The purpose of my writing was to inform others on the current nursing shortage that is projected to increase in correlation the high demand for nurses. I used classifying, cause and effect, and comparing as my writing strategies throughout my paper. In terms of retirement, I classified retiring nurses and other aging baby boomers by classifying them both together into one big retirement section. The main idea of having the aging population in my body section of my paper was to show the significance
The Longman Writer Chapters 4, 5, and 6 In brief, chapter 4 of The Longman Writer by Judith Nadell and John Lang taught the reader how to support the thesis using evidence. As an addition to chapter 3 “Identifying a Thesis”, chapter 4 emphasizes the importance of supporting the central idea by using enough evidence to convince the reader. Forms of evidence include “examples, facts, details, statistics, personal observation” (41) or anything that furthers the reader’s understanding. The evidence used
In my previous English courses, I had no knowledge of writing an essay, or even a proper sentence. Writing did not seem like anything important in my life, or that it would affect me anyway in the future. I had despised my own writing and loathed having to write essays for any of my classes. When I had enrolled in Composition I, I had no idea what I was going to do to pass. However, in class, we had done collaborative work, which had helped me progress myself. Collaborative work had consisted of
more reliable sources. 11. Work in Stages FIRST PASS is a broad and general survey to orient yourself to the field and topic, to find out the main theories/frameworks, the key scholars, and their principal publications. SECOND PASS - a more detailed, selective process of reading books & articles you have narrowed down as most relevant. You take notes and make summaries of your readings. Claremont Graduate University Writing Center • 2008 2 B. READING • ANALYSIS • SYNTHESIS
The Narrative Essay *What is a Narrative Essay? • Narrative writing tells a story. In essays, the narrative writing could also be considered reflection or an exploration of the author's values told as a story. The author may remember his or her past, or a memorable person or event from that past, or even observe the present. • The author may write about: -An experience or event from his or her past. -A recent or ongoing experience or event.
but I will be arguing that the bombing helped the eight hour movement. - How did this event occur? What led up to this event? - What happened to the protestors after the riot? - How did the event benefit the eight hour movement? • Working Thesis Statement: - Although many say that the bombing that caused the Haymarket Riot did not help the cause of the protestors, I claim that the bombing helped the eight hour work day movement by striking fear into the employers, which
school my essays were about summarizing a chapter from a book or writing a short story. There was no set length it had to be and there were not any specifics to focus on such as to focus on a strong introduction or to focus on being organized when writing. The essays that I wrote in high school were just for a quick grade or to help out our grade. I did not really have that much experience in writing essays. In the past semester I have grown more as a writer than I have in the past years. My essays
in Week 8. Each team will identify and explore an emerging technology. This will be a technology that may already exist, but is drawing attention because of new applications, anticipated impacts or potential controversies. Examples could include: My portion of this paper is Cultural Considerations: we have chosen (Robtic surgery as our topic) Cultural Considerations: This is a really important section. Consider the
analysis of specific academic subject matter and is viewed as a means of promoting understanding of the content (Shih 617). This is done by using deductive reasoning, semiformal voice, and third person point-of-view. Deductive reasoning is stating the thesis early and then following it with supporting examples and details that help readers understand complicated ideas. When writing in semiformal voice, the writer is not using slang, colloquialism, or contractions of nouns and verbs. Academic writing
Practice Never Makes Perfect A brown box arrived on my doorstep one fateful day that drastically changed my weekend plans for the next several months. This special package contained a book that resembled a dictionary, a few testing pamphlets, and a wonderful contraption called a headset. My friend Nicole and I set up our laptops on the kitchen counter, almost like a battleship command center, and readied ourselves for the next few hours of the next few weeks of test prep. Both our parents signed