My Writing Journey Growing up in India I never really followed key rules while writing an essay, except including a title, an introduction paragraph, one or two paragraphs for the body of the essay and a conclusion paragraph. I was never asked to present the essay in a particular style. We could write in whatever way, as long as there were no grammatical mistakes, we did well. However, when I started school in Canada a few years ago, I was expected to write a five paragraph essay and was given a…
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Writing Style In the article “How to Write with Style”, Kurt Vonnegut gives the writers some important suggestions on how to write well with personal style. The purposes of his suggestions are to make the writers find their own personal style and make it better. According to Vonnegut, writers should reveal something about themselves, write about interesting ideas, maintain simplicity, and write clearly. These suggestions have provided me with confidence that I can write with style. Kurt…
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re-learn, and am taught again how to engage in specific, everyday life functions. Every individual has their own style, this goes for writing, drawing, singing, dancing, the list goes on and on. All throughout my life, I have been taught how to write and what style of writing is ‘acceptable’. This essay will challenge what I was taught about writing in high school. I will relive the horrifying days of the five-paragraph structured essay. When I think back to writing in high school, vivid flashbacks…
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past year, my best essays range from Revised Prose Timed Writing to my Hamlet Research essay. In addition to those two essays, my other best works include my Dystopian Novel Final Essay and Coffeehouse Essays. I chose these essays because I consider each one of them to be very distinct from each other. These essays perfectly exemplify my academic growth throughout the year. Firstly, in my Revised Prose Essay titled, An Itch to Declare Disdain, I reflected on my original prose timed writing and fixed…
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know one way of writing while college demands that students learn multiple styles. As C.J. Cherryh states, “It is perfectly okay to write garbage--as long as you edit brilliantly.” In English 102: Writing For A Liberal Education class, freshmen students will learn different writing styles, develop their creative writing abilities, and develop a strong vocabulary. Professor Reese’s English 102: Writing For A Liberal Education is a class where students learn different writing styles. Many freshmen…
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Ungraded Essay How to Write with Style, by Kurt Vonnegut explains main ideas on how a writer should express themselves as a writer. According to Vonnegut, to have your own winning style you must have some ideas in your head. With that, Vonnegut explained eight ideas so that we as a reader can understand better ways to be a successful and better writer. As a writer, you don’t want to write about something that you aren’t interested in. Although, when you’re in high school, or college you have no…
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Everyday. Cisneros has a personal writing style. The way she words her sentences illustrates that she is talking about a situation that has actually occurred to her. “I had the same sick feeling when I was required to write my MFA exam…” Cisneros then speaks on issues she experienced growing up as well as what she experiences as an adult. Olaudah is the author of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. Equiano creates a journalistic writing style expressing events that not only happen…
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authors who live in the 17th century, during the Puritan age. Their writing is very different because Edwards writes about fiery pits of hell, while Bradstreet writes about love and being grateful. In both of their lives, God is important; everything revolves around God and a Puritan would question: Is this something God would do? The poems Upon the Burning of Our House and To My Dear and Loving Husband written by Anne Bradstreet shows how if a person sins, they will be eventually forgiven by God. While…
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Writing Portfolio Introduction Through the course of my high school career, I have produced many pieces of notable writing works. I am proud of the majority of my writing. I intend, through my writing portfolio, to showcase the breadth and quality of my writing ability using six selections of writing from junior to senior year. In my writing portfolio you will read one personal narrative, one piece of creative writing, one technical lab report, one research analysis bibliography, and two literary…
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essays and writings I was good at that. I turned everything in early and never had a missing assignment or late assignment throughout my high school career. I loved writing because teachers gave you guidelines to what format they wanted, what will you be writing about, and things to include in your writing, which made it easier. Teachers told you what they wanted in order for you to get and receive a A and how they will be grading it. Although, I don’t remember my writing style throughout my high school…
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