...On Becoming a Writer 1 On Becoming a Writer English Composition April 27, 2013 On Becoming a Writer 3 The main idea of the essay is the fact that the author always had the desire to be a writer but he was faced with the difficult of writing during his time at school, his English classes were very hard and confused. The others points I found on this essay is: * The author faced and thought that only the rich people could write and that being a writer as professional did not have a good future, but even that he had begun to think about being a writer. So in his third year at college things changed for him. * When his class assigned to Mr. Fleagle, he was waiting another sad and dull year because the Mr. Fleagle was recognized as a person with no inspiration, no glare, his way of dressing or even his physical characteristics made the students in the city do not have a good conception of Mr. Fleagle. * Another important point that the author cites in his essay is he was not disappointed for a long time, because he expected an antipathetic professor. Also he cites the teacher wanted his students to like Macbeth, but the teacher didn’t know how to influence the students’ whit that passion he had for Macbeth. The author makes a citation which one the teacher always used in the classroom and is very interesting “do not you see”, the author claims it as his teacher was placed in front of students in a tone of mild surprise ignorance of them. ...
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...Who do you think your selected audience will be in your critical analysis essay? Describe this audience, and explain how they would benefit from any insights produced from your analysis of your selected article. I think my selected audience will be students of foreign descent that are interested in becoming English majors or studying literature. I think they would be the group that would benefit the most from this article. My audience would be composed of students that do not use English as their mother tongue but still want to pursue the language and study it. They would be passionate about studying English either to make a better life in the U.S. for themselves or simply help other students like themselves learn it in the future. I believe that the contents of this article would help those students in motivating them in becoming authors or writers themselves. Although this article mostly speaks towards her mother and how she had a different style of English, it still talks about how she was told she could never write or become a scholar in language because of English not being her primary language. She overcomes this and becomes a very revered Asian-American writer....
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...goals are met. Ultimately, failing to plan is the same as planning to fail. This paper is written from the viewpoint of a beginning teacher on her ideal vision for the future. Of course such a teacher will need to modify her goals as the circumstances and experiences demand, but the essay will present what her projected plan of action for her upcoming career will be. Setting goals is a critical aspect of creating a professional development plan. The writer of this paper has set many educational and professional long-term and short-term goals for herself. In the next five years, the writer aims to complete both her Associate’s degree and Bachelor’s degree in the field of Elementary Education. More long-term goals, which may take 10 years or more, include continuing education all the way up to a Doctorate’s degree, teaching a variety of grades from kindergarten to 12th grade, and eventually becoming a school principle, or possibly even a superintendent of schools. Although achieving these goals will definitely not be easy, the writer is determined to stay focused and overcome any and all obstacles that may stand in her way. The steps that make up the path toward the achievement of these goals can be rigorous, time-consuming, and probably difficult. First, as a post-secondary student, one must study hard and obtain the maximum...
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...This is an environmental article told from the perspective of a polar bear. Aimed towards a specific audience, this passage is intended for an ignorant population of people who are hurting the environment. Attempting to provoke guilt by giving the perspective of a polar bear on becoming extinct, so that the readers will be inspired to change their ways that have injured the global ecosystem is the purpose of the article. The overall tone of the passage is sympathetic, depressing, judgmental, angry, and upset. To begin, the writer integrates multiple anaphora and repetition to help enhance the article and to help enforce her ideas and to emphasize these beliefs. In the last paragraph, the polar bear repeats “you” multiple times. The employment of anaphora puts the blame of the polar bears dying, and the importance of saving the environment, on the reader. By doing this, the author relates back to her purpose of arousing a sensation of shame. As for repetition, throughout the passage, the author employs a particular expression...
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...Tradition and Change Due to the influence of the Americans after the Spanish-American War in 1898, Filipino writers started using English as the medium in writing literature. Main reasons for this were that English was not only used in all the schools in our country but it was also by people of high stature and by foreigners that come in and out of our country. Filipinos also became proficient with several languages as an advantage of being colonized by several countries for almost four centuries. This opened them up to the works and advancements of the different countries of the world. But not everyone was pleased with this. Some scholars claim that the Filipinos are becoming too westernized thus making them neglect their Asian values. English not only changed our medium of communication but also our way of life. And as a countermeasure for this, the government demanded the writers before to establish their own identities as Filipinos and to not be bound by the principles of Romanticism. Unfortunately writers still continued developing their skills in English thus resulting to them being truly westernized. Marcos’ political regime, EDSA revolution and the “Cory Miracle” were events that happened years after that not only influenced the Filipino’s history, but also their literature. Today, writers realized that enhancing their skill can aid them in the field of politics. The faction between those who prefer writing in their...
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...supposedly to an illiterate glove maker. He moved to England at a young age. Being new and a country boy didn’t seem to stop him from becoming one of the most popular English writers. He didn’t have any upper level experience in school. When he was first in London he worked in theatres as an apprentice becoming familiar with that setting. He started acting and doing different scenes. He was known to be a good actor. Later on he started to write plays. He did this from all his past experience with acting and his knowledge of different pieces. He wrote them based on his life in England, religion upcoming, and his childhood. Shakespeare has written hundreds of pieces over his life span you wouldn’t ever think to accuse him of being a fraud right? Well not everyone has the same view on Shakespeare. If you really think about it you begin to question it too. Think about yourself in this situation. Imagine being a teenager who hasn’t gone off to college yet but you hung around theaters and started to become very familiar with them and acting. Do you think just off this experience you could write what is now known to be the best playwrights in history? I don’t think so. When you start to dig deeper in Shakespeare’s life you will seem to find nothing of great importance relating to his many works. It just stated that he was simply and actor and slightly a writer. There has been no evidence of any diaries or letters actually written by Shakespeare himself. His name just seems to appear on...
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...paper the writer will attempt to explain the nature of logic as it relates to critical thinking, identifying an instance in his or her life where perception of reality within a situation was far from the actual reality. In realizing the truth of the situation, the writer will discuss what he or she thought was going on within the situation, whether there was a difference, what happened, and describe what he or she learned in order to make a change in his or her critical thinking process. Working in a non-profit organization, the writer became very knowledgeable about the nature of the business in a very short time. Being in a position to see the ins and outs of the organization, the writer realized the importance of achieving his or her goal of becoming the leader of a non-profit organization. An organization that specialized in accessing the barriers of at-risk youths transitioning back into the life of higher education, self-awareness, job readiness skills, financial literacy and an abundance of faith through faith-based structures. Being an employee of an organization that focused on the same mission and values as the one he or she was interested in creating, he or she began to improve his or her work ethics in an attempt to be promoted within the company. Applying for several positions within the organization allowed the writer to showcase the skills and abilities that he or she had to offer. In the beginning of his or her tenure within the organization, the writer became...
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...every aspect without succumbing to fears or to the distractions of the outside world. In order to become a master student and achieve the goals a person has set for himself or herself, he or she must first have an internally defined level of personal responsibility. To that end, becoming a master student starts with taking control of ones’ own life. Such control includes becoming fiscally responsible as well as demonstrating emotional maturity. There are two ways to do this, planning and organizing. While some people may find it easy to plan and organize their task, others do not so it may require more work. One has to learn how to be prepared in your studies by setting goals, understanding what your learning style may be, highlighting and underlining your readings and notes; Time management as far as your readings and taking time to understand your studies, and using your critical thinking skills along with communicating your thoughts both verbally and in writing. Goal Setting and Time Management One of the many things we have learned during our introductory course into online school while attending the University of Phoenix is the importance of setting goals, prioritizing them, and the importance of time management. By setting goals it allows students to choose where they want to go in school and what they want to achieve and goal setting gives students long-term vision and short-term motivation. Knowing what they want to achieve, they know what they have to concentrate...
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...My Knowledge of Writing My experience with writing is minimal and has been composed of mostly operational and personal levels. I am excited about taking EN105 and expanding upon the writing skills I learned during my military career. Writing has only recently become a favorite subject for me. I attribute to this to my experience with how different people communicate and how each culture has differentiated itself from the others. Communication is important to me, but more important are the subtleties of different dialects and how each society communicates through its own unique rhetoric. I feel as if no one was able to articulate the importance of English during my high school years. This is why I am leaning strongly toward a degree in English. Maybe one day, I can be the individual who helps others like myself understand the importance of English and communicating through writing. For me, the process of learning to write has mostly involved the use of military rules, guidelines, and standards. I have learned that writing in the military is quite different from writing as an EN105 student. The biggest difference between the two is the use of verbiage and rules when writing. This is why, in my previous introduction to the class, I stated that as an EN105 student, I am like a salmon. A salmon will travel a great distance and encounter what seem to be unconquerable obstacles, but in the end, it reaches its goal. I feel that this class will be challenging, and some of my obstacles...
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...BECOMING A WRITER January of 2011 was the beginning of a special adventure in my life as a student. I took an English class 0890, at Utah Valley University. Now, in the last days of this class, almost four months later, I can look back and see myself with a lot of problems in my writing that needed to be fixed. These four months in this class have helped me solve many writing challenges. I am far from perfect in becoming a good writer but I have learned that hard work and perseverance can produce wonderful results. Even though I learned many things, the three man points that I want to talk about are the following: quote analysis scaffold, grammar, and research online. The first month of the English 0890 class was intense, the students had to do a special analysis writing exercise called “Quote analysis scaffold”. It is the developing of many skills in one exercise. It helps develop reading and vocabulary comprehension. After the quote analysis scaffold is made, it can be used in the essay as a hook or concluding thought. We ended up doing around ten of these exercises. After writing the quote, provided from the teacher, this analysis was made from the following steps: The first thing was to do a research online about the author and make two to three sentences, on average, about who he was and what were his major contributions to society. Second, the students had to look for unknown words and their definition in the dictionary. After this, the third part was for the students...
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...The main importance of plays is to inform and to entertain your audience. Most plays will only show their audience one of those through the sitting of the performance. When writing short plays, the play writer has to inform and entertain the audience in 5-10 minutes to get their point across. There are challenges for short play writers like developing characters as well as trying to develop the plot in such a small amount of time. There are also benefits of writing short plays like keeping the audience’s attention throughout the whole play rather then the audience sitting bored through a full play, they also take less time to write, so the play writer could get more than one story done a year for their publisher. In the plays Sure Thing and The Philadelphia in David Ives’, All In The Timing, David Ives demonstrates how he succeeds as a short play writer. Ives uses techniques like repetition and rhythm in both of these plays to inform and entertain his audience....
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...Crichton wrote about a concern for the environment with Environmentalism becoming a religion as opposed to a scientific field. He uses all of the classical principles of argumentation to support his argument about the religion of environmentalism. By using ethos, pathos, and logos, he makes a strong argument. Through his descriptions, he uses some fact and some emotion to give reason why this religion should be disbanded. He shows emotion, or pathos, through his comparison of the Judeo-Christian religion to the Environmentalism Religion, stating: The reason that I have no wish to debate these convictions is that I know that I cannot. These are not facts that can be argued; these are issues of faith. So it is, sadly, with environmentalism. Increasingly, it seems, facts are not necessary because the tenets of environmentalism are all about belief" (P. 595 para 5-6). Crichton has an emotional connection to his argument. He feels deeply about the amount of environmentalism becoming fantasy instead of being strictly composed of fact. As a student of anthropology, he learned about what makes up religion, leading to his belief of environmentalism becoming more a religion than a science. (p. 594, para 3) He finds many connections between Christianity and Environmentalism. Crichton relates The Garden of Eden to an Environmentalists idea of a Paradise. When discussing the idea behind the resources for our planet, the writer shows a good deal of frustration in his words: Okay, so the preachers...
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...Critically discuss the importance of reflection in the practice of management Student ID:20583416 Course: The reflective manager (MD4046) Lecturer: Dr. Elias Hadjielias Fall 2012 Assignment no. 1 Table of Contents Introduction Page 1.1 General Introduction to Reflection 3 1.2 Objectives and Purpose of the essay 3 Main Body 1.3-1.6 Review of Literature 3-4 1.7 Personal opinion of the writer 4 1.8 A practical example of Reflection in a certain case 4 1.9 Recommendations from the writer 5 Conclusion 2.0 Summary pg.3 5 2.1 References ...
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...Gun control is becoming a more prevalent topic of discussion due to the increasing number of mass shootings each year. This article confronts the topic of gun control and delivers an interesting twist on someone’s liberal views. Most liberals believe guns should be outlawed or heavily regulated. The intriguing part of this article is the idea that a liberal owns a gun. Naturally, people with democratic views believe that guns should not be in the hands of the public. The argument has an interesting twist due to this unlikely scenario. The writer begins his essay stating he is “devoutly Democratic” and lives in Texas. He owns many different types of pistols and is looking to buy a shotgun. He states he loves to fire guns and exercise his rights as an American. Among the many reasons to own firearms, the author says the biggest reason is to protect his family. He was introduced to firearms while writing a novel where guns were used...
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...What can be determined from this poem is that Heaney is feeling slightly Guilty for not following the footsteps of his father in becoming a farmer instead he became a writer. The regret is brought across as Heaney is deteriorating a family tradition of agriculture.This is a free verse poem written in first person narrative, with eight stanzas containing two couplets. The free structure of this poem allows Heaney to freely express his respect of the Irish tradition as well as his pride and dignity towards his ancestors.The techniques Heaney uses in this poem are simile and metaphoric.Also in the second last verse Heaney uses a listing device.Also he uses lieration which give added ethisis.Heaney also uses roots to describe his family roots. The poem starts and ends with the same lines "between my finger and my thumb & The squat pen rests" but the first stanza ends with "as snug as a gun" and the last stanza ends with "I'll dig with it." Thus, Heaney foregrounds the importance of the writer's profession and craft by breathing new life into the cliche idiom "the pen is mightier than the sword." Heaney affirms that he has decided to choose his own career path, as a writer. It is clear that Heaney feels confident that he is very skilled with a pen and demonstrates and proves that he is an accomplished poet by writing this very thought provoking poem. The title "Digging" is usually defined as an act of hard labor. It awakens our curiosity for we want to know the reasons why...
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