Assignment 1 In the excerpt, “Unteaching the Five-Paragraph Essay” by Marie Foley, it reveals how the Five-Paragraph Essay formula as an unnatural method of writing. Foley shows that this formula is used by teachers as a strategy for survival, since it would be easier to teach a class the formula of five-paragraph than to teach the students individually. Also that this formula was originally was planned to help retain the efficiency and clarity of the essay. It’s a useful step for beginning student to write and to overcome writer’s block.
In my opinion, "Still Needing the F Word" by Anna Quindlen (PAGE 305) is the most effective paragraph in Chapter 30. The author intrigues the readers by beginning her essay with an interesting topic. I think that beginning an essay with a topic that catches the audience's eye would cause them to actually want to read the essay. If people find something boring they often stop reading it, so provoking their interest would increase the chance of them reading the entire essay. Although the writer of this paragraph succeeded in capturing the reader's full attention, it may have been better if she showed less of her opinion in the essay.
The footnoted structure of the essay is very deliberate and very
While the number of sentences in a paragraph varies – sometimes six, sometimes ten, sometimes more – their length changes to give the essay an almost musical rhythm. Even in the longer sentences the mind’s eyes is tickled by Parker’s constant use of figurative language, humor, description chock-full of metaphors and adjectives, and allusions to the biblical, the supernatural, and the historical (especially so in paragraph five). All of these elements work in tandem to slowly but surely illustrate and finally reach Parker’s point as they hold an audience member’s attention and give him a way to slip in facts and citations without boring the
The author’s syntax throughout the text shapes the tone of the passage and helps him get his argument across effectively. The way each paragraph is set up is that there
The short sentences are declarative and communicate they project authority and confidence;. Paragraph 4 makes the connection between the revolutions that made up this country and the generation hard feeling toward the nearest world war. 7. Subordinate clauses or the ones that begin many of the complex sentences that help build fevered; they give energy to the sentence’s main
In paragraph I the way I related the thesis to the story was that Zaroff held the dominance in the character relationship because he had a murderous desire to kill Rainsford through the duration of the story. Paragraph II the character relationship was related to thesis by the fact of Montresor having the power because he has an extremely adequate plan for killing Fortunato without him even being suspicious about Montresor being furious at him. Paragraph III is the most complicated to relate to the thesis because is not as straightforward as the other two. “Thank You Ma’am” has a very powerful message taught by Mrs. Jones. All of these in their own unique way tie to the thesis.
The three paragraph points are going to be about how these characters and how they deal with the guilt they're going to have
Second paragraph has less flow, more straight to the point and realistic. Thesis- Through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices, the authors portrays the Buchannan’s estate as one of tranquility, elegance, and order, which is in direct contrast to the abrasive, noisy, harsh character of the landowner, Tom
The final challenge is to find three passages that best illustrate the author’s self-representation and how they contribute to, or detract from, the argument he makes in the essay. The first example is in paragraph four, where he explains the way he dislikes his self image “of knowledgeable, humorous detachment and bland tolerance.” The way this contributes to his writing is that it shows he is aware of this major problem in his own classroom. It shows that he has an awareness of his faults and a longing to change them; not only in himself, but in the system as a whole.
In the book “I am the messenger” by Markus Zusak, we see Ed being lead through somewhat dangerous scenarios or uncomfortable situations by an unknown person. Ed helps out catching the bank robber which leads him into receiving the cards with instructions. He helps out an old woman who was lonely, a girl who didn’t believe in herself, save a women from being rape, a priest getting his church running etc... In each address he was able to save someone’s life or make it better, all of this to try to demonstrate he was something more than just a taxi driver. The justification of Ed’s actions came from his deep desires of being a good son to his mother just like his siblings, doing something more in his life to gain the respect of others and wanted
This analysis would be very useful to readers who are looking for a more in depth understanding of the piece. Also, this analysis was proved usefully in my American Literature class due to the fact it brought many great ideas for
When Alexie realized what the purpose of a paragraph was, he felt delighted and experienced happiness. “I didn’t have the vocabulary to say “paragraph,” but I realized that a paragraph was a fence that held words… This knowledge delighted me” (Alexie 583). With learning the definition of the word “paragraph”, the author’s curiosity of reading increased. The author also began to see his family as paragraphs (Alexie 583).
I took the time to write out an outline for this essay to help manage the chaos that is my writing, unlike my other essays for the course. As I said before, I have learned to question the structure of my paragraphs. For example: when I was revising the Composing Process essay, I noticed that a set of paragraphs could be rearranged and partially rewritten to improve the structure and make the essay flow better. However, I would argue that my Justification video assignment demonstrates my assertion better than my revised essays. From the beginning, I laid out a clear path that my Justification video needed to follow.
