"coming home again" dialogue

The importance of food in this essay is not only the food, but the meaning behind the taste and smell. When he thinks of food it reminds him of his mother. Each recipe is has many different elements to making the dish. All the components are all the reasons why he holds his mother so dear to his heart. Food would also remind him of the time when he was home and when his mother was alive.

I believe that food is an important aspect in all of our lives. It brings people together, sometimes memories or it makes a special occasion. No matter how many dishes are set on the table, the only thing that matters is who’s sitting around it.

writing topic: rules for writers chapter 3

Chapter 3 is about revising your essay. Start off by using global revision, meaning to view your work from your audience's perspective. As a result sentences and even paragraphs can be moved around or dropped. Eventually you will be left with paragraphs that you will be able to combine with another, and maybe later develop new paragraphs to help for a stronger essay. As mentioned in the chapter, it is very difficult to view your own work as an outsider. At that point step away from your essay, maybe even overnight. Then come back and ask questions about the main point and is the essay organized where your reader would understand the point you are trying to get across.

The next thing is to revise and edit the sentences for grammar and punctuation. Make sure things make sense because even grammar check on the computer is not helpful in what you want to be said. Once your sentences are revised, proofread your paper. Proofreading is a slow process, so take your time and try not to rush. This is where you would look for any misspelled words, or words that might be missing or even words you may not need.

After writing my first essay for this class, I felt like it was sort of all over the place. But the comments that were posted helped me develop a stronger essay. I used global revision on that same essay and without even knowing it. I took sentences from other paragraphs,  eliminated some, combined others, and eventually it became more focused. Proofreading is a good idea because I know sometimes when I’m typing words get mixed up and sometimes things just don’t make sense. Overall, revising more than once is a good thing.

writing topic: rules for writers chapter 2

writing topic: rules for writers chapter 2

Chapter 2 about the process of writing a rough draft. It takes you step by step on how to develop your ideas or thoughts into an organized essay. The hardest part is the introduction, because it is difficult to introduce a paper that is not written yet. But if you are stuck you can always come up with one after your paper is written. The introduction also includes a thesis, which is a sentence with a central idea and has supporting evidence.

As mentioned in Rules for Writers, the body of the essay develops support for the thesis. Before writing the body, go in with a plan if it doesn’t work out then sketch a new one. Sometimes there is not enough supporting evidence, so you may have to go back to the drawing board.

Once you have developed your main ideas or thoughts, a conclusion will remind your readers the main point to your essay. Make it memorable by including an example, or a quote, and or maybe an image to your intro. In the conclusion, try not to introduce new ideas because this is where you should have tied the essay together.

I think this chapter is very helpful. I know that I tend to get lost writing an essay. The main thing is to go in with a plan, and try not to make it perfect the first time or you will get stuck. At that point go back and make more ideas or plans. It really helped when the chapter gave examples of thesis that would or would not work.

essay 1 workshop

Off Beat

Most little girls dream that when they are older they will be married to their prince charming. They picture themselves in a beautiful white dress standing at the alter. Gorgeous flowers surrounding, birds chirping and blissful music playing. As a girl, all I wished for was to be married to someone I love. Someone whom I’ve given my heart to and one who I would give the world to. On Sunday, September twenty-six two thousand and ten, my wish came true. I married my high school sweet heart.

Everyone has a vision of how they want their wedding to turn out, I believe I have most of mine captured in photographs. My favorite is our first dance as husband and wife. We danced to Aaron Fresh, “Spending all my time lovin’ you.” This song is not an ordinary wedding song, but that is why I am in love with this photograph. My dress, his smile, and our love is off beat but yet it all fits together perfectly.               

Six o’clock in the morning my alarm goes off. With only three hours of sleep and ten hours before saying I do, I admit...I was exhausted. But can you really see that? They say every picture tells a story, and I believe that this is the seven years we’ve spent together. Dancing into a life with new beginnings, and take those life lessons to benefit the hard times. As mentioned in our vows, marriage is like a garden you have to tend to. With each careful step on the dance floor, I think of all the years he’s been my friend...my best friend.

Simply said my husband is my best friend, fits together perfectly. He taught be how to love and care for those that are close to you. How to cherish each moment you have to spend with one another. After 7 years, I’ve learned that family comes first. Standing beside them and at times giving them your hand. Soon enough we we will have a family of our own. But for now it’s just us. His words, “Lets do us.”

Off beat meaning something different from usual. For example the usual is a white long wedding dress versus a short ivory dress. My definition of off beat is our love for each other. There is not enough words to paint a picture of our friendship. Many people say that we have a bond like no other couple, and how they see that while watching us at our first dance. They mentioned how we both think you should live life simply. No matter what, when life goes off beat, take a hold of it and go off beat too.

"the ways we lie" dialogue

I agree with Stephanie Ericsson, everyone tells a lie. The white lie is is a common one used amongst all of us. I am pretty sure we've all told one in our life time. No matter how small it is, it's still not the truth. Things could get blown out of proportion. As mentioned in her essay, about a sergeant in Vietnam who knew one of his men was killed in action but listed him as missing. That is one of the worst lies you could tell someone. Imagine how much hope his family would have thinking that one day he will show up. 

I believe that deflecting and the white lie go hand in hand. Only because most people would tell a "little white lie" to help deflect away from the real truth. For example, when your friend asks how her hair looks and you tell them it looks fine. But really it doesn't look that good and you are trying to get away from the real truth. I know everyone does it, and I am guilty for it too. Sometimes the truth can be helpful, like saving your friend with the whacked out hair from embarrassment.   

writing topic: rules for writers chapter 1

Chapter 1 explains all the components of the writing process. The writing process is where all ideas are created or collected. As mentioned in Rules for writers, most experienced writers handle a piece of writing in stages. In order for a piece of writing to be successful, planning is key.

Before deciding what you are writing about, generate ideas and sketching a plan can help create a subject. Upon developing a subject, getting more information from different types of sources helps hold structure in your writing. Where do your sources come from? Every piece of writing have a purpose, either to persuade, to educate others, to analyze, to argue, etc. Depending on your subject, according to rules for writers, each essay or piece of writing should have a audience. Having a target audience can lead you to an effective strategy for reaching your readers.

I think that jotting down ideas throughout your day is perfect way to help develop a subject for your paper. It seems similar to free writing. Writing down anything that comes to mind, then later go through and pick out phrases or thoughts you can use. I have a difficult time writing papers because I never know where to start. Learning that part of the writing process is to make sure you do it in steps. This will help me keep my mind on track to a better paper.

"the joy of reading and writing: superman and me" dialogue

Education is important in all the lives of everyone, without it opportunities would be limited. Life is full of opportunities to those that are educated.  Knowing that there is something out there is a start of change and eventually even save one’s life. Living up to others expectations can easily bring you back down. Make your own life choices to keep you motivated and learn new things. Learning is a key to save one’s life.

Alexie is attempting to save the lives of the students he works with by educating them. Teaching them how to read and write will help them get more in life.  Being informed of the the world and its surrounding is being educated. Educating them is giving them the knowledge to eventually pursue a lifetime career.

Alexie saved his own life by teaching himself how to read. He taught himself that each book was full of paragraphs, and what the purpose of a paragraph.  Which made him realize that everything in life was a paragraph to an essay. Since his father loved books, he decided too as well. He read everything, and anything to save his life.