By doing the Personal Research Essay and the Analysis Paper, I will now be prepared to write a Researched Argument Essay. ... I developed in many areas such as: - Self-assessing my own work and the work of others - Using research to come up with an argumentative essay - Using critical thinking to practice writing, reading, and research - Organizing and developing arguments - Using language appropriate to audience, purpose, and context PERSONAL RESEARCH ESSAY Writing an essay about myself helped me develop as a writer. It gave me strength in the following areas: - How to write a well...

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• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

I write a rhetorical analysis essay, conduct research and narrow down topics for the controversy analysis essays as well as construct a persuasive argumentative essay. ... Before my first time of writing rhetorical analysis essay in English 108, I had no clear mind about the rhetorical analysis. ... Those lectures about the rhetorical analysis helped me grow as a critical thinker, reader and writer. ... Then, I can perform analysis on my selection in terms of their ethos, pathos and logos. ...

• Word Count: 867
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• Grade Level: High School

This class provides great opportunities to practice effective writing and critical reading, and building confidence in using many different writing strategies. ... I love this book because it covers every concept of writing, like genre, rhetoric, narrating, analysis, stance, reporting information, writing reviews, researching and many more, that college students, even just regular writers, need, it's very easy to understand, it's relatable to the students using it, and it has many great features. ...

• Word Count: 1365
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

A composition course focusing on skills required for effective writing in a variety of contexts, with emphasis on exploration, analysis, and argumentation, and also including introductory use of a variety of research skills. ... Related Objectives • consider audience and conduct audience analysis • use effective annotation of essays and note-taking strategies • engage in brainstorming, outlining, and drafting strategies • write multiple drafts • revise, edit, and proofread drafts • evaluate their writing processes Outcome 2: Collaboration St...

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• Grade Level: High School

In this paper, I make a brief analysis on the stylistic feature of this book on the part of "the abuse of vulgarity", so as to find out whether it is so vulgar to offend the readers or it is just because of the postmodern tact that is arranged by the writer engenders the gap between the book and the readers. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The essay begins with a brief introduction of Charles Handy's professional background as a former professor from the London Business School. Now, he is an independent writer and educator working for different organizations ranging from business, government, and health. He wrote a book, The Age of Paradox, which became one of the best business books in 1994. The essay continues, indicating that organizations used to be similar to a machine, able to design, measure, and control. It has transformed away from machine to a form of network. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

They include a wide variety of genres ranging from poetry analysis essays of James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and abstracts on epilepsy research projects to my own Shakespearean (or should I say, Santamarian) sonnets and elegant e-mails to a girlfriend. ... The continued critical eye of my mom has also stoked that fire, forever making me seek to do better. ...

• Word Count: 2564
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School