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.
Cheryl A. Halcomb December 4, 2012 Metacognitive Assessment Narrative Word Count: 435 Narrative Part I: What challenges did you face in writing this paper? Be specific; for example, did you procrastinate before beginning? Not understand how to structure it? Not fully understand the assignment? Not ask the right questions?
In fact, many college English and literature courses will ask students to write a setting analysis essay, which students will have to pick an argument about the setting. Having said that, there are many different ways to analyze the setting of a story. This article will provide a step-by-step format on how to write a setting analysis essay when it comes to literature and film. Note: Be sure to follow this format the same way you would follow a cooking recipe. Also, the sample setting analysis essay is not based on a real novel.
When the topic of writing is discussed, there are many different thoughts and feelings that arise within a discussion. Some of the thoughts that may arise include the following: what is writing, should writing be used as punishment, do we all construct horrible first drafts, and is writing really that difficult? These various topics are talked about in the following essays entitled, “Writing Is Not a Skill” by Stanley Aronowitz, “I Won’t Use Writing as Punishment” by Roy Peter Clark, “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott, and “Bonehead Writing” by Craig Vetter. Within each essay the author displays to readers his or her beliefs of how writing should be. Writing can be considered both an art form, as well as a skill.
Sidhant Kapoor English Literature SL Ms Rao 20/02/2013 How has the contextual and cultural understanding of the play developed after being a part of the interactive orals? My contextual and cultural understanding of the play developed after being a part of the interactive orals because before the interactive oral I did not understand why they used masks while performing in the play, before I thought that the masks would not help in the play as they would block out the facial expressions that the characters would make during the sudden turn of events throughout the play. My classmates Ashim, Sonali and Haider had presented an interactive oral explaining the use of masks in the play. They did an activity were they went outside the classroom and made us sit around 20 meters away from them and acted and none of us could hear them after that they explained why masks were important during that time when the play was made. The reason why masks were added to the play was because at that age of time they did not have much technology to amplify their voice to a larger audience as at that time there was no TV or anything so around 15,000 people would normally come to watch a drama production so the masks would show the different characters to the people far back in the audience.
Author’s Note Writing this book came with a lot of obstacles. I didn’t know what exactly to tell or whether or I would hold things in. I had to tell myself that my goal was to write about book about my life so holding anything in would allow me to fail at what I was supposed to do. This book took time and much thought. I spent several nights without sleep formatting and thinking going through important events that has happened in my life.
So far in this class I have learned a few different parts of writing a memorable story. I have also learned there are few stories, and most of which are not that great that do not incorporate these themes and ideas. I have learned about “summarizing Scenes”, which is a useful way to help find or create the plot or plots of the story. I have learned “Characterization,” what makes the character's in the story come to life, and be memorable. There was also learning about the “Conflict” of the story, the event that the story needs to be interesting the one thing that pits at least 2 main characters together trying for opposite outcomes.
Before this class had began, I was accustomed to writing essays with narrow ideas. Whenever I would write, I would discuss the topic briefly and move on to the next topic. In English 1301, that all changed. I was no longer "telling" the reader events that were occurring. Instead, I was able to describe in detail the actual events that occurred in my life.
You should refer to particular moments from the performance which you thought were especially successful or were unsuccessful for you personally. (10 marks)3 G/T88396/Jun13/42401 Turn over Section B Study and performance of a scripted play Answer one question either from this section or from Section C. Answer both parts of your chosen question. You must not write about the same play or performance used to answer Section A. At the beginning of your answer, state the title of the play and the playwright. EITHER Question 2 Choose one play you have studied and performed during your course.
If I could just prove some how that I understand the plot, the overall theme of our class. After all, our class is basically like an act in a play. Each class there’s a different act, a different page, with a script we write as the class goes on. If one were to flip through the pages of our script, they would find that at the heart of our class lies the fact that “the body is the text.” An idea that pumps throughout class, the blood that reinforces itself in every story we read. But how would I prove I’ve found the heart?