1. Suzanne Lucas knows we are smart enough to run our paper through a spell check. There are so many spell checkers in this era, that there is no excuse in having such small grammars errors that even a third grader should know not to make. We are adults now, we need to know that every sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a period. The only reason a person can be making this type of error is when they do not care about getting their point across. The example provided by Lucas made me focus in his/her errors rather than me focusing on the information he/she was providing. I had to read it twice to focus on what he was saying, not because I could not understand but because I was in shock of his errors. The way he delivers the letter,
A. What is Talia’s purpose in writing this letter? Do you believe she achieves her purpose
In the 2013 NBC news article, “Johnny Can’t Write, and Why Employers Are Mad”, written by CNBC’s Kelley Holland, she introduces the substandard state of lack of responsibility taken for writing and communication problems in schools of all grade levels. Holland explains according to the “Association of American Colleges and Universities conducted by Hart Research Associates 80 percent said colleges should focus more on written and oral communications”. Holland points out that “Nobody takes responsibility for writing instruction”. Holland implies that this problem affects not only job seekers and college students, but school districts also. Holland notes that this problem starts early on she reports according to William Elliot “an adjunct professor
As the history of the United States has progressed, the motivation for starting a war has varied over the years. Something that has been consistent throughout every war are the emotions behind the soldiers fighting it. This can be seen in the books Gone with the Wind and The Things They Carried, and the document Letter to Elmer J. Sutters.
In the letter, Abigail Adams, informs her daughter about how she likes the White house. But throughout it she shows her daughter how she reacts with her new surroundings. She acts spoiled and she complains.
Rhetorical Analysis of Florence Kelley’s Speech Florence Kelley’s address to the National American Woman Suffrage Association (1905) touches upon both the social and political aspects of the need for reform regarding child labor laws. By revealing the shocking truth about how young children around the country work for long hours in inappropriate conditions, Kelley is able to emphasize the urgency of this situation. Simultaneously, she defends women’s suffrage by presenting the logical statement that there would be laws to prevent extreme child labor if women had the right to vote; more progress could be made if women and men worked together, starting with women’s right to vote. In her address to the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Florence Kelley establishes a dramatic tone and appeals to her audience’s emotions to persuade them to advocate for a reform of child labor laws by employing several rhetorical strategies. To begin, Kelley utilizes the audience’s sense of logic to generate answers to rhetorical questions such as, “If mothers and the teachers from Georgia could vote, would the Georgia Legislature have refused at every session for the last three years to stop the work in the mills of children under twelve years of age?” and “would the New Jersey Legislature have passed that shameful repeal bill enabling girls of fourteen years to work all night, if the mothers in New Jersey were enfranchised?”
This will impact his reading if this does not get fixed because he will always put a word to fill in the spot. This will also change the meaning of the sentence, they will have misinformation on what is going on in the story because the miscue altered the entire sentence.
Michaela Cullington, a student, wrote a paper “Does Texting Affect Writing?” in 2010 for an English class. The paper is an examination of texting and the belief that it negative effective student’s writing. Cullington goes into detail about textspeak- “language created by these abbreviations”- and their use in formal writings. She organizes the paper in a way that is confusing to understand at first (pg. 1). At the end of the paper, she discusses her finding in her own research which comes to show that texting does not affect writing. But this is contradicting to the information she received from the teachers. The students and the teachers were seeing differences in the use of textspeak in formal writing. Cullington has good support for her
The first essay given in this course was about our whole composing process. This essay was hard to write about and I remember having several grammar mistakes. Sitting down and writing my process on paper,
The style in which it is written is another interesting aspect of the letter. The words used and the forms in which they are used are different from what we are used to seeing today. I found that when I was reading the letter I had to read it very slowly and over a few times. The letter is written in a very formal business-like manner, and that adds even another aspect to confuse a student. I personally, and I would assume most students my age have had little or no experience in the business world and with formal writing and reading. It is a different and many times difficult thing for me and others to deal with.
In her speech at the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Florence Kelley highlights the truth about child labor. Throughout her speech, Kelley uses many strategies to persuade her audience. First, Kelley uses facts to convince her audience that she is credible. Second, she uses facts to show her audience how serious she is about the topic. Lastly, she uses guilt to appeal to the reader’s emotions.
This harsh reality of the news writing industry provoked the thought process behind the Newhouse School’s spelling/grammatical/factual error grading policy in news writing and editing classes.
n Prelude, Katherine Mansfield explores issues of sexual frustration and the restrictions on female identity in a patriarchal society, as experienced by three generations of Burnell women. Linda Burnells responses to male sexuality are tainted by their inevitable association to her obligations in fulfilling her role as a wife and a mother, both of which Linda has shown indifference towards. As a result, Linda's own sexuality suffers under feelings of oppression.
When I was in middle school, we were taught to proofread assignments as well as running them through spell check in Word. At the time, I had no idea that spell check was not a proper fix for determining spelling or grammatical errors, homophonic errors, sentence fragments, as well as the suggestions provided, are not always as helpful to the piece overall. I remember submitting an English assignment where we were to choose a nursery rhyme, research the history behind it, and create a fictional essay based off the song. The nursery rhyme I had chosen was “London Bridge”, and my essay was about a family who lived in a bakery and their stories as their local bridge burnt down. Towards the end of the essay there was a glimmer of hope among the
In “Letter to Ma”, Merle Woo writes mostly about her parents learned helplessness; however, Woo also touches on other learned behaviors such as, racism, sexism, and feminism. There are two types of known behaviors, innate and learned. Innate behaviors are reflexes that people are born with and learn behaviors are directly taught or learned from experience. When babies are born they have the innate behavior to close their hands when their palms are touched. People are not born with learned behaviors such as believing in the equality or inequality between genders or races. “Letter to Ma” does a remarkable job of explaining how people are taught to be racist, sexist, or feminist.
Stojkovic, S., & Lovell, R. (2013). Corrections: An introduction. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc