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This is a short story that i found on youtube about a little girl who was forgotten by everyone. Every person she came into contact with ignored her and payed no attention to her no matter what she did. In the end, all of her anger and built up madness destroyed the city and everyone she knew until she was truly alone. The author of this story is attempting to provide a lesson to the audience. When doing this in writing or film-making, the author must make sure to give a detailed story, an interesting body, and then a twist in the conclusion that really makes the audience understand and think about the lesson presented. Within this story there is no precise detail or interesting happenings. It is very brief and gets straight to the point. I believe that this hinders the story’s overall message. With no real background information or presentation, the story only presents a somewhat intereseting point. This point made can be understood but holds no significance that any audience member might consider in their own life. This short story could have been done a lot better, and actually could have made a much better lesson to be learned. Overall, the author should have spent more time on the story’s specific details, and on giving the audience a worthwhile lesson.

This is a note composed by one of my friends regarding American lifestyles and the modern lust for power and wealth. He attempts to argue a point decribing peace and how this can be established within our corrupt country. How exactly should he go about arguing this point in a formal note? The main things he should focus on is the introduction which will first of all bring in the attention of his readers and open the point he is trying to get across. Since he is in some way trying to change people’s minds, he must first bring them in with an interesting opening. Once he has accomplished this, he must go into depth with his topic, providing real infromation and statistics that back up his claim. He must also state facts that leave people thinking and really questioning what he has just said. Finally, he must end with a question or statement that makes people wonder if change is nessessary or if the world they live in really is what they want it to be. From what I have read the writer has done a phenomanel job of all of this. His title is interesting and his introduction really brings the reader into the writing. The information presented is debatable, but it really gets the reader thinking about our modern times. He uses intelligent language and great syntax which is also a great component because it gives off the impression that the information is reliable and well thought out. The writer ends with a wonderful conclusion and bold statement that demands the people wake up and realize what is going on around them. Anyone who reads this note will be impressed and at least consider the points made, and this is due to the fact of how well written it is. The only complaint is that it could be a bit longer to truly emphasize some of the many points made, but then again it is just a brief note to express thought. Overall, this is a very well composed piece of writing.

1) What types of clothes do people wear in today’s society and what are the meanings of such clothes? In today’s society people wear all different types of clothing and in a way use clothing to represent status. Designer clothes and name brand clothing show your status and other attitudes. 2) What type of clothing did people wear earlier in history and what different meanings did they have?       These clothing types reflect each time period’s values and even what exactly was occurring within each time period. 3) How do each of these clothing types relate and about how did clothes evolve into what they stand for today? I will attempt to answer this last question in the summary of my paper. 

The Laramie Project is a movie in which a young gay man is murdered by two ruthless kids of simlilar age. A group of people go around the town of Laramie, Wyoming interviewing people in the town in order to create a play of what occurred there. When they asked people about the incident they would ask them what they knew about the actual events, and also what they thought about it. When writing a script for a movie like this, how much of the plot should be based around the interviews and how much should be of actual events? It seems that there should be a decent amount of interviews that interchange with the portrayal of the actual events. This movie focused so much on people’s views and statements, that it actually became sort of a mess. The interviews also lacked substance and were very bland. No actual interesting questions were posed and most of the actors showed little believable emotion. I thought that this movie was poorly done and could have been alot better with more thought and organization.

This is an article which was featured in The New York Sun, which discusses how important this election will be considering all of the firsts that are taking place in it. It primarilily focuses on Barack Obama and his strength and future. It also talks about how his race and how very liberal he really is. In a newspaper article like this, the writer should often focus on one major topic, and write it as if he or she was writing a analysis paper. There should be an introduction, some sort of question or topic posed, a body, and a conclusion that really makes the reader think about what has just been said. This article does all of these things very well, too. It asks the question, as to why Barrack Obama is up in polls if he is so liberal. The writer also discusses all of Obama’s plans for the future and what relevance they have in the body paragraphs. He ends with an extremly strong conclusion that asks the audience what type of president they really want and need in America today. Overall, this is a very well written article and really brings your attention to the election and future of our country.

This is a informational article about a x-linked genetic disease which can result in mental retardation. Most writings of this nature are directed towards people researching the topic or by people who just find it as an interesting topic. It is not the type of article meant for a professional on the topic to go over, yet it uses a decent amount of uncommon scientific language. In an informational piece such as this, is it more appropriate to use common terms that the public would understand or more precise, scientific terms? It seems that since this article is directed towards the common person it should use more understood terms. Even though it is a scientific writing, it should be able to be interpreted by the audience it is being read by. Otherwise, what is the point in writing it at all? Some of what is said is unclear to the average person, and this causes the writing’s downfall. The basic concept can be understood, but in the end, the reader is left with many questions about the topic that should have been answered. This article needed to make more time to fully explain each concept, and maybe even use examples to help out the reader. Overall, this article did a poor job of accomplishing a major task in writing. Any type of writing should have an audience it is writing to and should make sure that the audience can relate to and understand the topic being presented.

This article attempts to give guidelines on how a person can effectively lift weights. It talks about the days to lift and how to lift the weights in order to gain a good amount of muscle. In an article such as this, the writer should go step by step with the reader in not only a specific workout, but in techniques to get proper rest and other specific ideas related to a workout. Being specific is the key point in writing an article explaining how to do something. If the writer is not as specific as possible, then the reader might not fully understand what was written and might find it confusing. This will make the reader not want to use your advice, or they might perform the techniques wrong. This would make any confused reader think that what you have written is uneffective. The article I have read actually does a nice job of being specific in its writing. It has a specific section for every topic, such as, reps, sets, amount of weight, position, breathing, safety and more. All of these topics are broken down even further and are placed in order, as well. To top it off, it does a good job at the end with its closing paragraph. It gives a closing paragraph that wraps up what was previously written and explains how someone should feel after the workout is completed. This makes sure that the reader is following the workout correctly, which is a good idea in a writing like this. The only problem I found with this article is that they forgot to include what type of lifts to do and how exactly to do each lift. The article overall could have been more specific but did a good job in getting the reader to understand the key concepts, which is the most important factor in a writing like this.

In this interview Cory Taylor, the lead singer of Slipknot, talks about his experiences with the band and the hopes he has for their new album. He also talks about his earlier life and the purpose of his music. All of this information he presents is triggered by the questions he is being asked by the interviewer from the magazine. When the interview is written out, what type of questions would create a good article that would get readers interested? Most of the time, people are interested in what the person being interviewed has to say most. Therefore, questions should be short, sweet, and to the point. This allows for the artist being interviewed to get most of the spotlight, which in turn pleases the readers. Also every question posed must be a valuable one. It must be a bold question that might not normally get asked. Any questions or statements that don’t add anything to the interview shouldn’t be asked. The same also holds true for other writings. For the most part, the interviewer in the article does a nice job of asking relevant questions and not asking too complicated of questions. However, he runs in to some problems by sometimes using too short of statments. He also at times follows the person being interviewed instead of taking the lead of the interview. This causes one topic to drag on, which is never good for any type of writing. Besides these few problems, this interview does a good job of obtaining worthwhile facts and getting the readers what they want.

How descriptive should writing be to engage the reader, without losing focus of the topic? The writer in this article seems to add alot of unessesary descriptive words and phrases in his sentences. When describing the man who was arrested he says that he is a “well dressed business man”, which sounds very unimportant to main point of the article. The writer also tells us the exact flight number of the plane, where the plane departed, and where it landed after the incident. All of this is fine to say, but it seems very irrelevent to the point of why he was arrested. Infact, in an informative piece like this, i feel most of the sentences should be filled with details of the arrest and why the passenger refused to turn off his laptop. The article itself was very short, which is another reason why the writer should have stuck with information over unessesary descriptions. When a piece of writing is that short, there is less of a need to keep the audiences attention with such flashy descriptions. The two things that i did like about this article, were the introduction and conclusion. The introduction easily draws in the reader and the conclusion leaves the audience with a simple lesson to think about. Overall, it looks as though the article would have been alot better written if it was longer or written in more depth.

This is an informational piece about a once new and upcoming band named My Chemical Romance. It describes how the band started, its struggles, and its hopes for the future. It also obtains most of this information from direct quotes from certain members of the band, but should articles such as this use as many quotes as possible or not? It seems to me that they should have a decent number of quotes in order to truly get the insight of people or person being described in the article. I almost believe that a writing such as this should be treated as a sort of interview. People who read The Rolling Stone are interested in getting the real perspective of the bands being covered, even in an informativire article. They like to hear the true opinions of the favorite bands and role models. By hearing these things they can relate their own thoughts and ideas to those of their heros. In addition using the right amount of quotes in this typoe of writing, the writer should also use quotes at the correct time, with the correct punctuation. This is done very well in this article, which should be the case in a professional writing. The quotes are used at good points in the reading, and they relate to the topic being discussed at the time. The quotes used really grab the readers attention, and make them want to read on. Overall, this article was written very well, and does a good job getting the reader interested in the band.