Essays on Writing

William James is considered as being one of the American pioneers in the field of philosophy and psychology. His works covered a wide range of areas including educational psychology, mysticism and psychology of religion. Two of his writings which gave him a great recognition are the Principles of Psychology and Psychology: The Briefer Course. He was part of the proponents of pragmatism philosophy and functionalism in psychology. This paper aims at analyzing the contribution of William James in epistemology. Many prominent views in the modern epistemology and pragmatist approaches to epistemology are reflected in most of the writings of Continue reading...

Question 1

Round characters;
Anders is a round character in the sense that he acts in a manner that is unexpected at the time when such behavior does put him in a precarious position. This can be seen in the story where at the bank the thieves order everyone to be quiet yet he continues talking even when he is specifically warned by one of the robbers in not to talk. He also acts as if he is in a comfort zone, acts reluctantly while everyone else is tensed. His round character can also be explained in terms of his protagonist Continue reading...

Article Review

Introduction
Ecology describes the relative connection among living things and its environs. The field also describes the dependence of one animal on another. Ecology is an aspect of science that helps to understand some major issues facing our environment. The paper in review approaches the ecological nature of our environment in relation to major negatives effect resulting mainly from human activities. This paper is just one of those review paper that tries to answer the prevailing question of “environmental pollution and its effect” these days.
The paper described major environmental issues such as global warming, extinction, the mechanism of Continue reading...

Six-Word Memoirs

Six-Word Memoirs is a story telling project that started by an American online -Smith Magazine to explore other possible platforms for telling stories in all its forms. Smith magazine was founded in 2006, and the first book with six word memoirs was published in 2007. So far, over fifty books have been published. Its actual origin, according to literary legend, started when the novelist Ernest Hemingway, was once provoked to write a complete short story in only six words. He wrote: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

The six-word memoir, Is it possible?

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The Canterbury tales is a collection of stories which were written in the Middle English at the end of the 14th Century by Geoffrey Chaucer. Most of the tales are in verses though some of them are also in prose form. The Canterbury stories were part of the story telling contest by a small group of pilgrims who travelled together on a journey from Southwark to Saint Thomas Becket where their shrine was located. Chaucer used the tales and the descriptions of his characters to paint a very critical and ironic paint of the English Community at the time Continue reading...

Introduction

“Season of Migration to the North” suggests instantaneously by its sheer heading that something is either going or has gone awry. Environment gets distorted, and immigration instead of heading south heads for the North. During drought, in the ancient times, birds would be seen fleeing to other areas with favorable climatic conditions in search for food just like animals would, for greener pastures. The story is about Mustafa Saeed, a Sudanese prodigy who goes to pursue higher education first in Cairo, and later in London, where he engages in a search for women and eventually falls for one. Continue reading...

Abstract:

This paper presents an overview of the works from Magazine, Newspaper and APA journal based on the topic “Gender Difference in communication”, the contrast between the writing and way of expression including the technical aspects between these three are highlighted. It also covers the primary aim of an article and the reader’s point of view and the better ways to get one’s work reviewed.

Part 1

The debate has been going for a while now, and may not be, in favour or against any of these discussions about the Gender Difference in Communication however there have Continue reading...

English definitions

A memoir essay describes a significant event in the past that one’s keeps in the memory. It is an essay that explains the event and its importance to the writer. It is important to provide details of the event in an engaging manner. After writing a memoir paper, one feels refreshed on the memories associated with the event on which the memoir is based.
A review paper involves writing both summary and an evaluation of the article or book in question. It involves selection of the article to be reviewed and then writing a summary followed by an Continue reading...

Review of Public Housing: The Way of the Future?

The article is informative providing the history, present and the future state of the public housing sector. The use of authoritative quotes from different articles and economists gives this article credibility. The use of an abstract provides the reader with a snippet of what is covered by the report, hence making it easy to read and understand even before you read the whole paper. In addition, this paper is long enough and covers most of the issues in the housing sector. The style of writing is friendly and easy to follow, making it an interesting article for any audience – Continue reading...

The variables

Stress can occur to any human being. Stress is a normal psychological and physical reaction to the demands of life particularly to traumatic incidences. The process of induced abortion or natural is a stressful time for many women (Adler, N. E., David, H. P., Major, B. N., Roth, S. H., Russo, N. F., & Wyatt, G. E. 1990, p. 41). The stress can occur before and after abortion. In this study we are focusing only on post abortion stress. Women who undergo abortion natural or induced are likely to experience acute stress i.e. Acute stress originates from the demands and Continue reading...

English

In the ENG101, I have gained vast experiences and skills in essay development, sentence structuring and presentation. Most importantly, I have gained skills in essay writing such as the use of styles and critical presentation of ideas. Currently, I know that essay development and presentation adopts various techniques dependent on the style of writing. The teacher emphasized on the need to observe clarity and originality in writing essays. Overall, essay writing must incorporate a five-paragraph style containing an introduction, with viable thesis statement, three-body paragraphs and conclusion. The thesis statement forms the platform for the development of the entire Continue reading...

Introduction

Realism is a unique philosophical belief that suggests that a person’s reality (which can be characterized by his perception of life, including the things a person has and the experiences he has encountered), or a certain aspect of such reality is dependent on subjective factors and is ontologically independent from standard conceptual schemes, linguistic practices, beliefs, perceptions, and other established system . Realism is generally the view that entities, which in this are humans, have an objective reality, a reality that is completely and ontologically independent of those entities’ conceptual schemes, linguistic practices, beliefs, and etc. Thus, entities including Continue reading...

Introduction

This paper aims to capture the possible conflicts in the literary styles used by the author in writing her book. The degree of agreeableness of the plot and the style of writing will also be considered. Criticism that the author was subjected to shall also be captured. The paper will start by outlining the context in which the narrative was written and will proceed to give a critical view of the plot, and the style employed by Kate in writing her novel.
Kate grew up in an environment surrounded by women, both at school with the nuns and at Continue reading...

Peer Review on Public Housing

The writing is well formatted given that it has a title that roughly spells out the details of the essay. Additionally, there is an introduction and a conclusion that has been clearly indicated thus making it easy to identify them. The introduction helps in giving insight on the issue to be discussed while, on the other hand, the conclusion reiterates the issues discussed throughout the text. There are minimal spelling and grammatical errors in the writing thus enhancing the coherence of the text. A large number of questions have been addressed in the writing. For example, the question on Continue reading...

English

Introduction
In his article, John Derbyshire wrote about the challenge of improving the children’s academic performance. He documented that a few years ago, New York City Mayor took the Rand Corporation’s service in raising the students of public schools’ examination score by providing cash bonuses for those teachers who will have an improved class. As he continued with his article, Derbyshire used different styles in writing to persuade his readers. Based on his attempts to persuade his audiences, rhetorical strategies were used such as logos, ethos and pathos. However, there were clear manifestations of logical fallacies in Continue reading...

Overview

Balanced literacy involves language arts acquisition using a program consisting of word study, small strategy groups, and interactive read aloud, along with shared, independent, and guided reading. These essential components help a learner to understand written and spoken communication by emphasizing on reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing. Literacy is an important aspect everyday activities and modern social networks emphasize this, people cannot “Tweet” and comment if they do not write.
Yet even with increasing trends in globalization some children are more advanced, and some need to learn solutions to their education challenges. Balanced literacy instruction supports students’ need Continue reading...

A lot of individuals are good at their own craft. They embrace their professions and careers well, and yet, there is one common thing among at least 56% of the population of the world’s most celebrated individuals, they are not that good in writing. It could be realized that somehow, writing is a conceptual process that not everyone understands. Nevertheless, it remains an important part of any academic pursuit as it is used as an assessment tool by educators as they try to identify whether or not the students grasp the lessons properly.
As a result, the students Continue reading...

Hemmingway will teach us a lot on the things that happen in our modern lives. Hemmingway’s books are considered as empathic, illuminating and humorous. Ernest Hemmingway is considered as the most famous novelists in English Literature. He was both a novelist and public figure. Hemingway inspired many people; he lived an exuberant masculinity life that included big game hunting and he celebrated boxing, hunting, witch-hunting and welfare in pursuit of respect.
Hemingway’s readings are practical in the contemporary time. His women seemed the projections of male needfulness. The book contains many examples of anti-Semitism, and it openly Continue reading...

Khalid Husseini an Afghan national has written a story named “The Kite Runner”. The writer himself belongs to the area from where the story erupts. In this story, the writer has very beautifully portrayed the various images of life.

Thesis statement:

The three stages in the life of a young boy have shown how bravely he faced all the hard situations in his life. Rising from a small area, and going up and then coming back to his roots, is the main theme of this story. The ethnic problems engulfed the happiness of a whole country.

Literature review:

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Abstract

English is a global language that started in Europe but has been adapted by other countries as a lingua franca. It is a language that is mainly used for communication between and among people. Just like any other language, English contains the four language skills that need to be mastered in order for an individual to manipulate the language for fluent communication. The four language skills include reading, listening, speaking and writing, the learners find them difficult, and this affects their education and communication. The focus is to explore strategies that help in the development of the four language Continue reading...

In the current technological era, organizations are forced to advance their technological operations in order to remain competitive. In the healthcare sector, such a responsibility could fall in the hands of the public health manager. As such, the manager in question is expected to foresee the implementation of desired technological advancements either in the form of software or hardware.
This initiative must begin only after analyzing the benefits of the Information Technology (IT) project to the organization, as well as, articulating its requirements (O’Carroll, 2008). The manager has to decide whether it would necessary to buy a ready-made Continue reading...

Introduction

Designer Inc. is a family owned, midsize corporation that is in its third year of transition from second – generation to third generation leadership. The corporation is in the business of selling custom made electronics and program items to about 300 different businesses and has its headquarters in Houston, Texas. The electronic items that Designer Inc. sells have ‘smart chips’ that allows pens and watches to have LCD screens that can be used as a mini computer. This small computer can be used for numerous applications. This case deals with creating a comprehensive marketing plan for Designer Inc’s new Continue reading...

In The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemmingway adopts the use of simple language to explore the ravages of World War I through his main character Jake. Interestingly, Hemmingway does not succumb to the temptation of using colorful adjectives to describe his characters and the events narrated in the novel. Instead, Hemmingway uses short and direct phrases that leave the reader in suspense. In addition, the style makes the writer omit many details that would have otherwise been useful in dissecting his characters as well as the themes and motifs discussed in the novel. Nonetheless, the style is likeable for Continue reading...

Poetry and song share common themes or ideas. Each idea is carefully crafted to create a mood or tone, to tell a story, or simply to entertain an audience. Either way the reader or listener is left with different feelings and emotions. The writers make use of figurative devices, rhymes, rhythm and imagery to create the overall mood and atmosphere. In the poem “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickenson and the song “Flirted With You All My Life” by Vic Chesnutt, both writers view the inevitable nature of death and the impact death has on Continue reading...

This paper proposes to look at Amiri Baraka’s poem ‘Black Art’ and analyse the effect of the nocous language, the rhetorical severity and incendiary polemics implicit in the verse. The paper attempts to analyse the construction of the poem that is considered representative of Baraka’s Black Aesthetic, and delve into the chronical of controversial radical dissent and nationalist stance which constitutes the rubric of ‘Black Art.’ In attempting to delineate the above, the paper in the turn of its denouement, wishes to foreground the much-contested choice of form and style, and whether the chosen deployment serves to Continue reading...

Indeed, Mixtec writing can be considered to have had an impressive history that spans to more than 2000 years. During this long duration, it has managed to express numerous aspects and concerns in regard to social reality in which it has been produced. Bringing us to the Mixtec-Aztec interaction, Mark B. King shows us how various characters and pictorials forms of writing represents complete ideas and words instead of sounds and syllables in poems and metaphors. The structure and meaning of the Mixtec codical symbolism have been examined and expounded in his article. According to King, the focus on Continue reading...

Introduction

Over the recent past, the rate at which academic citations are being used while writing academic works of different disciplines has been on the rise. More people are embracing the use of citations to show their sources of information. Also, it is becoming a requirement in almost every academic discipline to make use of citations while writing academic papers so as to show the sources of information.
In the construction of different literature and academic works, people are advices to use citations not only to show the source of their information, but also to show the agreement of their Continue reading...

Introduction

The academic language symbolizes the school language demands. This language consists of the language that is used on tests, in classrooms, textbooks, and in each discipline. Every form of communication has its functions, and neither is advanced than the other. A number of academic writing seeks to convey new information as well as discussing the existing ideas. Scientific writing is not different. In particular, the scientists should be in a position to present their data. What’s more, the scientists must explain what their data means in the study and the broader context of the scientific studies. To realize Continue reading...

Literature

John Dryden is known to be among the greatest playwrights and poet after William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. His mastery in poetry and drama gives him a worldwide recognition in the history of literature. He ranked second to Shakespeare in writing the greatest heroic play of the century in 1670 and 71, which was titled ‘The Conquest of Granada’ and other great works in drama and poetry. He wrote other great works such as tragicomedy, comitragedy, tragedy and comedy. His poems, however, were criticism on English writers such as William Shakespeare and Jonson (Richetti, 123). He analyzed their work Continue reading...

Time does not only shape the world; it shapes the ideas that are created by the human mind. There are different ideas that can be expressed in writing, poetry offers one of the best genres in literature whereby people are able to express their ideas and make them known to the world. When writing there are different issues that influence a writer to write about a certain topic or issue. Many writers are influenced by issues that take place within the society, they develop their ideas from this issues .Another key factor that influence a writer or a poet Continue reading...

The suggested text addresses the issue of persuasive writing. The writer has been successful in convincing the readers of his thoughts because of the careful selection of words and advocating the issue in a very comprehensive style. Persuasive writing is a form of non fictitious writing, therefore, the writer develops logical arguments and a cohesive summary of the selected topic. The writer has used simple vocabulary, which acts as the major convincing factor for the selected text. The logical, augmented and comprehensive style of writing is what makes the selected text even more convincible for the readers.
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Kate Chopin was born in Missouri and she has represented the rebellious spirit of her era. She led an unconventional lifestyle, which was depicted in all her writings and was the kind of woman who dared to stand up for her true beliefs and ideas. According to her biographers and literary critics, ‘Kate Chopin’s writing style was a result of her passionate love for the writing style of Guy de Maupassant.’(1996, Le Marquand). Chopin was influenced by Guy de Maupassant who wrote about people’s everyday lives, but she went a step forward. She created her own Continue reading...

The Lynsay Sand’s Love is blind is a unique story than other love stories as it shows that love doesn’t happen all the time among the beautiful couples or among the strong and perfect people it can be among two normal and even ugly people can have love emotions. Secondly this world is also full of such examples, where people live happily if they have compatibility rather than only looks make people happy. So is the point of the writer who has very beautifully explained in the form of a story.
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There are the natural ways that the people expect other people to behave. However, for the same people to act in the same exact intentions expected, then they will be fulfilling the wishes of the people who silently hold these intentions. The visit by the Japanese Prime Minister on the war shrine sparked different takes on different parts of the globe. The most affected countries were China and Korea. This was because of the bad war memories the shrine has. This attracted attention on different parts of the worlds under different perspectives. For instance, the Japanese felt that he Continue reading...

Revision and Extension of the Secondary Source Integration

- The University of North Carolina (2013) states that an analysis of a primary and secondary source is a valuable and rare tool that offers a more complex analysis of the source, in this case a movie, instead of merely describing, stating facts, and explaining the events that took place.
- Unfortunately, in my secondary source integration paper, I was unable to distinguish between analysis and summary.
- I went into too many details about the main character and narration of the plot and somehow missed the main goal of the paper, which was an analysis.
- Notably, establishing Continue reading...

Business Structures & Taxation Law

Summary
In the course of this paper, the prospects and business structures will be examined for the band Black Narcissus, a five-piece death metal band that is currently assessing its future as a brand. There are many different factors contributing to their current success, and their immediate and long-term prospects as a band, which will be evaluated based on current taxation law and the conditions already facing the band’s future. Already, several issues have presented themselves that must be solved:
- The issue of writing credit between the two creatives of the band and three remaining band members Continue reading...

In the play “The Seagull” Chekhov uses the characters to explore the most effective methodologies of creative writing. Using different abilities of characters, Chekhov can bring a natural feeling to the general understanding about writing and art. In this play, the actors are all seeking to establish their name as renowned persons in the world of writing. However, each of them has different approaches as well as differing motivation towards writing. Nina is inspired by the desire to fulfill her own belief that she is a talented writer and actor and thus has an obligation to utilize her potential.
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Introduction

There is a continuous debate on the position of cursive handwriting in the modern schools. A few countries are expressing a desire to hold on to the cursive writing style which they think is central in the childhood curriculum. The developers of cursive handwriting say that the writing style is gradually becoming obsolete in this modern computer era (Cleveland 22). Proponents of cursive writing poses serious arguments concerning the role it plays in enhancing the early development of children. According to the developers of cursive writing, it is necessary to be taught in schools because it enhances mental maturity Continue reading...

Abstract

This paper discusses four research questions in the area of the writer's interest, which is the relationship between childhood obesity and the risk of cardiovascular disease in adults. The writer identified two qualitative and two quantitative questions. The qualitative questions dealt with the most effective intervention approach for preventing childhood obesity and the factors that enabled obese children to gain normal weights in adulthood. On the other hand, the quantitative questions dealt with the relationship between family lifestyle and childhood obesity and the relationship between breastfeeding and childhood obesity versus the relationship of bottle feeding and childhood obesity. The Continue reading...

Introduction

English is one of the most spoken languages in the world. It has spread from the European countries to other countries and thus it transitioned into a global language. The teaching of English varies within the different levels of education. Today, in most European countries, English is taught as a foreign language for better understanding and fluent communication between and among people. English, just as any other language, has four language skills that one must follow in order to have enough knowledge on it. The four language skills include; listening, reading, speaking and writing. This essay explores strategies that Continue reading...