and mind, but we are always there, forever defending what is ours. Porous and jagged, we absorb or repel anything as well as anyone who seeks to oppose us. Whilst the ranks of our enemies dwindle over time we endure, unwavering in our determination. Alone we are weak, ineffective, and ultimately meaningless. Together we are strong, steadfast and spectacular in our simplicity. We as one eternally serve the greater purpose, all with the pride and patience only our kind possess. - At first, we were one
almost like a game. I tried to stop him, but he refused to stop moving his hands. They went back and forth, as if he were playing a game. Eventually, he stopped, but only after we were within sight of my parents. For a few years, he made me feel less alone. I desperately needed that attention; he knew that. I feared that if I told, he would shut me out, so I kept silent. Over time, I tricked myself into believing it was normal for cousins to touch each other the way Tyler touched me. I thought it was
was little to no visibility as if you were alone in space. The truth is, we weren’t alone, we had each other, but that just meant there were short sprung moments of grace between us. The only way we could see each other was due to the bright orange jumpsuits that we all so willingly supported. We
for myself to give an honest effort if I’m not fully engaged in the subject. Over the semester it has seemed more like a chore than than a learning experience. The excitement after the descriptive essay quickly faded when we changed writing styles as well as subject content. I felt like the rest of my essays were poorly written due to boredom. Since I have been out of school for 12 years, this may be a skewed view on the grounds that I’ve been used to only doing projects that bring substance
Cherokee Paul McDonald is written using descriptive writing or spatial organization. This pattern of organization is describing something as it pertains to space or from location. In this essay the writer describes the fish in great detail to the boy. He uses transitional words such as and, then, and by now. This essay is great in just showing how we make judgments about things without realizing what is really happening. In the first part of the essay the man is pacing himself up a hill and
staying focused to get to through it. It was about a young girl Marguerite and Mrs. Flowers. Marguerite was a bright young girl, who was doing exceptional in her schoolwork. It seemed that she was too shy for as much description they gave throughout the reading. Mrs. Flowers stated to Marguerite, “Now no one is going to make you talk-possibly no one can. But bear in mind, language is a man’s way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals”
Brittany Snyder Prescriptive Pedagogy versus Descriptive Pedagogy 28 September 2017 In the world of the English language, the debate over whether a prescriptive pedagogy or a descriptive pedagogy is more effective is a popular topic. According to The Oxford Companion to the English Language, prescriptivism is defined as, “an approach that sets out rules for what is regarded as correct in a language,” and descriptivism is defined as, “an approach that proposes the objective and systematic description
Compare and Contrast of Quindlen and Lutz Upon reading and examining two essays, “Life under the chief doublespeak officer” a narrative by William Lutz and “Homeless”, a descriptive by Anna Quindlen, I firmly believe that Quindlen provides the preferred essay due to the gravity of her subject, greater personal relevance, and that her material allows the reader to sympathize with the subject matter. William Lutz’s essay addresses the growing trend in Corporate America to disguise actions with words
Poetry Essay Aldain Barham Liberty University English 102 Thesis Statement: The poem is a great example of communicative techniques and display of mood. Themes of the poem include man and nature, life and religion to list a few. Because the identity of the poet isn't really entailed in the poem but further investigation on him has given me answers which prove relevant to the poem. Although the setting of the poem isn't explicitly listed in the poem one can get a feel of the setting due to the
another. In general, however, writing has different purposes for a variety of people. “Why I Write,” written in the late 20th century by Terry Tempest Williams, describes various reasons for writing narrated from a female’s perspective. The short essay begins in the middle of the night with a woman engulfed in her own thoughts. She abruptly goes forth by reciting the multiple reasons why she continues to write in her life. Through a variety of rhetorical devices such as repetition, imagery, analogies