Essay Notes
MAKE IT ARGUMENTIVE
DO IT WITH GUSTO
MAKE IT ORIGINAL
OWN THE MOMENT
WRITE YOUR MISTAKES WELL
WRITE LIKE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY
WRTIE LIKE YOU CARE
EVALUATE, CRITICIZE, DISCUSS YOUR SOURCES
STATE YOUR SOURCES WITH CREDIBILITY
ETHOS, PATHOS, LOGOS
^ SHOW TOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN OPINION
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He astutely writes,"ksnjsmjssiii"
^^^ tell me who he is
TELL ME WHY HE IS QUALIFIED!
Clapton is an associate professor of Kansas.
The Harvard article: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/07
PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE. EVERYTHING YOU DO, YOU PRACTICE.
well versed in situations and enriched by knowledge and wisdom to be passed down. Students must have a positive influence for
The question concludes to how? How do students attain bliss in their lifestyle and knowledge to their profession? Ultimately, The to colleges Simotanausly decide a persons
In a culture of productivity, high schools continue to stress students on which college to choose. In agreement to this, colleges are often the next step to reaching a persons success.
On the contrary, colleges greatly differ
While a schools aesthetic may have impact on students, beli
However,
Get rid of I think.
Kurtzwhile has the upper hand
PERSONAL STATMENT
EVERYTHING YOU WRITE MUST REFLECT WHAT YOUVE DONE
If you love the environment - BAY CLUB
THEY WANT TO SEE YOU PARTICIPATE IN EVERYTHING
it needs to make SENSE!
Why did you take things you did?
THE ESSAY ANSWER IS WHY!
FINISH THE ESSAY THESE 2 weeks.
President Obama stated....
What he said has resonated in my life because...
APPLY EARLY
APPLY EARLY
APPLY EARLY
CSU THIS WEEKEND
NOTHING BAD EVER HAPPENS EARLY
THEY CAN APPLY
MONEY IS AVAILABLE EARLY
ONLY GOOD THINGS CAN HAPPEN EARLY
THINK ABOUT IT SERIOUSLY
Snce you only live once, you should be making good descions.
Problem - solutions
No mistakes - only lessons
MAKING THEM FEEL BAD WILL THEN RAISE QUESTIONS
YOU WANT SMILE FACES.
How you overcame circumstance, how you went through the challenges.
Include prompt for the essays
THIS IS YOUR FIRST ESSAY FOR THEM
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS .
Define what leadership means to you, and then describe how you fulfill that. Definitions always help illustrate the point you're trying to make.
How your descions have influence you. LOOK AT THE GEN UC PROMPTS!
Engineering has always been my passion, however I do not calculus. Even so, I have overcome and dealt with this through
SHOW THEM YOU ARE STRONG AND THAT YOU HAVE NOT LET ALL THE CHALLENGES AFFECTED YOU. YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM YOU LESSON RATHER TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS. THIS IS YOU NEXT BIG STEP. YOUR COLLEGE OR THAT UNIVERSITY. THAT IS NEXT BIG STEP TO GREATNESS.
Maybe define community
EXPRESS YOUR ROLE
What is it that makes you unique? Who are you?
One of 7 billion people!
Copy and paste the prompt
YOU GOTTA DO 4.
Tell them a story
UNIVERSITIES LIKE STORIES
Don't use adverbs in your essay like like: enthusiastically states. Eva
Make the rest of your life the best of your life
Lead by Example, and find your middle way
Do what will make you happy
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Multiple authors - Many scientists believe
DONT HAVE BAD SCHOLARSHIP
CSE
DONT ABBREVIATE THE CONTAINERS EVERRRR
CREATE NEW STUFF
THE FORMATS ARE WAYS TO CREATE NEW THINGS
YOU HAVE TO PUT IT TOGETHER IN THE FORMATS
YO DO THINGS THAT A MACHINE CANNOT DO
THINK IMAGINE
PUT TOGETHER COMBINATIONS THAT YOUVE NEVER PUT BEFORE
YOU ARE A WALKING EXAMPLE OF THAT
BY NEXT YEAR YOU SHOULD BE AMAZING
DO WHAT MACHINES CANNOT DO
You should enter he contest if you want. To
YOU HAVE TO WANT TO
Satire makes fun of shows everything worng with society
Purpose and the ingenious:
It's to get them in the back
Danger of satire: what if they don't get it!?
CHECK FOR SATIRE
PREPARING FOR AP ESSAY:
A. Language (Vocabulary Choice, Word Choice)
You want to mark words that are interesting
B. Syntax (
- The wording that conveys meaning
- The formation of words that convey meaning
- In English basic syntax:
Subject-verb-object
You can have many modifiers, but the order is not important because you can vary the order and it can still be make sense
4 year olds understood Yota
- Confused he was
- Yota defies the syntactical orderfor example,
In western languages:
German is not subject, verb, object. Similar because modifiers have definite articles
Spanish: modifiers the red house, vs. the house red
C. Structure (Paralels, Repetition)
Parallels? Pro, Con, pro, con?
You would judge what you read based on topic sentences
They might give you just the conclusion or introduction
Context:
What is the circumstances that promted that writing
Ethos:
Einstein writes
Shakespeare writes
Ex: having experience in public education for 12 years, I can tell you
Having applied to college recently,
Having taught English for 25 years,
My mom told me: OOO MOMMMM
We know ethos because of how qualified they are. It brings
Reputation of the writer or the topic
Example Questions:
LOOK AT THE HOW
THE FIRST SENTENCE NEEDS TO SHOW HOW
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO WRITE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PAPER IN 40 minutes
SO CHOOSE TO WRITE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT STAND OUT TO YOU
YOU NEED TO SHOW HOW. HOW.
All recommendations ARE NOT A CHECKLIST
Tone : THE FEELING EMOTIONS. ATMOSTPHERE THAT THE AUTHOR WANTS THE READERS TO FEEL. IT IS A FEELING. IT IS NOT A RATIONAL FEELING. IT IS AN EMOTIVE
IT CONVEYS EMOTION. FEELING
YOU NEED TO READ WHAT IS THE FEELING AND HOW IS IT ACHIEVED
IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CONTEXT INSTEAD OF THE OTHER,
YOU NEED TO DO IT WELL IN
PICK OUT A OHRASE OR WORD AND YOU TALK ABOUT IT FOR A PARAGRAPH
You couldn't possibly write about those things for 40 minutes
You NEED TO DO IT LIGHTNING FAST
In the first paragraph, YOU NEED TO TELL THEM WHAT THE HELL YOU READ
In Jonathan's swifts, modest proposal,
Swift was frustrated with actions of England and Ireland
Their inability to deal with the potato family
So he sarcastically satirically suggests to eat the baby
YOU NEED TO SHOW
THAT FIRST PARAGRAPHS GOT TO BE GOOD
THERES NOTHING FOR YOU TO WRITE IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND IT
JOhanthans achieves this understanding by A, B, C
You've got to establish that you know what this means
Demonstrate that you gave full thought about the other side
However, perhaps
Take a side, argue it,
Agumentative essay requires you to come with up your own essay
They want firm evidence
Evidence either comes from experience, observation, or reading
As an English teacher, and an English teacher grading that exam,
Which one would be more persuasive?
Romeo and Juliet or The Simpsons?
Romeo and Juliet offers more.
The school board and teachers have every right to impose
Passing the Exam:
Objective: Perform Well
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
they want an essay that creates style, grace, tone
THEY CARE ABOUT YOUR ABILITY TO WRITE
ABILITIES. CAPABILITIES.
CLASSES REPRESENT SOMETHING DEEPER. ITS NOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE OR EVEN THE TEACHER FOR THAT MATTER. ITS THE ABILITY THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND CAN FULLY ENGAGE IN THOSE DICIPLINES AND SUBJECTS. THAT YOU HAVE TE FAITH TO EVEN GET THERE, AND TO LEARN.
When someone
TAKE RISKS WITH YOUR ESSAY
EVEN IF YOUR WRONG
TAKE RISKS
BASKETBALL PLAYERS THAT DONT DUNK 360s
STILL DOMINATE
DONT WRITE FORMULAIC. THINK PASSION. CREATIVITY.
It is not because I want to innovate but because we NEED to. For the world. Intelligence just enables you, BUT THE REWARD IS TO TO CREATE NEW IDEAS NEEDED FOR THE WORLD.
All THINGS EDUCATION. YOUR ABILITIES TO UNDERSTAND. TO CREATE.
CREATIVITY. INNOVATION
Serious deal.
Cite sources.
Can you create a college essay?
Can you use sources?
Create your own examples.
Effective effective. Effective
Analysis Essay
1. Intro has A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEXT
2. WRITES IN A CONFIDENT TONE
3. HOW AND WHY: PURPOSE OF RHETORICAL DEVICES
Synthesis:
1. Strong, independent thesis and argument
2. USE 3 SOURCES AND YOUR OWN EXAMPLES
They don't care about flawless: THEY CARE ABOUT CREATIVITY
WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE WEAKNESS
BUT THATS WHY WERE NOT ALONE
THAT WHY WE HAVE TEACHERS
WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT
WE HAVE OUR OWN ABILITIES
WE HAVE A POWER IN OURSELVES THAT ONLY WE CAN MANIFEST IN THIS WORLD
BUT IT BEGINS WITH OURSELVES
IT BEGINS WITH UNDERSTANDING OUR LIFESTYLES
OUR FLAWS. OUR WEAKNESSES. AND BEING BRAVE ENOUGH TO FACE THEM
CHALLENGE THEM
CHALLENGE OUR FAMILY
CHALLENGE OUR STANDARDS
CHALLENGE OUR BELIEFS
OUR MINDS HAVE THE POWER TO TRAVEL TO THE DEPTHS OF THE DROWNING SEA, TO THE ALTITUDE OF THE INFINITY IN OUR GALAXIES
BE HERE.
BE IN THE PRESENT.
GET UP.
GET BETTER.
GO IN THE DETAIL.
WORK ON THE FUNDAMENTALS.
CHANGE.
STRENGTH IS NOT FOUND BY A CERTAIN ENTITY BUT IN OURSELVES WHEN WE CHALLENGE OURSELVES.
OR BY GOD OR BY AN OBJECT. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE SPECTRUMS OF STRENGTH HIDDEN DEEP IN OUR SOUL BY OUR UNENDING PESSISM.
STRENGTH. PERHAPS BY A SENTENCE. A WORD. MAYBE EVEN A LETTER. GOD. FAMILY. PEOPLE.
STRENGTH IS NOT GIVEN TO US BUT DEVELOPED BY AN UNENDING PASSION TO MANIFEST OUR OWN WISDOMS AND PASSION.
TO INTRODUCE A NEW SPECTRUM OF INTELLIGENCE. A UNIVERSE OF HUMANITY THAT UNITES OUR PAIN AND TRANSFORMS IT INTO JEWELS OF SACRED INTELLIGENCE AND PHILOSOPHY;
BE ABLE TO CONTROL A WIDE RANGE OF THE ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE WRITING
CREATE THE THESIS BEFORE YOU READ TE SOURCES
There are so many weaknesses humans have, but who WILL NOTICE THEM. WHO WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND REFLECT JUST WHAT THEIR ACTIONS DOES.
LIVE A LITTLE
RISK A LITTLE
LAUGH A LITTLE
BUT WORK HARD
THINK
EVALUATE
CONCENTRATE
REFLECT
WHAT MATTERS IS NOT ONLY OUR VISION BUT OUR HOPE AND OUR STRENGTH TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
GO ABOVE BEYOND JUST DO IT
TRANSCEND YOUR COMPLEX AND YOU WILL DISCOVER STRNGTH YOU WERE NEVER EVEN AWARE OF
Learning is an art that should conjeur the depths of passion we were never even aware of
Discover
Tranform
You need to the college credit --> PROVE IT
ARGUEMENTIATIVE: they want to see ART, CREATIVITY. NOT ANSWERS.