... us. Stories, histories and ideas would die with the people who spoke them. Thanks to writing, histories, traditions and ideas can live forever. With recent technology, almost everyone is a text message, email, or IM away. It is also what makes classes at Phoenix Online even possible. It brings us all together into a more reachable ... to communicate. However, in this day and age, it can be tough to hone in on one's communication skills. With the text-talk that many people love so much, it can be hard to focus on a writing style, or grammar. However, for students especially, it is very im...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... my downfall, because I skip the planning stage, which in turn, causes my overuse of revision/editing during and after the writing process. Drafting is one of the many important aspects of the writing process. It is the writer's chance to combine thoughts and ideas together on paper. Most people look ... on topics and ideas in ways verbal conversation does not allow. It is a writer's chance to pinpoint their flaws and fix them. Whether it is trouble with grammar, detail, organization, or creativity, I feel that the sooner I have a completed draft, the more time I have to point out my flaws...

• Word Count: 1063
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... mind, for writing is my passion. I entered my first writing contest in the second grade. The elementary school sponsored a children's book contest every year, in which teachers encouraged students from second grade and up to write, illustrate and bind a children's book. Three students from each entering ... better of the best. A part of me enjoys obtaining a higher grade than someone else. The competitive side, I would guess. Not to mention that one of my dreams is to be accepted and attend Stanford University. Personally, I believe receiving an acceptance letter is prize in itself. As...

• Word Count: 2564
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... do not form the essential part of it. They are irrelevant. The topic sentence which is the main point of the above paragraph is: Gandhi's assassination shocked everyone, but sentences no. 2 and 3 Gandhi was a small man, and he was vegetarian. He lived a very simple life are irrelevant sentences which have to ... a period, a question mark, or an exclamation mark. 6. Begin each sentence where the previous sentence ends. 7. Write on every other line. This is called double-spacing. 8. Put margins of about one inch on each side of the paper. Kinds of Paragraph There seems to be different kind...

• Word Count: 2464
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... high school, I honestly did not care about the quality of my work, which reflected my own self-image. Now, I am returning to college after a five-year absence, determined to prove everyone who judges me on my failures wrong. Although I still procrastinate, I will do everything possible to make my work as perfect as can be. Unlike Natalie who writes with a #2 yellow pencil ... to say, I will think of how to introduce the reader to my point, and how I sum it up. This is something I have always struggled with, and can be seen on every paper I have ever written. I have never been good at th...

• Word Count: 1631
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School