After going over this week’s assignment, and taking time out to read poems by both Phillis Wheatley, and Anne Bradstreet, I felt compelled to talk about how both individuals writings related to me in one way, or another, on a personal level. Initially what stuck out from start was that Bradstreet and Wheatley were both women. As a woman myself, I able to relate to another woman much easier than I can a man, this was so in reading each of their works. In Anne Bradstreet: "To My Dear and loving
The anonymous student author of “Oh, God, Where Are You Now?” analyzes both sides of the argument regarding technological advancement. The author’s purpose is to inform the reader and provide information about the potential threat of all forms of technology negatively affecting humanity. The author adopts an analytical tone in order to convince the audience to see the after effects of such advancements in our society. The author opens the essay by drawing and including a personal anecdote to
“Too Dumb for Complex Texts” Essay 1 In Mark Bauerlein’s “Too Dumb For Complex Text” Mark talks about how multitasking teens will find it demanding to read intricate texts. Mark implies that listening to music or watching TV makes it difficult to read college level texts, and that High School Students who do this are not at college level. High school students should have at least 1 assignment where the use of Google or anything digital is forbidden and only the use of books and basic research tools
and feminism. In the same year she started writing poems for the magazine Vanity Fair. In 1921, Second April was published. In 1932, Millay performed her first radio poetry reading, which was nationally broadcasted. In 1936, she collaborated with George Dillon on a translation of Charles Baudelaire’s Flowers of Evil (1936). Further collections include Fatal Interview (1931), Conversation At Midnight (1937), and Make Bright The Arrows (1940). Her writing was cut short when she suffered a nervous breakdown
The earliest permanent settlers of what would become the United States were Pilgrims and Puritans who held their faith in God close to their hearts. Eventually the Puritans would become the dominant religion of the early colonies and the authors of this religion would create some of the first truly American poetry. Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor were two of these authors, but they never meant for their poetry and reflections to be published. Unaware that one day these poems would be published
Do you ever happen to wonder why the author uses different forms and techniques to convey their message in art? There's a specific reason for that. The reason for that is because they use their own interpretation. In this essay, I'm going to be talking about three images and their effectiveness, as well the message being conveyed. Everything has meaning behind its purpose. Sometimes you just have to look deeper to find out! The first piece of art work that I have chosen is, "It's time to get organized"
1. The writing that me and my peers practice everyday by texting, e-mailing, and instant messaging is different from what writing buisness professionals expect in a work place because of the texting language and abbreviation we use while texting our friends. Rather than in a workplace we use proper spelling and grammer, and use proffessional words. No, my employers will not benefit from informal writing because, in a workplace there is no room for errors while working with a Criminal Justice degree
In this essay “Hidden Intellectualism” Gerald Graff argues that people who is street smart play an important role just like someone who is book smart (Intellectual). He feels schools do not appreciate street smarts. Someone who is street smart may not do well in school but can apply things they know about the real world to their school work. If teachers will give a street smart person an article or book to read that’s not in their interest it will be hard for them to probably analyze it because
I first learned of PolitiFact from through the Colbert report and have used it for some time now and am a fan of the website until now I haven't used FactCheck but will start to do so. Both websites provide a truly great service by shedding some light into pressing issues that both political parties are debating. Planned parenthood is a huge topic of discussion right now and because of it the government might even be shut down which is ridiculous. These websites do a lot to debunk myths and misconceptions
Since my last reflection, I have made long strides towards finishing my senior project. In the beginning, it was all overwhelming; I had so much to get done, but now I see that not procrastinating was the key to completing and turning in my work. With my printed schedule of when things are due, I have stayed on track and even managed to get ahead. So far, I have completed many tasks. For one, I interviewed two local residents who have recently published their own work. By meeting with Kateyln Freydel