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    Clive Thompson. This article had a lot of important information shown throughout it and particular things that really caught my eye. For example, it starts off with a discussion on how students write less and they believe technology is to blame. But as you read, more you find out that this generation is actually written more than any other generation because of the amount of socializing that occurs online. The younger generation has a different feel for writing and write for a different type of audience

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    Writing papers has not always been my favorite thing to do. The main reason why I do not like writing papers, is because I consider my English horrible. English is not my native language, and learning it was difficult in my opinion. Especially, when you are a child and the only place where you could speak English was at school, because at home the only language I was allowed to speak was Spanish. Throughout the years I eventually got the hang of it, and in the beginning of fourth grade I was placed

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    favorite? Why? My favorite essay was the other Wes Moore essay. I liked it because it was a really good book and fun to read. It was by far the easiest essay since it was basically a review of the book. I also liked this essay because we got to compare about the lives of the two Wes Moores which in my eyes was easy enough to do. It was also interesting to see how much they changed through about their years. 2. Which essay was your least favorite? Why? My least favorite essay had to be the writing styles

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    in my writing. Before this analysis, I was sure my weakness would have been Organization, and my strongest would have been Voice, just like last year. However, things have changed. This year, my weakness in my writing is Conventions and my strength in writing is my Voice. These two things are important, along with the other four traits that I have graded myself on. Spelling and grammar are very important for a good essay. That’s why my worse trait is Conventions. My “History is Important” essay

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    Having the right writing skills sets a person up for success in life. Life, in terms of the business world, is based on two things: math and writing. Not being able to do both of those puts a person behind, and stops them from getting a job that is worth having. Both The Writing Revolution by Peg Tyre and A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind emphasizes that without the right writing skills, an individual will be less successful. Writing should be taught in every class because it will be handy

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    Response to Didion Readings Throughout her writing Joan Didion brings up many important points and reasons to write that apply to all types of people from professional writers to average people. Didion uses an approach that allows many people to understand the importance of writing in everyone’s life. In both “Why I Write” and “On Keeping a Notebook” readers are able to find the personal importance of writing from recalling the past, to finding an answer, and even simply expressing personal thoughts

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    in different types of writings. It also talks about the reading process and how most people don’t read carefully, which heavily affects their writing and therefore the grade they receive. It also discusses guidelines for writing a summary and how people have to read the passage carefully, reread the passage, write one sentence summaries, write a thesis, write a draft, and then revise your summary. The authors explain that “The first sentence of a summary is crucially important, for it orients readers

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    tasks to be completed. Tasks may involve both writing and communication skills. Carrying a pen around is like carrying your cell phone around, you need it at all times in the dental world in order to keep in touch with your team. Many things must be written down and you cannot write something without a pen, but let us look at the importance of writing skills as a dental assistant. In the dental field having good writing skills is highly important. Good writing skills help in job opportunities, dental

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    provide their children the needed progress in their writing. The third article I read titled “ Best Practices in Writing Instruction, Second Edition,” pertains to providing certain techniques parents can implement to help their children succeed with their writing. Writing is a tool that can be used in many different settings. Parents should be aware of exactly what writing can be used for and why it is so important. According to Graham (2006), ”writing is an extremely versatile tool that is used to

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    article, despite appearing very brief in sentences, describes a good history of why Irving is important in American literature. The article gained its details of Irving’s past from an older article written by Andrew Burstein, a critic who is the author of the article, “The Original Knickerbocker: The Life of Washington Irving”. Burstein’s article describes why Irving is the first American author to make a living at writing, and how later authors, Edgar Allan Poe as an

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