Deadline #4

1. A narrative essay presents a series of actions or events in a specific order to tell a story. Narrative essays contain a beginning, middle, and end. The introduction sets up the opinion of the thesis statement, the body develops the sequence of actions and events, and the conclusion restates the thesis in different words. In narrative essays, transitional words and phrases identify logical, chronological, and spatial arrangements in order to define how sentences relate to each other. Transitional words and phrases such as finally, earlier, before, next, now, then, soon, at first, and as soon as, establish chronological sequence in a narrative essay. Through the presentation of occurrences in a particular sequence, a narrative essay can effectively relay a story.

2. The use of visual imagery in the opening paragraph of 'My "Eight Cow" Bracelet' held my attention, making me want to read the rest of the essay. The thesis of the essay is, “It was during this transitional point in my life that my father began to teach me a valuable and significant lesson regarding beauty and the power of words”. Actual narration begins at the start of the second paragraph. Examples of description are used throughout the essay. The first example of description was the writer depicting herself as a baby with two chins, Michelin Tire legs, and hair that would stick up. She later gives a picture of herself as a girl with stringy, long, brown hair, a freckled face, and large brown eyes. Deeper into the story, the writer provides a vivid mental illustration of the slender, silver cuff bracelet with eight round turquoise stones. The use of description contributes to this essay in a way that makes the reader feel a sense of being there, either as the main character or an observer.

Deadline #3, Hunt

1. The instructor’s email address is devoncadams@gmail.com.

2. The advice/warning on the syllabus page is that students are responsible for all of the information supplied in the syllabus and for the college policies incorporated in the student handbook and college catalog.

3. The first page of the syllabus says it is important to be an active learner by being self-motivated, having strong organizational skills, and seeking help from the instructor when needed.

4. The highest grade that may be earned on an essay that contains sentence structure errors is a “D”.

5. Fragments, commas splices, etc. are the sentence structure errors in the criteria for an “A” paper.

6. The class policies state the instructor may withdraw a student from the course if no work is submitted by the student for more than a two deadline period.

7. The penalty for a late assignment is that it will not be accepted.

8. The maximum number of essays that can be submitted in any given week is one.

9. Technical assistance is provided by the MCC Helpdesk at (480) 461-7212.

10. The last date assignments will be accepted at the end of the semester is December 7, 2007.

Deadline #2

Deadline #2, Paragraphs


Part 1
1. The topic sentence of the paragraph is sentence 1.
2. The subject in the topic sentence is Arizona’s environments.
3. The attitude in the topic sentence is that Arizona’s environments appeal to a variety of tastes.
4. There are 4 subtopic sentences in the paragraph.
5. The #s of the sentences that function as subtopic sentences are 2, 7, and 12.
6. Sentence 17 concludes the paragraph.
7. The concluding sentence gives the paragraph a sense of finality by rephrasing the topic sentence and providing a summary of the important ideas of the paragraph.
8. Transitions are found in sentences 5, 7, 10, 11 12, 16, and 17.
9. Examples of transitional words in the paragraph are “also” in sentence 5 and “in addition” in sentence 11.
10. Indenting the first sentence of a paragraph helps to identify a new sentence, as well as a new idea.

Part 2
Air travel today has become both more convenient and complicated at the same time. The Internet provides a means for simplifying the booking process. Flight schedules can be accessed online and passengers may choose and pay for flights all within a few minutes time. It is even possible to print boarding passes from a home computer. However, on arrival at the airport, airline customers are subject to more than one inconvenience. Family and friends are no longer allowed to see passengers off at the gate. Anyone carrying on cosmetics is restricted to the number of three ounce containers that can fit into a one quart zip-lock bag. Shoes must be removed and placed in bins for screening along with other carryon items. The hassles passengers must endure at the airport are offset by the useful services offered at the airport. Curbside check-in means luggage will not have to be carried by passengers any farther than from the car to the door. Computerized check-in and payments may be taken care of at computer stations. Porters may transfer luggage, or even passengers, to the appropriate gates. Modern airline travel certainly has its conveniences along with its drawbacks.

Deadline #1, Help

If a problem arises with a particular assignment due to religious conflict, how is that dealt with? If an assignment is listed with one due date on the syllabus and another on the class calendar, does the calendar date override the syllabus date?

Deadline #1, Introduction

My name is Shannon. I am a student at MCC working towards the Audio Productions Technologies degree. Although my career goals do not necessarily require a degree, the education I am receiving will certainly assist me in accomplishing my goals. English 101 is a required course for my degree, but I also enjoy writing and various other aspects of studying English. I am hoping to build on my writing skills and acquire new information that will help me become a better writer.