Argumentative Analysis: 'They Say I Say'

I have made a phenomenal amount of progress this semester. English 101 has made me a better writer and editor. Because the modules and peer-editing reviews it was easy to correct and learn from my mistakes. As a writer, I think I can still make an amount of improvement. With it being from mechanic errors and to clear organization skills. As for providing clear and relevant examples I have made improvements. I say I’m an average, but growing writer. I have my skills and weakness, but I still try harder

From Description to Analysis   The Problem: One of the most difficult and important skills I teach to my Reading & Composition students is that of moving from descriptive writing (what amounts to plot summary in an English literature class) to analytic writing, to writing that communicates the student's ideas rather than the studied author's ideas. By the middle point of the semester, students for the most part have understood how to present a central argument for their papers, but they

been my forte. Nevertheless, this is not to say that I could not write. Throughout the semester with the assigned reading assignments and the given practical writing exercises I have come to grasp a vague understanding, I had never been taught how to write essays correctly. I am the product of Clark County Educational system. I have always struggled through my last classes and hoped to get out of my struggles this semester. One the greatest challenges that I faced was the distinction that existed among

I have always liked this popular saying by Edmund Burke,” If you do not know your history, then you wind up repeating it.” This can be used in many, if not all areas of life. Moving forward in life is important, but being able to turn back and see what occurred in the past is also equally important. This semester, I enrolled in what I thought was going to be an easy English class. Not because English classes are supposed to be easy, but because I truly have a desire to write and love doing so. Despite

of how I improved as a writer. This second semester of duel enrollment English has helped me improve not only on becoming a better writer but as well as becoming more mature as a person and has helped me with time management. This portfolio includes the three best pieces that I have written this whole year. I hope you enjoy these pieces as much as I enjoy them. The first piece I chose to put in this portfolio was my narrative piece. The reason I chose this was because it was the first paper I wrote

During this semester, I have finished writing three different types of paper, which are summary and response essay, rhetorical analysis essay and argumentative essay. At first, I didn’t have a brief idea of how to write those essays, and I felt confused. However, with the help of professor, and the “They Say I Say” book, I could continue to study and knew what to do with my paper. I still consider writing as a complex task to do, I have to do a lot of preparations before I start, such as searching

my dad, and my peers, I have progressed my papers toward better essays. I have saved my papers individually as I corrected them to show the progressions. In my argumentative essay, Income Inequality: Extinction of the American Dream, I used my summary and response paper as my draft. The summary and response paper contained each essays’ summaries related to income inequality from the They Say I Say book that greatly influenced my argumentative essay. As I wrote the essay, I made sure my dad to help

discuss the procedure of getting a video job analysis. Applicant's attorney and the applicant appeared to be very defensive. For some reason, applicant's attorney got upset when Ms. Fernandez referred her as an "an attorney" as opposed to her name. During a later conversation among Ms. Fernandez applicant's attorney, and I, applicant's attorney expressed that she felt that in a hostile environment when Ms. Fernandez referred to her an attorney. Frankly, I do not know why applicant's attorney would

Tyler once said, “If I waited till I felt like writing, I’d never write at all.” If this were true I would have failed out of my academic writing class. I have pushed aside my past of procrastination and took in the new material. As a result of the class commas, run on sentences, and many other bad writing habits are now becoming a thing of the past. Mr. Roth has illustrated to me and supplied me with material to learn how to write better. The time I spend in or out of this class, I am trying to understand

literary pieces focusing on multiple components of writing. I wrote a multigenre on tattoos, literary analysis on Hamlet, and an argumentative essay as well as a summary and response essay on the need for higher education. From this wide array of papers I have learned and grown in my technical writing skills that will contribute in my pursuits of college level classes. I will address each of my papers and what I have learned from them. I have included several Helpful Handouts that have proven to be