In my eleventh grade Reflective Essay, I utilized metaphor, simile, an idiom, juxtaposition, and appeals to pathos. Speaking of a scholar’s life involves of lots of descriptive details; thus, I applied a simile to compare my grades to a barrier. The effect that the simile had was to bring forth an image of some sort of wall and comparing that to my grades to show how they have not been so pleasing. In that same sentence, I appealed to pathos because I have an emotional response to my grades, and I truly comprehended that grades are just letters, they do not define my knowledge. Inasmuch as I incorporate my grades as a key priority and praise my AP U.S. History class, I employed the idiom on “cloud nine” to amplify my perspective and put forth
The first four weeks of CR510 have prompted this student to reflect on her years of teaching in the public school setting. Having experienced many similar complexities to the ones in the text, this student is sympathetic to the challenges facing those in the education system and is eager to find opportunities to offer a better solution for all involved. CR510 has strengthened this student's belief that a third party neutral can provide valuable benefits to educational systems at all levels.
Good poetry provides meaningful commentary. One indication of a poem’s success in this is the depth of thought the reader has as a result of the poem. The poems I anthologized may take different
All of this happiness and sunshine also contributes to the feeling that there is a looming black cloud ahead. Another emotion portrayed through the narrators language is disappointment.... ... middle of paper ... ... Graduating the eighth grade was no longer the exciting event she had planned it to be - it had turned into a disaster.
A poem is usually developed by a certain method or a style that the poet uses to help the reader to understand the meaning of the poem. The poem Graded Paper written by the poet Mark Halliday, is about a teacher who is grading a student’s paper and giving feedback on it. In the poem the poet uses different techniques to support and develop the poem. In the poem, the teacher who is grading the paper uses special tone while grading the paper. The teacher is the poem uses a tone of caring and helpful to the student. Although, throughout the poem, the teacher gives negative comments to the student, at the end the teacher gives the student an A-. This is the irony that the poet uses in the poem. Another technique the author uses
In his poem, "On Reading Poems to a Senior Class at South High", the author, David Chapman Berry, has relied on metaphors and similes to carry out his view of a typical literature class and a teacher's view of teaching.
While similes within the essay are beneficial to the description of the scene, they do not depict the mood or the author's purpose. The simile “The cow's coat is as white as freshly fallen snow reflecting off the midday sun,” does not represent the feeling of abandonment or forgottenness in which the essay is portraying. While the simile can be seen as descriptive and providing a familiar basis through comparisons in which the reader can relate, it does not function properly within the text. Another example of figurative language which does not effectively portray the dominant impression is within the use of personification, “At the base of the closest towering peak sits a city, exposed by the light softly kissing the countryside.” This use of personification does not apply to the mood or any form of detachment, and while it may be effective in the sense of juxtaposing the surrounding text, the personifying of the light is not necessary. Giving the light human characteristics does not influence the reader toward the dominant impression and is not needed. Its use might confuse or obscure the desired perspective of seclusion to the reader, therefore this use of personification is not beneficial to the essay. Using figurative language is an essential aspect to create rhetoric, however,
“gathering the orange leather from air a cherished possession” gives the reader an image of just how essential the ball is, and that he is in control of the situation. Whenever I get a chance to get a rebound like he did, I take it. It is a feeling of hard work that pays off when you get the chance to get a rebound. Another example of a simile, (L.18) “in slow motion, ‘almost exactly like a coach’s drawing on a blackboard’ shows the reader that the play was run perfect, and exactly like the coach drew it.
This simile state how important it is research is to college it's the only thing keeping it together. It is true, research and good research skills as greatly needed as a backbone is to your body. Meaning that yes, if i am not pretty much a pro in researching I will suffer slot during college. Another rhetorical device I used greatly during this essay was encoders such as in paragraph 3 and 4. They were mostly anecdotes of the areas I could improve on from my junior year. There purpose was to make this reflective essay by actually stating stories of where the information was relatable. For paragraph 5 in the second sentence I had used both ploysidenten and Irony because I stated that i believed that I was really mature yet, go on just repeating the conjunction “and” over and over again. Which is usually a characteristic of someone that is mature. The rhetorical devices were to present that fact that yes, I feel that I have matured, but I still need room for improvement. Like i have stated before, yes I was on top of my work, but as soon as second semester rolled on by I just lost focus and began to stalk
Initial Reflective Essay When I first thought of what I wanted to do with my life after college, the first thing I thought of was helping people. The next step in deciding what I wanted to do with my life was to examine how I could accomplish this goal. I started pondering and I was thinking about how much I love to take care of my body. Health care and personal hygiene has always been an important factor in my life. So I decided to major in Health Sciences.
The light of the typical Ivy League student may not need to sparkle from within because the outside light is radiant; gifted from birth and straight A’s in advanced Shakespeare classes litter the scores of acceptance essays. The light of the atypical Ivy League student, conversely, needs to sparkle from within because of the adversity he may have faced. In order for him to transcend intellectually, he has to find that indomitable spirit. He needs to forge ahead against uncertainty because nothing was paved for him. Consequently, the light shines brighter because he has already fought the darkness from within, creating a stronger individual. This metaphor of darkness and light was taken straight out of the pages of my story. My childhood was not filled with advanced Shakespeare classes or any other typical Ivy League scripts, but it is not despite the adversity I faced but precisely because of what I faced do I feel Columbia GS would add a great chapter in the story of my life.
Over the past semester I have learned many things in my English class, educationally and through life lessons. Ms. Henry took the tedious, standard, subject of English and turned it into moral and intellectual lessons we can use in our daily lives. I latched onto the secret life of bees, serial, and the debate, out of the topics we went over this semester.
First thing I experienced walking into English 101 as a freshman was anxiety and nervousness. Going through high school I was never really good at English and having English 101 as my second class as a freshman was eye opening. I have learned to use proper technique while writing papers, looking through my paper for grammar errors and also that it is always good to ask for help when confused and if you are stuck on a paper.
The whistle screamed, and everyone’s attention shifted to the authorities. Shouting, insults, and criticism flooded the field, and I cautiously observed the belligerent outbursts of the spectators, I realized their anger and irritation was directed towards me. Rightly so, as I am doing my job. Officiating, serving as a referee for youth lacrosse, has a one goal: to be a fair judge. With this task fair is not always the popular choice to make.
Mr. Keating teaches his English class in an unconventional fashion which is reflective of the principles in Emerson’s “Self-reliance”. During the first class, he tells his class to rip out the page that introduces in the English textbook. On this page, the author of the textbook, Dr. Pritchard, says that a poem’s greatness can be measured based upon two criteria: the importance and the perfection of the poem. However, measuring the greatness of a poem using a rubric is ridiculous and as a result, he has the students rip out the page. He wants the students to measure the greatness of poetry based upon their thoughts on the poetry and to trust their feelings. Poems were written to express emotions and passion which people should interpret on their own without a quantitative scale. This reflects Emerson’s principle that people should trust themselves and ...
Writing a reflection and a summary of dozens of experiences is very challenging and demanding. I cannot count how many ups I had, yet I cannot deny the fact that I had some downs where I could transform them to ups. The year was full of challenges, excitement, fear and lessons. Each Wednesday I had mixed emotions. Every time I came to school I had the same fear and heartbreaks. In my reflection I am willing to compare between Adan at the beginning of the year and new Adan I became.