Punctuation

Also my spelling got better and I learned more by doing research papers. Reading more articles and books, and then writing a draft, improved my grammar and punctuations and is very effective. When I read, I check when the author places commas & quotations and how he uses punctuations to separate sentences. Most effective way of learning is when a teacher checks my work and corrects it to makes us rewrite it. At first I didn’t understand why we did that, but after I started…

There have been many writing techniques presented to improve student’s literacy skills within content areas, such as summaries, quick writes, learning logs and journals (Alvermann, Gillis & Phelps, 2013; Robertson, 2015). However, there are many other techniques that lack presentation or recognition for being effective in improving content area literacies. One technique that is underrepresented is poetry (Seda, 2014). Poetry can be beneficial in improving content area literacies across…

Life is a beautiful thing. This is further reinforced by “The Century Quilt” as it uses its tone, structure, and imagery to achieve this to be its message to the reader. Warnicke’s use of literacy elements throughout the poem also does this. The poem is about an old man or woman reflecting on the long life they had lived. Throughout the piece, the author also seems to have a very dreamy and happy tone. This is further backed up by the vocabulary used, emphasizing the dreams of the speaker and…

told him it was important to write that stuff down so we can figure out if can we use him. He seems like he’s willing to learn no matter what it takes. I check his progress reports every two weeks he seems to be getting better at spelling and punctuation. Miss. Kinnian began to tell me that Charlie her best student, she says he works hard and he’s determined to get smart, I'm really considering using Charlie. One night Miss. Kinnian let Charlie race a mouse that had been through the…

Asheville Citizen- Times, he discussed how an individual who’s inspired to be a reporter must compose his or her cleverness with certain writing skills. A reporter should be able to write words and construct a piece without many grammatical errors or punctuation errors. He also mentions that they should desire curiosity. A reporter must be willing to find out why something like this occurs and how can I educate the public about it. Reporters are constantly looking for corruption and their…

There is no rhyme scheme. In addition of the structure there are dialog being used. The punctuation being uses is usual. Knowing tis because in almost all stanzas end in a full stop except for the first stanza that don’t. There is also use of brackets in the first stanza that adds info to the statement given. Because of the dialog there is use…

Anne Bradstreet’s To My Dear and Loving Husband is a love poem that was published in 1678. Bradstreet explores the themes of time, faith, value, and identity through the speaker’s love for her husband. Through this poem, Bradstreet expresses Puritan values towards love and discusses the potential immortality of love. To My Dear and Loving Husband shares similarities to a sonnet, but alters with the rhyme scheme and use of twelve lines in comparison to the usual fourteen lines. Bradstreet crafts…

Figure 4, an advertisement in The New Yorker for the play Hand to God, employs inverted cliché and religious diction to allude to the content of the play and to interest the reader (Hand to God). Large white text announces, “Broadway’s Going to Hell in a Hand Puppet.” The advertisement is a play on the phrase ‘going to hell in a hand basket,’ which describes a rapidly deteriorating situation. Though this inverted cliché, the ad introduces the reader with something familiar with a unique twist…

❑ Effective attention-getter and lasting impression statements ❑ Presentation is easy to follow ❑ Moves succinctly from point-to-point ❑ Meets 2-4 minute time requirement ❑ Manuscript is typewritten Use of Emotional and Situational Appeals (2) – Speech of Presentation ❑ Appeals intensely to emotions of listeners ❑ Creates a feeling of anticipation and/or honor ❑ Adapts presentation to specific situation and audience Content (5) – Speech of Presentation ❑ Multiple types of support forms…

In “Now or Never”, Bill McKibben uses an academic, yet casual, style while addressing the world on the topic of global warming. McKibben starts his essay by urging that what we do in preventing global warming will determine what kind of planet we leave behind for future centuries. The essay develops further by stating that global warming is scientifically sound. McKibben provides scientific research, showing that temperatures around the planet are on the rise. The essay takes a turn, however,…