everyday life. You cannot go an entire day without using English in some form. That is why expanding what you know about English, using what you know, and stretching your knowledge helps you tremendously. English has always been a strong subject for me but I have always loved learning more. 10th grade English and English 111 have taught me a lot. English 111 has taught me different types of essays and has helped the maturity of my writing to increase while I have still shown a great knowledge and strong
James Moffett in his essay "On Essaying" illustrates how to use a personal voice in an essay to define ideas of universal value. He expressed the idea as "how to express ideas of universal value in a personal voice." People cannot do an essay without involving themselves in it. Writers need to express their ideas in a way that they could feel comfortable in their words. Writers show their character and personality in their work. What are ideas of universal value? Well, it does not have a definitive
such as “thing and it”, as well as sentence fragments. As I become better and improve these writing problems, I will be able to have less errors on my future essays. Going over these weaknesses will allow me to elevate my quality of writing essays. Throughout my whole school career, I have always had problems brainstorming ideas for essay topics. I could never find a great topic that
In this short essay “Can You Be Educated from a Distance” by James Barszcz, brings some advantages and disadvantages of distance learning. Barszcz talks about the quality distance learning can bring and reasons why it’s so popular. In my essay, I will be summarizing the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning. In the article “Can You Be Educated from a Distance” James Barszcz states several reasons why colleges and universities begun to promote distance learning. First, colleges tend to
incredible amount of money. Some people argue that they shouldn’t be getting payed as much as they are. But, there are many reasons as to why they deserve such high salaries. Here’s why: They entertain millions and millions of people, they work extremely hard, and they create jobs for people. First, athletes create a huge impact on people in everyday life. People from all over the world watch sports, like football, basketball, soccer, hockey, and many more. Many enjoy watching professional sports
peers, a lot of positive feedback saying they thought my essay was on the right track. I would say I took the most feedback finishing my essay from my classmate Taylor, who gave me good advice on how to step away from the essay for a little while and reflect on how my work can improve. Since I had a hard time choosing my main topic and also revising my own work after writing it, I felt this was very helpful. I always struggle to revise my essays; to me it always looks good, I can read it over and over
This essay will account for the American Dream and its consequences. The essay will focus on the big change in buying behaviour and the change of interpretation of the American Dream. The essay will also discuss a sceptical aspect of having the newest and best products, and why some people might buy so expensive goods to their wives and children. Lastly, this essay will also look at the consequences of giving children too much power and the truth about shopping. Due to the “American Dream” many
While doing this project as a group, I can say that I learned that communication is very important in the group. When we first started to collaborate, it was hard to work around everyone's schedule. As time went on we were able to find time to meet up and discuss exactly what the cubase 7 was. I learned that the cubase 7 was not as interesting as I thought. The cubase 7 is for people that are interested in media and audio production. However, it does allow you to produce music more quickly. You
“Creating Our Own Happiness” is an oral essay by Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips. Coyne begins by remembering a time where he was warm and happy in his car when he saw a poor couple struggling to keep warm. The couple’s shocking laughter among the cold conditions at first surprises Coyne, but leads to a revelation about the state of happiness. Coyne begins to realize that happiness is not created by the conditions people find themselves in, but by their attitude within those conditions. By comprehending
In “several short sentences about writing”, Verlyn Klinkenborg states how he understands and functions about short sentence by his poetry writing style. Although he is controlling the length of his lines, I believe every short sentence in his book is stronger and enrich more meaning than long sentences because the short sentences help people seeking shortcuts to clarify, easy way to make your writing better. I always desire the length of sentences, because I think the longer the sentences the better