I Liked More Was The One From Gretel Ehrlich

My essay on Chaim Potok’s novel, In the Beginning, exemplified my ability to follow a story’s plot and draw connections in its telling. The thread of Mrs. Horowitz’s books was particularly fascinating to me while reading the novel; so, I wanted to focus on that aspect and explore how a seemingly insignificant box of old books became a cornerstone in the narrative of David Lurie’s life. In my composition, I think that I was able to remain focused and clearly articulate what I found significant about David’s relationship to the books and their lasting effects throughout the story. I also exhibited my ability to

In my opinion, Arnold and Charlene Tibbetts’ writing had the most impact on writers reading their work. They wrote about the value of making a promise to the reader at the beginning of the paragraph and staying on track with that promise. It means nothing to make a promise without fulfilling it, which is exactly what they did. Then, they gave four simple, but effective, steps on writing a successful paragraph that will appeal to the reader. They gave the readers examples throughout their work, which made their topic easier to understand. I understood more in their writing than I did in other essays. In addition, the Tibbetts used other writers’ paragraphs as examples to demonstrate how writers validate their advice. After finishing the reading,

In my own objective opinion, “ Feet in Smoke” was the most effective essay between the two. “Feet in Smoke” not only told the tragic story of Worth’s electrocution, but it gave a variety of details to explain what occurred. For example, in the essay the author provides a day by day journal of Worth’s progress. In the essay “Lunch”, no supporting details regarding the grandfather’s death is given, it just simply states the afterward result.

Although I enjoyed the essay about love, I found the essay about Cannibalism very helpful formulating my essay. Each paragraph had a purpose. Especially the first impression paragraphs. The first four paragraphs

In the first essay, “The Miss Dennis School of Writing,” I liked that it wasn’t only just a story but it also was filled with writing advice. “Pay attention” was the advice that popped up several times throughout the story and it is nice that this time around the teacher wasn’t saying something like, “pay attention to me and the lesson.” She really meant, “pay attention to what is going on around you in the world.” This advice goes deep into description because if you pay attention

Students who are enrolled in Dual Credit English 1301 are expected to write suitable essays. Unfortunately, students struggle to understand what a good essay consists of. After doing research and analyzing This I Believe narratives, the one that stood out to me the most was the personal narrative, “Always Go to the Funeral” by Deirdre Sullivan. Sullivan’s use of rhetorical devices such as, anecdote, diction, and pathos, make the article an effective essay that students can analyze and use as an example to follow.

During my English comp summer session class, I was instructed to read several essays and give my feedback on them. In my opinion, the last three writings were probably the most memorable and important. “Hurricane Katrina”, a story on the immediate and after affects of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans, was first of these three stories. It focused on real life experiences of people who lived through it, victims giving their heartrending testimonies. “It’s Not Just A Bike”, is about Lacey Taylor and her tireless pursuit in her cause to help bring to a halt thieves stealing bikes from off her school campus. Another story I read was “Free The Children”. It gave constructive criticism to parents who would not generally let

So, for my essay I have decided on picking “Bonne Annee” and “Museum Indians”, because of how similar and different they are to each one another. They are similar in multiple ways like how they are both live far away from the place they call home and they also do not want to leave the place that they live at the moment. By that I mean that the children have friends and great schools that they can’t just leave behind. They also have many differences like how they live in different cities or how they're away from home for different reasons. All in all, they are very interesting memoirs.

The essay I chose for my response page is Mint Snowball by Naomi Shihab Nye, a story of a girl born in the wrong time. It's very interesting that this story is a personal narrative, but it is mostly written about Her great-grandfather. Her mother probably told her this story often enough that it stuck with her and became vivid in detail. She seems like she wished she was there with her great-grandfather. This leads to her disconnect between her and modern day society.

The essay I chose to read was “Planting a Tree” by Edward Abbey. To me, the most interesting part of this essay is the shift from describing the terrain, to describing the missile bases located in the area. The way the author describes the military is simply fascinating ,”The life expectancy of the average Tucsonan, therefore, is thirty minutes-or whatever it takes for an ICBM to shuttle from there to here.” Also, whenever the author describes the great contemporary empires ,”Like mortally wounded tyrannosaurs, they thrash out in frenzy, seeking enemies, destroying thousands of innocent lives with each blind spasm of reaction.” The author’s use of active verbs and language makes this story develop in such a way that the story will never fall

My best essay that I wrote throughout the year was by far the Mango DBQ which was titled as “The Obstacles of the American Dream”. This was my best essay because of many reasons. One reason why is because I received a 98 percent on it which was my best grade of the year. Also this essay was easy to write because when papers have many structures that need to be followed it is very straightforward for me.

Essays should have organized thoughts, an interesting writing style, and most importantly get the attention of the reader. The essay, “African Women in Colonial Society,” by Carol Berkin was no exception. The claims were well thought out and clear, and the essay definitely hooked readers in with an anecdote that led into the story quite fittingly. She had three noticeable claims that were major that she talks about in the essay, and that is the struggles of African women, moreso compared to that of a man’s, the silver linings that the women found, and finally the unity of the Africans through common languages and religion.

This essay by David Adams Richards, was really interesting. I liked many things about his style of writing. I liked how he made the title of the essay "My Old Newcastle" a paradox. The structure of the essay was different than the other essays I have read. I liked this essay in terms of structure but I'd have to say my favorite structure of all the essays that I have read was "the swan." Not to say that I havent enjoyed and learned lots from the other essays that I have read but I enjoyed the structure of "the swan" the best. I really liked the descriptive words that the author used to describe his hometown of Newcastle, New Brunswick. Even though I have never been to New Brunswick I got a good picture of

For me, both essays Homeless and I Want a Wife captured my interest with the very

When I read Maya and Ginny's essays, I realized that they were very different from each other. Maya wrote more about a non-fiction story that has a lesson that comes from the story at the end. Ginny wrote about a world problem that everyone knows about. Between the two essays, I think that Maya does a more effective job mastering the writing skills that we have learned throughout the semester. I thought that Maya had an engaging introduction that made me want to read more about that moment that happened. Her paragraphs were focused on this topic of this life of the girl. She had good diction and didn't have a lot of wasted words. She had a lot of variety of sentences like the compounds, tri-colons, the conditional tenses, and also had the subordinate