Analysis Of Me Talk Pretty One Day Sedaris

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"Me Talk Pretty One Day" is a humorous memoir by David Sedaris. In this article, he is talking about a time in his life when he tried something new: learning French. It doesn't matter how old you are or what you have done you can always learn new things. You just have to overcome the fear associated with trying something new. Even though, you may not be learning it all from a textbook, you can learn from personal experience. Sedaris states he thought his fears would have disappeared instead they have multiplied with age. And on his first day of class as he is waiting on his turn to answer the simple questions from the harsh teacher he is fearful of how she is going to react to his response. But Sedaris recognizes he is not alone …show more content…

He was scared, stating "I am now twice a frightened as I was when, at the age of twenty, I allowed a failed nursing student to inject me with a horse tranquilizer, and eight time more anxious than I was the day my kindergarten teacher pried my fingers off my mother's ankle and led me screaming toward my desk." Getting feedback is very helpful. It can make you a better writer, it helps you to determine that you understand the assignment and to make sure you know what you’re talking about. With the feedback that was given to you in the original paper you can implement in your final piece by following through with feedback for example the feedback states that you have grammatical errors correct those, margins are out of place fix it, etc. When doing a revision, I like to print out a hard copy and re-read it and if it makes sense to me I will have several members of my family or my friends read it. They always seem to help because they are unaware of what I am writing about, so they will ask questions and I can always add more into the paper to make the audience aware of what is my

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