...The Works Progress Administration Introduction Americans struggled with jobs, wages, bankruptcy, unemployment, property loss and no savings. Works Progress Administration, was created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the organization helped Americans. The Works Progress Administration played a big role in helping America get back on its feet by helping people find jobs and restoring America during the Great Depression. Helping Americans Religious groups and private aid societies provided the needs of the American citizens. The WPA wasn’t an official organization until the year 1935 because they President Franklin D. Roosevelt and congress didn’t create it so the people took action until the government stepped in to help. When the government...
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...With help from an outstanding teacher, classmates, and friends, my writing has improved tremendously over the course of this year. The thing that helped to progress my writing ability the most was, and still is, all of the out of class work that Mr.Ferges has put us through. Although it has been very laboring and time consuming, I have seen significant growth in my ability analyze and write essays. Looking back at my work and seeing such improvement has also helped me to become more content with my work, another thing I struggled with throughout this year. Because I am now more comfortable with how my writing sounds to other people, I am able to write more fluently and faster, making more time to work on and improve my other areas of concern....
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...What is necessary for one to achieve progress? Well, it takes many key characteristics: Hard Work, Sacrifice, Patience and Effort. With these characteristics, individuals will need to practice and train for any occupation for years. Also, they will need to sacrifice something that is enjoyed in order to create extra hours to make the difference between being good and being great. In order to make progress, people need to make sacrifices through hard work, patience and effort. For one to obtain success it is crucial to use hard work and effort regardless of the sacrifice. Hard work and effort are extremely necessary skills to possess when training. Because those skills help make sure that one can make a serious effort towards a constant exertion of power. Additionally, training is a crucial step towards success because all of the challenges in life require hours after hours of learning and repetition in order to be accomplished. For the best results, it is recommended to practice on a regular basis every day for the best results. Another main ingredient necessary to reach progress is the use of the characteristics Sacrifice and Patience. They are used in order to give up something that is generally enjoyed, but at the same time harmful by getting in the way of the pursuit of progress. Sacrifice and Patience are critical there are times in life where it is mandatory to live without the materialistic objects that are wanted. Once that is done, with the right amount of diligence...
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...Religion was a main consideration in societal changes. The Fourth Annual Report and Charles Finney needed to change the profound and good nature of adolescent and old individuals in America [Doc A/B]. The Drunkard's Progress portrays the normal cool consumer falling into ruin and in the long run passing [Doc H]. The thought of moderation in principle would diminish aggressive behavior at home, and large portions of the issues of familial society. The Utopias, particularly Brook Farm, neglected vote based practices and made minimal collective social orders particularly for the "most noteworthy physical, erudite, and moral education"[Doc E]. These utopias were generally scrutinized for their silliness. Particularly Orestes A. Brownson blamed the new social orders for "repudiating the past" to make another society [Doc G]. These groups rejected just goals through and through. They secure collaboration and made a cruel rivalry that prompted the consequent defeat...
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...“The main source of Jane Eyre’s interest is the story of immense human endurance” How far do you agree with this statement (Explore the methods which Charlotte Bronte uses to present the idea of human endurance) Jane as narrator certainly shares with the reader a story of immense human endurance. We see this throughout the whole novel. Early example of such are in the Gateshead section of the novel where Jane endures a lack /absence of love. She is forced to endure physical and verbal cruelty though the actions of the cousin John Reed. Who taunts her about her social class and lack of money, ‘You have no business to take our books; you are a dependent, mamma says; you have no money; your father left you none; you out to beg, and not to live here with gentlemen’s children like us..’ Jane endures physical cruelty when John flung the book at Jane, striking her on the head. Through the red room we are able to see the symbolism of Jane’s entrapment, isolation and desire to break free. There is also an element of foreshadowing and imagery emphasises on how isolated Jane is from the rest of her peers “dark and haunted chamber” Even at Lowood this is a recurring theme of the unjust and sufferable nature of her childhood. The endurance from the Red Room is a symbol of her isolation from compassion during her childhood. Through the repeated use of this symbol we see how Jane is imprisoned by her own treatment. Following Jane’s escape from the Red Room we see that she...
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...Writing Analysis Essay Throughout my childhood and until the present day, I have always been told by my parents, teachers, coaches and others that practice makes perfect. As my knowledge broadened, I thought to myself, perfect is impossible to be because humans are engineered to have flaws. No matter how many times one does something over and over again, whether it is shooting free throws until all are made, or writing fifteen outlines until points are stronger, one can only make progress. There will always be space for improvement in any category in life. Writing is no exception, and compared to my writing when I first started college, my work has definitely improved. Although I know I need more work, my organization, development, syntax, mechanics and cognition of my writing has escalated to a level that I did not know I was capable of. Essay outlines was never a priority of mine, but once I began to take the time to write it, my topic sentences and coherence within the paragraphs made more sense to the reader and myself. On the first paper that was graded, “Is College Worth It?”, I received no credit due to the lack of organization and development. At first, I thought I would at least earn a passing grade but once I read the “NC” (no credit) on my grade sheet, I was discouraged and disappointed in myself. I knew I had to state my opinion on my topic sentence, yet I did not do it. For instance, in that same essay, my topic sentence was a fact, “…there are college graduates...
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...Throughout my life, writing was always a challenging subject to me. Although I may not be able to write as well as others, I have enhanced my writing skills. As I was assigned to write a great amount of essays in this English course, I realized that my writing has improved immensely. This course has taught me how to write various types of essays, for example, rhetorical analysis, review, report, and reader responses. Every essay has different requirements and different components to include. By using these skills to compose an essay, I am capable of improving my writing and noticing my strengths and weaknesses. Every year, my writing skills improve little by little due to the amount of practice from writing essays. In every essay, there was...
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...Write the essay! Think small; build the full essay gradually. Divide your essay into sections and develop each piece separately and incrementally. The Introductory Paragraph * The opening paragraph sets the tone It not only introduces the topic, but where you are going with it (the thesis). If you do a good job in the opening, you will draw your reader into your "experience." Put effort up front, and you will reap rewards. * Write in the active voice It is much more powerful. Do that for each sentence in the introductory essay. Unless you are writing a personal narrative, do not use the pronoun "I." * Varying sentence structure Review to avoid the same dull pattern of always starting with the subject of the sentence. * Brainstorm to find the best supporting ideas The best supporting ideas are the ones about which you have some knowledge. If you do not know about them, you cannot do a good job writing about them. Don't weaken the essay with ineffective argument. * Practice writing introductory paragraphs on various topics Even if you do not use them, they can be compared with the type of writing you are doing now. It is rewarding to see a pattern of progress. Supporting Paragraphs * Write a transition to establish the sub-topic Each paragraph has to flow, one to the next. * Write the topic sentence The transition can be included in the topic sentence. * Supporting ideas, examples, details must be specific to the sub-topic The tendency in supporting paragraphs...
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...Effective Essay Do you hate it when you have to write an essay assignment and you don’t know where to start? Do you feel overwhelmed with all tangled ideas and thoughts you have about the topic, but don’t know how to put them in paragraphs? Well, no more headaches! With this 6 + 1 writing traits, you will have the most effective essay assignment. The first writing trait is Ideas. You should have a clear, main theme or an unforgettable, but yet, simple and original story line. Then, you are able to focus on the topic and narrow down the story line to create a piece that is clear, tight, and manageable. It is not an effective essay when one covers too broad of a topic and wanders with many unrelated ideas and thoughts. To develop a tight and focused topic, you should provide enough important evidence to support the theme and shows insight on the topic. The best way to accomplish this is to create vivid pictures in the reader’s mind with credible and accurate details. Colorful and complete details also give the readers the confidence of the author’s superior knowledge about the topic, and therefore, make the essay effective. The second writing trait is organization. You should be able to grab the reader’s attention from the start and leads them from point A to point B smoothly and naturally. A variety of carefully selected sequence words and transition phrases are needed for a smooth and easy-to-follow essay. You create a piece by showing how ideas progress, relate or...
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...The Art of the Personal Essay Critique The Art of the Personal Essay is a huge collection of diverse essays selected by Phillip Lopate. These essays are written by authors from different time periods and different places. The essay I chose for this critique is Going Out for a Walk by Max Beerbohm. This short, humorous essay criticizes the idea of going out for a walk. Beerbohm writes this essay to appeal to readers about a common dislike. The message of the essay is rather simple and starts out with Beerbohm regretting about the good, old days in a baby carriage. Beerbohm then introduces his thesis of disliking walks and gives excuses of how to avoid going on a walk such as writing letters or reading a book. He also describes how giving excuses can be unsatisfactory. He claims walking stops the brain and recounts a story when he and an intellectual friend were going on a walk. Beerbohm explains that walking made his smart friend so mindless that he walked to private property without thought. Later in the passage, Beerbohm gives an example of how the soul and the brain are involved in walking by presenting humorous dialogue between the personified soul and brain. “I take it that not by his reasoning faculties is man urged to this enterprise. He is urged, evidently, by something in him that transcends reason; by his soul, I presume. Yes, it must be the soul that raps out the “Quick march!” to the body. –“Halt! Stand at ease!” interposes the brain, and “To what destination,”...
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...who doesn’t even know how to write a coherent and logical essay; I am a girl who can organize my essay sufficiently and express the central idea of my essay clearly. My organization of the essay used to be weak, but I was never willing to give up. After writing and practicing several essays, I feel that I had made great progress in the writing. For instance, I am able to use transitional sentences in my essays so that they will be more organized. Also, I had learned how to arrange my essay in order to make each of the paragraphs to be connected. On the other hand, I see the organization as the most important part of the writing. People may misunderstand my ideas that I want to show them because my organization is messy. Therefore, I spend time to reading and learning how to organize the essays.As a result, I am able to separate my essay orderly. Since I could dominate these basic writing skills, I have been confident to take next challenge course. Grammar, is the weakest part of my writing, cause I to lose points for essay. To be honest, I felt very uncomfortable and nervous when I was writing. Although I wrote some simple sentences, I still made many mistakes. For example, I always forgot to add “s” after a verb for the third person. I used to read some grammar books, but I could not use them in my essays properly. Sometimes I ask my friend or go to tutoring center for revising my grammar of the essay.If I write an essay, I will use tons of time to check my grammar for sure.On...
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...reader what I will be covering in the essay they are reading, “Bradford creates a foundation for American success and inspires people to promote the value of responsibility and freedom through his leadership, leadership qualities, and through the journey he faced coming into the New World - all of which are evidenced in his narrative, “Of Plymouths Plantation.” This thesis statement is as clear as water and has improved over the course of the class. Another way in which I have improved as a writer is with the evidence that I have chosen to incorporate into my essays, “ Bradford was governor of Plymouth for thirty, one year terms and his Pilgrims described him as an open minded and thorough leader - traits for a successful leader at such a time of new beginning.” The evidence that was used in this statement supports my chosen thesis and supports my essay along with showing how Bradford was a good leader, and why he was. One of the things that I am most proud of about my skills as a writer is my use of transition sentences and their quality that they bring to the essay. “Not only did Bradford display wonderful leadership qualities, he put them to use as well.,” and “Bradford was not only an inspiration to people in the sense of promoting personal responsibility, but also in the sense of promoting personal freedom,” were both used in writing prompt one and added to the flow and smoothness to the essay. My grammar and maturity in writing these essays has grown exponentially compared to...
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...in communication. I have had many difficult times speaking and understanding English when talking to others. Writing an essay was almost impossible for me to think of. Realizing how difficult it was to experience these linguistic difficulties, I then decided to go back to school to improve my English skills. Therefore, English became especially essential for me to succeed in my educational goals. I was determined to earn an Associate’s degree then transfer to a university for a Bachelor’s degree. I started going to ESL classes and studied English very hard to make progress in my speaking, reading and writing skills. After spending one year in ESL classes, I qualified for English 43. I learned lots of grammar and how to write paragraphs efficiently during these classes. I noticed that writing an essay was more challenging when I got into English 49. However, since then I’ve learned how to write a five-paragraph argumentative essay which was one of my weaknesses in academic writings. I have made a lot of progress in writing skills since I started studying English 49. I now think that I’m ready to go on to English 101 due to the fact that I have learned useful strategies to follow a writing process and develop coherent paragraphs effectively. A writing process is the most important step that I learned in this class. First of all, before writing a complete essay, I need to come up with the pre-writing which consists of free writing and brainstorming. I found this step essential because...
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...We all know love. We have all loved in some kind of way. We love our parents, significant others and even our friends. But we can also love other things like animals or material things. But what is the difference between loving and liking? And is it better not to love and feel pain or to love and be hurt in the progress? Jonathan Franzen seeks to answer these questions in his essay “Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts”. The essay “Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts” is, as mentioned, written by Jonathan Franzen and published in The New York Times, May 28, 2011. Jonathan Franzen is born in 1959, and he is an acclaimed American novelist and essayist. The essay is based on the commencement speech he delivered at Kenyon College in Ohio, USA. “Our technology has become extremely adept in creating products that correspond to our fantasy ideal of an erotic relationship, in which the beloved object asks for nothing and gives everything, instantly. (…)” As Franzen claims in his essay, many people can feel like they love their technological object. It gives them a satisfaction, which human interaction maybe wouldn’t. Franzen however thinks, that people in general don’t love material things: they like them. There is a major difference between loving and liking – even though it might appear small. “Liking, in general, is commercial culture’s substitute for loving.” Products are made to be likeable, but if that concept in transferred to a person, you would instantly see...
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...Assignment # 5 Self-Assessment/Reflective Essay English Composition- ENG 115 Barbara Willis Dr. Rachel Campbell Strayer University Takoma Campus July 25, 2011 This essay is a Self–Assessment. Many people sometimes find it hard to assess themselves especially when they think when they deem they are doing well. Self-assessment is a good motivator for someone who is trying to achieve a goal. In this essay I will be discussing the pre-writing/ invention process, the writing process, peer reviewing process, revising process and assessing. The pre-writing/invention strategies that I used for this essay is outline. I find the outline strategy to be effective because it creates sub-topics from my thesis statement which makes it easier for me to elaborate on my topic. I learned that it is an easy guide to follow in order to write a good essay. I would not do anything differently for my next essay. The purpose for me writing this essay is to assessment my progress in the course. My audience is my Professor and I fulfill my responsibility by following the instructions she gave me in class which is the steps I need to follow to write a good essay. The main point of my essay was about drug abuse. After reading my essay I want my audience to know that drug abuse is very common in our society and all the effects it has on our economy. I looked for a thesis statement, formation and grammar in my peer’s essay. I learned that my peer is a good writer. I...
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