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. …
Not So Desperate After All by Danielle Antony
Writer’s Reflection I really enjoyed doing this inquiry overall. I think that by having so much freedom with how we were able to present the project, not only made the project more interesting, but also more challenging as well. Not having strict guidelines gave me …
Porn, News, and Anchorman: the Ascent of Women in Media by Andrew Mortensen
Writer’s Reflection After the work I put into this project, I feel confident submitting this essay. Peer reviewing, meeting with you, and finalizing my draft helped out a lot and I’m pretty confident this is some of my better work. I’m most proud of the …
Gender Roles in Television: A Correspondence to Context by Benjamin Mates
Writer’s Reflection I thought that this assignment was a manageable challenge. The prompt wasn’t too broad or too specific, so I was able to easily answer the prompt while, at the same time, exploring more specific ideas related to gender and texts. I enjoyed close …
Analysis on Foucault by James Harrison
Michel Foucault creates a depiction regarding what it means to be an author in his essay, “What is an Author?” The depictions range from the attitude and format of the writing to the social construction of an ideal author. While the composition acts as a …
My Sample Essay by Chris Beecher
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Writing and My Future by Lauren Schmidberger
As I move forward through my college career and professional life thereafter, I will constantly be using the lessons I have learned throughout this semester in English 112. One day, I hope to be an influential high school English teacher, so to say the least, …
A Semester Over; A Writer Changed By Jacqueline Black
The purpose for writing has a different meaning to everyone, yet it cannot be denied that it has an incredibly powerful purpose, even if we cannot decide on a universal definition. However, I believe writing is a way to convey the ideas that can be …