In this reader response assignment, of the actor Tom Hanks’ article in the New York Times Opinion Pages by Tom Hanks, an argument whether the article is or is not an academic writing will be established. The editorial titled “Tom Hanks: I Owe It All to Community College” is considered, I disagree; it should not be considered an academic writing and as the following paragraphs will explain a few reasons why. Tom Hanks is sporadic in his thoughts and ideas. His thoughts jump from paragraph to paragraph
The amount of time and effort this assignment took was two days of hard work. As I looked over the requirements of each part, I thought the whole project could be done in one sitting. Although, I didn’t wait last minute to start this paper, I definitely misjudged the quantity of work that was required. I kept thinking to myself that I could just write four pages, which was the minimum, and call it a day. After I summarized Birk and Birk in part B, I still needed to explain slant of facts, slant of
subjects, it was a bit of a hard and fast transition from narrative, to process, to comparison and contrast essay. I feel the level of the subject matter is increasing, which is also making it harder to keep up, but this is what I’ve got so far: The structure that I have used before is subject by subject in the comparison/contrast essay, I think that’s the easiest option to write this essay. The point-by-point method mixes up both subjects in one paragraph, I think that makes it harder to organize
First draft My writing process is naïve in my opinion because I tempt to do a lot of grammar mistakes while I’m writing any paper. Although I am capable of writing a good paper I always need someone to go in and revise my paper to find any grammar mistakes. My problem area throughout my writing process has always been grammar; I do not show any type of strength in that area while I’m strong in others throughout the writing process. This could easily be improved by spending more time revising the
be. I feel there are too many rules associated with writing that makes it more complicated than it has to be. To overcome that, I just write to get it all out on paper then deal with the rest later on. In order for me to write an effective paper or essay or even a post on a forum such as this, I need to have quiet time where I can focus on what I want to say, then start writing, as I am writing I get into a flow where it seems as if the words just naturally flow onto the paper.
people around the world who have a different interruption about being an American and things that represent America. I found this out by reading articles and reading different stories about how people move to America for their own reasons. So in this essay I will talk about the different meanings that people have about being an American. I will also talk about what is the best representation of an American, what the American voice is to me and what being an American is to me and others whose articles
her obvious thoughtful reflection on the unity and cohesion of my paper, word usage, and critiques of my transitions. Tatiana made sure she stressed the importance of unity and cohesion to me. She precisely communicated to me at which points in my essay she thought I was going on a tangent or that the flow of my paper was off. This was very helpful once I revised my paper. She additionally helped me with word usage and choice, noticing that I could be repetitive at times. She urged me to change this
Journal #2 How this essay (Prose) relates to me is ...by Kevin Nguyen This essay relates to me when I went to Vietnam for the first time with my family and cousin. I was really excited that we were going on a vacation to visit my parent's homeland and relatives for the first time. I was around twelve years old and did not know much about the country. The few things I heard from people and friends was Vietnam is a beautiful country and some part is dirty. Once we arrived, stepping out the plane the
As a mature age student it has been over a decade since I have studied literacy or had to write for academic submission, so I wasn’t expecting to do very well. When submitting my writing sample to various literacy analysis websites, such as Paper Rater (http://www.paperrater.com/), I was p¬¬¬¬leasantly surprised by the positive feedback I received. I also compared my writing sample against the information found within my textbooks, and while I was utilizing a lot of the rules and concepts found within
The article I read that was associated with the SSR book I am reading in class will be talking about the recent takeover of the city Kunduz by the talibans. In this essay I will be answering a series of questions in paragraph form. These questions are who is the article about, who is being impacted, who is it about, what’s the big issue, when did the event take place, where is the event/issue occurring, why is it an important story, is it bias in any way, how does it relate to topics in our English