Start with a general statement, a thesis statement, and a structure statement for the introduction. For each of the three body paragraphs, add an introduction, a quote, analyze the quote for a sentence or two, do the same for another quote, and then hit enter and repeat. Finish with closing paragraph summarizing your main points and thesis, and then end it with some pseudo-philosophical sentence about how the BS you just wrote might somehow apply to actual problems in the real world. That was how I was taught to write essays from the seventh to the twelfth grade. It’s really amazing how six years of writing the same five paragraph essay while swapping out the nouns in order to fit a certain text might lead to a student having a somewhat narrow …show more content…
It was an essay about how the liberal social justice movement is fighting to limit the students’ rights to free speech on college campuses. I started my analysis by identifying an example of pathos, where Jacobson tries to pull on right-leaning readers’ disillusionment with liberal ideals. It was important for me to start with this because it happens very on and affects the rest of his argument by putting his readers into a certain mindset. Shortly after, I had a paragraph about how he uses an ethos argument to make him seem like more of an authority on the subject. However, the effectiveness of this ethos argument was partially reliant on the pathos argument that preceded it in Jacobson’s essay. And this ethos argument also made him appear more convincing to the reader, which makes his logos arguments later on more …show more content…
Every essay was a struggle to morph your topic into something that could fit its guidelines. That is what high school writing is. College writing is different because they don’t care about structure, they care about quality. It is up to you to find a structure that works for your topic. In high school, writing was a technical skill about mastering a single structure and learning what you needed to do to get good marks in that. High school writing was a test of how well you could write the five paragraph essay. College writing is a test of how well you can write. This means you need to be able to build from the ground up without a groundwork like the five paragraph essay, and to do this you need to creativity, a skill that wasn’t tested in high school writing nearly as much as it is in college writing. The five paragraph essay teaches you to end every essay with a take away about how what was talked about can be somehow applied to the real world. This is not something every essay should have, but this one definitely has something you should take away. When in college writing, do not lean solely on technical skills. You have to be creative too. Think through and problem solve how to best get your point across. If you can’t learn to do this, you will
The way it shaped what I was writing was that I would choose topics that I knew very well so that it made it easier for me to just write from things I new and in that way meet the requirements and so it never allowed me to take time and research or acquire new learning. I have written a five-paragraph essay for a class assignment particularly following the “Spart Write” formula. My experience with this was that I was just trying to meet certain criteria and that's all I really cared about. By having to write in such a structure manner it didn't allow me to learn new things. Based on my own experiences and on the readings, the most important characteristics of an academic student essay would be to follow some sort of structure where it doesn't allow you to wander aimlessly but not to structure that it doesn't allow you to learn or explore new ideas. Also mention in “The Age of Essay” having that surprise element because it allows you to learn new things and it might even lead you to contradict things you already
Throughout learning about all writing, the main achievement of any work or essay is to capture the audience and let them see any subject through the lens of what the author desires. To achieve this goal, one may use tools known as ethos, credibility of the author to the reader, logos, appeal to reasoning, and pathos, appeal to the audience 's emotions. A combination of all three of these elements creates an argument-like format which conveys a very convincing point, or thesis to the reader. Over practicing my writing my entire life I have always used these elements in my work, although, I was not aware completely of their proper usage. Throughout this year I have grown vastly as a writer through more precise control of and thesis with a linked analysis as well as consciously using the elements of pathos, logos, and ethos to most efficiently convey my thesis.
When writing a five paragraph essay, there are five steps one must fallow in order to attain perfection, these steps include understanding the question, brainstorming, writing a rough copy, revising, and creating a final draft. The first and most important step is understanding the topic. The topic of the essay is what the essay will be about and if this is misunderstood, the whole essay will be off course. The second step, brainstorming, will help organize thoughts and ideas so they flow amiably. There are many different ways to brainstorm, some of the most helpful are making a web of ideas, making a list of ideas, or creating a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the conviction. All these ideas will be related to the topic at hand. For example, if the essays topic is about how the earth is affected by global warming, then the brainstorming ideas might include the ozone lair being reduced or how global climate has raised. The third step when writing a five paragraph essay is creating the rough draft. The first draft must have all the features the final will, but does not have to be...
Use transitions and make connections not only between paragraphs, but among sentences, too. Play with different types of sentence structures (some long, some short, etc.) and more vivid, descriptive word choice to make the essay engaging to the reader.
The strengths in my writing are my organizational skills, grammatical construct, and my work ethic. Organizing an essay is a very natural process for me. I always follow the basic guidelines for the structure of an essay, which state that one must have an introduction, thesis statement, body, conclusion, and a works cited when needed. The “Are Helicopter Parents Entering the No Fly Zone?” essay, “Animal Cloning—How Unethical Is It?” essay, and the “The Clean Water Act—Is it Successfully Reducing Water Pollution?” essay all have a proper introduction, an informative thesis statement, a body, great conclusions, and works cited pages. Formatting the essays is an integral aspect of organizational skills. Each new paragraph is indented, the font is twelve-point Times New Roman, the sentences are double spaced, and the headers are correct.
A universally acknowledged poem of Tang “Exhausting my eyes to a thousand miles further, I am ascending one more story of the tower.” is the proper to sum up my ENG class this semester. During this period of time, I have already finished the Summary and Response, Rhetorical Analysis, Argumentative Essay and several quizzes. Writing each essay is like ascending one step to get the top, especially in phrases choices, rhetorical devices, works cited page and so on. Now I will reflect on those writing experiences from the perspective of each essay individually.
For me, being a college writer means writing well-organized essays that readers enjoy reading. Being a well rounded writer was also important. Each unit in this class challenged me to write in a well-organized, concise way. During each unit, we conducted some sort of revision activity where I was exposed to other students’ writing. As I read their work, I picked up on their use of transition words and separation of paragraphs to make the essay flow. Naturally, I began implementing more transition words in my own work and learned the appropriate ways to split paragraphs. The structure of the class was key to the organization of my ideas which was crucial to the development of my essay. During the third unit of this class, we were asked to identify an issue on campus, conduct research on the issue, and finally propose a solution to correct the issue. At first, it was difficult to get my ideas down and figure out what it was I would research. What I learned in class allowed me to first identify the issue I would research, write a rough draft, and hear what others had written before the final paper was due. This helped me to identify the main points, brainstorm and figure out what additional research I would need to find to support my argument. Being able to organize my thoughts from the beginning made writing the paper a much easier process. This course has helped me to grow as a writer and make
Second, Hitler's rhetoric created an idyllic vision of volksgemeinschaft, a community of the people. NSDAP policy reached past traditional class divides and appealed to voters first and foremost as citizens of Germany. Hitler welcomed (almost) all Germans, arguing, “We do not recognize classes, but only the German people, its millions of farmers, citizens and workers who together will either overcome this time of distress or succumb to it.” The NSDAP’s deceptively inclusive agenda centered on economic restoration, a common concern for German citizens. As Hitler quipped in his address, “It is an appalling inheritance which we are taking over.” The instability of the Weimar economy contributed to the rise of the NSDAP and, once in power, the
Writing a decent essay is as tedious, as nerve-racking, and as strenuous as constructing a layer cake from scratch. First you have to decide that you are going to tackle this feat, and that can be your biggest challenge, motivation. Then you must figure out what kind of cake batter you want to use. Collect all the ingredients to mesh together well, making one layer at a time. You throw all the layers together hoping that somehow they will come together to form a nifty design, but they don’t immediately. For now it is just a leaning tower of cake parts. So you start revising and modifying, adding toothpicks, trying to rectify the lean of the cake on one side. You coat the whole damn thing in icing, attempting to make it look better, but the first coat always turns out like a child’s Play-Doh experiment. Then you begin to refine the finite details and to make the stylistic upgrades. And finally, after hours and days, gray hairs and nausea, behold, a somewhat presentable and hopefully edible layer cake emerges.
I have learned many things throughout the course of the term, including such things as: how to write an essay and how to improve on essays that I have already written, how to locate and composite better research through the use of numerous resources found at the campus library, the internet, and the “Common Sense” textbook, how to cite research, examples, and quotations properly within the contents of my research paper as well as document it accurately according to MLA standards. Through the exploration of the “Subjects and Strategies” textbook, I have learned nine different methods used when writing an effective essay and how the different writing styles affect the overall theme and tone of the essay when used properly. This past semester, I have encountered many difficulties when trying to write these essays, but through the use of the textbooks, the aide of the instructor, and once I was able to classify the different types of essays and styles, I found them possible to overcome.
Similar to argument and persuasive essays, expository papers require you to research an idea or concept and provide supporting evidence. This type of writing includes a thesis statement, as well as the logical presentation of sources that address the idea you are exploring in your paper. A five-paragraph format is typical for expository essays: (1) introduction paragraph, (2-4) three body paragraphs, (5) conclusion paragraph. This form of writing is often used to evaluate your knowledge of a topic and can be included in exams. Tips for writing expository papers include: Determine the approach required for the assignment: compare and contrast, cause and effect, procedure or process. Write a concise thesis statement that presents your topic, but does not include opinion.Research existing information about your topic. Provide objective evidence and relevant information
Over the past semester, I have found the most challenging part of this course to simply be the transition from high school composition classes to college. Because writing expectations are so different in college than in high school, even with AP and Dual Enrollment “college level” classes, I first found myself being overwhelmed with the pressure to write the perfect first draft. The pressure came from knowing how much a final draft of a paper contributed to my grade. This left me sitting in front of my computer for hours at a time with thoughts of what I wanted to say racing through my head, but unable to deliver these thoughts into organized, structured sentences. I learned, through writing my persuasive essay, that instead of trying to write the paper start to finish and already in its perfect form, it is easier for me to look at the paper through its different components and focus on them individually, then work to best organize my ideas fluently.
Everyone has to take English 9 whether they choose Honors English 9 or regular English 9. Everyone know the easier route is English 9. If you pay attention in class, you will learn lots of great stuff in either class. However, in Honors English 9, you will learn many more great things on top of what you will learn in English 9. Who doesn’t want more? Everyone wants to learn more right? Three main things that I hope to obtain in Honors English 9 are a greater vocabulary, a more in depth knowledge of types of writing, and my main hope is that Honors English 9 will help learn what to do in AP classes.
I should receive a passing grade in this class because I can write now. Not just an exaggeration, but after another semester of English I finally feel confident that can write. Three of the reasons behind my confidence is I learned, I experienced and best of all I repeated. These three values helped prepare me for what is in store in English 1302 and here is why.
It is sad to hear that kind of comments about my driving from one of our customer, even when the other 99% at the end of our trip approach to me and congratulate me for a great job dealing with the traffic at that hour. Sorry for this long writing but I will try to explain what really happens.