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| examples of commentary in essays: When You Are Old William Butler Yeats, 2015-06-09 Beautiful early writings by one of the 20th century’s greatest poets on the 150th anniversary of his birth A Penguin Classic The poems, prose, and drama gathered in When You Are Old present a fresh portrait of the Nobel Prize–winning writer as a younger man: the 1890s aesthete who dressed as a dandy, collected Irish folklore, dabbled in magic, and wrote heartrending poems for his beloved, the beautiful, elusive Irish revolutionary Maud Gonne. Included here are such celebrated, lyrical poems as “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” and “He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven,” as well as Yeats’s imaginative retellings of Irish fairytales—including his first major poem, “The Wanderings of Oisin,” based on a Celtic fable—and his critical writings, which offer a fascinating window onto his artistic theories. Through these enchanting works, readers will encounter Yeats as the mystical, lovelorn bard and Irish nationalist popular during his own lifetime. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
| examples of commentary in essays: Politics and the English Language George Orwell, 2021-01-01 George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Politics and the English Language, the second in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell takes aim at the language used in politics, which, he says, ‘is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind’. In an age where the language used in politics is constantly under the microscope, Orwell’s Politics and the English Language is just as relevant today, and gives the reader a vital understanding of the tactics at play. 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' — Irish Times |
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| examples of commentary in essays: College Essay Essentials Ethan Sawyer, 2016-07-01 Let the College Essay Guy take the stress out of writing your college admission essay. Packed with brainstorming activities, college personal statement samples and more, this book provides a clear, stress-free roadmap to writing your best admission essay. Writing a college admission essay doesn't have to be stressful. College counselor Ethan Sawyer (aka The College Essay Guy) will show you that there are only four (really, four!) types of college admission essays. And all you have to do to figure out which type is best for you is answer two simple questions: 1. Have you experienced significant challenges in your life? 2. Do you know what you want to be or do in the future? With these questions providing the building blocks for your essay, Sawyer guides you through the rest of the process, from choosing a structure to revising your essay, and answers the big questions that have probably been keeping you up at night: How do I brag in a way that doesn't sound like bragging? and How do I make my essay, like, deep? College Essay Essentials will help you with: The best brainstorming exercises Choosing an essay structure The all-important editing and revisions Exercises and tools to help you get started or get unstuck College admission essay examples Packed with tips, tricks, exercises, and sample essays from real students who got into their dream schools, College Essay Essentials is the only college essay guide to make this complicated process logical, simple, and (dare we say it?) a little bit fun. The perfect companion to The Fiske Guide To Colleges 2020/2021. For high school counselors and college admission coaches, this is an essential book to help walk your students through writing a stellar, authentic college essay. |
| examples of commentary in essays: Writing Creative Nonfiction Theodore Albert Rees Cheney, 1991 What do writers as diverse as Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, and Hunter S. Thompson have in common? All are masters of the art of writing creative nonfiction, capable of infusing the most prosaic of topics with wit, poignancy, and style. Writing Creative Nonfiction outlines the tried-and-true techniques that such writers use to craft brilliant essays, articles, and book-length works, making the tools of trade accessible to those of us who have always dreamed of making our mark in publishing. You'll learn how to write gripping opening sentences; use dialogue and even overheard conversations to bring characters to life on the page: and conduct and incorporate research to add depth and breadth to your work. With the demand for content in both traditional and emerging medias at an all-time high, you too can become a cultural critic, biographer, or esteemed essayist with the help of this indispensable guide. |
| examples of commentary in essays: Breath Tim Winton, 2008-05-27 Falling under the spell of an enigmatic extreme-sports surfer, a thrill-seeking pair of western Australian adolescents is initiated into a world of high-stakes adventures and dangerous boundary testing. |
| examples of commentary in essays: An Essay on Crimes and Punishments Cesare Beccaria, Cesare marchese di Beccaria, Voltaire, 2006 Reprint of the fourth edition, which contains an additional text attributed to Voltaire. Originally published anonymously in 1764, Dei Delitti e Delle Pene was the first systematic study of the principles of crime and punishment. Infused with the spirit of the Enlightenment, its advocacy of crime prevention and the abolition of torture and capital punishment marked a significant advance in criminological thought, which had changed little since the Middle Ages. It had a profound influence on the development of criminal law in Europe and the United States. |
| examples of commentary in essays: Digging Into Literature Joanna Wolfe, Laura Wilder, 2015-11-17 Digging Into Literature reveals the critical strategies that any college student can use for reading, analyzing, and writing about literary texts. It is based on a groundbreaking study of the successful interpretive and argumentative moves of more than a thousand professional and student essays. Full of practical charts and summaries, with plenty of exercises and activities for trying out the strategies, the book convincingly reveals that while great literature is profoundly and endlessly complex, writing cogent and effective essays about it doesn’t have to be. |
| examples of commentary in essays: Dark Roots Cate Kennedy, 2008-02-12 “Heartbreakingly detailed . . . vibrant—and vital” prize-winning stories by an Australian contributor to The New Yorker (Entertainment Weekly). In this “coolly exact . . . sharp, evocative and often poetic” collection of award-winning short fiction, Cate Kennedy daringly travels to the deepest depths of the human psyche to explore the collision between simmering inner lives, the cold outside world, and the hidden motivations that propel us all to act (The New York Times Book Review). Kennedy captures entire lives, expertly documenting the risks and compromises made in both forging and escaping relationships. Her “17 standout stories” are populated by people on the brink: whether it’s a woman floundering with her own loss and emotional immobility as her lover lies in a coma; a neglected wife who cannot convince her husband of the truth about his two brutish, shamelessly libidinous friends; or a married woman who comes to realize that her too-tight wedding ring isn’t the only thing that’s stuck in her relationship (Elle). Each character must make a choice and none is without consequence—even the smallest decisions have the power to destroy or renew, to recover and relinquish. Devastating, evocative, richly comic, and “full of provocative messages, tantalizingly revealed”, Dark Roots deftly unveils the traumas that incite us to desperate measures and the coincidences that drive our lives (O, The Oprah Magazine). “With an effortless talent for the comic and the chilling, Cate Kennedy has crafted stories that are sly, seductive, and surprising. A standout debut” (Alicia Erian, author of Towelhead). |
| examples of commentary in essays: Old Testament Exegesis, Fifth Edition Douglas Stuart, 2022-03-15 For years, Douglas Stuart's Old Testament Exegesis has been one of the most popular ways to learn how to perform exegesis—the science and art of interpreting biblical texts properly for understanding as well as proclamation. This new edition includes a major revision and expansion of online and other resources for doing biblical research and updates past editions by including a helpful configuration of the format for the exegesis process. Stuart provides guidance for full exegesis as well as for a quicker approach specifically tailored to the task of preaching. A glossary of terms explains the sometimes-bewildering language of biblical scholarship, and a list of frequent errors guides the student in avoiding common mistakes. No exegetical guide for the Old Testament has been more widely used in training ministers and students to be faithful, careful interpreters of Scripture. |
| examples of commentary in essays: The Expositor's Study Bible Jimmy Swaggart, 2008-07-01 The Expositor's Study Bible (KJV) is different than any other study Bible ever produced. With abbreviated commentary notes placed directly in the scripture, it makes Bible study easier than ever before. With over 1 million copies in print today, The Expositor's Study Bible has become one of the most loved Bible study tools of our time. |
| examples of commentary in essays: Waiting for the Barbarians J. M. Coetzee, 2017-01-03 A modern classic by Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee. His latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be available January 2018. For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire's cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into sympathy for their victims, he commits a quixotic act of rebellion that brands him an enemy of the state. J. M. Coetzee's prize-winning novel is a startling allegory of the war between opressor and opressed. The Magistrate is not simply a man living through a crisis of conscience in an obscure place in remote times; his situation is that of all men living in unbearable complicity with regimes that ignore justice and decency. Mark Rylance (Wolf Hall, Bridge of Spies), Ciro Guerra and producer Michael Fitzgerald are teaming up to to bring J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians to the big screen. |
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| examples of commentary in essays: Essayism Brian Dillon, 2018-09-18 A compelling ode to the essay form and the great essaysists themselves, from Montaigne to Woolf to Sontag. Essayism is a book about essays and essayists, a study of melancholy and depression, a love letter to belle-lettrists, and an account of the indispensable lifelines of reading and writing. Brian Dillon’s style incorporates diverse features of the essay. By turns agglomerative, associative, digressive, curious, passionate, and dispassionate, his is a branching book of possibilities, seeking consolation and direction from Michel de Montaigne, Virginia Woolf, Roland Barthes, Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Georges Perec, Elizabeth Hardwick, and Susan Sontag, to name just a few of his influences. Whether he is writing on origins, aphorisms, coherence, vulnerability, anxiety, or a number of other subjects, his command of language, his erudition, and his own personal history serve not so much to illuminate or magnify the subject as to discover it anew through a kaleidoscopic alignment of attention, thought, and feeling, a dazzling and momentary suspension of disparate elements, again and again. |
| examples of commentary in essays: The Great Influenza John M. Barry, 2005-10-04 #1 New York Times bestseller “Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history.”—Bill Gates Monumental... an authoritative and disturbing morality tale.—Chicago Tribune The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon. As Barry concludes, The final lesson of 1918, a simple one yet one most difficult to execute, is that...those in authority must retain the public's trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one. Lincoln said that first, and best. A leader must make whatever horror exists concrete. Only then will people be able to break it apart. At the height of World War I, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision of science and epidemic disease. |
| examples of commentary in essays: The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison, 2018-08-20 Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of “The Federalist Papers”, a collection of separate essays and articles compiled in 1788 by Alexander Hamilton. Following the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776, the governing doctrines and policies of the States lacked cohesion. “The Federalist”, as it was previously known, was constructed by American statesman Alexander Hamilton, and was intended to catalyse the ratification of the United States Constitution. Hamilton recruited fellow statesmen James Madison Jr., and John Jay to write papers for the compendium, and the three are known as some of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755–1804) was an American lawyer, journalist and highly influential government official. He also served as a Senior Officer in the Army between 1799-1800 and founded the Federalist Party, the system that governed the nation’s finances. His contributions to the Constitution and leadership made a significant and lasting impact on the early development of the nation of the United States. |
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| examples of commentary in essays: Under the Feet of Jesus Helena Maria Viramontes, 1996-04-01 Winner of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature “Stunning.”—Newsweek With the same audacity with which John Steinbeck wrote about migrant worker conditions in The Grapes of Wrath and T.C. Boyle in The Tortilla Curtain, Viramontes presents a moving and powerful vision of the lives of the men, women, and children who endure a second-class existence and labor under dangerous conditions in California's fields. At the center of this powerful tale is Estrella, a girl about to cross the perilous border to womanhood. What she knows of life comes from her mother, who has survived abandonment by her husband in a land that treats her as if she were invisible, even though she and her children pick the crops of the farms that feed its people. But within Estrella, seeds of growth and change are stirring. And in the arms of Alejo, they burst into a full, fierce flower as she tastes the joy and pain of first love. Pushed to the margins of society, she learns to fight back and is able to help the young farmworker she loves when his ambitions and very life are threatened in a harvest of death. Infused with the beauty of the California landscape and shifting splendors of the passing seasons juxtaposed with the bleakness of poverty, this vividly imagined novel is worthy of the people it celebrates and whose story it tells so magnificently. The simple lyrical beauty of Viramontes' prose, her haunting use of image and metaphor, and the urgency of her themes all announce Under the Feat of Jesus as a landmark work of American fiction. |
| examples of commentary in essays: The House of Mirth Edith Wharton, 2024-05-30 In late 19th-century New York, high society places great demands on a woman—she must be beautiful, wealthy, cultured, and above all, virtuous, at least on the surface. At 29, Lily Bart has had every opportunity to marry successfully within her social class, but her irresponsible lifestyle and high standards lead her further and further down the social ladder. Her gambling debts are catching up with her, and an arrangement with a friend's husband causes society to begin questioning her virtue. The House of Mirth is Edith Wharton’s sharp critique of an American upper class she viewed as morally corrupt and relentlessly materialistic. EDITH WHARTON [1862–1937], born in New York, made her debut at the age of forty but managed to write around twenty novels, nearly a hundred short stories, poetry, travelogues, and essays. Wharton was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times: 1927, 1928, and 1930. For The Age of Innocence [1920], she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1921. |
| examples of commentary in essays: Mathematical Writing Donald E. Knuth, Tracy Larrabee, Paul M. Roberts, 1989 This book will help those wishing to teach a course in technical writing, or who wish to write themselves. |
| examples of commentary in essays: DIY MFA Gabriela Pereira, 2016-07-08 Get the Knowledge Without the College! You are a writer. You dream of sharing your words with the world, and you're willing to put in the hard work to achieve success. You may have even considered earning your MFA, but for whatever reason--tuition costs, the time commitment, or other responsibilities--you've never been able to do it. Or maybe you've been looking for a self-guided approach so you don't have to go back to school. This book is for you. DIY MFA is the do-it-yourself alternative to a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing. By combining the three main components of a traditional MFA--writing, reading, and community--it teaches you how to craft compelling stories, engage your readers, and publish your work. Inside you'll learn how to: • Set customized goals for writing and learning. • Generate ideas on demand. • Outline your book from beginning to end. • Breathe life into your characters. • Master point of view, voice, dialogue, and more. • Read with a writer's eye to emulate the techniques of others. • Network like a pro, get the most out of writing workshops, and submit your work successfully. Writing belongs to everyone--not only those who earn a degree. With DIY MFA, you can take charge of your writing, produce high-quality work, get published, and build a writing career. |
| examples of commentary in essays: The Complete Guide to Article Writing Naveed Saleh, 2013-12-17 Master the art of article writing! The world of journalism is changing rapidly, and the modern journalist needs more than a basic knowledge of article writing to navigate it. The Complete Guide to Article Writing provides a compass for freelancers and students of journalism looking to write successfully on a wide variety of topics and for many different markets--both in print and online. From researching and interviewing to writing features, reviews, news articles, opinion pieces, and even blog posts, this one-stop guide will illuminate the intricacies of article writing so you can produce entertaining, informative, and salable articles. • Learn how to write coherently, cohesively, and concisely. • Choose the proper structure for the article you want to write. • Weave narrative and fact seamlessly into your pieces. • Develop your freelance platform with the latest in social media outlets. • Pitch your ideas like a pro. • Develop a professional relationship with editors. • And much more! Modern journalism can be a treacherous terrain, but with The Complete Guide to Article Writing as your companion, you'll not only survive the journey--you'll be able to write pieces that inform, entertain, inspire, delight--and sell! |
| examples of commentary in essays: The Genre of Biblical Commentary Timothy D. Finlay, William Yarchin, 2015-10-16 The genre of biblical commentary is as old as the Bible itself, and remains very much alive as a point of illuminating contact between the ancient text and its modern readers. In this volume, fourteen international Old Testament experts reflect upon multiple challenges of contemporary biblical commentary as a scholarly endeavor. How does a commentator strike a balance between engagement with the biblical text and the commentary tradition that the text has generated over the centuries? How does academically rigorous commentary-writing remain relevant for pastoral and lay readers of the Bible? Ancient biblical writers are notoriously diverse in their theological and literary nuances. Modern readers approach the Bible from an equally wide spectrum of interests. How does today's commentator act responsibly for all the text's stakeholders? John E. Hartley is widely respected for the multiple volumes he has produced with these questions in mind. This collection of essays appears in celebration of his accomplishments in the genre of Old Testament biblical commentary. |
| examples of commentary in essays: Suggestions to Medical Authors and A.M.A. Style Book American Medical Association, 1919 |
| examples of commentary in essays: Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe, 1994-09-01 “A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities. |
| examples of commentary in essays: On the Writing of New Testament Commentaries Stanley E. Porter, Eckhard J. Schnabel, 2012-09-28 The essays in On the Writing of New Testament Commentaries survey relevant questions related to the writing of commentaries on the books of the New Testament. |
| examples of commentary in essays: Writing Spaces Dana Driscoll, Matthew Vetter, 2020-03-07 Volumes in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing offer multiple perspectives on a wide range of topics about writing. In each chapter, authors present their unique views, insights, and strategies for writing by addressing the undergraduate reader directly. Drawing on their own experiences, these teachers-as-writers invite students to join in the larger conversation about the craft of writing. Consequently, each essay functions as a standalone text that can easily complement other selected readings in first year writing or writing-intensive courses across the disciplines at any level. Volume 3 continues the tradition of previous volumes with topics such as voice and style in writing, rhetorical appeals, discourse communities, multimodal composing, visual rhetoric, credibility, exigency, working with personal experience in academic writing, globalized writing and rhetoric, constructing scholarly ethos, imitation and style, and rhetorical punctuation. |
| examples of commentary in essays: The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy, 1886 One of Hardy's most powerful novels, The Mayor of Casterbridge opens with a shocking and haunting scene: In a drunken rage, Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a visiting sailor at a local fair. When they return to Casterbridge some nineteen years later, Henchard--having gained power and success as the mayor--finds he cannot erase the past or the guilt that consumes him. The Mayor of Casterbridge is a rich, psychological novel about a man whose own flaws combine with fate to cause his ruin. This Modern Library Paperback Classic reprints the authoritative 1912 Wessex edition, as well as Hardy's map of Wessex. |
| examples of commentary in essays: The Future of Life Edward O. Wilson, 2003-03-11 Eloquent, practical and wise, this book by one of the world’s most important scientists—and two time Pulitzer Prize winner—should be read and studied by anyone concerned with the fate of the natural world. It makes one thing clear ... we know what we do, and we have a choice (The New York Times Book Review). E.O. Wilson assesses the precarious state of our environment, examining the mass extinctions occurring in our time and the natural treasures we are about to lose forever. Yet, rather than eschewing doomsday prophesies, he spells out a specific plan to save our world while there is still time. His vision is a hopeful one, as economically sound as it is environmentally necessary. |
| examples of commentary in essays: How Novels Work John Mullan, 2008-02-14 Never has contemporary fiction been more widely discussed and passionately analysed; recent years have seen a huge growth in the number of reading groups and in the interest of a non-academic readership in the discussion of how novels work. Drawing on his weekly Guardian column, 'Elements of Fiction', John Mullan examines novels mostly of the last ten years, many of which have become firm favourites with reading groups. He reveals the rich resources of novelistic technique, setting recent fiction alongside classics of the past. Nick Hornby's adoption of a female narrator is compared to Daniel Defoe's; Ian McEwan's use of weather is set against Austen's and Hardy's; Carole Shield's chapter divisions are likened to Fanny Burney's. Each section shows how some basic element of fiction is used. Some topics (like plot, dialogue, or location) will appear familiar to most novel readers; others (metanarrative, prolepsis, amplification) will open readers' eyes to new ways of understanding and appreciating the writer's craft. How Novels Work explains how the pleasures of novel reading often come from the formal ingenuity of the novelist. It is an entertaining and stimulating exploration of that ingenuity. Addressed to anyone who is interested in the close reading of fiction, it makes visible techniques and effects we are often only half-aware of as we read. It shows that literary criticism is something that all fiction enthusiasts can do. Contemporary novels discussed include: Monica Ali's Brick Lane; Martin Amis's Money; Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin; A.S. Byatt's Possession; Jonathan Coe's The Rotters' Club; J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace; Michael Cunningham's The Hours; Don DeLillo's Underworld; Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White; Ian Fleming's From Russia with Love; Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections; Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time; Patricia Highsmith's Ripley under Ground; Alan Hollinghurst's The Spell; Nick Hornby's How to Be Good; Ian McEwan's Atonement; John le Carré's The Constant Gardener; Andrea Levy's Small Island; David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas; Andrew O'Hagan's Personality; Orhan Pamuk's My Name Is Red; Ann Patchett's Bel Canto; Ruth Rendell's Adam and Eve and Pinch Me; Philip Roth's The Human Stain; Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything Is Illuminated; Carol Shields's Unless; Zadie Smith's White Teeth; Muriel Spark's Aiding and Abetting; Graham Swift's Last Orders; Donna Tartt's The Secret History; William Trevor's The Hill Bachelors; and Richard Yates's Revolutionary Road . |
| examples of commentary in essays: Last Child in the Woods Richard Louv, 2008-04-22 The Book That Launched an International Movement Fans of The Anxious Generation will adore Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller. “An absolute must-read for parents.” —The Boston Globe “It rivals Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.” —The Cincinnati Enquirer “I like to play indoors better ’cause that’s where all the electrical outlets are,” reports a fourth grader. But it’s not only computers, television, and video games that are keeping kids inside. It’s also their parents’ fears of traffic, strangers, Lyme disease, and West Nile virus; their schools’ emphasis on more and more homework; their structured schedules; and their lack of access to natural areas. Local governments, neighborhood associations, and even organizations devoted to the outdoors are placing legal and regulatory constraints on many wild spaces, sometimes making natural play a crime. As children’s connections to nature diminish and the social, psychological, and spiritual implications become apparent, new research shows that nature can offer powerful therapy for such maladies as depression, obesity, and attention deficit disorder. Environment-based education dramatically improves standardized test scores and grade-point averages and develops skills in problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making. Anecdotal evidence strongly suggests that childhood experiences in nature stimulate creativity. In Last Child in the Woods, Louv talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists who recognize the threat and offer solutions. Louv shows us an alternative future, one in which parents help their kids experience the natural world more deeply—and find the joy of family connectedness in the process. Included in this edition: A Field Guide with 100 Practical Actions We Can Take Discussion Points for Book Groups, Classrooms, and Communities Additional Notes by the Author New and Updated Research from the U.S. and Abroad |
| examples of commentary in essays: "They Say Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, 2016 THIS TITLE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2016 MLA UPDATE. The New York Times best-selling book on academic writing--in use at more than 1,500 schools. |
| examples of commentary in essays: College Writing For Dummies Joe Giampalmi, 2022-08-30 Transform your next college essay into an A+ masterpiece Taking a 100-level English composition course? Just doing your best to get ready for the rigors of college-level writing? Then it’s probably time you picked up College Writing For Dummies, the single greatest roadmap to writing high-quality essays, reports, and more! This book is the ideal companion for any introductory college writing course and tracks the curriculum of a typical English Composition, College Writing, English 101, or Writing & Rhetoric course. You’ll learn composition techniques, style, language, and grammar tips, and discover how to plan, write, and revise your material. You’ll also get: Ten can’t-miss resources for improving your college writing Strategies for revising and repairing inadequate essays on your own Techniques to help non-native English speakers master the challenging world of English essay writing Full of real-world examples, lessons in essay structure, grammar, and everything in between, this book is a must-read for every incoming college freshman looking for a head start in one of the most important skills you’ll need over the next few years. Grab a copy of College Writing For Dummies today. |
| examples of commentary in essays: Reflecting on Practice John D. Bain, Roy Ballantyne, Colleen Mills, Nita C. Lester, 2002 Student teachers face many challenges when they practice teaching in another teacher's classroom. This book aims to assist student teachers to reflect deeply upon their professional practice and broader issues confronting school education. |
| examples of commentary in essays: GRE For Dummies Ron Woldoff, Joseph Kraynak, 2015-01-27 The fast and easy way to score higher on the GRE Does the thought of preparing for the GRE give you goose bumps? Fear not! This new edition of GRE For Dummies with Online Practice gives you a competitive edge by fully preparing you for the GRE exam with subject reviews and tons of practice opportunities. Written in the accessible and friendly style that has defined the For Dummies brand for more than twenty years, this hands-on guide helps you assess where you need more study help, gets you up-to-speed on the questions you can expect to encounter on the actual GRE exam, and will have you practicing your way to test-taking perfection by exam day. The Graduate Record Examinations is a standardized test and admission requirement for most graduate schools in the United States. THE GRE aims to measure verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, analytical writing, and critical thinking skills that have been acquired over a long period of time and that are not related to any specific field of study. If you're an aspiring graduate school student preparing for this all-important exam, GRE For Dummies with Online Practice gives you everything you need to increase your chances of scoring higher. Includes full-length GRE practice tests and hundreds of practice questions to prepare you for test day Provides trusted GRE test-taking strategies to help you score your highest Helps you master verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and analytical writing Gives you access to GRE practice questions online So what are you waiting for? Start practicing today—and get into the graduate school of your dreams! |
| examples of commentary in essays: Good Essay Writing Peter Redman, Wendy Maples, 2017-02-22 Writing good essays is one of the most challenging aspects of studying in the social sciences. This simple guide provides you with proven approaches and techniques to help turn you into a well-oiled, essay writing machine. Good Essay Writing demonstrates how to think critically and formulate your argument as well as offering water-tight structuring tips, referencing advice and a word on those all too familiar common worries – all brought to life through real student examples from a range of subjects. Now in its fifth edition, this fresh update contains: New essay examples are analysed and discussed, so you have a clear understanding of what makes a good essay A new chapter on essay writing skills and other forms of social science writing, helping you transfer the skills you learn to different types of written assessments A new Companion Website providing additional exercises and examples, helping you practice and apply the skills. This practical guide is an absolute must for everybody wanting – or needing – to brush up on their essay writing skills and boost their grades. The Student Success series are essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think critically and write great essays to planning your dream career, the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best from your time at university. Visit the SAGE Study Skills hub for tips and resources for study success! |
| examples of commentary in essays: Axelrod & Cooper's Concise Guide to Writing Rise B. Axelrod, Charles Raymond Cooper, 2006 Provides six guided writing assignments along with readings and strategies for writing and research -- all in a brief, flexible, easy-to-use format. |
| examples of commentary in essays: The Beet Queen Louise Erdrich, 1998-04 Orphaned fourteen-year-old Carl and his eleven-year-old sister, Mary, travel to Argus, North Dakota, to live with their mother's sister, in this tale of abandonment, sexual obsession, jealousy and unstinting love. |
| examples of commentary in essays: Writing Book Reviews John Eldridge Drewry, 1966 Complete revision of the author's Book reviewing, originally published in 1945. |
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First, identify the topic sentence, evidence, and attempted commentary in the following ARGUMENT paragraph. Then make some revisions to improve the commentary in this …
Name Date These are not the only commentary helpers; they …
Examples of commentary include prediction, opinion, insight, analysis, interpretation, inference, personal response, feelings, evaluation, explication, personal experience, and reflection.
Faculty of Classics: Guidance on Commentaries and Gobbets
A commentary or gobbet is largely concerned with the explication of a single passage of text; an essay is directed towards a different goal, making a more general argument or arguments on a …
Lead-ins, Quotes, and Commentary - Mrs. Dewey's Class
Commentary must follow the quotation that explains how the textual evidence presents the claim. An assertion is a general statement of belief or judgment that can be supported with specific …
HOW TO WRITE: AP Rhetorical Analysis Paragraphs and …
Strive to use the stronger verbs in your essays to help push yourself away from summary and toward analysis: “The writer flatters…” NOT “The writer says…”
Argument/Commentary: Identifying a Pattern of Meaning …
argument—your voice and perspective are essential as you need to provide commentary. A commentary will have these features: - Identifies a pattern of meaning in events, trends, and …
Sample Summaries and Commentaries - Pearson
Commentary The first sentence tells us the title, author, type of essay, topic, and thesis, with an observation that the thesis comes toward the end (inductive structure). Finding the thesis in …
Strategies for Essay Writing - Harvard College Writing Center
Verbs like analyze, compare, discuss, explain, make an argument, propose a solution, trace, or research can help you understand what you’re being asked to do with an assignment. Unless …
AP English Literature and Composition - AP Central
COMMENTARY: Explains how some of the evidence relates to the student’s argument, but no line of reasoning is established, or the line of reasoning is faulty. 3 points. EVIDENCE: …
Using Steinbeck as a model for social commentary. - The …
In this lesson, designed for a 10th grade American Literature Honors class, students will use selected essays from Steinbeck’s America and Americans and chapters of Grapes of Wrath …
Lead-in, Quote, Commentary Worksheet - All Things Dewey
When adding a quote or quotes to writing, it is important to surround them with material that will help them make sense in the context of the paper, such as lead-ins and commentary. If a …
Essay Outlines & The Claim, Evidence, Commentary Model
2) “Body” Paragraphs (Claim, Evidence, Commentary): in which you make a claim that relates to your thesis; cite evidence in the form of specific quotes or passages from the text that relate to …
Critical writing examples - Norwich University of the Arts
Critical writing examples Example 1: 3rd Year Film Student Roland Barthes’ (1978) essay Rhetoric of the Image explains semiotic theory as applied to moving image and the two levels …
Lead in, quote, commentary - All Things Dewey
One way to remember what your options are for commentary is to use the acronym SPIES: SIGNIFICANCE, PURPOSE, IMPORTANCE, EFFECT, or SUGGESTION. Using these trigger …
A Brief Guide to the Elements of the Academic Essay
Evidence: the data—facts, examples, details—that you refer to, quote, or summarize in order to support your thesis. There needs to be enough evidence to be persuasive; it needs to be the …
COMMENTARY STARTERS - Explication Central
COMMENTARY STARTERS-for use with essays, paragraphs, and journals... Analysis This reveals... This shows... This demonstrates... This means... or The words ___x__ in ...
A Guide to the Literary-Analysis Essay - Chandler Unified …
Commentary tells the reader what the author of the text means or how the concrete detail proves the topic sentence/support thesis. Commentary may include interpretation, analysis, argument, …
Samples of Proficient Writing with Commentaries Grade 5
commentary that provides a rationale for and specific examples used to determine proficiency. The commentaries include the instructional context, student text, analysis, and instructional …
Analytical Writing Sample Essays and Commentaries Large …
This document contains the writing topics for Practice Test #3, the scoring guides for each section, and sample responses with commentaries for each topic. Note: Sample responses …
EXTEMP COMMENTARY - National Speech and Debate …
Within speech and debate, there are two types of Commentary: Extemporaneous and Prepared. This guide will focus on Extemporaneous Commentary. Commentary combines the speaking …
Commentary Introduction Guided Notes & Practice
First, identify the topic sentence, evidence, and attempted commentary in the following ARGUMENT paragraph. Then make some revisions to improve the commentary in this …
Name Date These are not the only commentary helpers; they …
Examples of commentary include prediction, opinion, insight, analysis, interpretation, inference, personal response, feelings, evaluation, explication, personal experience, and reflection.
Faculty of Classics: Guidance on Commentaries and Gobbets
A commentary or gobbet is largely concerned with the explication of a single passage of text; an essay is directed towards a different goal, making a more general argument or arguments on a …
Lead-ins, Quotes, and Commentary - Mrs. Dewey's Class
Commentary must follow the quotation that explains how the textual evidence presents the claim. An assertion is a general statement of belief or judgment that can be supported with specific …
HOW TO WRITE: AP Rhetorical Analysis Paragraphs and …
Strive to use the stronger verbs in your essays to help push yourself away from summary and toward analysis: “The writer flatters…” NOT “The writer says…”
Argument/Commentary: Identifying a Pattern of Meaning …
argument—your voice and perspective are essential as you need to provide commentary. A commentary will have these features: - Identifies a pattern of meaning in events, trends, and …
Sample Summaries and Commentaries - Pearson
Commentary The first sentence tells us the title, author, type of essay, topic, and thesis, with an observation that the thesis comes toward the end (inductive structure). Finding the thesis in …
Strategies for Essay Writing - Harvard College Writing Center
Verbs like analyze, compare, discuss, explain, make an argument, propose a solution, trace, or research can help you understand what you’re being asked to do with an assignment. Unless …
AP English Literature and Composition - AP Central
COMMENTARY: Explains how some of the evidence relates to the student’s argument, but no line of reasoning is established, or the line of reasoning is faulty. 3 points. EVIDENCE: …
Using Steinbeck as a model for social commentary. - The …
In this lesson, designed for a 10th grade American Literature Honors class, students will use selected essays from Steinbeck’s America and Americans and chapters of Grapes of Wrath …
Lead-in, Quote, Commentary Worksheet - All Things Dewey
When adding a quote or quotes to writing, it is important to surround them with material that will help them make sense in the context of the paper, such as lead-ins and commentary. If a …
Essay Outlines & The Claim, Evidence, Commentary Model
2) “Body” Paragraphs (Claim, Evidence, Commentary): in which you make a claim that relates to your thesis; cite evidence in the form of specific quotes or passages from the text that relate to …
Critical writing examples - Norwich University of the Arts
Critical writing examples Example 1: 3rd Year Film Student Roland Barthes’ (1978) essay Rhetoric of the Image explains semiotic theory as applied to moving image and the two levels …
Lead in, quote, commentary - All Things Dewey
One way to remember what your options are for commentary is to use the acronym SPIES: SIGNIFICANCE, PURPOSE, IMPORTANCE, EFFECT, or SUGGESTION. Using these trigger …
A Brief Guide to the Elements of the Academic Essay
Evidence: the data—facts, examples, details—that you refer to, quote, or summarize in order to support your thesis. There needs to be enough evidence to be persuasive; it needs to be the …
COMMENTARY STARTERS - Explication Central
COMMENTARY STARTERS-for use with essays, paragraphs, and journals... Analysis This reveals... This shows... This demonstrates... This means... or The words …
A Guide to the Literary-Analysis Essay - Chandler Unified Schoo…
Commentary tells the reader what the author of the text means or how the concrete detail proves the topic sentence/support thesis. Commentary may include interpretation, …
Samples of Proficient Writing with Commentaries Grade 5 - Al…
commentary that provides a rationale for and specific examples used to determine proficiency. The commentaries include the instructional context, student text, analysis, …
Analytical Writing Sample Essays and Commentaries Large Print
This document contains the writing topics for Practice Test #3, the scoring guides for each section, and sample responses with commentaries for each topic. Note: Sample …
EXTEMP COMMENTARY - National Speech and Debate Association
Within speech and debate, there are two types of Commentary: Extemporaneous and Prepared. This guide will focus on Extemporaneous Commentary. Commentary …
COMMENTARY STARTERS - Explication Central
COMMENTARY STARTERS-for use with essays, paragraphs, and journals... Analysis This reveals... This shows... This demonstrates... This means... or The words ___x__ in ...
A Guide to the Literary-Analysis Essay - Chandler Unified …
Commentary tells the reader what the author of the text means or how the concrete detail proves the topic sentence/support thesis. Commentary may include interpretation, analysis, argument, …
Samples of Proficient Writing with Commentaries Grade 5
commentary that provides a rationale for and specific examples used to determine proficiency. The commentaries include the instructional context, student text, analysis, and instructional …
Analytical Writing Sample Essays and Commentaries Large …
This document contains the writing topics for Practice Test #3, the scoring guides for each section, and sample responses with commentaries for each topic. Note: Sample responses …
EXTEMP COMMENTARY - National Speech and Debate …
Within speech and debate, there are two types of Commentary: Extemporaneous and Prepared. This guide will focus on Extemporaneous Commentary. Commentary combines the speaking …
Commentary Introduction Guided Notes & Practice
First, identify the topic sentence, evidence, and attempted commentary in the following ARGUMENT paragraph. Then make some revisions to improve the commentary in this …
Name Date These are not the only commentary helpers; they …
Examples of commentary include prediction, opinion, insight, analysis, interpretation, inference, personal response, feelings, evaluation, explication, personal experience, and reflection.
Faculty of Classics: Guidance on Commentaries and Gobbets
A commentary or gobbet is largely concerned with the explication of a single passage of text; an essay is directed towards a different goal, making a more general argument or arguments on a …
Lead-ins, Quotes, and Commentary - Mrs. Dewey's Class
Commentary must follow the quotation that explains how the textual evidence presents the claim. An assertion is a general statement of belief or judgment that can be supported with specific …
HOW TO WRITE: AP Rhetorical Analysis Paragraphs and …
Strive to use the stronger verbs in your essays to help push yourself away from summary and toward analysis: “The writer flatters…” NOT “The writer says…”
Argument/Commentary: Identifying a Pattern of Meaning with …
argument—your voice and perspective are essential as you need to provide commentary. A commentary will have these features: - Identifies a pattern of meaning in events, trends, and …
Sample Summaries and Commentaries - Pearson
Commentary The first sentence tells us the title, author, type of essay, topic, and thesis, with an observation that the thesis comes toward the end (inductive structure). Finding the thesis in …
Strategies for Essay Writing - Harvard College Writing Center
Verbs like analyze, compare, discuss, explain, make an argument, propose a solution, trace, or research can help you understand what you’re being asked to do with an assignment. Unless …
AP English Literature and Composition - AP Central
COMMENTARY: Explains how some of the evidence relates to the student’s argument, but no line of reasoning is established, or the line of reasoning is faulty. 3 points. EVIDENCE: …
Using Steinbeck as a model for social commentary. - The …
In this lesson, designed for a 10th grade American Literature Honors class, students will use selected essays from Steinbeck’s America and Americans and chapters of Grapes of Wrath …
Lead-in, Quote, Commentary Worksheet - All Things Dewey
When adding a quote or quotes to writing, it is important to surround them with material that will help them make sense in the context of the paper, such as lead-ins and commentary. If a …
Essay Outlines & The Claim, Evidence, Commentary Model
2) “Body” Paragraphs (Claim, Evidence, Commentary): in which you make a claim that relates to your thesis; cite evidence in the form of specific quotes or passages from the text that relate to …
Critical writing examples - Norwich University of the Arts
Critical writing examples Example 1: 3rd Year Film Student Roland Barthes’ (1978) essay Rhetoric of the Image explains semiotic theory as applied to moving image and the two levels of …
Lead in, quote, commentary - All Things Dewey
One way to remember what your options are for commentary is to use the acronym SPIES: SIGNIFICANCE, PURPOSE, IMPORTANCE, EFFECT, or SUGGESTION. Using these trigger …
A Brief Guide to the Elements of the Academic Essay
Evidence: the data—facts, examples, details—that you refer to, quote, or summarize in order to support your thesis. There needs to be enough evidence to be persuasive; it needs to be the …
