Punctuation

Throughout my first semester at Virginia Tech I have learned a lot. As an incoming freshman, I was inexperienced in college level courses and writing. At the begging of the semester in communications class I wrote a goals memorandum, looking back at this I can tell how much I have improved and grown in writing because I have accomplished some of those goals. Through my best three assignments, introduction letter, speaker analysis, and Common Book Essay, I show growth towards my goals of…

how my sisters had gotten rewards, and great grades, and how I should be like them. English was especially hard for me because I did not understand grammar or punctuation. I would much rather it be a run on sentence and have the reader become out of breath. I did not care if I was wrong, I would much rather be wrong than try to use punctuation and be…

“You don’t have to get dressed, hire a babysitter, drive to a campus, find a parking space, lug a textbook around, or sit in a classroom for hours on end to earn your degree.” (Bethel University, 2014, pp. 4) There are a few differences between traditional classroom and online classroom environments. Traditional classes are set around a schedule and set place to attend the class, whereas online classes allow for attendance almost anywhere there is internet and computer access. The online class…

1. I will be analysing a poem and a song that use a similar structure to portray the theme of death. Death is nothing at all by Henry Scott-Holland written in 1910 and I will follow you into the dark by death cab for cutie written in 2005. 2. “Death is nothing at all” is a poem often read at funerals. The author, Henry Scott-Holland, delivered it as a sermon in 1910. Scott-Holland’s “Death is nothing at All” objects the perception of a sorrowful death through voicing each the beliefs and…

Digital technology has indeed made a lot of things easier. However, it has also led to some cherished forms of communication like writing letters to be obsolete. Today, we must accept the reality that in many places, short forms of communication have been used particularly in the social media such as Facebook. Many people prefer using short messages as long as they achieve communication. It is known that communication is a process where information is passed on from the sender to the receiver…

Bethel University – College of Professional Studies is my first college experience. I had to analyze the courses I have completed thus far, trying to figure out which ones would fall under the liberal arts category. I have determined the HIS2120 U.S. History II, ENG1010 English Composition I, and HIS4400 African American History courses are liberal arts. All the other courses I have taken are electives. That being said, the three courses have broadened my knowledge and have taught me how to…

written and edit your paper so that it is to your highest standards. It starts at one stage, the rough draft, and moves on up to the final stage, or the final draft. When I revise my papers, I read through it to make sure everything flows nicely and punctuations are right. I also check the rubrics to make sure I did exactly what was being asked and look at the max points and see what is being expected of me and how I should approach a writing assignment. I also look at the max points because…

Great writing starts with a structured process (GCU Lecture Notes, 2015). The tips I have learned over the years that helps me with my writing are First; I give myself enough time to review the assignment requirements. I use the grading rubrics as guidelines to brainstorm ideas, and research topics as per the instructor’s instructions. Second, I create a rough draft, outline my ideas and research materials, than use those sketches as heading for my paper. In this step I do not worry about…

Final Analysis and Critique The purpose of this paper is to take two different pieces, of my choice, and analyze them. The works could have been written or spoken based, but I chose to do mine on two poems. Research was done to discover what exactly makes the poem what is. I had to figure out things such as the dialect and the register of the poems. The two pieces I have chosen to do my final project on are “Mad Girl’s Love Song” by Sylvia Plath and “Balances” by Nikki Giovanni. The poem “Mad…

Improving My Writing This semester, I was genuinely surprised by how much I actually learned and also how much I developed the writing skills I already had. I did not realize how much I would be researching, editing, and peer reviewing, and proofreading. I received vital help from the writing center. In the past, I have written essays the night before they were due; however, I ended up spending countless hours attempting to communicate my thoughts in a logical way. This semester I have learned…