- What makes the essays you chose compelling?
The first essay I read it's called A Life with no Exceptions, and it makes it compelling beacuse it is a pretty story with lots of truth in it because it makes you think that you don't know what you have until you loose it and makes you appreciate what you have in life. It was a big leason for her and we should learn from it too. The second essays i read it's called a New Work Ethic and it also makes it compellling because it has to do a lot with the first essays I read. Something had to happend to them so they could open their eyes and realize what they have in life.
- What kinds of stories do they use to showcase their belief?
They used their own personal story. A situation that they went thru and made them realize certain things that they didn't before.
- What is the tone of each essay and how is it achieved? (funny, serious, reflective, sarcastic, etc.)
Both essays are reflective. The writers achieved it because they actually tell in the stories that what happened to them was a changing in their lives.
- How are the essays similar? How do they differ?
They are both similar because as I said before it was a situation for both writers in which made them realize what it's life about and what they are missing. In the firts essay it was her brother who died and that made her realize a lot of things. For the second essay it was a guy who thought he knew everything in life and he thought he could give some people a lesson but they were the ones who gave him a lesson.
- Do they follow the writing guidelines provided by the This I Believe organization on their website at http://www.thisibelieve.org/essaywritingtips.html?
Yes, they followed the writing guidelines. They said what they wanted to say in their own words. They were positive about their stories. They were brief and they named their belief.
- What beliefs might you want to write about for project 1? (looking at the categorized list of beliefs at http://www.thisibelieve.org/dsp_Browse.php may help you)
I might write about immigrants but I'm not sure.
First Essay:
http://www.thisibelieve.org/dsp_ShowEssay.php?uid=8103&age=Under+18&yval=1&start=0
Second Essay:
http://www.thisibelieve.org/dsp_ShowEssay.php?uid=8637&age=Under+18&yval=1&start=10
The first essay I read it's called A Life with no Exceptions, and it makes it compelling beacuse it is a pretty story with lots of truth in it because it makes you think that you don't know what you have until you loose it and makes you appreciate what you have in life. It was a big leason for her and we should learn from it too. The second essays i read it's called a New Work Ethic and it also makes it compellling because it has to do a lot with the first essays I read. Something had to happend to them so they could open their eyes and realize what they have in life.
- What kinds of stories do they use to showcase their belief?
They used their own personal story. A situation that they went thru and made them realize certain things that they didn't before.
- What is the tone of each essay and how is it achieved? (funny, serious, reflective, sarcastic, etc.)
Both essays are reflective. The writers achieved it because they actually tell in the stories that what happened to them was a changing in their lives.
- How are the essays similar? How do they differ?
They are both similar because as I said before it was a situation for both writers in which made them realize what it's life about and what they are missing. In the firts essay it was her brother who died and that made her realize a lot of things. For the second essay it was a guy who thought he knew everything in life and he thought he could give some people a lesson but they were the ones who gave him a lesson.
- Do they follow the writing guidelines provided by the This I Believe organization on their website at http://www.thisibelieve.org/essaywritingtips.html?
Yes, they followed the writing guidelines. They said what they wanted to say in their own words. They were positive about their stories. They were brief and they named their belief.
- What beliefs might you want to write about for project 1? (looking at the categorized list of beliefs at http://www.thisibelieve.org/dsp_Browse.php may help you)
I might write about immigrants but I'm not sure.
First Essay:
http://www.thisibelieve.org/dsp_ShowEssay.php?uid=8103&age=Under+18&yval=1&start=0
Second Essay:
http://www.thisibelieve.org/dsp_ShowEssay.php?uid=8637&age=Under+18&yval=1&start=10
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3 comments:
i agree people never know what they have till its gone. its a bad way to figure out what you had but sometimes its the only way to make some people see what they are taking advantage of.
I also agree because people think that they understand and that they appreciate all that they have and they understand the hardships of life but truthfully they dont, and its a rude sad awakening for most of these people and then they really get to experience and understand.
I like your description of the essays being compelling because they had "lots of truth" in them. I think it's useful to consider what makes an essay seem truthful. The project 1 assignment is not an analytical essay where you're expected to bring in statistics to prove your point. All you really have at your disposal is the story you choose to tell. What sort of things do stories need to do or include to ring true?
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