SURF ID: 07283908
E-201
H-1, 2nd draft
9-20-2017
Marisa Ransdell 9/21/17 evan.kim11@gmail.com anzablop@gmail.com
Expect The Unexpected title? Maybe consider alternative idea = bluntly, harshly, or even contently BUT ultimately hurtling toward fate
Imagine approaching the last final hour of your life, not much time left to do specify = life goals, final wishes, ponder regrets? anything except get your final thoughts in order. What would be important to you at that point, when hierarchy and ranking no longer matter? In the short story “Kaleidoscope,” Ray Bradbury explains unfolds a [plot statement, ex = a terse emotional tragedy of human existence after a space ship unexpectedly explodes catastrophically, leaving the astronauts drifting helplessly in [idea statement = & grapple with their life reflections/regrets, fate, trauma?] separated by cold, uncaring space different directions. Their headsets are the only indication that they are not alone. As these men hurtle toward their fate, they each react differently. Some react bluntly, harshly, or even contently. This story is mostly viewed from Hollis’ perspective and emotion. He provokes readers to examine their own life experiences and purpose. Kaleidoscope is a metaphor for when you reflect on life, you see your true colors through a way you have never seen before.
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It’s unexpected and beautiful. Change is great. People typically don’t like change because they’re used to staying in their comfort zone. But once they step out, it’s like a whole different point of view! Similarly to a kaleidoscope, one small shift in perspective can change an entire life. Always see the glass half full! I like the enthusiasm in this paragraph, however the exclamation points may not be a good fit in the essay. This paragraph seems a little out of place as well, you could move it closer to the intro when you are discussing the title, or you can create a transition from the other
This essay was written almost perfectly. There are no flaws in my eyes there are only good things. It was written so that you felt like you were one of the administrators watching the experiment. It made everything in my eyes seem so real. If I had to write a story about an experiment or anything I would follow his essay as a guideline. He prepared the reader by giving them a little background then he explained the whole experiment basically step by step.
Overall, the essay seemed to lack flow as a result of a noticeable absence of transition words. The essay had bad syntax. Each paragraph seemed to be scenario after scenario and each sentence seemed to be idea after idea. For example, in the first paragraph, the list consisted of multiple sentences, instead of just one sentence with commas. “But they are few: Being mistaken for a wheat field by a cloud of locusts. Being buried alive”...“Interviews from film festivals.”, this seemed like an awful way to list ideas. In addition, the fourth paragraph of the essay was made up of only 2 sentences, one
My first art portfolio, my favorite keychain, my broken bike…1.2.3. No one ever speaks to you about your own ending. How you die is left up to your own imagination. To you, your death can maybe either be due to a glorious, heroic act in which you met a righteous end or a pathetic closing to what you may believe to be a pretty uneventful existence. No one speaks about endings in general, though. Endings only tend to make us feel anything but content. Yet we dream on, foolishly writing silly ends to our lives, forgetting that the ends we create may be plausible one day. College, family, career…1.2.3. My breaths get weary, my heart slows from boisterous thuds to faint, lethargic thumps. Bright rays gleam above, showering me in what is meant to be warmth, but all I feel is cold. My freezing limbs waft slowly within the water, my feet dangling below, my hair flowing behind. My mother’s laughter, my father’s tears of joy, my friends’ bright smiles…1.2.3. I never dreamt my foolish imagination would collide with the inevitable so soon. My days of compiling were over, my good days, my sad days, my sweet, sweet mundane days, would soon come to an end…Air, air, air, air,
Comments- This essay is very striking personally to me. I share some of the feeling
Someone once said; “When we acknowledge the value in every human life and witness such, we thrive and succeed and protect one another”. The value in life is a prospect that should not be suppressed, even in times of hardship. Conveying this message through literary elements can be tough at times, consequently leaving the message unclear. Neal Shusterman’s “Unwind” demonstrates the opposite and conveys the theme thoroughly, leaving no room for uncertainty. His characters, one of the most important elements of an amazing story, all adapt realistically to a situation where the safety of their life comes first. Additionally, the conflict in “Unwind” is a central point of interest and engages the reader in the motives behind the battle faced by the characters. Finally, the narrative perspective further expresses a sense of meaningfulness when dealing with the topic of life significance. Evidently, Shusterman emphasizes the worth in human life through his character development, the conflicts and the theme.
Hello Rozhnaz! This writing looks better than the previous one that I revised; congrats! You also gain improvement in terms of the use of academic vocabularies in this essay. Some notes to be considered here are the minor things such as punctuation, redundant expression, and capitalization. Here are several takes on your writing:
It does not matter how many times life knocks someone down, it matters whether or not they recover. As Winston Churchill once announced, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Life may cause numerous troubles, although, overcoming inadequate decisions can correct your fate. The Other Wes Moore, written by Wes Moore, is an exquisite example of how one poor decision does not need to determine one’s fate, and an individual has the power to metamorphose their fate. In addition, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a superior illustration of how confronting one’s mistakes and choosing to rectify them. The Other Wes Moore and The Scarlet Letter both portray the theme rising above challenges with the use of literary devices.
This year I have learned a lot from College Writing, this class has taught me a lot about my own writing and what makes a good essay. I have learned a lot about myself as a writer and as a person throughout the course. In this reflection of the past semester I will be going through my past papers and talk about what I liked and how I could’ve made them better. I will also be going through the activities that have shaped my writing the most. Hopefully, I will be representing how I have grown as a writer throughout the year because of this class. Before taking this class I was already relatively confident in my writing abilities and was excited to take the class. Now that the course is completed I am even more confident in my writing because of all the new techniques and helpful tips I learned.
In our hesitant humanly efforts to accept the ultimate fate, we find a painful truth, an
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Thank you for taking the time to review my essay. I look forward to hearing from you soon. I know my undergraduate work was not top notch, but I would be very invested in your program. Thank you again for this
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This semester I learned a lot about writing in English 151. It has been a roller coaster ride with these essays for me this semester. I learned step by step how to write a good essay and how to have your readers be engaged in what you’re trying to tell them. Each essay I did has taught me something valuable I can take to the next level of English. I feel as if as the semester went by I did not take my writing that seriously and that reflected in my grades I received in each essay. It made me a better student and writer and it will reflect next semester. In this essay, I will reflect on what I learned throughout this semester that you should apply in your writing when you begin English 151.
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