paper, after long hours of research on my artist and her songs, I realized that the process of creating a short 4 minute song contained a lot of collaboration with other musicians, instruments, and personal experiences to create the masterpiece. Moreover, I learned that music contains its own personal themes like coming-of-age that makes it so powerful and significant. My first step toward breaking out from my introverted, independent writing was discovering the process in creating a song that encompasses
with REM sleep abnormalities and sleep disorders, although not all people with such disorders experience sleep paralysis. In the podcast “Peeranormal Episode 06: Sleep Paralysis”, Dr. Michael S. Heiser and co-hosts convince the audience of this through the use of topic specific research cited from several articles, discussing their own opinions, and each co-hosts' personal stories of sleep paralysis. Dr. Heiser is a biblical scholar, but with a different meaning. He identifies himself as a Christian
The speaker is Dave Isay, the founder StoryCorps and winner of the 2015 TED Prize. He opened the first StoryCorps booth in 2003 at New York’s Grand Central Terminal. He is delivering his speech behind a podium in an auditorium to a large audience at an official TED conference. The speaker stated his purpose very clearly at the beginning of the speech. He wanted to convince the audience that having a meaningful interview with someone can be one of the most important moments in both of your lives.
that are regarded as being the most influential works at any given time, but I believe it should adopt more contemporary forms of storytelling such as podcasts. The 21st century has seen a technological revolution which has changed the way young adults in Colleges and Universities consume information. Thus, English curriculums should adapt podcasts in the canon of literature which would improve how literature is taught in schools. The English Department at Loyola University Maryland defines the Understanding
Reflection My conception of the class, before entering, was that a struggling writer turned professor would be going to great lengths telling us how to write and how not to write. Of course, with me being a veritable writer who happened to need to take a writing related course not for the improvement of my writing, but for the acquisition of the credential. I was going to stubbornly disregard all reproaches, suggestions, and ‘improvements’ and trudge forward headstrong in my unalterable style.
One thing that’s great about short stories is how quickly they can ruin your life. Maybe you start reading one over your lunch break and, if it’s the right one, before that peanut butter cup you brought for dessert even has a chance to finish its melting shape-shift into some kind of sugary cement, the whole world has been destroyed around you and then rebuilt, and nothing is quite the same again. This happens whether you like it or not. Great stories practice this violent beauty on you in a variety
question with a yes or no. The ratio between the two was overwhelming but expected. I also highlighted statements I never fully considered. Since I started college, I now realize that the history classes in grade, middle and high school only teach one narrative of history. The statement that related to this is “When I am told about our national heritage or about “civilization,” I am shown that people of my color made it what it is.” The classes I had before college only credited a collective group. Another
many online classes and videos. In one part of the video, we saw a young girl talking about the different software she had on her computer for creating things like art and music. She said she was able to use this software to record her own personal narratives. We
Talk. Wanting to publish her newly written work, Giovanni asked numerous publishers to give her an opportunity, but to no avail. Instead of waiting for the greenlight from a publisher, Nikki Giovanni self-published Black Feeling Black Talk using her personal finances (Giovanni). After composing several collections of poetry, Giovanni became a New York Times best-selling author and an acclaimed professor at Virginia Tech. Following the tragedy of the Virginia
The speaker is Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl; she is sixteen years old. She was shot by Taliban in on October 2012. Malala was the first and the youngest person who received the biggest European human rights prize called "Sakh arov" Malala was received Nobel Peace Prize in 2013. She also received many other international awards such as women of the year 2013 by Glamour, Women's rights award "Raw & War (Malala yousafzai Web, 2013). Malala Yousafzai give a speech at the United Nations. The terrorist