Greetings: I am happy you found your way here. We are working on a personal narrative essay. You have the formal assignment sheet that I emailed. Let’s start by discussing introductions. Think of an introduction as an invitation to your reader. You are inviting the reader to enter your world, to come into your reality. […]
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Barry University ENG302, Fall 2010
I am glad you found your way to the blog. In class, we read and discussed an essay by Barbara Bartlein, “Technology is Great — But People Still Need Human Contact.” I would like each student in class to post a reply to this blog entry. In your reply, provide a one-sentence summary where you […]
Keiser Universiry, 2102 Students
Greetings, and I am glad you found your way to our Blog (or Web log). In class, you worked on articulating a debatable issue and anticipating some opposing arguments. I would like you to create a 3-paragraph response to this post, where you do the same thing: Articulate (put into words) the debatable issue you […]
Lose or Loose
This common error plagues much of our writing. To “lose” means to misplace, to be without, the opposite of win — unable to locate. For example, “I hate it when I lose my keys.” “Loose” means free from restraints, able to move about freely, few restrictions, not rigid. A simple mnemonic helps. Just remember: “The […]