- Know how to identify the 8 Parts of Speech within a sentence. (Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections)…
According to the Writing Essentials video, Writing is the primary basis upon which your work, your learning, and your intellect will be judged in college, as well as in the workplace and in the community. In fact, Writing expresses who you are and what you think as a person. Therefore, Good writing skills are essential to get a success career and effective communicator in social life. After watching the video, I realize that I will not be expected to write like a novelist but I do need to be able to write clearly. By asking a few simple questions, I can define my purpose, my reader and the main points of my writing. So that, I can determine the correct tone, choose the best language and avoid mistakes or misunderstandings. This interesting…
I am very motivated. I know that having the knowledge of proper writing can enable me to rise above any competition in presentation, as well as save time in editing. Improving one’s writing skills is always beneficial, and I know there is always room to improve. I want to be taken seriously in the real world, so I figure that improving my writing can aid in achieving that…
Over the years, writing hasn’t been an easy task for me. It has taken me a lot of time to be able to write properly. However, I still have much to learn. Generally speaking, writing has personally impacted me in a positive way due to the fact that I have learned from it. I know that I will make mistakes along the road. However, mistakes are part of the process to became a good writer.…
The academic community has long debated the need to teach grammar skills and its benefits to students. Unfortunately; college students are graduating every day without the simple basic knowledge of sentence structure, spelling or grammar (College Boad, The National Commission on Writing for America 's Families, Schools, and Colleges, 2004). Traditionally, two different approaches have been used. In the 60’s, a “rule-based”, approach which used repetitive drills and sentence diagramming was employed. This theory was proven ineffective by Weaver in 1996 (Weaver, 1996), and a “context-based”, theory was adopted,…
Learning how to be an effective writer is essential in order to better invest in my academic, professional and personal growth.…
Writing it is an essential skill needed to communicate. Unfortunately, for me writing is not quality that I have develop with pleasure and it is always a work in progress. Writing is a very difficult process and there is nothing easy about it, but their some things that helps me get it done. My greatest obstacles to embrace writing is my attitude, staying focus and starting the first paragraph. There are somethings the help to make this process less stressful like working in comfortable area finding the right tools to work with and not prognosticate to get it done.…
Language and how we communicate is an intricate system, made up of rules and processes that ultimately affect the delivery of meaning amongst a group of people (Fellowes & Oakley, 2014, p. 32). This system can be broken down into five areas that are; phonology, lexis, orthography, semantic and syntax (Gardener, 2017a). Therefore, as this system's taught, the development of language should evolve (Fellowes & Oakley, 2014). The syntax is an important area of this complex system and comprises of how people make meaning of words and how they are used to produce an unlimited number of sentences (Fromkin & Hyams, 2012, p. 98). Sentences are formed using words, clauses and phrases and syntax assists with these sentences to have meaning and sound accurate…
What makes “good” writing? A question often asked by English professors at different levels of education. Instructors often wonder whether anyone can really be taught how to write; and why their students do not know how to write at a certain level. To begin to understand what makes writing and writers “good,” we need to ask the larger question: What is writing? It’s easy to agree on the definition of writing if we limit it to something like putting pen to paper or typing ideas onto a computer. But if we look more closely at the elements of the act of writing, the definition comes to life. For me, I believe that the characteristics of good writing consists of having characterization, being able to set the right tone, illustrating…
Throughout my life, writing has been an important and resourceful aspect. For both therapeutic and academic reasons, writing has been essential to my success and health. In addition, it has also been a key tool in communication and relationship building. As I continue my education and go into my career, writing will become even more important. Being a good writer is often even more essential in college classes than it was for me in high school; further, often times when applying for a job it is necessary to provide an example of your writing ability.…
Good writers are able to express complex ideas with style, clarity, and accuracy. When they articulate ideas which we ourselves, as writers, have struggled with, they gain our appreciation, respect, and even admiration. We often wonder how and whether they can teach us how to do it. Many writers have tried to teach the principles of good writing and have even explained their methods, but this merely cannot teach their students how to write, or else by now we would all be excellent writers.…
Being creative with language, displaying your knowledge, and expressing your ideas all fall under what I consider to be good when writing. Most teachers give students the impression that good writing simply means writing that contains no grammatical errors, no misuse of punctuation, or any spelling mistakes. Good writing, to me, is more than just correct writing. Good writing is expressing your very own ideas and wording them in the right way to make your audience just as interested about the topic as you are. I don't believe one would need sharp writing skills for their work to be considered “good.” In my mind, all one would need to have in order for their writing to be considered “good” is confidence. A writer should enjoy what they're writing and eventually their attitude toward writing will improve as they grow more satisfied with their work.…
In class and in the book “Writing about Writing” we discussed threshold concepts such as how the invention of the writing is based off all of the authors past and present experiences. Often time some practice and training can still be of assistance, but for most we communicate everyday through words already. Good writers are often specific in what they do. Writers give specific details about a specific subject they choose to write about. Good writers are usually well educated, and being organized is important. Writers have to constantly make critical decisions on what or what not to include in their work. Good writers need to be decisive…
As a writer today, I am striving to develop my writing skills, so that I may become an effective communicator, both in life and in my career. Although I don’t consider myself to be an effective writer, I intend to progress my writing by setting achievable goals, building on new ideas, and developing new skills.…
In this study1 we set out to discover what is learned by children exposed to English morphology. To test for knowledge of morphological rules, we use nonsense materials. We know that if the subject can supply the correct plural ending, for instance, to a noun we have made up, he has internalized a working system of the plural allomorphs in English, and is able to generalize to new cases and select the right form. If a child knows that the plural of witch is witches, he may simply have memorized the plural form. If, however, he tells us that the plural of * gutch is * gutches, we have evidence that he actually knows, albeit unconsciously, one of those rules which the descriptive linguist, too, would set forth in his grammar. And if children do have knowledge of morphological rules, how does this knowledge evolve? Is there a progression from simple, regular rules to the more irregular and qualified rules that are adequate fully to describe English? In very general terms, we undertake to discover the psychological status of a certain kind of linguistic description. It is evident that the acquisition of language is more than the storing up of rehearsed utterances, since we are all able to say what we have not practiced and what we have never before heard. In bringing descriptive linguistics to the study of language acquisition, we hope to gain knowledge of the systems and patterns used by the speaker. In order to test for children's knowledge of this sort, it was necessary to begin with an examination of their actual vocabulary. Accordingly, the 1000 most frequent words in the first-grader's vocabulary were selected from Rinsland's listing. 2 This listing…