Though Questions November 8th

I believe I will choose my career when I become a junior in high school because I do not yet know what I wish to do for living. My gender will not make too much of a difference, despite the fact that there could be sexists that could badly affect my future. The teachers and my parents will help me choose a career. Bible can appear as helpful or useless depending on the individual, because everyone had different beliefs and different depth of beliefs.

Voice

I believe voice is how the writer expresses his thoughts, ideas, emotions, and perspectives. The voice is what decides the type of the writing and it must grab the reader's attentions, in other word, must be appropriate for the assignment.

Wolf Assignment

Dear Judge,

  I stand before you today to justify the misunderstanding of the incident with the three pigs. The three gentlemen claim that I have assaulted them, but in the first place, I wasn't assaulting, but trying to get some help. I was the one who was being assaulted, not them!

I was born in a small town of wolves called Wolfes. I was born healthy, except for the fact that I had a serious allergy toward all plants. All of the wolves in the town lived happily together, until a pack of lion entered the town a month ago. All of my family members were slaughtered, and I was the only survivor of the town. I hid inside my cave until the lion started to feed themselves and I started to run. However, one of the female lion saw me run and she started to chase me.

I was chased for day and night. I never stopped to rest, nor did I look back because I was so scared. I finally reached a small town and saw three pig gentlemen dancing round and round. I shouted for help and the three pigs started to run. I though this was because they saw the lion at my back. One of them ran into a house made of straws. I tried to get in as well, but the pig has locked the door before him. Then, my allergy caused me to sneeze and the house was accidently blown away. The pig inside ran into a house of wood and I tried to get in again, but I sneezed before I could knock. The wooden house was blown away as well and I have just realized that the lion was no longer chasing me. The two pigs ran into the house made of bricks, and I knocked to apologize. However, they still seemed to be scared of the lion and I tried to comfort them and climbed the roof and tried to get into the house through the chimney to talk to them. However, it seemed as they were cooking something at the chimney, and my body was burnt.

As I have illustrated the truth, the one who was assaulted and received the most damages was really I. It is unjust to put all the blames on me, for I have never approached the pigs with bad intentions, but to get some help. Please have mercy and pity on the poor wolf.

The Scream


   Joe was an ordinary 12 years old. He lived by the riverside with his parents whom were fishermen for more than 15 years, even before Joe was born. He had a round face, very short and shiny white hair, big and wide eyes, a stout nose, small mouth, and a small bit of freckles on both of his cheeks. He liked to play basketball, play computer games, and just like anybody else, absolutely hated school. He was ready to sacrifice anything among his possessions to drop out of school.

   On one ordinary day of summer vacation, Joe arrived from daily basketball practice and opened the refrigerator to drink a can of Gatorade. He had a weird feeling in him for all day long. The day was too... too ordinary. He ignored the unusual feeling he got from an ordinary day of his ordinary life and grabbed his chicken and egg sandwich and went to watch the sunset.

   The sunset was always beautiful and touched the bottom of my heart. The glowing orb gleamed at the horizon, as it unleashed its last light of the day to paint the sky in purple, orange, red, yellow and pink. As the sun started to sink to the bottom of the river, Joe’s mother sat beside him. She seemed to be touched by the sunset, until she said, “Joe, are you ready for your new school year?”

“No, I don’t want to go. Why are asking me that?”, asked Joe dubiously.

“You don’t know, Joe? Tomorrow is your first day of 6^th grade in middle school!”, said Joe’s mom.

“… no way…”, Joe said weakly, as he stood up trembling.

“I can’t believe you didn’t know. So, I guess you are not ready yet to start a new year..”

   Joe was now having a major headache. He could not listen to rest of his mom’s words. He fell down on his knees and his father came running toward him shouting some bizarre words. His vision became very narrow and her parents started to look like black demons and monsters that will drag him down to the deepest bottom of hell. He started to run toward the bridge. The sunset no longer seemed beautiful and touching, but burnt his body with its blazing heat. The river seemed like a slithering serpent laughing at his agony and pain. As he reached the middle of the bridge, his head was aching with so much pain, that he could no longer run or walk. All he could do was scream.

But even that could not stop his parents from sending him to school^^

8.11 -2010

Question: What characteristics describe "good" writing? What is the process of writing?

Answer:
      I believe a "good" writing would consist of clear theme and topic, reasonable reasons, valid and well-supported examples, and a moral conclusion. First of all, the reason why clear theme and topic sentence is importance is because the reader must know what the writer is talking about before looking at the details. Secondly, reasonable reasons is important because the writer needs to convince the reader to look at the event or the problem in his/her point of view. For example, if a writer says apples are better for health than oranges but, states that it is because he feels like it or because apples are more 'red' than oranges, it is not going to convince the reader. Thirdly, valid and well supported examples are definitely needed in a "good" writing because writer needs to illustrate when it is needed or used. For example, if a writer says that cellphones are hindering communication, the writer needs to illustrate different ways and times when a cellphone could be deleterious to communication. Lastly, moral or at least clear and reasonable conclusion is needed in an essay. This is because the readers wants to know why or what have motivated the writer and what the writer wishes his writing could bring.
      A writing consists of planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Planning consists of planning of what one is going to write about and valid examples that one is going to use in his writing. Drafting consists of writing down ideas and trying to finish them in an essay. Revising is a stage where the writer looks over his drafts and revise any mistakes or problems in the main theme, ideas, examples, and other aspects that makes up to be the main structure of an essay. Editing is when writer goes over his essay/writing and edits all the spelling and grammar mistakes. Finally, publishing is a stage when a writer gives his essay/project a final touch to present to others.