gant-mishert@cod.edu Office Hours: By appointment Texts and Required Materials: Roen‚ Duane‚ Gregory R. Glau‚ and Barry M. Maid. The McGraw-Hill Guide: Writing for College‚ Writing for Life. 3nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill‚ 2013. ISBN 978-0-07-340592-6 Writing Journal (any spiral notebook/composition book) Pocket folder—used to turn in work for each essay My COD username and password (mailed to your home by the College) Flash drive for saving and transferring electronic documents COD library card
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Hester and Dimmesdale have sinned. Nevertheless‚ after winning they both spent the rest of their lives trying to gain penance for their sins through pain and suffering. Eventually‚ they both have found redemption in the eyes of God. Even though they both sinned‚ they each spent their lives gaining penance in their own way. Hester was an outcast of the community. Moreover‚ she got treated as the town punching bag practically. As a result‚ she always was in pain and suffering even if she
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I haven’t seen many Scorsese films‚ which I am ashamed of. Nor have I been able to finish a Lynch film. I have the gall to call myself a film buff‚ and I haven’t many of these so-called masters. But this review isn’t about David Lynch‚ it’s about fast-talking film entrepreneur Martin Scorsese. And there’s been Taxi Driver‚ The Departed‚ Casino and now Shutter Island that I’ve seen. One thing I have been able to pick up from his movies‚ is that his subject matter tends to be either disconnected people
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The Odyssey Compare/Contrast Essay YATES 2011 Adapted from http://home.illicom.net/~sdunlavey/Odyssey%20compare_contrast%20essay.html As the final assignment in our unit on The Odyssey‚ I would like you to write a compare/contrast essay analyzing the similarities and differences between Homer’s epic and the movie adaptation. Please focus your analysis on how the filmmakers adapted their work from Homer’s. You need to list both similarities and differences‚ but really try to get down to the
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A personal experience that was really challenging to me was the time I had to write my thesis. I remember many late nights that turned out to be weeks‚ then months researching‚ writing‚ and editing back and forth many of my drafts‚ often wondering throughout the whole process if writing the thesis would be worth it in the end. I also remember worrying if I corrected every punctuation mark‚ looking again over every small detail wondering if it made sense‚ or if I had to get rid of it all together
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Ten Ways to Think About Writing In high school I was privileged enough to take a college level class called Rising Scholar Composition. The instructor was incredible and didn’t teach only the basics. During the class we studied Greek writings and different styles of composing paragraphs. Although in the reading Reid is saying to eliminate the rules‚ the rules are there for a reason. To make a great paper one must balance both rules and freedom so one sounds passionate but is still being educational
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Writing a College Essay Writing a college essay can be a very difficult task. However‚ there are techniques to help make this task easier. The writing process is a three stage approach to planning and creating a college essay. These stages are known as prewriting‚ writing‚ and revising. If a student follows this process‚ she will write a good paper. The first stage of the writing process is called prewriting. There are five prewriting techniques that help writers to understand the topic
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Take a Stand Essay Guideline Assignment Background: Throughout this course‚ you will write a 500-750-word‚ five-paragraph essay in which you “Take a Stand” on an issue; such as Childhood Obesity‚ Underage Drinking‚ or Cyber Bullying to name a few suggestions. Doing so will allow you to demonstrate your ability to effectively communicate through writing. You will develop your essay by completing the following‚ which will be due in the following topics: Topic 2: Research and Outline Topic 4: Rough
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Film Review 12 Years a Slave Based on a true story‚ 12 Years a Slave depicts the journey of a free black man in the 1840s that is kidnapped and sold into southern slavery. Aside from the captivating story and tremendous acting‚ the historical accuracy of slavery during this time is gut retching. The director‚ Steve McQueen‚ does a remarkable job executing the transition of Solomon Northup’s autobiography into a live action film‚ but what makes this movie so captivating? What about the film makes
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Ella Enchanted Every year millions of children novels are submitted‚ yet only a handful are selected with the honor of being published. Within that pool‚ a much more rigorous round of sifting occurs to receive an even more prestigious award – the Newberry Award. This award is given to one distinguishing American book that is regarded as the “most significant contribution to children’s literature.” In 1997‚ Gail Carson Levine crafted a medieval masterpiece that earned its award as a Newberry Honor
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