The most difficult text based on this assignment was “How I Learned to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglas. Comparing all the text given, Frederick Douglas’s writing was more “wordy”. He seems to express his feeling, thoughts and emotions in complex abstracts that are very hard to follow. The vocabulary words used are more complicated – such as, commence – which leaves me no option than to open the dictionary. He often uses the word “commence” which means “start”. It will be much easier to understand if he uses the word “start” from earlier of the essay. Moreover, he uses synonyms in certain words to beautify the essay, but causing it to be a bit intangible at the same time. For instance, he was describing his mistress of how kind she treated …show more content…
It did not take that long for me to thoroughly understand the passage as I was surrounded with resources (dictionary and internet). After I find the meaning of the words, I put their meaning in parentheses beside the respective words and highlighted both the word and the meaning. This makes it easier for me to detect all of the unfamiliar words and understand them directly when I skim through the text for the second time. Sometimes, I tried to understand the words by referring to the sentence before and after the word, or maybe the sentence before and after the sentence containing the word I am unacquainted with. This way, I was able to understand the word and sharpen my critical reading skills without being dependent on other sources. Unless I have tried my best, I will refer to other resources to obtain the meaning. Uncovering the text can be boring, so I highlighted some quotes that I find interesting in most of the paragraphs. Therefore, it makes me more thrilled to continue reading as I can see my progress understanding every each part of the story. The essay seems clear now and I am very glad I succeeded to understand
For me, the reading and comprehension isn't that difficult. Its more of learning who is who. For example, when someone is talking with no quotation at the end, its hard for me understand who is talking. Throughout the year of 2017-2018, I need to find a way to keep track of all the characters and understand who is who. This will help me later in the future while I am reading harder books for literature.
William Stafford’s style of writing cultivated me in many ways. Throughout this piece, there has been many cliffhangers which want you to keep on reading. There were always questions such as, “what is going to happen next?” or “I wonder why this is happening.” Every question has an answer and all of mine were solved throughout the entire following of the writing.
Overall, this article helped me reflect on the novel’s theme and gain understanding of the author’s
Every journey begins with one simple step. In Thomas Foster's, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, the first chapter Every Trip Is a Quest (Except for when it’s not), he explains that almost all stories have a quest, be it given or underlying. Each quest contains a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges they face, and the real reason to go (Foster 3). In Foster’s other book, Reading the Silver Screen, it shows the purpose behind their stories and the message behind the film by laying the rules down. Toy Story is a film that represents a journey through many different aspects that Foster has given.
Sutherland starts off the essay with a narrative about her husband’s lost keys. While she uses to chase her husband around helping him in the search, she now ignores his racket and continues washing the dishes. While she loves her husband, there are little quirks about him that she wishes she could change. She describes him as “well read [and] adventurous…but also tends to be forgetful, and is often tardy and
Some classmates felt that his last shred of hope to keep him alive was his hatred for the party while others agreed that his love for Julia would help him from conforming back to the ideals of the party. When discussing what another classmates have found in class it has helped me to understand other points I might have overlooked in the novels we have read. I have improved from these activities by writing down other points and
Also, I found this particular piece to be difficult to read and interpret. The varying spelling and sentence structure made the letter difficult to follow, and I found myself rereading sections to verify that I understood what she was writing
Yet Petersen is credited with such poorly written phrases, like “one of the most obscure and known characters” And. “This fact opens after when she blamed himself.” (Petersen, “Analysis”). Her essay is written erratically and thus is very difficult to read. Not only is her essay written poorly, but it does not even accomplish answering the question it was originally written to answer.
In Frederick Douglass's essay "Learning to read and write” he recalls the journey to enlightenment showcasing the emotions of joy, hunger, heartache and hope. For example learning to read sparked an unstoppable joy for knowledge. In addition the discovery of that knowledge found Douglass hungry for more. Also the quest for intelligence came at a price causing him a great amount of heartache. Finally a simple thought of the future brought the hope that ultimately inspired him to persevere and succeed in learning to read and write.
This analysis would be very useful to readers who are looking for a more in depth understanding of the piece. Also, this analysis was proved usefully in my American Literature class due to the fact it brought many great ideas for
In the essays, “Reading to Write” by Stephen King, “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie, “Learning to Read” Malcolm X, and “Learning to Write” by Frederick Douglas have three things in common. In each essay Reading has contributed towards the authors life leading to benefit from learning to read, allowing them to leave a legacy behind. In each essay the authors has thought their self how unlike Frederick Douglass. For Stephen King, reading has done a lot for him. King stated, “Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones” (221).
Writing process is difficult to realize since it requires a lot of skills and knowledge. Definitely, not many of us can start writhing right away without having any problems such as grammar, vocabulary or organization. However, a person can become a better writer if he or she will practice writing every day and will pay attention to his writing problems. To become a good writer, I have to improve my grammar, follow specific steps in writing process, and avoid using similar transitional words. Grammar is the number one problem in the writing process and causes me a lot of issues.
The second goal was to define what a romance novel is. The third was to show autobiographical information about the author. This essay was important and significant since it outlined a way on why the author wrote the “Scarlet Letter” in the first place.
One particular line from this passage that is interesting is when the narrator, speaking of Deronda, says that “he felt himself changing colour like a girl.” This is interesting because it prompts reader to think about why a girl would change colour. This is more than
What? Your grades keep decreasing and making your average low? Many people struggle or do not do well in school. It is a really good thing to have good grades in school, because if you do not, then that will affect you later on in life. That is because if you have low grades, then your job will be bad, but if you have high grades, then you will be able to have a good job.