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The number one thing I want to emphasize in relation to writing an in-class essay for an exam is the importance of planning and drafting.  You should ABSOLUTELY have a sense of what you are going to write about before … Continue reading →

Do not include your opinion Show you understand the article as a whole Include key points (restate the purpose of each body paragraph; reconstruct what the author is arguing) Restate the author’s thesis in your own words Use some quoted … Continue reading →

Sample MLA Bibliographic Guidelines by Genre/Medium Posted on December 10, 2012 by johannah rodgers For those of you who have questions about how to format your bibliographic citations, feel free to use this “cheat sheet.”  For those who are interested … Continue reading →

To prepare for the midterm, make sure that you have written both the letter to the President of the college and your response to Stuart Brand’s essay.  Review your notes from our discussion on Wednesday, as well as the print … Continue reading →

“a semicolon completes a sentence, but not an idea” — Jermaine period: ends a sentence semicolon: 1/ see above; 2/ sometimes used in a list commas: need to know the four major rules for comma use comma splice: using a … Continue reading →

I agree that Amy Tan should have written her essay in standard written english so that the readers who don’t understand her mother’s tongue can understand the huge differences between it and standard english. Her ability to use both can maybe motivate … Continue reading →

This essay is about a Chinese-American woman who compares her dialect she grew up with, with her use of proper English. She speaks about how in her lectures she speaks Standard English but with her mother it is more of … Continue reading →

Mother Tongue by Amy Tan is about a Chinese American woman who is able to speak English  as well as a Chinese dialect. She writes about how few people would be able to understand her mother. Amy Tan described the … Continue reading →