PSA 1- Positive (students) [audio:https://ccm.miamiu.haydenmcneil.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Belser.ProGreek.mp3] My audience already knows that sororities and fraternities on campus get a bad reputation, but are curious about rushing on campus and what it entails. My audience is interested in rushing, but is still unsure about what it is all …
Bible Pushers by Emma Foltz
Bedford St. Martin’s Digital/Multimedia Writing Award 2011 [custom_field field=”author” this_post=”1″ limit=”1″ between=”, ” /] [prezi id=”http://prezi.com/zyzs8qx_cduq/bible-pushers/”] Writer’s Reflection Bible Pushers, the Prezi presentation I completed for English 111, was a visual adaptation of a persuasive essay I wrote on a local issue. Because of my …
The Darkness Within by Michael Bowen
In the novel Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf writes about a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway. Clarissa has to prepare for a party she is throwing later in the day, and Woolf shows the entire process that goes into effect throughout the entire day. …
From History to Fiction by Danielle Antony
To see the corresponding 2A assignment, click here. Writer’s Reflection Personally, inquiry two was a bit more challenging than inquiry one. I have done a paper similar to this research analysis before, however I thought it was a little more challenging to find good …
Annotated Bibliography by Danielle Antony
Thesis: I plan to look at how the history behind Mexican-American culture and the story of La Malinche influences Clemencia’s character and the interpretation of the story “Never Marry A Mexican” by Sandra Cisneros. 1. Candelaria, Cordella. “La Malinche, Feminist Prototype.” Frontiers: A Journal of …
Globalization: Bringing People Together or Widening the Gap? by Katie Knable
Former president Jimmy Carter once said, “Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing . . . you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn’t affect two-thirds of the …
Food for Thought by Chace Turner
In past years, working in a food service business has had its perks. Most businesses would give employees a free or discounted meal after they worked or on their break. But with the economy on a downward slope, businesses are now trying to cut budgets …
Adidas: Support Your Country, Buy Our Clothes by Adam Ellis
Writer’s Reflection Advertisements are cross-cultural artifacts that we take for granted in society and never usually spend time to understand. Everywhere we look and everywhere we go there are always ads. Companies spend millions of dollars each year on advertisements, hoping that consumers will purchase …
It’s Difficult to Change Your Image by Leah Hastedt
Writer’s Reflection With this paper, I had an easier time writing it. I like being able to look at something like an advertisement and analyzing it, putting my own interpretation into it. The ethnography essay allowed me to do all this, but it’s hard to …
A Community in Trouble by Erin Cox
Tommy Marzella writes “Miami Community Must be More Inclusive, Respectful” to the Miami University and surrounding community, which have been known not to be diverse or accepting of the little diversity the campus has. He also writes to an audience of students that normally have …
The Cancer Envelops Us Whole, But We Don’t Die Alone by Christina Coba
The contemporary dance scene on the hit television show, “So You Think You Can Dance,” choreographed by Tyce Diorio and performed by professional dancers, Melissa and Ade, addresses the serious topic of breast cancer. The piece tells a story of a woman that has been …
My Journey of Literature Learning
[custom_field field=”author” this_post=”1″ limit=”1″ before=”By: ” after=”” between=”, ” /] Writer’s Reflection When I was asked to write about the influences of literacy, the first fragment of memory that came to my mind was my mom’s story about the Snow Queen at my bedtime. I …
Meaningless Can Be Meaningful by Hui Ying
Writer’s Reflection It took me a long time to think about my writing materials. There are too many experiences with respect to literature, and I could not find a clue of those relationships. It occurred to me that I should focus on the enormous change …
Polar Bear Persuasion by Gregory Larkin
Polar Bears can sustain temperatures as low as -51 degrees Fahrenheit. Yet this was the farthest thing from my mind with my toes curled around the edge of the Mon Wharf Dock for the Pittsburgh Polar Bear Plunge at 8 a.m. on New Years Day. …