobbies”. In the writing process‚ I had troubles to forces on grammar‚ spelling‚ proper sentence structure‚ and choosing the correct words in my sentence. In school I took ELS class to improve my English

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    Sandra Cisneros: Writer and Activist Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros is the preeminent Latina writer in the U.S. today. Cisneros has written two novels‚ a collection of short stories‚ and three books of poetry. Her earlier works‚ the short novel The House on Mango Street (1984) and the collection of short stories Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991)‚ were responsible for establishing her wide readership and winning Cisneros major publishing contracts and major advances on her

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    The name of the poem is “The Writer” by author‚ Richard Wilbur. The theme of the poem is about an author thinking about his daughter that is also an author. He is expressing worry‚ care and concern for her future. This is a narrative poem written in three lines‚ a tercet. The poem has eleven stanzas. This is a free verse poem. Mr. Wilbur uses metaphors and imagery to convey the meaning of the poem to the reader. The first figurative language mention in the introduction is metaphor. Mr. Wilbur introduces

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    What they do: What you have to do to become a music producer‚ you have to be able to perform with different types of music‚ and not have any type of stage fright. You will need to be able‚ to do any if not all the different positions as a member. A couple of other requirement you need is to learn how to teach all of the people that you know how to play the instruments. Have a capability to prepare for any upcoming events. If you think about it‚ it isn’t that hard to do. Work Environment: I say

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    A strong and effective leader possesses the characteristics of self-control‚ caring‚ motivational‚ clear communicator‚ dedicated to the cause‚ wise decision making‚ but most important being able to take charge when needed. Over the years I feel like I have gained all the skills needed to be a strong and effective leader through my hard work with programs such as the National FFA Organization which taught me leadership skills and how to take charge‚ and the Boy Scouts of America have taught me how

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