During my high school years, the good feedback I received from my teachers when turning in essays and such is what helped me define the specific features a good paper should contain. To me a good quality that separates an A paper from a C paper is the intro or the hook. That has to be a major feature that can help get a good grade, because it shows you have an understanding of the outline of how to make a good essay, and because it is a way to catch your readers attention. A good thesis is also a must if you want your paper to be an A paper, because it informs the reader about what they’re about to read. Another quality is that your paper needs to make sense; your sentences need to make sense. Readers tend to lose interest in reading your paper if they see that you didn’t put that much thought and work in your paper.
Lastly, another quality is that your paper doesn’t contain repetition of info or sentences. This is one problem that students tend to encounter more often, sometimes due to the lack of info you could put in your paper or simply running out of ideas. For me the most difficult quality to use is to avoid repetition. Whenever I run out of ideas or info to provide in a paper, I sometimes make the mistake of repeating things already said. The easiest to me is to provide a good hook and thesis, because you basically inform the reader about what they’re about to read, and just to find a good sentence which could catch the reader’s attention.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
possible narrative essay topics
For my narrative essay I have not quite decided on what it is going to be about, but I have some topics in mind I’ve wrote about in last semester’s writing class. A topic I may write about which of I also wrote last semester, may be about my position on whether should the U.S. censor the publication of intelligence secrets in the media, like for example in wiki leaks and such. I was really proud about the paper I wrote dealing with this topic, because I was able to show my writing skills. For this paper I was able to support my thesis, due to the variety of reasons of my opinion on this topic. Although there were very good reasons of why not to censor the publication of government secrets, I was able to support my opinion of why government secrets should be censored in the media, and I was able to earn a good grade in this paper.
Another topic I may write about would be about drug abuse or alcohol abuse. When I was in high school these have been some topics I’ve found more interesting to write about. I like to write about these topics a lot because of all the info and reasons you could use to support your position on these topics. I have also developed an interest in these topics because I’ve had friends and family members who have gone through or had these addictions to either alcohol or drugs. I’ve learned a lot about these topics, and somehow I like to write essays about them because, I like to make other people aware of the consequences of drug abuse or alcoholism.
My last topic I may write about would be about second hand smoke, and how it harms others. I am interested in this topic, although I don’t know a lot of information about this topic; I think it would be a good topic. Some pros and cons about censoring the publication of U.S. secrets topic could be that there are good reasons to be for it or against it, but if either way if you are for or against it; you are going to be able to support your argument due to a lot of info and reasons. For the drug abuse/ alcohol topic some good reasons to write about this topic is that there is a lot of info you could provide to support your argument. And for my last topic some cons about the topic could be the lack of knowledge I have about this topic, but some positive aspects could be the chance to learn about a new topic.
Another topic I may write about would be about drug abuse or alcohol abuse. When I was in high school these have been some topics I’ve found more interesting to write about. I like to write about these topics a lot because of all the info and reasons you could use to support your position on these topics. I have also developed an interest in these topics because I’ve had friends and family members who have gone through or had these addictions to either alcohol or drugs. I’ve learned a lot about these topics, and somehow I like to write essays about them because, I like to make other people aware of the consequences of drug abuse or alcoholism.
My last topic I may write about would be about second hand smoke, and how it harms others. I am interested in this topic, although I don’t know a lot of information about this topic; I think it would be a good topic. Some pros and cons about censoring the publication of U.S. secrets topic could be that there are good reasons to be for it or against it, but if either way if you are for or against it; you are going to be able to support your argument due to a lot of info and reasons. For the drug abuse/ alcohol topic some good reasons to write about this topic is that there is a lot of info you could provide to support your argument. And for my last topic some cons about the topic could be the lack of knowledge I have about this topic, but some positive aspects could be the chance to learn about a new topic.
Friday, January 13, 2012
My Reason for taking English 101-10
The reason why I'm taking this class is because it is required, but also because I would like to learn how to write better, have better skills and acquire more experience for when writing my papers, essays,etc. Since elementary, writing essays and research papers was a every day thing, and something I didn't like to do. Whenever an essay was assigned for homework I would always write whatever on my papers without putting to much thought in it, as long as I finished my h.w quick and be able to go outside and play or play video games. In high school I gained more experience and learned a lot in ways to improve my writing, but not as much as I would of liked to, writing essays, research papers, reports, etc. was also something we did every week in high school. I have improved a lot in writing and developing better skills for writing. But what I would like to learn from this class is how catch my readers attention, I would like to improve my writing skills more , and be able to write well written papers.
At the end of this class I want to be able to write college level papers, with less errors, and be able to write papers with more complex vocabulary. I want to be able to write well written interesting papers that catch the readers attention, and be able to get straight to the point of what my paper is about, but at the same time keep the reader interested. Developing better writing skills is very important for the future no matter what proffesion or planned carrer, if you have good writing skills it could bring a lot of success to you in the future.
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