He offered a lot of help and was willing to make notes on my paper to attempt at helping me make my paper the best it could possibly be. I really appreciate his time and effort and definitely took in to account some of the great and helpful feedback he gave me. Another person I would also like to shortly thank is Professor Miller. She took the time out of her busy schedule to sit down and have a conference with me and go over any questions. It made it easier to figure out exactly what she was looking for in my paper.
| 5 | 5 | | The tone is appropriate to the content and assignment. The reading audience is correctly identified, demonstrated by appropriate language usage (i.e., avoiding jargon and simplifying complex concepts appropriately). Writing is concise, in active voice, and avoids awkward transitions and overuse of conjunctions. | 5 | 5 | | Sentences are complete, clear, and concise. The paper shows quality at a College level.
The Enduring Appeal of Agatha Christie Analysis An effective essay is well-organized and carries the information in the order that helps the readers understand and enjoy the work. I believe the essay, “The Enduring Appeal of Agatha Christie”, demonstrates a well-written and effective essay for it follows the order of writing an essay; the introduction, the body and the conclusion and each step are quite detailed. The essay has a good introduction. The information in the introduction follows the example, “a triangle standing on its point,” suggested earlier in the unit. It means that the writer should work his or her information from general to specific; and it is true for this essay, because as we can see the general idea, being how people enjoy “mystery stories”, is brought up right in the beginning and then the writer makes his way to the specific, being why he believes Agatha Christie appeals the most by listing his reasons, “strong characters, her interesting settings, and her strong morality.” The body of the essay is well-written.
Good day, Jacquella! My name is Ana F. and I’ll be your e-structor for this submission. Let me offer you some useful writing tips to help you improve your essay. Let’s begin! *Strengths of the essay: You did a good job in differentiating listening from hearing, Jacquella: “Listening and hearing are two different processes.” Through this, your readers can have a better insight about listening, leading them into a proper perspective about your
11 December 2014 Drowning in the Discourse Julie Wildhaber says that “A strong, well-defined voice is the bridge between you and your audience: It helps your readers understand who you are, and it helps you engage them” (Wildhaber). For students in college, their audience will always be their professor. Along with expecting a strong voice, professors expect students, even first year students, to master and employ the many other writing skills that make up academic discourse. Most students tend to prioritize the more technical conventions of writing over the development of a distinguished and personalized voice. The conventions of college writing are very complex and if professors are more helpful and patient with first year students as they learn academic discourse, students will be better prepared for all future academic endeavors and they will have a better opportunity to strengthen and develop their voice.
One of Mr. Bostwicks many mantras he has us memorize is something I think really helps me and it goes a little something like this “ words make up phrases and clauses, phrases and clauses makes sentences, sentences makes paragraphs, and paragraphs makes composition.” Altogether I give mister Bostwick my SEAL of approval. I think I have done something pretty amazing in this essay I have summed up my high school English career into a 2 pages. I have had my troubles in the past. I have my troubles now. I have had a great year with Mr. Bostwick.
Elzbieta I Pawlica Professor White College Writing II 17 February 2015 Rhetorical Analysis Texting Misconception In her 2008 student essay called “Texting and Literacy,” Veronica Stafford discusses a well debated topic: texting. Her essay was used in a textbook called From Inquiry to Academic Writing as an example paper on how to effectivity develop a thesis. The essay’s purpose is to inform her peers about the problems that are caused by texting as well as to persuade students to read books more often. Stafford begins with a short anecdote where she describes students who devote their full time and energy to texting. Stafford notices that they do not socialize with people around them.
Important, critical skills. But once mastered, not enough. Step #1 Get Organized That enduring requirement of high school composition—that is, to begin your writing projects with an outline—is still a good idea. An outline gives direction to your project from the start and makes the laborious process of writing the first draft that much easier. The typical legal brief or memorandum has four parts: an introduction, factual background, argument, and conclusion.
English 1A Jan 24, 2012 The Power of Academic Conversation A) Do you agree with her in that Plato's quote could at first listen by the average listener be in appropriate to describe the essence of college learning? Explain why or why not. I agree with her that Plato's quote could be inappropriate to describe the essence of college learning. First, the quote is too simple. For a four-year college learning, we spend long hours and hard working on it.
The Difference between College and High School Writing Reading and writing play an important role on everyone’s education. Not only are the two used for education but people need the two one a daily basis. Without them we wouldn’t be able to communicate with the world. High schools reading and writing is completely different from what is expected in the college level. In High School teachers demanded you to use the 5 paragraph essay format.