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    english coursework

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    the age spectrum‚ young children and the elderly seem to try and use too many ‘shortcut’ devices‚ and often make the text unreadable. However‚ teenagers tend to drop these habits and instead write out in almost perfect English‚ perhaps lacking punctuation and completely correct grammar‚ but easily understandable for anyone. However‚ not all members of the elderly population are completely alien and against texting and the possibilities it brings. Descriptivists such as David Crystal are open to

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    otherwise there is no sign of punctuation. This is evident as it states "…weather/… and half-a-eye". These form of punctuation have been used to break up one stanza to another as the poem is one long argument that is put across all in one go. The forward slashes makes you read on until you get to the end of the poem so you can get Agard’s point. His frustration and anger is let out through the poem but in more depth. In ‘Unrelated Incidents’ there is more punctuation. This shows the importance of

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    all the time" is a good representation of Cummings’ work‚ written in no traditional form. It is 37 lines long‚ divided into six stanzas of six lines each‚ and one line standing alone at the end. This poem is unique in that it does not contain any punctuation other than apostrophes and parentheses. Cummings does not follow the traditional practice of capitalizing the first word of each line‚ either. In fact‚ the capitalization in this poem is quite unusual. Cummings does

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    In the poem “If I Should Have a Daughter” by Sarah Kay‚ the poet uses structure poetic devices punctuation and enjambment to send her message. The main idea her poem is trying to get across is that life is hard and can be intimidating‚ but doesn’t have to be done alone. A strong example of a punctuation is when Sarah Kay writes‚ “ Because no matter how wide you stretch your fingers‚ your hands will always be too small to catch all the pain you want to heal. Believe me‚ I’ve tried” (verse 18 ). In

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    assigned to allow the student the opportunity to develop these skills. A research paper is required. OUTCOMES: Upon the successful completion of the course‚ students will have demonstrated their ability to: 1. Use correct spelling‚ grammar‚ and punctuation in their writing; 2. Utilize writing process techniques including prewriting‚ revising‚ and editing; 3. Write clearly focused‚ articulate introductions‚ thesis statements‚ essay maps‚ body paragraphs‚ and conclusions; 4. Write original expository

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    Emily Dickinson’s poem‚ “Hope Is a Thing with Feathers”‚ is a clear example of an extended metaphor‚ wherein Dickinson relates the meaning of hope to a fowl. Throughout the poem‚ the bird endures storms and desolate lands‚ while continuing to sing‚ but never asks for anything in return. It is a very short poem of only three stanzas‚ and each stanza only has four lines. This poem‚ like many of Dickinson’s poems‚ demonstrates a very specific rhythm of iambic trimeter‚ and begins with an ABCB rhyming

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    the laboratory

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    The laboratory To explore the ways aspects of power are shown in the poem. This poem is a dramatic monologue about a woman whose lover is cheating on her with his mistress ‘Pauline’. The woman who is speaking talks about her feelings of hatred and betrayal‚ so she decides to show her lover how much she is hurt by poisoning his mistress and making him watch her die slowly. Robert Browning’s poem was set in the ancient regime when women were thought of as incapable and a lower class because of their

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    If I’ve said it once I’ve probably said it lots of times and forgot‚ but I never find more mistakes in my rough drafts until the minute I submit the paper to be graded. There is a point where no matter how closely I read the sentences and check punctuation or citations my brain starts to glass over even the really obvious mistakes in the paper. For this reason‚ I start the revision process by having several different people look at the paper in different locations like the library‚ writing center

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    Information Literacy Assignment Angela Garcia Ascencio DeVry University Writing ENGL 135 Professor John Isenhour 1. In your own words‚ identify points in the peer review cycle that seem especially important and explain why. The peer review cycle has many steps that are important such as the step of presenting the information that has been collaborated at a conference of peers and receiving feedback about that information. This step allows the researcher to hear others opinions

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    Sample explication

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    helped realize what would need to be fixed or corrected. A lot of the correction and problems needed to be fixed were punctuation‚ grammar and proper format. I had just learned about MLA 7 this semester‚ but the example in our syllabus was very helpful. Other than keeping the proper format‚ grammar and punctuation were all reviews from middle school and some of high school. Punctuation is tricky for some people because they continue to make a run-on sentence. If you read the sentence out loud‚ like

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