In order to assess Kamil’s writing skills, I collected and analyzed a few writing pieces of various types of writing. Kamil’s style of writing and the tone differ depending on the type of composition, which means that he is aware of the purpose and the potential audience when he writes. The graphic aspect of writing indicates that Kamil has knowledge about forming the 26 letters of the English alphabet. His writing is also legible and clear most of the time. Some pieces of Kamil’s writing, such as “Feature Article”, “Oil Spilling”, “Minecraft”, and “How I came to America” include a thoughtful and interesting introduction as well as an effective and creative conclusion. In these compositions, Kamil groups and organizes facts logically, he links the ideas together, using transition words, e.g. “After ten hours of doing stuff we finally got to America! Thereafter we went througth the securite machines…” Also, a variety of sentences is applied in these pieces. On the other hand, a persuasive letter and an opinion piece, “What would you rather do: find your way through a corn maze or tour a haunted house?” include a few confusing sentences and thoughts. The introduction and closing are not precise, as they do not clearly state Kamil’s personal opinion. For example, in a persuasive letter to the principal of his school, Kamil states a few good reasons why his school should not have air conditioning, he supports his arguments with some pieces of evidence, and then, in closing
Writing is examined in the first chapter of “Writing about Writing”, a textbook by Elizabeth Wardle and Doug Downs. Not only does it examine articulate writing, but specifically the threshold Concepts of writing: “ideas that change the way you think, write, and understand a subject,” (Wardle, Downs 2011). Terms are used to educate readers, these terms are essential for the writer to better understand how to write, and for the reader to better understand composition. Three terms seem to do this; construct, contingency, and rhetoric.
It is essential to understand that classes taken in grade school do not give students a full understanding of each subject. With the topic of writing, there will always be a new lesson to learn, an aspect to improve, or a differing way to explain. Author Craig Vetter states in Bonehead Writing, “This is your enemy: a perfectly empty sheet of paper. Nothing will ever happen here except what you make happen.” Each story, essay, or response comes from a writer’s experiences. With each attempt at a new piece comes an underlying story of emotions the writer is facing. Each person’s writing is unique and the ideas people have are related to their past experiences and what they believe to be familiar with when deciding which writing style to use. As a high school student, I have learned many things about writing that helped me become the improved writer I am today, but the most essential advice I have received is practice makes perfect. Although there is no actual perfect way of writing, I have discovered that each essay I write, my writing improves. It is easier to spot mistakes, find areas to improve, and ponder elevated word choice to use.
To many people, writing is either considered a task, or an activity. There are also different types of writing for people to enjoy. In Josh Keller’s “Studies Explore Wether the Internet Makes Students Better Writer”, Keller describes how the internet has made students far better writers. He also describes how many students have described their dislike for academic writing but prefer their own personal blogging and/or journaling. This essay describes why struggling students often fail to write effectively because they find academic writing hard because they are not able to put their own thoughts and experiences into their essay. The idea of this essay was to describe the problems with students writing and the possible solutions for the problem. Keller mentions that the solution, that is not being pursued, is to combine academic writing with personal writing. He describes how many students write far better in their own personal writing and that these student’s personal writing
3. Which one of the following sentences or phrases is most likely to be considered a cliché?
It is not very often that one stops to pay attention at the many ways we encounter rhetoric in our daily lives. It is used in most forms of communications and it is ultimately the way people things get done. Rhetoric is the form in which people influence or persuade one another and it can be found everywhere from television ads to Facebook posts. I have chosen to analyze my personal writing to examine how my rhetorical choices change when I am writing across different platforms such as e-mail, class papers and a class review post? From my analysis, I have found that my writing style changes to adapt to the purpose and audience of the writing across the different platforms.
I would describe the writing process I experienced through my learning years as very limited and poor in skills. I can definitely say that my writing techniques and methods are simple and basic. Since English is not my primary language I feel really pressured by this subject and I'm expecting too much from myself. I remember when I was in 8th grade at the beginning stage of learning a new language, my English teacher focused mainly on teaching her students how to spell the words correctly, show the proper grammar, and form the correct structural sentence organization. The difficulty I am experiencing in writing any essay is the language barrier and not
Peter Elbow’s article talks about the necessity to write with care. In order to write well,
A learner’s ability to communicate effectively through writing to his/her target audiences is a major prerequisite for academic success. It is also a major pillar of success in one’s career across all areas of practice. Even though, writing clearly is critical to one’s academic and career success, I have not always loved writing. In fact, for a long time I despised writing. At one point, I had a feeling that my writings skills were bound to remain stagnated throughout my life. However, time has proven that I was wrong. My attitude and outlook towards virtually all genres of writing has changed positively. The various helpful methods I have been exposed to by my English teachers through different grades have helped me
Writing presents it’s own challenges to those who write books and articles daily; and to those who write less frequently. Getting around using punctuation, placing commas, and figuring out how to start an essay always seemed to be the biggest challenges for me. Through practice is the only way I’ve come to be masterful over my own writing style, even though there is always room for improvement. Because each time someone sits down to write a letter, article, or book; they are practicing their writing style and ultimately becoming better writers. Many people find writing to be a hassle or too cumbersome in a day in age of technology and the internet supplying information to the public so immediate, but everyone must overcome challenges that they
According to journalist William Zinsser, a writer must be clear in order to write well. A writer who fills his/her pages with pretentious words, flattery prose, or intricate syntax clouds up his/her sentences and prevents the reader from fully understanding the message at hand. Therefore, Zinsser contends that good writing is achieved when bombastic language and confusing words are avoided. Indeed, stripping “every sentence to its cleanest components”, removing excess verbiage, and molding words into coherent, simple structures prevents the reader from getting lost in a whirlwind of words and thus allows him/her to fully grasp the author’s message (Zinsser 6). In short, clarity leads to writing that is done well.
The book shows how to spend the writing time and other techniques of writing. The other steps for improving, a few writers put forward their suppositions on lettering as also a blog or social networks. You can discover writers who write in the region you are occupied with and either bookmark their web journals or download their podcasts to audit at your recreation. Authors’ gatherings give the opportunity to coordinate with different scholars to allocate both methods also chances to advertise your task. Regardless of what formal or casual strategies you learn experimental composing, the trusted approach to enhance your composition abilities is to compose routinely and regularly, concerning what you've gained from the techniques recorded
Increase number of American begin to write complexly, due to they want to show they have high level in writing, but it is not the truth. First, clutter is a big problem in some people’s writing. Clutter means in disorder, and it will make reader confuse about what author say.Then the reader will lose interest, and the reader will be lost. Second, Zinsser considers simple and easy to understand are a good composition’s characteristics. Only the article is easy to understand, readers will be attacked and enjoy reading your article. Then, the writing can be called success writing. Lastly, Zinsser advice us to clear our thinking and write clearly. Only in this way can we writer a interesting and successful writing. To sum up, I agree with his
This fall semester in ESL 91has been pretty interesting, and so far successful. The main object of this semester was to improve our essay writing. We were taught various lab techniques that helped us to improve our English writing skills, such as using appropriate verb tense and how to write a research paper with a works cited. Through my work on the research paper I have learned how to write in an academic style, how to find appropriate sources from an academic database, and how to cite my sources. Most of all, I can say that my reading skills have improved because the research for our papers required me to do a lot of critical reading.
The essay “The Sense of Style” by Steven Pinker explains that writing is not a natural talent. Pinker argues that to improve the skill of writing, people must read other’s written work to understand and learn the rules of writing. I have written a summary based on Pinker’s essay explaining the importance of reading and how to improve writing skills. Through my response, I indicate the necessity of reading to improve writing skills, but by practicing the rules learned by writing the reader will remember what they have learned.
This project is two case studies of an EFL classroom that is based on Saudi Arabia with the intention of improving the academic writing concentrating on two persuasive genre writings, which are discussion and exposition genres. To do so, SFL is employed with its powerful analytical tools that are helpful in educational contexts. In particular, these analytical tools examine written language in the way sentences and clauses are organized as well as the way sentences are joined together to make a whole text (Coffin, 1996; Feez, 1998; Rothery,