Brady Cetera Mrs Ker Honors English, Pd 1 22 May 2023 Cask Analysis In the short story “ The Cask of Amontillado,” by Edgar Allen Poe, it is a story all about the revenge on Fortunato by Montresor in a killing matter. Montresor wants to get revenge on his former acquaintance for what he did to him, and wants it to be just as bad. Irony is used heavily to impact the tone and mood throughout the whole story. Poe uses different types of irony to further show and contribute to the dark tone and mood.
Engaging in this reflective writing assignment is an opportunity to examine consistent themes that have evolved in the larger context of what I have learned regarding my professional practice from the material presented in GBLD 522 - Managing Difficult Relationships Within and Across Community Dynamics. Additionally, it is an opportunity to reflect on these learnings in the context of the completion my MAIS program which has had a continuing emphasis and focus on the analysis, management and transformation of conflict. I will take the feedback shared in our team Queenston assignments and limit my scope to the reflections directly regarding the connection of leadership and conflict transformation. In this paper, I will share my understanding
As a writer I know that it is necessary to take others ' feedbacks as a reflection of my writing process. Throughout the semester, I take my peers ' comment very seriously because it is the only way to know how good my writting skill is, how professional I am, and what kind of flaws I need to fix. I have used those comments intensively to fix my Issue Proposal essay, as well as my Exploratory essay. I believe that those comments are the reasons help my paper more compelling and effective. One thing I notice is that the comments remind me the errors that I have overlooked.
Whenever students study a book in school, their teachers expect them to learn something—a big take away, a life-changing idea, a new perspective that sheds light on solutions to all the world’s problems. In many ways, The Lively Art of Writing by Lucile Vaughan Payne was not that book. It was, however, a very useful read that revealed many valuable tips and tricks of the writing trade that all students ought to know. I found some tips dull, some tips easy, and some greatly influential. Personally, the three most useful topics were paragraph hooks, the size and shape of the middle paragraphs, and the sound of the sentences.
Throughout the term there has been many writing assignments —big or small— that helped reflect my writing process or the process itself. In the beginning of the course I felt like I was an “ok” writer, but lacked some skills such as: organization, sentence variety, and vocabulary. Also, I did not like to write and had a feeling of dislike when forced to write. I felt like I improved on everything I wanted and was seen throughout the semester. I know how to organize my ideas, the worksheets given in class to work on sentence variety really helped, and vocabulary was built on some level.
Mid-Semester Reflection Aron Miller PADR-0021-017 Dr. Montecillo Upon my completion of the FOCUS assessment, I found that results were what I expected them to be. This is mostly because I am now a senior and therefore should and do know what’s expected of me. I will not be changing my major or my minor because I believe anthropology and sociology will give me the best résumé for law school and maybe even future jobs. After I receive my degree from Texas Tech, I plan to apply for law school in the greater Houston or Dallas areas.
One approach, in terms of my writing that I really wanted to continue to develop, was to “just write”- an approach that substantially increased my confidence also, subsequently affecting my writing. Nonetheless, I knew, that my writing this semester needed to improve in other specific areas, as I specified on an assignment earlier this year. Mainly, in terms of grammar, I knew that improving my use of transitional words would drastically increase the quality and readability of my works.
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” These were the words that my elementary teacher told my class before a summer vacation. I never forgot them because they were the reason I ever got into my creative writing. I’ve been writing stories for both profit and pleasure for the last ten years, and each one is an example of my improvement. I took this class as a review course after my recent two year hiatus, and I believe that I have made an improvement in my writing as a whole.
Critical Reflection Unit Two Throughout the duration of Unit Two, my writing and research skills have improved significantly. Rather than writing on simply facts, I learned to analyze other people’s work in order to better understand their writing. I can now easily pick out rhetorical features and analyze them in my own writing. Another major improvement I have noticed throughout this unit was better planning skills.
My writing style and my confidence in writing have grown tremendously over the past year and a half. I feel more open to share and express myself through writing, without the fear of being judged. Recently, I have been working on improving my written projects by using less linking verbs, therefore, "growing up" my text. Overall, I feel more comfortable and inspired, especially while drafting the above letter to The New York Times.
As time ticked by, my hands rushed to scribble down letters to form the first essay of the first semester, then the second, and finally the last. Throughout the first semester, I experienced writing essays in a short amount of time while trying to maintain the essay’s quality. I believe that although I did well in some parts of my Summer Reading Essay, The Odyssey Essay, and Character showing Empathy Essay, there were pieces of the essays that could be improved and in the future, I aim to achieve the goals I have set up to enhance my work.
My Writing Experience In previous courses, my writing skills have been mediocre or just enough to pass the class. Throughout the duration of this course, I have written a variety of papers using different techniques and skills. Previously I would write assuming that the only audience would be my instructor. This course has helped me realize that there are many steps and skills involved with writing a well-organized and easy to comprehend essay.
When I started English 101 I had difficulties with grammar, vocabulary, and organization which to me these are my major flaws in my writing. I have to put enough effort to meet the expectations and standards that the course expects us to have. I knew that coming into this class it will be difficult because writing isn’t one of my best suits, however I was and still am willing to put in the effort to improve more than I already had. Prior to this class I had never written an essay in MLA format my high school teacher would really just accept any type of writing format, alongside that I never really learned and knew how to support my ideas. My improvement might not be a major change, however compared to my writing in the beginning there is
Writing is like a way for me to get all those possibilities, scenarios, ideas, and what if questions down on paper because it’s a way for me to express myself permanently. Before I took this writing course, I felt writing was not necessary for my education. In my writing 200 class, I have learned how to fix run on sentences, comma splices, fragments, and improve my grammar. I have improved my writing significantly, but I still have some work to do. I have been working on my writing and know I am ready to succeed at the next level because in 200 I learned how to proper use of transitions, and correct placement of commas.
At first, I was slightly apprehensive about critiquing a fellow classmate’s written paper. The first thoughts that popped into my mind were, what if I give wrong advice on any corrections? What if my classmate gets offended by my comments? On the other hand, I had to make myself realize that the critiquing assignment was not about what was “wrong” or “correct” in their written work. However, it needed to be seen more as helping to make my classmate’s paper better.
