Brian Brennan Ms. Betsy Woods Eng. 111 RA 2 October 2013 “We Shall Overcome” Rhetorical Analysis Writer’s Reflection: I’m proud of the work I put into the essay. It took a while to go through the speech and pick out the rhetorical strategies, but made the paper easier. I thought the most effective and organized the paper was to break the speech up into three parts and dissect each part. I focused mostly on the main three rhetorical terms, logos, ethos and pathos, but identified others, such as anaphora which was used numerous of times.
Portrait of a Writer Before taking [ENC1101], I had never considered looking at myself as a writer or comparing my writing style and habits to those of other writers, both good and bad. Looking at myself as a writer and the processes I go through when writing might help me identify my weaknesses and adopt new habits more conducive to good writing. Not only has this class changed what I define to be a good writer, but this past unit has also taught me many new writing strategies that could help me become that good writer. Prior to taking this class, my definition of a good writer was rather basic. I considered a good writer to be anyone who could effectively convey a message to a reader.
The textbook ambiguously explained how to complete each grammar exercise, and I was never sure if I was completing the assignment correctly. I believe it would benefit the students more to assign a few grammar exercises each week, and review a limited amount at the beginning of each class, to assure the work is done correctly. I also feel the syllabus needs to be more specific about the “long hand” section of the grammar assignment. The pages are separated by a dash, but not all pages are part of the listed section. Instead of separating individual pages by a dash, the assignment should simply be listed pages 604-649 written out long hand.
I worked on this for three sessions before getting it to perfection. She moved from level to level, complexity to complexity and I moved from frustration to frustration until I noticed there was actually some progress. My sentences moved from simple sentences to compound and on the rare occasion to even compound complex ones. The writing was slow; I worked carefully and strived for perfection as best as I could. My tutor never accepted my essays until she found them to be perfect.
http://www.victorianweb.org/index.html The Women at English Literature Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Brontë) The role of Jane Eyre is an excellent example on the view and manners of women in the Victorian Period. She is resigned, but already have personal thoughts and pursues. She is a middle-class worker, with no actual family and no prospects, at the beginning, of improvement. But, because of her personality, she manages to transform her life in many ways. If she were a "kind" child, by the eyes of Mrs. Reed, she would never go to Lockwood school; she were able to grow up in terms of knowledge in the school, because she had the need of being liked by others and was strong enough to improve herself in many ways; she, by herself, took a chance when announcing to be a governess.
I chose this book because i actually read this book long ago when I was younger and I decided to expand on my little prior knowledge of this book “Warriors Don’t Cry”. As I started reading I realized that I remembered nothing of the book but all I knew was that it was good because of my previous memories. So I made it my mission to read this book and I read it after a while. To my surprise I was interesting the entire time which is exactly what I look for in books of any genre. I chose this book because I knew I would the most excitement from
The book follows the story of a young girl named Tita who longs her entire life to marry her lover, Pedro, but can never have him because of her mother's upholding of the family tradition of the youngest daughter not marrying but taking care of her mother until the day she dies. Tita is only able to express herself when she cooks. I enjoyed this book because it taught me a lot about how one’s traditions can affect your life. This book goes against some beliefs that many people have because “Like Water for Chocolate” is a fiction book, it is believed fiction books cannot teach anything useful. But the lessons I learned are applicable to life and have also provided
This had been for Alison’s emotional needs at the time. She never would talk to her parents about what she was really feeling. She would write in her diary, made poetry in parts of the book, Fun Home is a perfect example of her emotional needs as well. Her parents weren’t helping with communicating as well. Ian Sample tells us that psychologists say, “Brain scans on volunteers showed that putting feelings down on paper reduces activity in a part of the brain called the amygdala, which is responsible for controlling the intensity of our emotions”.
When she writes “Oh my dear girls—for to such only am I writing—listen not to the voice of love, unless sanctioned by paternal approbation.”(P. 55), she is trying to tell women to put themselves in a position in which they are not exploited, and listen to their brains and parents rather than their heart and emotions. The story of Charlotte Temple is somewhat extreme in the sense that she was a very naïve and sheltered young woman that didn’t really know what the world was like outside the walls of her home or the border school. She was weak and she was dependent on other people to make the decisions for her. Rowson is also warning the women about other people in their life. The parents have the best intentions for their children, but other people might not.
Sophie is kept in silence by her parent’s image of her, so she can't really express any of her thoughts that differ from theirs. Furthermore, when Ken takes Sophie into the library, Sophie describes the books as having “no room to breathe” (6). Like the books, Sophie is suffocated by her parent’s expectations leaving her with no space to “breathe” and be herself. She cannot do anything without acknowledging their wants and expectations of her. Sometimes the simple fact that Sophie is a seven-year-old child is