My writing has improved through out this semester. I got better about run on sentences and learned how to break them up so that they still make sense. I also learned how to properly cite sources in MLA format, and m works cited page improved drastically. MLA format and citations have been a process-induced challenge. …
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My Favorite Story
“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor is my favorite story we have read so far. The grandmother is funny in the story and she end up being right. She does not want her family to go to Florida because of the Misfit, or a criminal. Her children and grandchildren do not …
Favorite Hurston’s Quote
Zora Neale Hurston has made many famous quotes. My favorite quote from Hurston is “It’s no use of talking unless people understand what you say.” This quote is saying that talking to close minded people who do not understand what you are saying is almost a pointless argument. If a person does not understand what …
My Internal Conflict
Everybody struggles with internal conflicts. My internal conflict is baseball here at Chattahoochee Valley. In high school I was considered to be good, that is how I got to Chattahoochee Valley, but there are also other good players, and that is how we all got here. I did not start barely any in the fall …
Least Favorite Reading
“Desiree’s Baby” was my least favorite reading in class this year. It had such a predictable ending that it made some of story boring. Desiree had a bay that was not born white because of the baby’s biological father, who’s mother had African American as part of her ancestry. They treated her differently, when it …
Errors I Make in Papers.
In my essays I always have had trouble formatting because I normally forget that papers must be in a specific format and it can sometimes throw off my thoughts. My thoughts are another issue. I always have trouble finding the perfect words to put in my essay. I struggle to complete my thoughts for a …
Monsters Inc. Irony
Irony is everywhere we look. Irony is the opposite of the effective result. I have watched Monster’s Inc. more times than I can count, and it created much irony. The monsters in this movie are supposed to scare many children every night. The monsters are considered to be the scary, but a child ends up …
Biggest Complaint Writing Papers
Writing papers comes with ups and downs. My biggest complaint about writing papers is that I know what I want my paper to sound like in my head, but getting it on the paper is the hardest part of writing. I always have the ideas in my head, but putting them in words is my …
12 Common Errors
After scrolling through the 12 common errors link, I feel like I have a really hard time with commas. I never know when is the right time to use them and when not to. Ive always been told to make sure you don’t use too many commas because it can make the sentence choppy and …
“Where the Wild Things Are”
This book has taken a completely new meaning to me as an adult that it did when I was a kid. As a kid you never fully understand the true meanings of books. Yes, you scratch the surface in a broad understanding but not in the way when you’re an adult. As an adult “Where …
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