Throughout my middle school and high school years‚ I have struggled with writing because it does not really interest me; in terms of a career. Besides of the lack of interest in writing‚ I will still put the best paper forward in my eyes to be turned‚ in because I care about having good grades and preparing myself for the future. Therefore‚ to plan for my future‚ I plan to take the ACT‚ The American College Testing Program‚ where I plan to achieve a score as close to thirty-six as possible. Even
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Brandon Smith ENG 2233 A Mrs. Lowe 2 December 2009 Sweet Blues With all the different forms of literature today‚ and allowing for the variety of genres available to today’s readers‚ there are endless possibilities of options regarding a reader’s favorite piece of literature. Many of my favorites can be categorized into the country-western genre; however‚ my taste in literature is not limited to stories of cowboys and Indians. As I have aged‚ I have found that I enjoy reading literature for
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throughout the poem to strengthen his sad and morbid tone. The author used two types of figurative language in the first line of his poem‚ "Farewell‚ thou child of my right hand‚ and joy;"(line 1). He first addresses a "farewell" to his son which is an apostrophe since his son can not answer. He also made a biblical reference to Jesus being at the right hand of God‚ called an allusion. Ben Jonson strengthens his tone by using an extended metaphor in lines 3 and 4‚ "Seven years thou wert lent to me‚ and
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convey emotions via text message. Many also complain about the problems with punctuation such as commas‚ apostrophes‚ and even capital letters to begin a
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“To an Army Wife‚ in Sardis” By: Sappho Island of Lesbos Summary of Introduction (Pg.11) World Literature; An Anthology of Great Short Stories‚ Poetry‚ and Drama The introduction introduces a life of a young poet named Sappho. Sappho was known as being‚ “… among the earliest known female lyric poets.” Sappho’s poems were composed of detailed material which was recognized by the “Greek Philosopher Plato”. On the island of Lesbos‚ in the town of Eresos‚ Sappho was born to “ an
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Poetry Explication Sometimes there is more to a person than what can be seen‚ and there can be something much deeper than what we know. We can reveal a lot about the characters in The Spoon River Anthology written by Edgar Lee Masters. The poems in his anthology consist of fascinating characters telling us their life stories after their death. There’s a lot to uncover about the lives of Seth Compton and Lucinda Matlock from what they tell us. Master’s brilliant style of writing shows us directly
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English 101 Grammar Principles Answer why question to test your thesis and see if your thesis is good. “I want to convince/persuade the reader that …..” - You cannot have a pros and cons for thesis Grammar Punctuation - rhetorical fragments‚ short emphatic sentence should not be used in formal writing (ex. Best.Night.Ever. or Bigger and Better) - the comma (most troublesome) can change the entire meaning of a sentence 4 Rules for use of Comma: 1) before words like BUT‚ YET‚ OR ‚ AND
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The course calendar is a good way to stay on top of course due dates. Refer to it often. All weeks begin Monday at 12:01 a.m. and end the following Sunday at 11:55 p.m. All work must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. on the posted due date in the course calendar. All times are Eastern Standard Time. All textbook reading assignments are from Writing: Ten Core Concepts by Robert P. Yagelski‚ first edition. Course Calendar for ENGL 111‚ English Composition Sessions Learning Activities Assignments / Assessments
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The Full Stop (Br Eng.)‚ the Period (Am Eng.) ( . ) II. The Comma ( ‚ ) III. The Colon ( : ) IV. The Semi Colon ( ; ) V. The Question Mark ( ? ) VI. The Exclamation mark (BrE)‚ The Exclamation Point ( ! ) VII. The Apostrophe ( ‘ ) VIII. The Hyphen ( - ) IX. The Dash ( _ ) X. The Dots / Ellipses ( … ) XI. The Slash / Oblique (Also called Diagonal or Virgule) ( / ) XII. The Quotation Marks / Quoting Conversation ( “….” And ‘…’ ) XIII. Brackets
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Functional Skills English – Writing Level 2 3748-314 Sample assessment High Street For examiner’s use only Question Mark Candidate Name (First‚ Middle‚ Last) Candidate enrolment number DOB (DDMMYYYY) Candidate signature and declaration* Exam date (DDMMYYYY) Centre number General information: The duration of this paper is 1 hour 15 minutes (including reading time). The maximum mark for each question is shown. The total number of marks available is 50. General instructions: Read each
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