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Monday, August 24, 2020
Literary Devices—due November 12
Write 150+ words about literary devices you're utilizing in your narration or scholarship essays. (Don't overdo the formality in the scholarship essays; vocabulary and stylization don't have to take over there.)
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Jennica Pitts
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I chose to do scholarship essays in the place of my narration essay. In my writing, I used many literary devices to connect with the reader or judge. I wanted to exceed the competition for these scholarships in a hope that I would be rewarded for my writing style. I used multiple devices from flashbacks and imagery, similes and metaphors, anything I could to make a connection with the audience. I used flashbacks to tell how I was associated with the questions that scholarships asked me. To enhance these flashbacks, I would use imagery to explain what was happening to me, to people around me, to my environment. I would use similes and metaphors to describe these situations and how I felt because of them. I would always try to keep my essays in my point of view so the essay sounded like a real person. Someone who would greatly benefit from their scholarships and would put them to good use.
I still haven't decided whether to write a narration essay, scholarship essays, or a combination of the two. For a narration essay, the best way to capture the reader's attention would be to use colorful adjectives, powerful verbs, and captivating literary techniques. A story is built on its ability to take root in the reader's mind, which is why outstanding literary devices such as imagery and flashbacks will help develop the essay and provoke the reader into forming their own conclusions. Scholarship essays can benefit from these attributes, but they also require their own unique properties. The goal of a scholarship essay is to make the writer stand out among the other countless competitive collegiates. Because of this, properly including advanced writing techniques like colloquialism and varied sentence structure will demonstrate to the reader that the essay was written by a qualified student. After all, impressing higher-ups with your eloquence is an excellent way to enter your college career.
The people who judge scholarship essays read more than a few of them; they spend hours and hours going through hundreds of essays. Most of these essays are very similar to each other, and if an essay does not stand out from the rest, the essay is not considered. The use of literary devices and the stylizing of sentences makes essays pop out to readers. The first thing that I focused on when writing my scholarship essays was the variation of sentence structure. If a scholarship essay reader reads an essay in which every sentence starts with "There is...", "There are...", or "I...", they might not even bother making it to the end of the essay. Not every sentence should have just a subject and a verb, either. I incorporated compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences in order to avoid dreary simplicity. Next, I simply incorporated various literary devices in my essays. I used gerunds, infinitives, subordinate clauses, and more to replace subjects and other nouns. I like to use literary devices that are not words, like colons, semicolons, dashes, and ellipsis. These gave my essays a bit more pizzazz by adding more variation in sentence structure and making my essay not so much of an endless abyss of words.
I have decided to do a mixture of Narration and Scholarship essays. While writing the narration essay using strong adjectives will help to convey your message as will the help of precise verbs. The use of flashbacks in your story will also help you to convey a powerful message and truly set the image of the experience that you are trying to convey in the minds of your audience. Strong imagery will also allow you to successfully place this image of your story into the minds of the reader. These things could come into play with scholarship essays but they don’t have to be as predominant as they do in your narration essay. When writing scholarship essays the whole goal is to hype yourself up and brag about your accomplishments but you have to do that in a way that doesn’t overstep the line of being too braggy. This can be accomplished by writing in a very professional way, in this essay the more professional the tone of the essay the greater likelihood of the scholarship board taking more time to read through your essay and being in awe of the professional tone and the mastery of your writing. The more erudite that you can sound the better chance that they remember your essay out of thousands or possibly even millions of scholarships.
I will be shortening my narration essay by writing a couple of scholarship essays. When writing a scholarship essay, you have to be precise with your wording. Since they only may alow a few hundred words, you don't want to put in words like "it is," or "there are." You want to use each word to its full extent. The scholarship essay that I will be writing is about looking back on your life 30 years from now. For this, I will be using a combination of flashbacks and flash-forwards. For my narration essay, it will be helpful to relate my life to certain people or places. This will help the reader visualize what I am trying to convey to them. I will do this by putting myself in the mind of an author and writing as they would write. Along with that using exaggeration also is an excellent technique to keep the reader inclined.
I have not completely decided whether I am going to replace all of my narration essay pages with scholarship essays. I already have some essays figured out but I do not know whether they will all be enough to replace all six pages of the narration essay. Whichever I choose I would still need to use complex and effective literary devices within my essays to put my writing above others. Some of the ways that I have illustrated that would be by the use of similes, metaphors, imagery, and anaphora. Similes and metaphors, although they are basic they can be quite effective if used in the correct place at the correct time. I could use these by categorizing myself with very positive things, to help convey responsibility, kindness, and strength. Imagery would be used in a similar way. I would try to put myself with those positive things that I said and that would make myself more appealing towards the judges of the scholarship essays or my story to the readers of my narration essay.
I have decided to write a couple scholarship essays to shorten my narration essay. When writing a scholarship essay, you have to be precise and to the point. You want to make sure your essay is the best. The people who read the scholarship essays spend hours on end determining who is the right fit to give their money to. They read many similar essays so being able to be different than everyone else is crucial. Using literary devices and styling your sentences a certain way helps your scholarship essays stand out to the judges. When I write different scholarship essays I really focus on the style of my sentences. I try not to start my sentences the same way because I know that can get super boring. I try incorporating gerunds and infinitives to make my essays sound more interesting. I try styling my sentences and using different literary devices to make my essay stand out to the judges.
As a way to make my writing more interesting, I will be utilizing literary devices in my narrative essay. I will make use of flashbacks by referencing an event that took place before the main writing. A flashback is great at informing the reader of a previous event that took place to help them make sense of what is going on in the story. Foreshadowing will be apart of my narrative essays as well. Foreshadowing adds suspense to the story, engaging the reader's interest. Metaphors, similes, or assimilations will be added throughout my essay as a way to make the writing come to life. With the use of metaphors and similes, the reader is able to imagine the event that is taking place much more vividly. Literary devices make the writing stand out; it puts emphasis on what is being said. Including literary devices in my writing propels readers in being able to understand the story better.
I am writing a complete narration essay, and I am using many different techniques and devices. My main goal with using techniques is to pique the reader’s interest and try to keep them reading the story. Lots of boring words, expletives, and redundancy can make it difficult to want to continue reading. I am actively trying to avoid using the phrase “says” whenever there is dialogue, as there are tons of other things that could be used instead. The use of strong words can help the reader visualize the story and will keep them interested. Every story should use multiple literary devices. In my story already I have used imagery and exposition. I think almost every story uses imagery whether intentionally or not. Imagery is one of the most useful tools when writing as it helps people visualize the story and possibly feel like they are a part of the story.
I have decided to do both scholarship essays and my narration. Throughout the writing, I have found that it is much easier to use literary devices within my narration. I think this is because it is a more creative piece than some of my scholarship essays. Some of the literary devices that I have incorporated are similes, metaphors, and imagery. These three are the main ones I have used because they are vital to creating a unique setting, and creating an overall interesting essay. I also used foreshadowing a bit in my story to build suspense for the reader and keep them guessing. I think that literary devices are important because just like sentence variety, they add detail and individuality to your writing. I think that using literary devices can help a person become an overall more experienced writer, and give them more "tools" to use when it comes to writing essays or creative writings.
I am writing a mixture of both scholarship essays and a narration essay. I chose to do this so that I can make sure I have three pages by this Friday, while still getting scholarship essays knocked out of the way. Some literary devices that I will be utilizing in my narration essay will be parallelism, starting sentences with gerunds and infinitives, parenthesis, dashes, and many many more. I choose to use these literary devices to keep my essays flowing but still being non-repetitive. When writing essays I use a variety of chiasmus and powerful verbs to change up the sentence guts and make them more interesting. I use gerunds and infinitives to start my sentences because if I keep starting my sentences with subjects, my essay becomes very repetitive and that is no fun to read. Using chiasmus shows new ways to emphasize the main points that I am trying to get across. Literary devices are very helpful to move my essay along and to make them sound more intelligent.
I have decided to do an all narration essay. I have found out while starting this that it is much easier for me to write and include literary devices in a narration that my other essays. I think this is because I am writing about something that I know a lot about, obviously, and the words can just flow right onto the page. I have suspense throughout the story, along with other writing sentence styles. Dashes, parenthesis, quotes. It is much easier for me to think of these things this far along in this class, especially when I don't have to research things and information that is new to me. The quotes all happened, I know all the action, so it flows better. I also use foreshadowing in my essay, along with metaphors and imagery. I can set the stage exactly how I want it, from the weather to what I was wearing so the reader has a very good understanding of what is going on in the story. Literary devices are coming to me much quicker, making my story sound better and more interesting.
In my narration essay, I am using literary devices to attract the readers attention and highlight certain portions of the essay. I found it easy to write with literary devices such as similes, metaphors, allusions, and foreshadowing. Narrating your own personal story means that you know the details. What you do not remember, you create. Showing the significance of certain events, people, or objects by using figurative language (similes, metaphors) brings the reader's attention to what you are trying to say. It also helps to create a vivid picture within the reader's mind to help them understand your perspective. Foreshadowing can be a helpful tool in developing the plot, as it causes the reader to consider the impact of certain actions. Using full characterization and developed setting builds the environment in which the story takes place. I fully developed the setting of the crucial point of the story, as I felt that the setting was essential to comprehending the main event. Using literary devices is essential to composing a narrative that puts the audience in your shoes, which ensures that they are able to take away the lesson of the story.
Literary devices make a writer stand out. The simple devices you learn in grade school: alliteration, simile, and metaphor, and the comprehension of new devices like chiasmus, euphemism, and inversion, can greatly improve your writing. By learning these new literary devices my writing has drastically transformed. They help to vary my sentence structure and keep my writing diverse. I will utilize the use of these devices in my narrative by including simpler devices to describe the plot, setting, and characters. I will also utilize more complex literary devices to differentiate my writing and sentence structure. The use of inversion is debatably the most valuable literary device I have developed. Changing the order of words in a sentence grabs the reader's attention. I have learned to appreciate this when reading other's work. My narrative essay will also implement flashbacks as a form of storytelling. I think this is common when writing narratives because it offers readers a break from a traditionally formatted story. Coinciding with flashbacks is foreshadowing. Early in my narrative, I use foreshadowing to offer readers a hint at what is to come and use this spark their interest to continue reading.
I have decided to write both a scholarship essay and narration. I found that the narration allows for a lot more use of literary devices. You have to create a story and make the reader really understand what you are explaining. In the scholarship essays, you need to still use literary devices to make your writing sound better but you have to be more precise with what you are saying. In my narrative essay, I use different similes, metaphors, and allusions to bring the story to life. It makes it more detailed and descriptive when writing. When writing a story you do not want to say the same thing over and over or start with the same sentence styles. Changing up how you write and adding in different literary elements to your writing can really make it flow easier. It also allows the reader the option to really connect with what you are saying and picture it in their head.
I am doing a mix of scholarship essays and narration. I plan on using exaggerations in my narration to get the reader interested or have them wondering. I also will try to rarely use words like they or that because in scholarship essays they are reading thousands of essays so I need to use words that intrigue the reader so the companies will choose my essay over someone elses per say. I need to use precise verbs and always show sophistication through different styles of grammatical classifications. I believe if I add more styles and use these precise verbs I can intrigue the reader and make them believe that I am worth the scholarship. I know how many essays they read so I need to set myself apart with perfect punctuation and not using the same style of sentences over and over. So using these styles I can win more scholarships by showing sophistication by using precise verbs and many styles of sentences.
I made the decision on writing both a scholarship and a narration essay. When writing a narration essay, you are to use more literary devices than other essays. This is because when you are writing the story you are trying to create an understanding for the reader who is reading the story. Usually, it is not as neat and sharp as it would be for a scholarship essay. As for writing a scholarship essay, you probably are going to want to have the essay to be accurate and pinpoint the subject of what you are writing about. Usually, in a narrative essay, you would use different elements in your writing to hold the interest of your reader. For example, styled writing and just using creative styles, this goes great for a scholarship essay as well. Just being able to know how to write a narration and scholarship essay will help a lot in your future to come. It will teach you what your readers like, and how to utilize your styled writing into something that others look forward to reading.
I replaced the narration essay with various scholarship essays. The topics for these essays include (but are not limited to) a summation of my high school years as well as information regarding a role model in my life who has been particularly influential in helping me get through school. To enhance my writing about these subjects, I plan on using a few semicolons to create sentence variety while still allowing the sentences to flow smoothly. Furthermore, I will add sentence variety by including many different types of sentences—including simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, and fragments. Therefore, each sentence will have a different number of dependent and independent clauses so that the sentence structure will not become repetitive after a while. Besides basic sentence structure, I plan on inserting dashes and parentheses to make the essay look more professional as well as to add in extra information that did not fit cleanly into the sentence.
I decided to write scholarship essays instead of the narrative essay. With my scholarship essays, I tried to make myself relatable and possibly have something in common with the readers. I used stories from my life and also used imagery whenever possible. With my writing, I tried to make an impact on the reader, so they would be more likely to vote for my essay as compared to the hundreds they have already read. I wanted my essays to stick out and show them something different. I used relatable stories and scenarios to help the reader connect and understand what I was trying to say. When writing scholarship essays, you have to learn how to get right to the point, it is not supposed to be very creative writing. You have a word count limit and you have to make those the best, most impactful words for the reader. Along the way, I have used some of the styling sentences, but I have also used metaphors and similes to make it clear to the reader what I am trying to say.
In my narrative essay, I will be utilizing literary devices. I will try and incorporate a variety of styles including cool alliteration, which can make my essay a little more interesting. While writing my narration I will attempt to imitate an author’s writing style for my first time, to try to enhance my writing. Inside my essay, though not written yet, you will find an example of flashback/flash-forward and an instance of foreshadowing. Using these techniques can enhance a narration and grasp a reader’s attention; making one understand the writer’s point of view. In a narration, a literary device can simply be the development of the setting or characters. Letting a reader get a full image of a scene or character by explaining well can help the reader be more interested. Being able to understand the variety of literary devices you can add in your essay can make one’s essay sound more professional.
My essay is composed of both a scholarship essay and a narrative essay; therefore, I have plenty of opportunities to incorporate a vast variety of literary devices. To begin, I naturally included certain writing devices such as similes, allusions, and alliteration in my writing. As literary devices we learned in elementary school, it has become instinctive to write with such devices as means to show education and ability. Including alliterations and similes assists in capturing the reader’s attention through memorable statements; similarly, allusions force the reader to ponder where they came across whatever information you are alluding to. Following the labeling of basic literary devices, it came time to add flair to my narration through the use of more advanced devices such as full character development, foreshadowing, and flashbacks. I utilized character development in my narrative essay to involve the reader in the story by providing the reader with the feeling of understanding the character on a personal level. Foreshadowing is used to build suspense, and the suspense built through foreshadowing adds to the drama of the story, helping pop the climax of the story—the moral. Flashbacks provide a movie-like feeling to the story while also providing the reader with information that would otherwise feel misplaced in the story. The combination of diction and literary devices produces a well-written, impactful composition that leaves the reader hoping for more.
I have decided to complete only scholarship essays rather than a narration essay. I feel that this is the best idea because scholarship essays are much more valuable in my eyes. I believe that a narration essay would be much easier to write. I think that it is much easier to include different literary devices in a narration essay. It can be done in scholarship essays; however, you have to be sure that you don't overdo it. I also believe that a narration essay is much more enjoyable to write. Something about writing down real-life experiences allows words to flow onto a paper like nothing else. I find that I am often stuck on scholarship essays for a wide variety of reasons. I want to make sure that all of the words I use are the best ones possible. However, I also don't want to overdo the vocabulary. It is also vital to start your sentences in a variety of ways. Some who read scholarship essays might not finish your paper if it doesn't strike with them right away.
In my essay, I have utilized a lot of literary devices. One literary device that I have used is a flashback to show the readers what has happened before that is similar to what is happening now. I used a flashback to give the reader more information. I also will use foreshadowing to create suspense and get the readers wondering what is going to happen. There are also a lot of similes and metaphors to add a description so the readers can see what I am seeing in my story. Just adding all the different types of literary devices will keep the reader interested. There are a lot of literary devices to use; it doesn’t just have to be the ones I have said there are chiasmus, alliteration, and many more. It can also help with the structure of the essay adding literary devices makes my sentences different keeping the reader interested. Literary devices can be the ones that you learned back in grade school and it can also be the ones that you are learning now and are new to you.
When presented with this writing opportunity, I chose to write both a narrative essay and a few scholarship essays. Creative writing allows one to dig deep within themselves and actually write what they want; on the other hand, I want to take this opportunity to make some money. As a writer, I have grown immensely in terms of using literary devices. Literary devices are the things that set my writing apart from anybody else's. At first, writing in different styles was difficult—and quite frankly, inconvenient. Having to go back and rewrite sentences in order to get some literary diversity took time and effort. Now that I've almost "trained" myself to use these devices, I've noticed that I tend to use specific devices a lot more than others. Putting an emphatic appositive after a colon is one of my favorites. Expanding my horizons and using literary devices in my essays will really make my writing more interesting. Perhaps it will even make my writing fun to read. I want to captivate my audience. Whether it is my teacher, a judge, a professor, or a friend peer reviewing my essay, I want to intrigue them. Using literary devices makes my writing unique. Interesting. Better.
I have decided to write a narration essay about an interesting experience in my life. In order to show my ideas and connect with the readers in the best way possible, I must use different kinds of literary devices. A common literary device, that is very effective at making connections to readers, is the allusion. Allusions can be taken from any well known stories such as mythology or famous novels. Using allusions correctly will enable your reader to better imagine your story and make connections. It is important to make sure that your reader will understand where the allusion is from, however. If they do not get the allusion it will most likely confuse them. Similes are also an important literary device. You use similes when comparing something using like or as. Similes are most effective when comparing two objects so that your reader will understand more about an object. As you can tell, most literary devices are used to help your reader gain a deeper understanding of your writing.
I have decided to use this assignment to write both a scholarship and a narration essay. In both of these, I realized that they both need a lot of details. For the narration essay, to explain a situation in six pages that lasted five hours may be difficult. Also, in scholarship essays, I want my essay to stand out. The people on the scholarship committee read lots of essays written by hopeful students. I think that using different sentence structures and vivid, interesting words may spark the reader to keep on going. To capture the reader's attention, many different things may be used like alliterations, allusions, and similies. These pieces can help you gain a better understanding of what the writer wants to say. Another thing that could make narration essays specifically more interesting to read is flashbacks. These can help the reader understand the story from the narrator's point of view.
I am going to write both the narration essay and a scholarship essay. Although, I have not figured out which scholarship essay I want to write yet. But, for my narration essay, I am using a wide array of literary devices. It is extremely important to use literary devices in essays to impress the reader. Well-written essays must stick out to the reader. One way for an essay to stick is if contains literary devices such as flashbacks, similes, metaphors, imagery, symbolism, etc. The use of flashbacks helps the reader know a little background information so they can better understand what the writer is experiencing in the present. The use of similes/metaphors helps the readers better understand what they are talking about as the writer compares the idea to something else. Imagery is a huge catalyst for writing an impressive essay. Imagery is the use of words that appeal to the senses and when you read the word, the reader can usually visualize it in their head. The use of symbolism is when you take an object of a sentence and you use it for a different meaning than what the literal meaning is. Symbolism takes something with little importance and makes it way more important. All in all, the use of literary devices helps the reader visualize, connect, and better understand. But, most imporantly it is extremely impressive and helps the essay stand out.
I think the most common literary device that I have used in my narration essay so far is similes and metaphors. I am writing about the first time that I played drums in church, which is an experience that not a lot of people have. Because it is a topic that few people have experienced themselves, I use similes and metaphors to relay the emotions and feelings of that experience by comparing them to things that more people understand. At one point, I compare the nerves I had about being on stage to the suspense of a rollercoaster that is climbing towards a big drop. You know that the drop is coming but there is nothing that you can do to stop it. You might be slightly scared yet you are also excited, knowing that you will enjoy it by the end. I was the same way about playing drums: I was excited and knew I would enjoy it, yet I was nervous at the same time because I did not want to screw it up. Aside from similes and metaphors, imagery is another important aspect of my narration essay. The setting of my essay—the District event center in Sioux Falls—had a lot of distinct characteristics that remain vivid in my memory despite me not having been there since 2015. The bar at the back of the room always had the smell of watered-down alcohol leftover from the night before, the stage creaked loudly when you stepped in particular spots (about a foot to the right of the center and in the top left corner), and the huge bathroom doors made a thunderous noise that echoed off of walls when the doors closed. These details (among others) are all vital in making the reader feel like they are also inside the walls of the District rather than just reading about what I experienced there.
I chose to do scholarship essays instead of a narration essay. Using and utilizing literary devices will help my overall essay and chances of qualifying for these scholarships. Literary devices add credibility and flow to all essays and short answer questions. Utilizing a literary device, such as dashes, shows an advanced knowledge in English arts. Showing professors that you have advanced knowledge through essays will better my chances of getting money for my academic goals in college. The ACT doesn't give you the chance to show knowledge through your own writing but through scholarships and essays, you can. I have been using metaphors in my scholarship essay currently. Texting and driving can be very fatal and using your phone for five seconds cover the same distance as a football field. Comparing that distance to other extreme distances is a good use of a literary device.
After writing different scholarship essays, I have added many literary devices. Including similies, metaphors, personification, and foreshadowing. By adding these literary devices to my scholarship essays, I am making the stories more interesting and intriguing. For example, I compare people to different animals and other exotic characters in past productions that I have done through Brandon Valley High School. I am also typing a scholarship essay that uses similies. I am comparing people that are running around to ants when there is food dropped on the ground. In my scholarship essays, I have also dabbled in the art of rhyming. By doing this, I am expanding my creativity in writing and keeping the reader's interest while they read my essay. Lastly, I will also be using foreshadowing in my scholarship essays to add more to the outcome of my stories. Not only will foreshadowing be unexpectedly used, but it will also help it stand out more from other essays.
I am using several different literary devices for my essay. The first one that appears in my essay is a developed setting. I describe the scene of the gym with all the mats and people. I describe what is going on and how it looks. Then I use an intentional, cool alliteration. I use the phrase "tough, timely, and tactical". Then I use a flash-forward. I talk about how in the future my high school football coaches would use a phrase that I used before one of my matches. Then I use a simile when describing my opponent. I said that he was like a muffin. I then use a second simile to describe myself. I said that I was like a bowling ball. The next literary device that I use is a metaphor. I describe myself once again while I am watching my future opponents wrestle. I say that I am a tiger stalking its prey.
I chose to only write scholarship essays. I believe this will be much more beneficial for me because I will at least be attempting to win these scholarships, a chance at free money. It could be a waste of time, but even then I am practicing writing techniques. The more I submit, the better chance I have at getting some money for college. In my scholarship essays, I will use some literary deivces. They enhance writing overall, no matter what the purpose of the writing is. One technique I will be using is a flashback. In many scholarship prompts, you have to write about past experiences, so I will be setting the stage for my reader and taking them through a specific moment in my life. Literary devices aren't quite as needed in scholarship essays as they are in a narration essay, so I will use them as I see fit.
I have decided that I will be writing a narrative essay and possibly a few scholarship essays to shorten it. Within my essay, I plan to be utilizing many literary devices. While writing I have found that I already use some, but now I can truly recognize that I am doing so. Some key literary devices that I plan to use are imagery, foreshadowing, point of view, and allusion. I will use imagery to set the scene of where my story is taking place. Foreshadowing will be used to give the reader suspense and want to keep reading to find out what will happen next. I will make the point of view very clear in my narrative. I may even add in other points of view for extra description and detail. Lastly, I plan to use allusions to allude to things that I do not specifically state within the text, but allow for the readers to infer.
Writing a narrative essay I am trying to be very descriptive with my word choice to capture the reader's attention and to help them get a better picture of what is going on. Something that I am trying to use are similes and metaphors which will help inflect a certain tone depending on what is happening from that person's point of view. I will use irony in the story to help move the plot forward and to make things seem better or worse than they truly are. I will use imagery to help the reader get a really good feel of how a person is feeling, or what the scenery around the characters looks like. There will be some use of foreshadowing where people tell this character not to do it but that character does it anyway; because they thought it would be funny and they didn't stop to think why many people warned them not to do it. There will also be a small exposition so that the reader has some background on the group of characters that they are about to read about.
I have decided to write scholarship essays instead of the narration essay, and I plan on utilizing many of the literary devices that I have learned in this class. Not only will these devices distinguish me from other students who are applying for the same scholarship, but they will make my essays much more intriguing and interesting. My favorite literary devices come from the “Art of Styling Sentences” document, specifically the usage of uncommon punctuation, like the colon or semicolon. In my writing, I attempt to incorporate as many of these unusual punctuations as possible because it catches the reader's attention. Additionally, using punctuation beyond the period and comma illustrates that the author is educated and intelligent, two very important qualities to be displayed in scholarship essays. I also plan on incorporating questions for the reader. When a question is posed within the text, it encourages the reader to think critically about the essay and make their own conclusions. Using a multitude of literary devices within my scholarship essays is a great way to stand out among the many scholarship applicants.
I will be writing a narrative essay and be attempting to make it as colorful and creative as possible with my writing techniques. My essay is not yet finished so I do not know for a fact what all the different literary devices I intend to utilize are going to be. One literally device I have already decided on obviously is flashbacks and foreshadowing. With my narrative essay being about an event in my life this means I will be using a lot of these two because I am talking about things that have already passed. Another literary device I might use is allegory. I intend to incorporate a Greek Mythology reference into my essay but I do not know if this will be an allegory or possibly a metaphor or simile. Although my essay is yet to be finished I know for a fact I will attempt to make it as interest as I possibly can.
I still haven't decided on an idea for my narrative essay. I want to write about an event that I'm passionate about that happened in my life. I find it easy to write about things that you are passionate about. Passionate writing helps bring my literary devices to a higher level. Using strong verbs is crucial to enhance the dramatic feel. Another device I will be using is imagery. I need to create a visual for the reader to understand and picture the events throughout the narrative. I’m going to be mixing up the diction in the story. I am going to be using informal diction and formal diction. I am going to mostly use informal diction in the dialogue to make the story more realistic. Lastly, I am going to use foreshadowing to hint at what’s to come throughout the story and keep the reader at the edge of their seat.
More recently, I just discovered I have to write a "piece of intellectual knowledge or experience," to be accepted into Augustana's civitas program. So, the essay that I had originally is a placeholder until I finish my "intellectual knowledge" essay. When using literary devices, I will use verbiage that reaches out and touches the panel of educators that will allow me into the Civitas program. I want to use Pathos, logos, and ethos to a heavy extent just so they know my passion for being someone who really wants to represent and work for the people. I want to use more than just periods and commas and I want to stand out with heavy use of sentence styling that we have learned in composition. I want to use lots of imagery and emotion to show that I am intelligent and capable enough to be apart of this honors program. Using literary devices to their full ability will help me achieve my goal of being a part of Civitas.
I decided to write a mixture of scholarship essays and the narration essay. Scholarship essays require the best words you have in your vocabulary because you only get so many words. I have written essays that can range from 500 words to 1000 words minimum but when writing I still have to pick and choose the words I decide to use. Using literary devices will help the essay stand out from the other applicants. Some of the literary devices I have used for my narrative essay are flashbacks and foreshadowing. I used flashbacks because they make the writing more interesting and because of the event I choose to write about happened in the first grade. I am using foreshadowing because there are some action points in the story that I was able to build up from the beginning of the story making the readers want more because they want to find out what happens.
I am writing both a scholarship essay and a narrative essay. My essays are nowhere close to being finished yet so I still do not know what literary devices I will use. I do know however that I will use as many as I possibly can to make my writing more fulfilling to read. The scholarship that I am choosing to write is about drivers' safety and drivers ed. I am writing about how it is very important to be educated when you are behind the wheel. Examples of literary devices I plan on using in both essays are imagery, foreshadowing, and allusion. I will use imagery to make the reader be able to picture what scenes I am describing in greater detail. I will use foreshadowing to help build suspense and interest in the story. I will use allusion to have the reader allude to things outside of the text to understand things in the text.
I am not sure what I will write about for my Narration essay, but I do know what the structure of the essay will be like. I want to use both easy and difficult final exam terms for sentence structure and for sentence variety. In my scholarship essays, I do not want to use as much complexity. The reason I am doing this is so that my scholarship essays are easy for the reader to understand. If my scholarship essays are easy to understand, there is a higher chance that my essay will be chosen for the scholarship—which is the ultimate goal for writing a scholarship essay. Also, I want my scholarship essays to sound formal and professional, while also having my own voice implemented. This is important so the reader can get to know me through my writing, while also noticing my professionalism. In my narration essay, I would like to foreshadow future events, whatever they may be, to create suspense for the reader.
At first, I was going to do a combination of a scholarship essay and a narrative essay. I felt like I was not going to be able to have a long enough narration to fill 6 pages. As I began writing I found that if I describe my trip with exquisite detail I can get those pages easily. I began to add a lot of precise verbs, colors, and many literary devices. A big literary device I used was flashbacks. When telling a story it keeps the reader drawn when you use flashbacks or any kind of foreshadowing. In my writing, I plan to incorporate a lot of metaphors and similes. I feel that using those techniques is a great way to keep a reader engaged and they also get a better picture when you compare different things. When you use literary devices it makes your writing in a way come to life. I feel if I cleverly weave it in my writing will be ten times better!
I chose to write a scholarship essay instead of a narrative essay. The scholarship is offered by the South Dakota School of mines and technology. It involves forging a knife and writing an essay on the scientific processes involved in the making of the blade. When I started writing my essay I realized that it would be extremely important to use literary devices. I knew that the inclusion of these techniques would make my essay more interesting to the reader, and it would help put my essay a step above the essays of my competitors. I am working on adding more variety in both the sentence structure and the beginnings of each sentence. This will help the essay to keep the reader's interest. The addition of higher-level vocabulary and increasingly complex sentence structure will make me—the writer—sound much smarter and more experienced. I may include similes and metaphors; these literary devices give the reader something to relate to when they read my essay.
I chose to mainly write scholarship essays for this essay. Writing scholarship essays requires you to have some of the best writing that you have ever written to make you sound more fluent and intelligent than other people that have submitted their essays. The only problem is if you use too many literary devices it will seem as if you are trying to force your writing to sound better. So you need to find the best medium for your essay so you do not sound like you are trying to force anything but still sound intelligent and as if you know how to write. Some literary devices that I am using will be a dash and parentheses because these are needed sometimes to get your thoughts in your work. Another one I will be using will be gerunds to start the sentence because it always sounds good when you start the sentence describing the noun in the sentence. Using these tools will help make my work more flow much better and allow for whoever reads it to stay interested.
I am going to write some scholarship essays instead of doing the narrative essay. With that, I have to be aware that I am able to use very few words to get my points across as most of the contests have a word limit between five hundred to eight hundred words. I plan to use a large amount of imagery in my essays in order to keep the reader's attention. With so few words, I have to make the most of them. I also plan to use foreshadowing in my essays. For example, I plan to participate in an essay where I will write about my experiences with irresponsible driving and how it almost killed my family. I plan to allude that something bad will happen by bringing up the ways my dad was irresponsible driving—mainly that he was on his phone. Finally, I plan to use similes and metaphors to spice up my writing and support my imagery.
As of right now, I plan to write a combination of narration and scholarship essays. I plan to use multiple literary devices in order to enhance my essays in a way that gives the reader both an easier time reading, and a more enjoyable time reading. Most of the time I feel that I do not use enough literary devices in my work. This is something I am trying to fix with this essay, by using more similes, metaphors, and onomatopoeias. By using more of these three specifically I will make my writing more interesting. I will then try and use plenty of stylish sentences that come from the "Art of Styling Sentences" in order to add style to my writing. Finally, I plan to use the final exam terms and try and incorporate them into my writing. By doing this, I can both complete the instructions for this essay and also enhance my writing by using different terms throughout the essays.
Choosing to write a narrative essay was a direct decision based on the vision I had in my mind of how I wanted to structure it. Using different literary devices such as foreshadowing and suspense allows me to keep the reader engaged throughout the long story. Describing an event over six pages may seem like a drag to some readers, so using different devices to keep them intrigued throughout the whole essay will be a benefit to myself and to the reader. Intermixing different writing styles and literary devices will help my understanding of sentence structure and writing, as well as my essay itself. Determining what literary devices to use will be a struggle, as there are many. Keeping a variety and using them at the right time in my essay will ensure that the story will be read correctly and the emotions evoked from the reader will be the appropriate ones. Overall, I am excited to get a start on my essay. I think it will remind me of the lessons that I learned from the experience and it will help me moving forward.
For my narration essay I am composing, I use a series of different literary devices in order to add color to my essay, keep the reader engaged, and make the story appear more real to the reader. Devices such as precise verbs, colorful adjectives, onomatopoeia, ellipsis, deliberate fragment, alliteration, and so much more can be utilized to add color to the essay—that is, make it more interesting. Devices such as hypophora, short questions for dramatic effect, colons, dashes, modifiers, and many more can be used to keep the reader engaged. One of my favorite devices to use for this is hypophora and short questions for dramatic effect. When asked a question, one feels the need to answer it. Hyphora influences the reader to keep reading in order to find the answer, and a short question jumps out at the reader, as it appears the writer is talking directly to them. Devices such as allusions, foreshadowing, symbolism, imagery, similes, and metaphors can be used to make the story appear more real for the reader. Allusions, metaphors, and similes connect the ideas/things/people talked about in the essay to other similar ideas/things/people the reader may recognize. Imagery, thorough characterization, and a developed setting help the reader picture the story in their head, making it seem more real to them. Overall, literary devices are used in my narration to serve many different purposes, all with the overall goal of improving my writing as well as making it stand out.
When writing my scholarship essays, I focused on not being repetitive and boring. It is very easy for an individual to sink into the trap of starting every sentence with a subject and then followed by a verb. Changing up this sentence variety allows creative thoughts to flow onto an essay and in the end, makes it easier to read along with write. I incorporated gerunds and infinities to add sentence variety along with creating a better and smarter sounding essay. Scholarship essays are read by highly intelligent individuals, and if you do not stand out from the rest you will not be considered. The incorporation of sentence variety along with literary devices will make your essay pop to the reader and thus make you a candidate for more scholarships. We all want free money so these essays are paramount in the success of our futures if you do not want any student loans to pay off in the future.
For my scholarship essays, I have been using many literary devices to show my point. I will use many literary devices to enhance my scholarship essays so I have the highest chance of winning I think I can get. Also, using these literary devices will help me get more variety into my essay along with creating a better flow. Using hypophora and other devices I will be able to engage the reader more and get them involved with my topic. I feel that I do not use enough literary devices in my works so I am trying to get better at doing so. Each essay is more and more practice at using these literary devices. Utilizing them in different ways to change the variety or flow of my essay will help me become a better writer. Someday, I hope I can create essays or literature works with these literary devices without even thinking about it.
I am writing scholarships in place of my essay, but I am still including literary devices in them. Scholarships—though they are shorter than a narrative—use the same elements as narratives to accomplish a goal. I plan on using literary devices to give variety and excitement to my writing. This will make the reader enjoy reading my scholarships enjoyable and not bland. Things from "Art of Styling Sentences" is a good way for me to include more variety in my writing. Also using literary devices such as similes and metaphors will add lots of style to an otherwise bland scholarship. Because I am writing scholarships, my writing has to be precise and fluent, or else the person reading them will lose interest. If the reader loses interest I will not be able to earn money for college—which is why the use of literary devices will help me make my writing more enjoyable for any readers.
I am doing both the college essays and the shortened narration essay. The use of literary devices has helped tremendously in my writing. The use of an ellipsis to build suspense in my stories and writings. Hyphens, commas, and semicolons all help in extending my sentences with better and different structures. High-level vocabulary is very useful while making you sound so much smarter. This leaves adults more impressed and will think much higher of you just because you sound smarter. Learning how to write with colons as well as help for making lists. One that is different and keeps your reader involved, is the hypophora. This is when the writer asks a question to get the reader thinking by making them come up with ideas or answers. These can be used too much and leave the readers confused or they are used right and then nobody's experience is the same.
I have decided to replace my narration essay with various scholarship essays. When reading through different essays for a certain scholarship, judges will often see the same thing: large words and extended essays that make each candidate appear more educated. My goal is to stand out from the crowd and catch the judge's eye when they come across my essay. To accomplish this, I will vary my sentence structure in order to keep the reader interested in what I have to say. In an attempt to make my writing more attractive, however, I do not want to make it too formal. A majority of the scholarship essays I have chosen to write have a word limit of 500 words. In order to meet this requirement, I must be wise with what I include. Although extravagant sentences and large words are attractive, they must be used sparingly in scholarship essays. Through varying sentence structure and being mindful of the main ideas needed, I will compose appealing essays that catch the eye of the reader.
I decided that I am going to write a mix of some scholarship essays and the narrative essay. In both of those essays, I need to make sure that I do not become repetitive and write down useless information that I do not need. I need to be able to write a quality essay for a highly intelligent person who will be very good at critiquing an essay and having lots of unimportant information would bore them easily. Using gerunds to start sentences helps a lot because it helps properly introduce what you will be talking about. I also am planning on using lots of onomatopoeias and lots of deliberate fragments as well to take out the unneeded information. Using all of these literary devices will help make my essays more interesting and less boring to read. The main thing to do is impress your teacher and the person reading the scholarship essay. The main way to do that is to write a solid essay with lots of needed information instead of beating around the bush.
I plan to do a mix of scholarship and narration for my essay. Though I have not started to put things together due to some heavy writer’s block, I do plan to heavily include literary devices into my writing. I personally believe that literary devices can excel in the formality of someone’s writing and make it much more appealing to the readers. Which is exactly what I plan to do. There is competition when it comes to scholarships, I want to win as many as possible and making my writing look better is a part of that. I plan to many literary devices, but the main ones being allusions, imagery and, more specifically in my narration, foreshadowing. Allusions can make the experiences being communicated in my writing more personal by relating them back to things people can relate to too. Imagery creates a scene in the reader’s head that will make the writing that much more interesting. Foreshadowing pulls the reader in and keeps them guessing for what will happen next. It makes them want to read more, along with the other devices I listed.
I will be composing both a narration essay and also scholarship essays. In my scholarship essay, I will have to use vocabulary that would be considered high-level. But I also can not overdo vocabulary and or literary devices within the essay. When you do that it comes off not only "cocky" that you are trying to show off your smarts, but also the overall flow of the essay is ruined. When you overdo literary devices or vocabulary—which are to help the overall flow of your essay—you can make it more difficult for the reader. In my essays, I will be using some of the literary devices that you have just read like parenthesis, dashes, hyphens, and many more. In doing so my writing will exceed past the average person who is applying for scholarships. Using literary devices and vocabulary correctly could help me find a couple bucks to use towards college.
Writing scholarship essays can be intimidating because there are a select few winners for each one. The question is, what determines a winning essay from a losing essay? The answer is simple...winning essays include literary devices that awe the judges. Including writing techniques such as hypopneas, deliberate fragments, negative-positive sequences, and absolute construction, will make the essay stand out. Literary devices build an essay from just a block of words on a page to an artistic vision for readers. Adding different sentence structures and vocabulary are amazing ways to spice up an essay, but being careful of how much is added is equally important. Personally, I have found (from limited experience), when writing scholarship essays, try to write the prompt in the most unique and interesting way possible. If you find your very own scholarship essay boring, the judges will for sure find it uninteresting. Using ways to engage the reader such as metaphors, alliteration, and other comparison sentence structures will help readers better relate to what point is trying to be made.
I plan to use literary devices in my narration essay to keep the reader interested in what I am telling them. When telling a reader a personal story, you want to make it as easy as possible for the reader to relate and feel as if they, themselves, are in the story. Literary devices help keep the reader interested because it turns what would usually be a bullet-pointed essay into a story. This interest will then help the reader relate and maybe even make them feel as though they are sharing the same experiences. In addition to using literary devices, I will be using vocabulary words to create a more mature and impressive style to my writing. I have a tendency to use the same words repeatedly and vocabulary words will keep my writing from becoming too shallow with the same words. Depending on how long my essay will be, I may write a scholarship essay. It is very important to use vocabulary words and literary devices in scholarship essays because you want to impress those who are reading. Using literary devices may help my essay to stand out from those whose essays use the same sentence structure and style in their essays. In addition, by adding vocabulary words from our units, I am able to show the reader that I can apply what I have learned to real-life situations.
I'm just doing the narration essay. I feel as though I can write six pages on my story. I started off with what compelling me to write this story. This event happened right after the essay was assigned and it makes it a lot easier to write about since the details are still fresh in my mind. While the setting in real life wasn’t really spectacular, I overdramatized it with little details and made it seem darker than it actually was. I use flashbacks to add information about the situation and to explain why I felt the way I felt. I also use a lot of dialogue said by my dad because he helped me understand the true meaning of this story through it. Using things like metaphors and similes to describe people and how they act particularly towards me. I have the main character development since I didn’t understand my lesson at first. Using these literary devices helps not only engage the reader, but to help them understand the moral of the story.
I am using literary devices such as flashbacks, introductory participial phrases, and similes in both my narration and scholarship essays. It is important to vary the different types of devices you use because you want to make sure you capture the reader’s full attention, particularly those that read your scholarship essay. You are influencing people with every word that you write so you want to make sure that you produce your very best work. Flashbacks or flashforwards provide a personal experience that the reader can connect to; it helps to make your essay more personable. I also love using introductory participial phrases because they keep you from getting redundant and starting every sentence with a noun. Having misplaced modifiers and appositives change up the structure of your sentences so that you aren’t constantly doing the noun+verb structure. I believe that it’s even more visually appealing, not just cognitively refreshing.
For the narration essay, I am doing a mix of both narration and scholarship essays. In my narration essay, I will be utilizing more literary devices than I will be in my scholarship essays. These literary devices could go from similes to a sarcastic play on words. I will also be using other types of literary devices such as metaphors, allusions, flashbacks, and foreshadowing. I will be using quite a large flashback to where my story starts, but then will switch over to a first-person view after I get the setting in place. Throughout my whole narration essay, a sarcastic point of view will be the main focus. I wanted to change my story from something that hurt quite a lot emotionally and physically to something that is different. Something that hasn't been heard by everybody; thus, using a sarcastic tone will make my essay more unique from other stories. To show how I felt in this situation or how I didn't, I will be alluding to other stories and I will be comparing the situation to other events. Or moreover what other people think these events would feel like. For my scholarship essays, I will be using a more formal tone for the more serious essays. For the ones that aren't as serious and looking for a creative tone, I will definitely use literary devices to spice up my writing.
I chose to do the narration essay in which I will incorporate a variety of literary devices. The activity that we did in class helped my author writing style, in which I have begun to look into all aspects of writing. It isn't all about telling a story, I want to share an experience in which I helped a ton of people out. I want the reader to picture what is going on and by doing that I will use characterization; as this is a true story and I want the reader to understand how I felt, what I did, and what I thought. Using flashbacks may help my story a little better, showing the reader what I thought before and after that trip and how it changed my perspective on life. I intend on using a lot of figurative languages to emphasize things or topics that I am talking about. Overall the use of literary devices will improve my essay a ton.
I decided to do the narration as I believe I have a story that I can stretch out over six pages. Honestly, I didn't think that would be possible and I am still looking for scholarship essays that I could possibly use if I am unable to write a six-page narration. The story I am narrating in my essay is my church trip to Ireland and how getting to Ireland was harder than it should have been. I do not plan on using overly formal or complicated literary devices as the essay I am writing is me telling a story and I would use simpler sentence styles. The specific styles I have used so far are similies, flashbacks, allusions, and other very basic literary devices. The reason that the literary devices are simpler is because this essay is more informal than previous essays. I am also focusing more on telling a good story rather than focusing on the types of literary devices I use. Madeleine Pearce
I chose to write all scholarship topics for my essay. I will be using natural literary devices and will not be implementing all of the complicated more formal techniques. This is so that I can get to the point in my scholarship essay and not drag out everything. I will still utilize proper grammar and intelligent writing. I will use many previously learned literary techniques. I will try and use techniques and strategies such as using misplaced modifiers and appositives to make sure my sentences do not blend into one jumbled mess. I will use the scholarship essays to hopefully obtain more money and not have any student loan debt in college. Im envisioning having concise essays that get to the point and convey my need and express my deserving of scholarships. I am excited to get started and compose confidently and concisely. I hope to obtain some money.
At first, I wanted to do more scholarships than narration, but I thought that it would be more fun to write about an experience that taught me more about life and how I am the way I am. I will be using literary devices to make my narration appealing to the audience and at the same time interesting where the reader wants to continue to read. Although my narration story happened a long time ago using literary devices will help make my story sound more accurate and the literary devices will make me sound like this story happened yesterday. The use of similies will help draw an image in the mind of readers to really get an understanding. Flashbacks will help to really show that this story is very important to me and help the reader to use their own imagination to really try to capture the setting and feeling. I will possibly write some scholarship essays if my story is a little short, because the scholarship essay would not hurt.
I am doing a mixture of scholarships and a narrative essay. The narrative essay seemed like a daunting task at first but once you start writing down the memory, it becomes easier. I plan to use foreshadowing in my essay due to the fact that I was injured and wanted there to be a big lead up before it occurred. I want there to be similes and metaphors because I feel as though they can portray a story in a way that everyone relates to. For my scholarships, I plan to use exact verbs and to the point information. Both of the scholarships allow for only five hundred works. When I use exact verbs it shows that I am intelligent and can get to the point of what the question is asking. Using different writing styles in both my essay and scholarships will help me stand apart from others who are doing the same.
Writing about something that is personal to you makes the style and tone of the story become so much more alive. Just like when you speak directly to a person, you want your story to sound intriguing and attention-grabbing. In writing the narrative, I have found that I automatically put some of these stylizations into my essay. For example, similes and metaphors make the topic sound so much cooler than it really might be. Changing the setting by going to flashbacks or going forward in time can be very easy to do. However, getting off-topic can be dangerous and confusing to the reader so it is important that I be mindful of that. Good imagery is important in an essay like this to keep the reader engaged and give them a good picture of what I personally experienced. Sometimes we tell a story like everyone was there so using literary devices such as these can make it more detailed and easier for the reader to understand.
I have not decided whether to do narration or a scholarship essay. I think I might do a combination of both. Literary devices will help not only get a good grade but also get a good scholarship. These devices will help my writing become more fluent and more elegant. There is a multitude of different literary devices I use that help expand my writing. In my narration, I use foreshadowing often to help keep the reader hooked on every sentence. I will use an allusion to help the reader further understand the idea or the story that I am trying to convey. Oftentimes I will use euphemisms without even thinking about it. These almost slang terms have become ingrained in my vocabulary and quite often I have to rewrite many of my ideas so they would make sense to a person unfamiliar with my language. So by using these literary devices my writing will become better and I will be rewarded for it.
Literary devices could help make the story more interesting, so while I am writing my narration essay about when my family and I traveled to Arizona. It did not go according to plan and I will be using foreshadowing in the beginning paragraphs to show this. By using foreshadowing it will give the reader a chance to imagine what they think will unfold during the story. Another device that could be used is a simile or metaphor. I think I will use this when I am talking about flying over the rocky mountains and how the airplane is like a bird soaring over the beautiful mountains. I could also use imagery in the way that I describe things like the people we met along the way and the places that we visited. Using imagery and similes can keep the reader interested in what you are writing instead of using bland sentences that do not make you imagine the adventure that I went on.
In my narration essay, I am using multiple literary devices. I have included some similes and metaphors to form connections and comparisons. These comparisons will hopefully help the reader get a better understanding of how I felt in certain moments. I am using a flashback in my essay that describes major events that led up to where I was at the time the essay takes place and to where I am now as a person. By using this flashback, the reader will get to know some of the background information about a specific time in my life and why those events were important. The flashback should also help them have a better understanding as to why I chose to make the decisions I did. I also plan to use foreshadowing in my essay. When I use foreshadowing, I will be giving the reader some information on what will happen later in my essay. By using a variety of literary devices, I will be keeping my essay interesting and keeping the reader engaged in my story.
I am completely replacing my narration essay with scholarship essays. The scholarship essays themselves are just little snippets of moments in my life that could have been a topic for the previously stated essay. This is how I believe you connect with the person reading your essays. They are skimming through short, three-hundred-word essays for days, maybe even weeks. In order to make a lasting impression, I have to create a wonderful group of sentences that uniquely portray portions of my memories. The words utilized are important, but using incredibly intellectual language and changing sentence structure every other sentence is not necessary. I want to be clever, not confusing. When writing my essays, my main goal is to effectively tell a story that the reader can relate to, or at least empathize with. On the other hand, starting a sentence with the subject, followed by a verb, for every sentence would not be interesting to read. My story would be uneventful and monotonous. Using literary devices can enhance my sentences to make them more focused and clear.
I chose to write scholarship essays as opposed to a narration essay. In my scholarship essays, I am using powerful verbs and adjectives in order to make certain points stick to the reader. I want to invoke strong emotions in my essays in order to attract attention from the rest of the essays to obtain a scholarship. I will use real-life experience and logic to cement my place as a contender for the money these scholarships have to offer. Imagery will be an important aspect of my essays to accomplish my goal of standing out against the crowd. Using imagery alongside slight hyperboles is vital to my essays for this purpose of standing out and I will use them often (but not too often) with the strong intention of obtaining the money from these scholarships. I intend to demolish the competition for the scholarships using the most powerful and convincing imagery, hyperboles, adjectives, and verbs.
I am writing a combination of both scholarship essays and a small portion of narration essays. One of my scholarship essays is 3 pages long and the other is 1. I did not go over the top in the literary devices that I used in my scholarship essays as they were more factual or opinionated. The first essay that I did was about the effects of coronavirus on human rights and how well the US was handling it. The other essay was about what I think is the best part of our community. I used some flashbacks in my essay about our community to remember a time where everyone could help people and no one would be afraid to become sick. I also used some similes and metaphors. I used these to compare what it was like before covid and what it is like now. Showing these differences and using these literary devices helped to make my point more clear.
Literary devices can change the atmosphere of the whole story. In my narration essay, I will be using a handful of these devices to give my writing variety and make it enjoyable for the reader. I will replace boring, everyday verbs with more exciting ones, mix up my sentence structures a bit so it is not repetitive, and I am going to add a little bit of foreshadowing. In my story, there is going to be some background information given so it is a little bit easier to understand. The literary devices at my disposal are going to help me spice things up a bit and help with the foreshadowing that will be going on in the background information. Adding all these things is going to give my essay the extra pizzazz it needs to be noticed and appreciated. So literary devices are going to take my essay from mediocre to an engrossing essay enjoyed by many.
I have decided to write the whole narration essay and to write scholarship essays on my own time. In my narration essay, I am talking about a very emotional and serious moment in my life; for that reason, I am trying to keep the tone and mood serious while adding some light humor here and there so lighten up the tone. I am using real events with some slight exaggeration to add emphasis. This will also be the first essay in which I include dialogue because I am telling a story about myself. This essay will include flashbacks and allusions to other famous literature. I will also have idioms and metaphors to help enhance the reader's image in their own head. My verbs will be more exciting verbs without being too much. I also will try and make my essay interesting and not monotonous while keeping it reasonable. The literary devices I will be using in my narration essay will bring this essay to the next level.
I am writing about my trip to the Black Hills this past summer. I am utilizing dialogue, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, symbols, flashback, and allusion. The use of literary devices in narrations helps to make the story more interesting while at the same time better inform the reader as well of what is going on. By using dialogue they get a more personal, close-up, understanding of what exactly the characters in the narration are like and how they speak. By using other things like flashbacks it incorporates a cool aspect of switching time periods and going back in time in order to let the reader truly comprehend the story and all that went down. Other literary devices such as similes and metaphors help the narrator be able to compare two things to amp up the detail and story as a whole. The similes and metaphors might also form a better connection with the reader and help them further comprehend what is going on as well.
I chose to just write a narration essay. I really enjoy writing narration stories because I feel like I have a lot more freedom to write what I want and I can add whatever I want to the story. I chose to use Gary Paulsen's type of writing for a couple of sentences. He likes to provide a lot of detail in his writing and really wants to paint a picture in the reader's head. I also used a flashback to explain the actions of a character in my story. Using a flashback provides insight into why things happen in the story and gives the reader a new sense of the story. I gave a quick backstory of a relationship between two characters so the reader can better understand the conversation they are having.
I am writing multiple scholarship essays in place of a narration essay unless my scholarship essays don't add up to be enough pages all together. In one of my scholarships, I am writing about my ideas for a more equitable legal system for the nation that will help more people than our current one. This is going to be more of a formal and argumentative essay so I will be using more professional forms of literary devices to portray my thoughts. I plan on including amplification as a way to inform the reader and/or judge more about what I'm trying to say. I could also use some analogies to link my ideas together and to give them a different and more complex understanding. I would also like to use characterization in my essay to refer to different people that have fallen victim to a not so perfect legal system by showing their more human side.
I will be writing a combination of both a narration essay and scholarship essays. It is easier to write a narration essay because it is a topic that I already have plenty of knowledge about and the words just flow onto the page. I will be using many literary devices in these essays. Literary devices such as a flashback in the narration essay will help bring the reader into a previous state of mind to help the reader better understand the plot of the story. Dialogue will also be used in my narration essay, by using dialogue I feel that it puts the reader more into the story giving them a first-hand experience like they are almost talking to the author. I will use metaphors and similes to catch the reader's attention by making the topic sound more interesting.
I chose to write scholarship essays unless I end up not having enough pages to fill the needed amount. So far, I have one essay about cyberbullying and why it is important to end cyberbullying. Another scholarship essay I am writing is about the importance of driver education and the effects of unsafe driving. I am also writing a scholarship essay about how technology has impacted the person I am today. The other scholarship essay I am writing is about how my college education will allow me to of service and give to others. I will not be using the more formal and fancy literary techniques that could take away from the point I am trying to make in my essays. I will be using simpler literary techniques such as modifiers and introductory appositives. If I end up not having enough pages of scholarship essays, I will write a narration essay, including more literary devices such as flashbacks and metaphors.
I have not yet decided if I will partake in writing scholarship essays for this assignment; however, to make my essay(s) enjoyable to the reader, I will include a variety of literary devices. Literary devices I will utilize in my narration, and possibly a scholarship essay, are allusions, similes, and metaphors. The incorporation of allusions in my narration essay will provide a pleasant read for my targeted audience. They will be able to relate to what could have just been a run-of-the-mill, incomprehensible essay. I will include allusions to well-known works as well as some of my favorites, which might not be as notorious. Allusions will also help the reader of a scholarship essay perceive my favorite oeuvres furthermore comprehend who I am as a person. Metaphors and similes will serve similar purposes to each other. Both will relate a subject or matter I bring up to something everyone can engage with. By deciphering any of these three literary devices in my writing, my audience can apprehend my experiences and how they have made me who I am.
I have decided that I think I am going to write some scholarship essays as well as a shortened narration essay. In the scholarship essays, it is important to be clear and concise with your sentences in order to achieve the maximum probability of being chosen for said scholarship. Therefore, you would need to make sure that what you are writing is clear and not messy and confusing. You could probably stray from all the gaudy explanations and descriptions in order to stray away from possibly getting too confusing and to stay within the usual word limit. It could be a good idea to try to mix in some literary devices such as semicolons, colons, and dashes in order to show off a little and make you stand out among the other students applying for the same scholarships. That being said, in my narration essay, I am trying my best to include punctuation that I usually do not such as those previously mentioned. I am also experimenting with changing up sentence starters and the structure of my sentences.
Using literary devices in my writing has become increasingly important to me as Composition 1 progresses. In our current narration essay (for which I am writing about an incident at my grandfather’s farm) I am actively trying my best to ensure that my writing will keep the reader's attention and make them feel as if though they were there themselves. By incorporating various exciting verbs and adjectives, I am confident I will be able to achieve this. Keeping only the information vital to the reader’s understanding of the essay as well as varying my sentence structure, styling, and minimizing repetitive words will also help me to achieve this goal in my narration essay. I am also planning on writing several scholarship essays, however, I am still unsure of how many scholarship essays I will substitute the narration essay page count with. In my scholarship essays, I will utilize numerous literary devices in order to differentiate my writing from the many other applicants.
The use of literary devices in my narration make my story more colorful to the eye. Some of which can make your writing sound more professional. The literary devices I am using involve flashbacks, bringing the reader along with me as I travel back to my past experiences, making it seem like they were there. By using imagery I give a clear picture of the story to my audience, by adding specific details to my writing. These are both crucial parts in helping the reader understand your piece of writing. I have chosen to do both the Narration and Scholarship essays. While writing scholarship essays you do not want to overdo the usage of literary devices, it is best to stick to the subject of the essay, instead of adding extra fluff. This will keep the judge more interested in your essay over any other, yours will stand out because it will be precise and to the point.
I have decided to write both a narrative essay and a few scholarship essays. I am planning on using several literary devices in my writing to not only create an overall intriguing and interesting essay but to help increase my chances of qualifying for these scholarships as I am up against other students also applying. Some literary devices I am planning on using come from the "Art of Styling Sentences" document, those being things like uncommon punctuation. I will try to use things like the colon or semicolon to catch the reader's attention since using punctuation other than the period or comma shows that the author of the piece is well educated. I am also planning on using devices like flashbacks and foreshadowing; using flashbacks will help develop background and history, foreshadowing will build suspense and draw interest from the reader. I feel that if I incorporate these devices correctly, I will create wonderful pieces of writing that I will have been proud to write.
By using literary devices such as figurative language or descriptive words is utilized a lot in my essay. This is to make my story more interesting and just to construct a better essay altogether. The literary device of speaking about the past (a flashback) is used a lot to describe what had happened and my reactions and thoughts about it as I reflect during the modern-day. I also use similes and metaphors to describe the scenery (my narration essay is about hiking up the tallest mountain in Colorado). Similes and metaphors can be combined with imagery to really paint a picture for your audience. If you can get your audience to vividly imagine what it is you're talking about, then you have constructed a successful narration essay. Hyperbole is another good literary device because many narration essays are built on exaggerating certain details (not to the point where they become false, just to the point where they become more interesting to read). These are the measures I took in order to successfully use literary devices in my narrative essay.
I will be utilizing as many literary devices as I possibly can in my narration essay. They can really help to involve the audience and to keep the story interesting, as well as introducing a touch of my own personal style. I am planning to make good use of similes and metaphors so as to place more vivid imagery into the reader's mind and make it more entertaining. I am also replacing common, boring words with more elaborate, interesting words so that my essay is less boring to read. I have been using a lot of foreshadowing to hint about what is to come, which engages the reader more. In my essay, I have also been using a lot of scenery to describe the setting in a better way so that the reader can visualize it better. All of these literary devices will hopefully create a more entertaining work of art that the reader can enjoy much more than without.
I am writing scholarship essays to replace the entirety of the narrative essay. I am using a series of literary devices to engage the reader, who determines if I earn the scholarship or not. For example, I am using symbolism in my scholarship essays to set mine apart from others. Using symbolism shows that I am an educated writer that puts a lot of thought into her words. In addition, I am including vivid imagery in my essay. Describing events thoroughly—through using metaphors and smiles—will force the judge(s) to picture themselves in the situation. I want the reader to connect with my essay on a personal level and detect my passion for the topic, so they will reward me accordingly. Lastly, I am going to use flashbacks to add personal experiences to my essay. Showcasing that I can relate to the topic adds a whole extra layer to my writing. My personal flair demonstrates that I personally relate to and understand the question being asked. Using all these different literary devices will help my writing come to life.
I have chosen to do a mixture of both a narration essay and a scholarship essay. I don't have many memorable stories from my youth; none that would be enough for six pages anyway. Not just any scholarship essay is considered a winner. The judges see hundreds of these essays every year, and they are looking for one that particularly stands out. So you must make your essay you write interesting and unique. I am doing this by using attention-getting introductions to my paragraphs, impressive sentence structure, and use of facts. By using attention-grabbing introductions, the judges will hopefully be interested in reading my paper all the way through. Even if the middle or end of my paragraphs are slightly weak, the introductions will keep their attention throughout the essay. I am also citing my sources for everything in my essay. My scholarship essay requires me to write about how the U.S. has handled the coronavirus. Giving false information on that would be very obvious, so I have made sure to show where I got my facts from so they don't think my essay is garbage from the start. Lastly, I am making use of the different sentences we have used all throughout the year. Hopefully, this will set me apart from other kids who don't utilize these techniques; therefore giving me a better chance at a scholarship.
I am writing both my narrative essay and also a scholarship essay. I chose to be more formal in the way I wrote my scholarship essay because I feel most scholarship essays should sound sophisticated and brilliant—like you are trying to prove your worthiness and knowledge. I tried to incorporate as much vocabulary variation as possible in my scholarship essay not only because it tests my knowledge, but also it makes my writing flow and the reader does not get uninterested or bored of overused words. My narration essay is very, very different. I am using a more "lazy" style of writing to make my story-telling sound more authentic to how I would tell my story to a friend. My sentences are using much more detail to give the reader a clear image of what was happening. In general, the style of my narrative essay is much more relaxed to resembles the type of novels I personally like to read.
I choose to do some scholarship essays instead of a narration essay. The scholarship essays I choose allow me to speak on my behalf and from parts of my life. They are more personal than a regular essay, but that works when I want to find connections for the reader. I try to speak from my mind but also creating a story that is entertaining for the reader. Sometimes when just simply reading an essay, you cannot visualize some things easily. That is why I am using figurative language to help the reader understand what I am writing. I want the reader to be able to imagine my story vividly. I also will use dialogue to help the reader understand the story from my point of view. I think this will allow them to feel like they are living through me. I think literary devices aid the flow of anything you write and create a cohesion that all writers strive for.
I have decided to write the narration essay and continue to look through scholarship ideas on my own time. My essay is about more of a joyous time in my life, one with friends and spending the day at a college campus with them, so the tone of my essay is exciting and happy. In my essay I used a few flashbacks, literary devices used to explain parts of the story that might not be as clear as I thought, to fill in the gaps of my story. One literary device that I did not use as much in my story as much as anyone else is dialogue. I did not use dialogue a lot in my narration essay because my story is more about the actions it took to have a good time in a place where one would assume is very serious. If I would have included dialogue, the story would not be as fun and spur of the moment as the day was actually.
I have decided to write scholarship essays in place of my narration essay. I chose these scholarship essays because it gives me the chance to talk to a reader and see the options I have for when I go to school. I will be using the natural literary devices within my scholarship essays but will not be hunting to find them to put them in as I do not want to fill my pieces with formalities. I want the reader to understand who I am and read where I am from, rather than putting extra-literary devices that may not be needed. I will use literary items such as flashbacks to help the reader why I am talking about the prompt. I have also been using my different sentence types to make it more memorable and exciting to read. I want these to help me stand apart from other people applying for these scholarships as well.
I decided to write all scholarship essays. I used a variety of literary devices in my essays including imagery, colorful adjectives, flashbacks, metaphors, etc. An example is when it asked to describe my journey from birth to where I am now, I would use flashbacks to tell of my past. Adding to that would be colorful adjectives and phrases to make the writing more enjoyable. When describing places I’ve been or things I’ve seen, I would add imagery so they can get a clear picture from my point of view. Using these tools helps the overall essay by creating a connection between the writer and the reader. The people combing through the essays see the same words over and over again and so making a colorful essay that is unique would help to get a better chance of winning. Eliminating the use of “there are” and “This is” forces the writer to come up with better starts to the sentence and better portray their point.
I choose to write the narration essay. As I will be writing the scholarship essays in my own time. I wrote about a problem I had to endure when I was little so I have been trying to add mysteries and creepy words. To get the readers' attention and have them feel what I went through when I was a little kid. I will be adding an exciting and brilliant vocabulary word list so I can spice up my essays. Also adding fun adjectives to keep the reader intrigued and not bored. For the part of the essay where we have to copy a writer's style, I will be copying JK Rowling because she has produced and written so many books, like the harry potter series, that sell out and or are very well known. I feel like writing in her style would add a lot to my essay and would give me a different perspective.
I choose to do both the scholarship essay and narration. I did two essays and then wrote my narration. In my scholarship essays, I used specific events from my past and explained the differences in different topics. For my narration, I wrote about a time when I learned how to use my gut feeling. I used a calm and peaceful language with an underlying sinister tone. I wanted the reader to feel uneasy. I will be adding lots of imagery and exaggerating details to help show how scared I felt. I love adding interesting and new adjectives to help spice up the flow of the sentences that I write. I also love adding vocabulary words to my work because I learn what they mean and then I am more inclined to use them again, instead of repetitive phrases, in the future. I have also noted I have been a lot more aware of not use this is and repetitive introductions to sentences, which helps make my writing stand out amongst others. I think that everything that I have been using will help me grow as both a writer and a reader.
I chose to write a narration essay because I feel that my essay skills will not stand out from the rest. I also chose to write the narration essay because the majority of colleges I am looking at do not require me to write an essay. I have to write scholarship essays at a later date because I feel that under the pressure of a deadline so close will be problematic and harmful to my writing. Some literary devices I want to include in my essay are flashback and flashforwards, parentheses, and dashes. In my narration essay, I will have to use a time period longer than five hours because anything that I can remember that took five hours or less is prohibited or will not be enough to cover six pages. I want to try to tell my story in a clear and concise way that the reader can follow along with and understand.
I chose to replace my narration essay with the scholarship essays I wrote. When writing these essays, I tried not to inflate them with a bunch of formal fluff. At the same time, I made sure that I didn't make them dry either. I feel like there is a happy medium when writing things like that. The examiners of the scholarship paper probably read hundreds of essays. Setting mine apart from others was one of my goals. I believe that using a few literary devices helped me with that. I used different vocab words in the place of bland ones, used different ways to start a sentence, and I also made sure to use my knowledge of grammatical classification to my advantage. Hopefully, these devices helped spice my writing up a bit. It was a challenge, for me, to not overthink my writing. While writing the essays, I have a tendency to write something and then redo the whole thing after I overthink what I wrote. I do think that using what I have learned from this class helped improve my scholarship essays.
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I chose to do scholarship essays in the place of my narration essay. In my writing, I used many literary devices to connect with the reader or judge. I wanted to exceed the competition for these scholarships in a hope that I would be rewarded for my writing style. I used multiple devices from flashbacks and imagery, similes and metaphors, anything I could to make a connection with the audience. I used flashbacks to tell how I was associated with the questions that scholarships asked me. To enhance these flashbacks, I would use imagery to explain what was happening to me, to people around me, to my environment. I would use similes and metaphors to describe these situations and how I felt because of them. I would always try to keep my essays in my point of view so the essay sounded like a real person. Someone who would greatly benefit from their scholarships and would put them to good use.
I still haven't decided whether to write a narration essay, scholarship essays, or a combination of the two. For a narration essay, the best way to capture the reader's attention would be to use colorful adjectives, powerful verbs, and captivating literary techniques. A story is built on its ability to take root in the reader's mind, which is why outstanding literary devices such as imagery and flashbacks will help develop the essay and provoke the reader into forming their own conclusions. Scholarship essays can benefit from these attributes, but they also require their own unique properties. The goal of a scholarship essay is to make the writer stand out among the other countless competitive collegiates. Because of this, properly including advanced writing techniques like colloquialism and varied sentence structure will demonstrate to the reader that the essay was written by a qualified student. After all, impressing higher-ups with your eloquence is an excellent way to enter your college career.
The people who judge scholarship essays read more than a few of them; they spend hours and hours going through hundreds of essays. Most of these essays are very similar to each other, and if an essay does not stand out from the rest, the essay is not considered. The use of literary devices and the stylizing of sentences makes essays pop out to readers. The first thing that I focused on when writing my scholarship essays was the variation of sentence structure. If a scholarship essay reader reads an essay in which every sentence starts with "There is...", "There are...", or "I...", they might not even bother making it to the end of the essay. Not every sentence should have just a subject and a verb, either. I incorporated compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences in order to avoid dreary simplicity. Next, I simply incorporated various literary devices in my essays. I used gerunds, infinitives, subordinate clauses, and more to replace subjects and other nouns. I like to use literary devices that are not words, like colons, semicolons, dashes, and ellipsis. These gave my essays a bit more pizzazz by adding more variation in sentence structure and making my essay not so much of an endless abyss of words.
I have decided to do a mixture of Narration and Scholarship essays. While writing the narration essay using strong adjectives will help to convey your message as will the help of precise verbs. The use of flashbacks in your story will also help you to convey a powerful message and truly set the image of the experience that you are trying to convey in the minds of your audience. Strong imagery will also allow you to successfully place this image of your story into the minds of the reader. These things could come into play with scholarship essays but they don’t have to be as predominant as they do in your narration essay. When writing scholarship essays the whole goal is to hype yourself up and brag about your accomplishments but you have to do that in a way that doesn’t overstep the line of being too braggy. This can be accomplished by writing in a very professional way, in this essay the more professional the tone of the essay the greater likelihood of the scholarship board taking more time to read through your essay and being in awe of the professional tone and the mastery of your writing. The more erudite that you can sound the better chance that they remember your essay out of thousands or possibly even millions of scholarships.
I will be shortening my narration essay by writing a couple of scholarship essays. When writing a scholarship essay, you have to be precise with your wording. Since they only may alow a few hundred words, you don't want to put in words like "it is," or "there are." You want to use each word to its full extent. The scholarship essay that I will be writing is about looking back on your life 30 years from now. For this, I will be using a combination of flashbacks and flash-forwards. For my narration essay, it will be helpful to relate my life to certain people or places. This will help the reader visualize what I am trying to convey to them. I will do this by putting myself in the mind of an author and writing as they would write. Along with that using exaggeration also is an excellent technique to keep the reader inclined.
I have not completely decided whether I am going to replace all of my narration essay pages with scholarship essays. I already have some essays figured out but I do not know whether they will all be enough to replace all six pages of the narration essay. Whichever I choose I would still need to use complex and effective literary devices within my essays to put my writing above others. Some of the ways that I have illustrated that would be by the use of similes, metaphors, imagery, and anaphora. Similes and metaphors, although they are basic they can be quite effective if used in the correct place at the correct time. I could use these by categorizing myself with very positive things, to help convey responsibility, kindness, and strength. Imagery would be used in a similar way. I would try to put myself with those positive things that I said and that would make myself more appealing towards the judges of the scholarship essays or my story to the readers of my narration essay.
I have decided to write a couple scholarship essays to shorten my narration essay. When writing a scholarship essay, you have to be precise and to the point. You want to make sure your essay is the best. The people who read the scholarship essays spend hours on end determining who is the right fit to give their money to. They read many similar essays so being able to be different than everyone else is crucial. Using literary devices and styling your sentences a certain way helps your scholarship essays stand out to the judges. When I write different scholarship essays I really focus on the style of my sentences. I try not to start my sentences the same way because I know that can get super boring. I try incorporating gerunds and infinitives to make my essays sound more interesting. I try styling my sentences and using different literary devices to make my essay stand out to the judges.
As a way to make my writing more interesting, I will be utilizing literary devices in my narrative essay. I will make use of flashbacks by referencing an event that took place before the main writing. A flashback is great at informing the reader of a previous event that took place to help them make sense of what is going on in the story. Foreshadowing will be apart of my narrative essays as well. Foreshadowing adds suspense to the story, engaging the reader's interest. Metaphors, similes, or assimilations will be added throughout my essay as a way to make the writing come to life. With the use of metaphors and similes, the reader is able to imagine the event that is taking place much more vividly. Literary devices make the writing stand out; it puts emphasis on what is being said. Including literary devices in my writing propels readers in being able to understand the story better.
I am writing a complete narration essay, and I am using many different techniques and devices. My main goal with using techniques is to pique the reader’s interest and try to keep them reading the story. Lots of boring words, expletives, and redundancy can make it difficult to want to continue reading. I am actively trying to avoid using the phrase “says” whenever there is dialogue, as there are tons of other things that could be used instead. The use of strong words can help the reader visualize the story and will keep them interested. Every story should use multiple literary devices. In my story already I have used imagery and exposition. I think almost every story uses imagery whether intentionally or not. Imagery is one of the most useful tools when writing as it helps people visualize the story and possibly feel like they are a part of the story.
I have decided to do both scholarship essays and my narration. Throughout the writing, I have found that it is much easier to use literary devices within my narration. I think this is because it is a more creative piece than some of my scholarship essays. Some of the literary devices that I have incorporated are similes, metaphors, and imagery. These three are the main ones I have used because they are vital to creating a unique setting, and creating an overall interesting essay. I also used foreshadowing a bit in my story to build suspense for the reader and keep them guessing. I think that literary devices are important because just like sentence variety, they add detail and individuality to your writing. I think that using literary devices can help a person become an overall more experienced writer, and give them more "tools" to use when it comes to writing essays or creative writings.
I am writing a mixture of both scholarship essays and a narration essay. I chose to do this so that I can make sure I have three pages by this Friday, while still getting scholarship essays knocked out of the way. Some literary devices that I will be utilizing in my narration essay will be parallelism, starting sentences with gerunds and infinitives, parenthesis, dashes, and many many more. I choose to use these literary devices to keep my essays flowing but still being non-repetitive. When writing essays I use a variety of chiasmus and powerful verbs to change up the sentence guts and make them more interesting. I use gerunds and infinitives to start my sentences because if I keep starting my sentences with subjects, my essay becomes very repetitive and that is no fun to read. Using chiasmus shows new ways to emphasize the main points that I am trying to get across. Literary devices are very helpful to move my essay along and to make them sound more intelligent.
I have decided to do an all narration essay. I have found out while starting this that it is much easier for me to write and include literary devices in a narration that my other essays. I think this is because I am writing about something that I know a lot about, obviously, and the words can just flow right onto the page. I have suspense throughout the story, along with other writing sentence styles. Dashes, parenthesis, quotes. It is much easier for me to think of these things this far along in this class, especially when I don't have to research things and information that is new to me. The quotes all happened, I know all the action, so it flows better. I also use foreshadowing in my essay, along with metaphors and imagery. I can set the stage exactly how I want it, from the weather to what I was wearing so the reader has a very good understanding of what is going on in the story. Literary devices are coming to me much quicker, making my story sound better and more interesting.
In my narration essay, I am using literary devices to attract the readers attention and highlight certain portions of the essay. I found it easy to write with literary devices such as similes, metaphors, allusions, and foreshadowing. Narrating your own personal story means that you know the details. What you do not remember, you create. Showing the significance of certain events, people, or objects by using figurative language (similes, metaphors) brings the reader's attention to what you are trying to say. It also helps to create a vivid picture within the reader's mind to help them understand your perspective. Foreshadowing can be a helpful tool in developing the plot, as it causes the reader to consider the impact of certain actions. Using full characterization and developed setting builds the environment in which the story takes place. I fully developed the setting of the crucial point of the story, as I felt that the setting was essential to comprehending the main event. Using literary devices is essential to composing a narrative that puts the audience in your shoes, which ensures that they are able to take away the lesson of the story.
Literary devices make a writer stand out. The simple devices you learn in grade school: alliteration, simile, and metaphor, and the comprehension of new devices like chiasmus, euphemism, and inversion, can greatly improve your writing. By learning these new literary devices my writing has drastically transformed. They help to vary my sentence structure and keep my writing diverse. I will utilize the use of these devices in my narrative by including simpler devices to describe the plot, setting, and characters. I will also utilize more complex literary devices to differentiate my writing and sentence structure. The use of inversion is debatably the most valuable literary device I have developed. Changing the order of words in a sentence grabs the reader's attention. I have learned to appreciate this when reading other's work. My narrative essay will also implement flashbacks as a form of storytelling. I think this is common when writing narratives because it offers readers a break from a traditionally formatted story. Coinciding with flashbacks is foreshadowing. Early in my narrative, I use foreshadowing to offer readers a hint at what is to come and use this spark their interest to continue reading.
I have decided to write both a scholarship essay and narration. I found that the narration allows for a lot more use of literary devices. You have to create a story and make the reader really understand what you are explaining. In the scholarship essays, you need to still use literary devices to make your writing sound better but you have to be more precise with what you are saying. In my narrative essay, I use different similes, metaphors, and allusions to bring the story to life. It makes it more detailed and descriptive when writing. When writing a story you do not want to say the same thing over and over or start with the same sentence styles. Changing up how you write and adding in different literary elements to your writing can really make it flow easier. It also allows the reader the option to really connect with what you are saying and picture it in their head.
I am doing a mix of scholarship essays and narration. I plan on using exaggerations in my narration to get the reader interested or have them wondering. I also will try to rarely use words like they or that because in scholarship essays they are reading thousands of essays so I need to use words that intrigue the reader so the companies will choose my essay over someone elses per say. I need to use precise verbs and always show sophistication through different styles of grammatical classifications. I believe if I add more styles and use these precise verbs I can intrigue the reader and make them believe that I am worth the scholarship. I know how many essays they read so I need to set myself apart with perfect punctuation and not using the same style of sentences over and over. So using these styles I can win more scholarships by showing sophistication by using precise verbs and many styles of sentences.
I made the decision on writing both a scholarship and a narration essay. When writing a narration essay, you are to use more literary devices than other essays. This is because when you are writing the story you are trying to create an understanding for the reader who is reading the story. Usually, it is not as neat and sharp as it would be for a scholarship essay. As for writing a scholarship essay, you probably are going to want to have the essay to be accurate and pinpoint the subject of what you are writing about. Usually, in a narrative essay, you would use different elements in your writing to hold the interest of your reader. For example, styled writing and just using creative styles, this goes great for a scholarship essay as well. Just being able to know how to write a narration and scholarship essay will help a lot in your future to come. It will teach you what your readers like, and how to utilize your styled writing into something that others look forward to reading.
I replaced the narration essay with various scholarship essays. The topics for these essays include (but are not limited to) a summation of my high school years as well as information regarding a role model in my life who has been particularly influential in helping me get through school. To enhance my writing about these subjects, I plan on using a few semicolons to create sentence variety while still allowing the sentences to flow smoothly. Furthermore, I will add sentence variety by including many different types of sentences—including simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, and fragments. Therefore, each sentence will have a different number of dependent and independent clauses so that the sentence structure will not become repetitive after a while. Besides basic sentence structure, I plan on inserting dashes and parentheses to make the essay look more professional as well as to add in extra information that did not fit cleanly into the sentence.
I decided to write scholarship essays instead of the narrative essay. With my scholarship essays, I tried to make myself relatable and possibly have something in common with the readers. I used stories from my life and also used imagery whenever possible. With my writing, I tried to make an impact on the reader, so they would be more likely to vote for my essay as compared to the hundreds they have already read. I wanted my essays to stick out and show them something different. I used relatable stories and scenarios to help the reader connect and understand what I was trying to say. When writing scholarship essays, you have to learn how to get right to the point, it is not supposed to be very creative writing. You have a word count limit and you have to make those the best, most impactful words for the reader. Along the way, I have used some of the styling sentences, but I have also used metaphors and similes to make it clear to the reader what I am trying to say.
In my narrative essay, I will be utilizing literary devices. I will try and incorporate a variety of styles including cool alliteration, which can make my essay a little more interesting. While writing my narration I will attempt to imitate an author’s writing style for my first time, to try to enhance my writing. Inside my essay, though not written yet, you will find an example of flashback/flash-forward and an instance of foreshadowing. Using these techniques can enhance a narration and grasp a reader’s attention; making one understand the writer’s point of view. In a narration, a literary device can simply be the development of the setting or characters. Letting a reader get a full image of a scene or character by explaining well can help the reader be more interested. Being able to understand the variety of literary devices you can add in your essay can make one’s essay sound more professional.
My essay is composed of both a scholarship essay and a narrative essay; therefore, I have plenty of opportunities to incorporate a vast variety of literary devices. To begin, I naturally included certain writing devices such as similes, allusions, and alliteration in my writing. As literary devices we learned in elementary school, it has become instinctive to write with such devices as means to show education and ability. Including alliterations and similes assists in capturing the reader’s attention through memorable statements; similarly, allusions force the reader to ponder where they came across whatever information you are alluding to. Following the labeling of basic literary devices, it came time to add flair to my narration through the use of more advanced devices such as full character development, foreshadowing, and flashbacks. I utilized character development in my narrative essay to involve the reader in the story by providing the reader with the feeling of understanding the character on a personal level. Foreshadowing is used to build suspense, and the suspense built through foreshadowing adds to the drama of the story, helping pop the climax of the story—the moral. Flashbacks provide a movie-like feeling to the story while also providing the reader with information that would otherwise feel misplaced in the story. The combination of diction and literary devices produces a well-written, impactful composition that leaves the reader hoping for more.
I have decided to complete only scholarship essays rather than a narration essay. I feel that this is the best idea because scholarship essays are much more valuable in my eyes. I believe that a narration essay would be much easier to write. I think that it is much easier to include different literary devices in a narration essay. It can be done in scholarship essays; however, you have to be sure that you don't overdo it. I also believe that a narration essay is much more enjoyable to write. Something about writing down real-life experiences allows words to flow onto a paper like nothing else. I find that I am often stuck on scholarship essays for a wide variety of reasons. I want to make sure that all of the words I use are the best ones possible. However, I also don't want to overdo the vocabulary. It is also vital to start your sentences in a variety of ways. Some who read scholarship essays might not finish your paper if it doesn't strike with them right away.
In my essay, I have utilized a lot of literary devices. One literary device that I have used is a flashback to show the readers what has happened before that is similar to what is happening now. I used a flashback to give the reader more information. I also will use foreshadowing to create suspense and get the readers wondering what is going to happen. There are also a lot of similes and metaphors to add a description so the readers can see what I am seeing in my story. Just adding all the different types of literary devices will keep the reader interested. There are a lot of literary devices to use; it doesn’t just have to be the ones I have said there are chiasmus, alliteration, and many more. It can also help with the structure of the essay adding literary devices makes my sentences different keeping the reader interested. Literary devices can be the ones that you learned back in grade school and it can also be the ones that you are learning now and are new to you.
When presented with this writing opportunity, I chose to write both a narrative essay and a few scholarship essays. Creative writing allows one to dig deep within themselves and actually write what they want; on the other hand, I want to take this opportunity to make some money. As a writer, I have grown immensely in terms of using literary devices. Literary devices are the things that set my writing apart from anybody else's. At first, writing in different styles was difficult—and quite frankly, inconvenient. Having to go back and rewrite sentences in order to get some literary diversity took time and effort. Now that I've almost "trained" myself to use these devices, I've noticed that I tend to use specific devices a lot more than others. Putting an emphatic appositive after a colon is one of my favorites. Expanding my horizons and using literary devices in my essays will really make my writing more interesting. Perhaps it will even make my writing fun to read. I want to captivate my audience. Whether it is my teacher, a judge, a professor, or a friend peer reviewing my essay, I want to intrigue them. Using literary devices makes my writing unique. Interesting. Better.
I have decided to write a narration essay about an interesting experience in my life. In order to show my ideas and connect with the readers in the best way possible, I must use different kinds of literary devices. A common literary device, that is very effective at making connections to readers, is the allusion. Allusions can be taken from any well known stories such as mythology or famous novels. Using allusions correctly will enable your reader to better imagine your story and make connections. It is important to make sure that your reader will understand where the allusion is from, however. If they do not get the allusion it will most likely confuse them. Similes are also an important literary device. You use similes when comparing something using like or as. Similes are most effective when comparing two objects so that your reader will understand more about an object. As you can tell, most literary devices are used to help your reader gain a deeper understanding of your writing.
I have decided to use this assignment to write both a scholarship and a narration essay. In both of these, I realized that they both need a lot of details. For the narration essay, to explain a situation in six pages that lasted five hours may be difficult. Also, in scholarship essays, I want my essay to stand out. The people on the scholarship committee read lots of essays written by hopeful students. I think that using different sentence structures and vivid, interesting words may spark the reader to keep on going. To capture the reader's attention, many different things may be used like alliterations, allusions, and similies. These pieces can help you gain a better understanding of what the writer wants to say. Another thing that could make narration essays specifically more interesting to read is flashbacks. These can help the reader understand the story from the narrator's point of view.
I am going to write both the narration essay and a scholarship essay. Although, I have not figured out which scholarship essay I want to write yet. But, for my narration essay, I am using a wide array of literary devices. It is extremely important to use literary devices in essays to impress the reader. Well-written essays must stick out to the reader. One way for an essay to stick is if contains literary devices such as flashbacks, similes, metaphors, imagery, symbolism, etc. The use of flashbacks helps the reader know a little background information so they can better understand what the writer is experiencing in the present. The use of similes/metaphors helps the readers better understand what they are talking about as the writer compares the idea to something else. Imagery is a huge catalyst for writing an impressive essay. Imagery is the use of words that appeal to the senses and when you read the word, the reader can usually visualize it in their head. The use of symbolism is when you take an object of a sentence and you use it for a different meaning than what the literal meaning is. Symbolism takes something with little importance and makes it way more important. All in all, the use of literary devices helps the reader visualize, connect, and better understand. But, most imporantly it is extremely impressive and helps the essay stand out.
I think the most common literary device that I have used in my narration essay so far is similes and metaphors. I am writing about the first time that I played drums in church, which is an experience that not a lot of people have. Because it is a topic that few people have experienced themselves, I use similes and metaphors to relay the emotions and feelings of that experience by comparing them to things that more people understand. At one point, I compare the nerves I had about being on stage to the suspense of a rollercoaster that is climbing towards a big drop. You know that the drop is coming but there is nothing that you can do to stop it. You might be slightly scared yet you are also excited, knowing that you will enjoy it by the end. I was the same way about playing drums: I was excited and knew I would enjoy it, yet I was nervous at the same time because I did not want to screw it up. Aside from similes and metaphors, imagery is another important aspect of my narration essay. The setting of my essay—the District event center in Sioux Falls—had a lot of distinct characteristics that remain vivid in my memory despite me not having been there since 2015. The bar at the back of the room always had the smell of watered-down alcohol leftover from the night before, the stage creaked loudly when you stepped in particular spots (about a foot to the right of the center and in the top left corner), and the huge bathroom doors made a thunderous noise that echoed off of walls when the doors closed. These details (among others) are all vital in making the reader feel like they are also inside the walls of the District rather than just reading about what I experienced there.
I chose to do scholarship essays instead of a narration essay. Using and utilizing literary devices will help my overall essay and chances of qualifying for these scholarships. Literary devices add credibility and flow to all essays and short answer questions. Utilizing a literary device, such as dashes, shows an advanced knowledge in English arts. Showing professors that you have advanced knowledge through essays will better my chances of getting money for my academic goals in college. The ACT doesn't give you the chance to show knowledge through your own writing but through scholarships and essays, you can. I have been using metaphors in my scholarship essay currently. Texting and driving can be very fatal and using your phone for five seconds cover the same distance as a football field. Comparing that distance to other extreme distances is a good use of a literary device.
After writing different scholarship essays, I have added many literary devices. Including similies, metaphors, personification, and foreshadowing. By adding these literary devices to my scholarship essays, I am making the stories more interesting and intriguing. For example, I compare people to different animals and other exotic characters in past productions that I have done through Brandon Valley High School. I am also typing a scholarship essay that uses similies. I am comparing people that are running around to ants when there is food dropped on the ground. In my scholarship essays, I have also dabbled in the art of rhyming. By doing this, I am expanding my creativity in writing and keeping the reader's interest while they read my essay. Lastly, I will also be using foreshadowing in my scholarship essays to add more to the outcome of my stories. Not only will foreshadowing be unexpectedly used, but it will also help it stand out more from other essays.
I am using several different literary devices for my essay. The first one that appears in my essay is a developed setting. I describe the scene of the gym with all the mats and people. I describe what is going on and how it looks. Then I use an intentional, cool alliteration. I use the phrase "tough, timely, and tactical". Then I use a flash-forward. I talk about how in the future my high school football coaches would use a phrase that I used before one of my matches. Then I use a simile when describing my opponent. I said that he was like a muffin. I then use a second simile to describe myself. I said that I was like a bowling ball. The next literary device that I use is a metaphor. I describe myself once again while I am watching my future opponents wrestle. I say that I am a tiger stalking its prey.
I chose to only write scholarship essays. I believe this will be much more beneficial for me because I will at least be attempting to win these scholarships, a chance at free money. It could be a waste of time, but even then I am practicing writing techniques. The more I submit, the better chance I have at getting some money for college. In my scholarship essays, I will use some literary deivces. They enhance writing overall, no matter what the purpose of the writing is. One technique I will be using is a flashback. In many scholarship prompts, you have to write about past experiences, so I will be setting the stage for my reader and taking them through a specific moment in my life. Literary devices aren't quite as needed in scholarship essays as they are in a narration essay, so I will use them as I see fit.
I have decided that I will be writing a narrative essay and possibly a few scholarship essays to shorten it. Within my essay, I plan to be utilizing many literary devices. While writing I have found that I already use some, but now I can truly recognize that I am doing so. Some key literary devices that I plan to use are imagery, foreshadowing, point of view, and allusion. I will use imagery to set the scene of where my story is taking place. Foreshadowing will be used to give the reader suspense and want to keep reading to find out what will happen next. I will make the point of view very clear in my narrative. I may even add in other points of view for extra description and detail. Lastly, I plan to use allusions to allude to things that I do not specifically state within the text, but allow for the readers to infer.
Writing a narrative essay I am trying to be very descriptive with my word choice to capture the reader's attention and to help them get a better picture of what is going on. Something that I am trying to use are similes and metaphors which will help inflect a certain tone depending on what is happening from that person's point of view. I will use irony in the story to help move the plot forward and to make things seem better or worse than they truly are. I will use imagery to help the reader get a really good feel of how a person is feeling, or what the scenery around the characters looks like. There will be some use of foreshadowing where people tell this character not to do it but that character does it anyway; because they thought it would be funny and they didn't stop to think why many people warned them not to do it. There will also be a small exposition so that the reader has some background on the group of characters that they are about to read about.
I have decided to write scholarship essays instead of the narration essay, and I plan on utilizing many of the literary devices that I have learned in this class. Not only will these devices distinguish me from other students who are applying for the same scholarship, but they will make my essays much more intriguing and interesting. My favorite literary devices come from the “Art of Styling Sentences” document, specifically the usage of uncommon punctuation, like the colon or semicolon. In my writing, I attempt to incorporate as many of these unusual punctuations as possible because it catches the reader's attention. Additionally, using punctuation beyond the period and comma illustrates that the author is educated and intelligent, two very important qualities to be displayed in scholarship essays. I also plan on incorporating questions for the reader. When a question is posed within the text, it encourages the reader to think critically about the essay and make their own conclusions. Using a multitude of literary devices within my scholarship essays is a great way to stand out among the many scholarship applicants.
I will be writing a narrative essay and be attempting to make it as colorful and creative as possible with my writing techniques. My essay is not yet finished so I do not know for a fact what all the different literary devices I intend to utilize are going to be. One literally device I have already decided on obviously is flashbacks and foreshadowing. With my narrative essay being about an event in my life this means I will be using a lot of these two because I am talking about things that have already passed. Another literary device I might use is allegory. I intend to incorporate a Greek Mythology reference into my essay but I do not know if this will be an allegory or possibly a metaphor or simile. Although my essay is yet to be finished I know for a fact I will attempt to make it as interest as I possibly can.
I still haven't decided on an idea for my narrative essay. I want to write about an event that I'm passionate about that happened in my life. I find it easy to write about things that you are passionate about. Passionate writing helps bring my literary devices to a higher level. Using strong verbs is crucial to enhance the dramatic feel. Another device I will be using is imagery. I need to create a visual for the reader to understand and picture the events throughout the narrative. I’m going to be mixing up the diction in the story. I am going to be using informal diction and formal diction. I am going to mostly use informal diction in the dialogue to make the story more realistic. Lastly, I am going to use foreshadowing to hint at what’s to come throughout the story and keep the reader at the edge of their seat.
More recently, I just discovered I have to write a "piece of intellectual knowledge or experience," to be accepted into Augustana's civitas program. So, the essay that I had originally is a placeholder until I finish my "intellectual knowledge" essay. When using literary devices, I will use verbiage that reaches out and touches the panel of educators that will allow me into the Civitas program. I want to use Pathos, logos, and ethos to a heavy extent just so they know my passion for being someone who really wants to represent and work for the people. I want to use more than just periods and commas and I want to stand out with heavy use of sentence styling that we have learned in composition. I want to use lots of imagery and emotion to show that I am intelligent and capable enough to be apart of this honors program. Using literary devices to their full ability will help me achieve my goal of being a part of Civitas.
I decided to write a mixture of scholarship essays and the narration essay. Scholarship essays require the best words you have in your vocabulary because you only get so many words. I have written essays that can range from 500 words to 1000 words minimum but when writing I still have to pick and choose the words I decide to use. Using literary devices will help the essay stand out from the other applicants. Some of the literary devices I have used for my narrative essay are flashbacks and foreshadowing. I used flashbacks because they make the writing more interesting and because of the event I choose to write about happened in the first grade. I am using foreshadowing because there are some action points in the story that I was able to build up from the beginning of the story making the readers want more because they want to find out what happens.
I am writing both a scholarship essay and a narrative essay. My essays are nowhere close to being finished yet so I still do not know what literary devices I will use. I do know however that I will use as many as I possibly can to make my writing more fulfilling to read. The scholarship that I am choosing to write is about drivers' safety and drivers ed. I am writing about how it is very important to be educated when you are behind the wheel. Examples of literary devices I plan on using in both essays are imagery, foreshadowing, and allusion. I will use imagery to make the reader be able to picture what scenes I am describing in greater detail. I will use foreshadowing to help build suspense and interest in the story. I will use allusion to have the reader allude to things outside of the text to understand things in the text.
I am not sure what I will write about for my Narration essay, but I do know what the structure of the essay will be like. I want to use both easy and difficult final exam terms for sentence structure and for sentence variety. In my scholarship essays, I do not want to use as much complexity. The reason I am doing this is so that my scholarship essays are easy for the reader to understand. If my scholarship essays are easy to understand, there is a higher chance that my essay will be chosen for the scholarship—which is the ultimate goal for writing a scholarship essay. Also, I want my scholarship essays to sound formal and professional, while also having my own voice implemented. This is important so the reader can get to know me through my writing, while also noticing my professionalism. In my narration essay, I would like to foreshadow future events, whatever they may be, to create suspense for the reader.
At first, I was going to do a combination of a scholarship essay and a narrative essay. I felt like I was not going to be able to have a long enough narration to fill 6 pages. As I began writing I found that if I describe my trip with exquisite detail I can get those pages easily. I began to add a lot of precise verbs, colors, and many literary devices. A big literary device I used was flashbacks. When telling a story it keeps the reader drawn when you use flashbacks or any kind of foreshadowing. In my writing, I plan to incorporate a lot of metaphors and similes. I feel that using those techniques is a great way to keep a reader engaged and they also get a better picture when you compare different things. When you use literary devices it makes your writing in a way come to life. I feel if I cleverly weave it in my writing will be ten times better!
I chose to write a scholarship essay instead of a narrative essay. The scholarship is offered by the South Dakota School of mines and technology. It involves forging a knife and writing an essay on the scientific processes involved in the making of the blade. When I started writing my essay I realized that it would be extremely important to use literary devices. I knew that the inclusion of these techniques would make my essay more interesting to the reader, and it would help put my essay a step above the essays of my competitors. I am working on adding more variety in both the sentence structure and the beginnings of each sentence. This will help the essay to keep the reader's interest. The addition of higher-level vocabulary and increasingly complex sentence structure will make me—the writer—sound much smarter and more experienced. I may include similes and metaphors; these literary devices give the reader something to relate to when they read my essay.
I chose to mainly write scholarship essays for this essay. Writing scholarship essays requires you to have some of the best writing that you have ever written to make you sound more fluent and intelligent than other people that have submitted their essays. The only problem is if you use too many literary devices it will seem as if you are trying to force your writing to sound better. So you need to find the best medium for your essay so you do not sound like you are trying to force anything but still sound intelligent and as if you know how to write. Some literary devices that I am using will be a dash and parentheses because these are needed sometimes to get your thoughts in your work. Another one I will be using will be gerunds to start the sentence because it always sounds good when you start the sentence describing the noun in the sentence. Using these tools will help make my work more flow much better and allow for whoever reads it to stay interested.
I am going to write some scholarship essays instead of doing the narrative essay. With that, I have to be aware that I am able to use very few words to get my points across as most of the contests have a word limit between five hundred to eight hundred words. I plan to use a large amount of imagery in my essays in order to keep the reader's attention. With so few words, I have to make the most of them. I also plan to use foreshadowing in my essays. For example, I plan to participate in an essay where I will write about my experiences with irresponsible driving and how it almost killed my family. I plan to allude that something bad will happen by bringing up the ways my dad was irresponsible driving—mainly that he was on his phone. Finally, I plan to use similes and metaphors to spice up my writing and support my imagery.
As of right now, I plan to write a combination of narration and scholarship essays. I plan to use multiple literary devices in order to enhance my essays in a way that gives the reader both an easier time reading, and a more enjoyable time reading. Most of the time I feel that I do not use enough literary devices in my work. This is something I am trying to fix with this essay, by using more similes, metaphors, and onomatopoeias. By using more of these three specifically I will make my writing more interesting. I will then try and use plenty of stylish sentences that come from the "Art of Styling Sentences" in order to add style to my writing. Finally, I plan to use the final exam terms and try and incorporate them into my writing. By doing this, I can both complete the instructions for this essay and also enhance my writing by using different terms throughout the essays.
Choosing to write a narrative essay was a direct decision based on the vision I had in my mind of how I wanted to structure it. Using different literary devices such as foreshadowing and suspense allows me to keep the reader engaged throughout the long story. Describing an event over six pages may seem like a drag to some readers, so using different devices to keep them intrigued throughout the whole essay will be a benefit to myself and to the reader. Intermixing different writing styles and literary devices will help my understanding of sentence structure and writing, as well as my essay itself. Determining what literary devices to use will be a struggle, as there are many. Keeping a variety and using them at the right time in my essay will ensure that the story will be read correctly and the emotions evoked from the reader will be the appropriate ones. Overall, I am excited to get a start on my essay. I think it will remind me of the lessons that I learned from the experience and it will help me moving forward.
For my narration essay I am composing, I use a series of different literary devices in order to add color to my essay, keep the reader engaged, and make the story appear more real to the reader. Devices such as precise verbs, colorful adjectives, onomatopoeia, ellipsis, deliberate fragment, alliteration, and so much more can be utilized to add color to the essay—that is, make it more interesting. Devices such as hypophora, short questions for dramatic effect, colons, dashes, modifiers, and many more can be used to keep the reader engaged. One of my favorite devices to use for this is hypophora and short questions for dramatic effect. When asked a question, one feels the need to answer it. Hyphora influences the reader to keep reading in order to find the answer, and a short question jumps out at the reader, as it appears the writer is talking directly to them. Devices such as allusions, foreshadowing, symbolism, imagery, similes, and metaphors can be used to make the story appear more real for the reader. Allusions, metaphors, and similes connect the ideas/things/people talked about in the essay to other similar ideas/things/people the reader may recognize. Imagery, thorough characterization, and a developed setting help the reader picture the story in their head, making it seem more real to them. Overall, literary devices are used in my narration to serve many different purposes, all with the overall goal of improving my writing as well as making it stand out.
When writing my scholarship essays, I focused on not being repetitive and boring. It is very easy for an individual to sink into the trap of starting every sentence with a subject and then followed by a verb. Changing up this sentence variety allows creative thoughts to flow onto an essay and in the end, makes it easier to read along with write. I incorporated gerunds and infinities to add sentence variety along with creating a better and smarter sounding essay. Scholarship essays are read by highly intelligent individuals, and if you do not stand out from the rest you will not be considered. The incorporation of sentence variety along with literary devices will make your essay pop to the reader and thus make you a candidate for more scholarships. We all want free money so these essays are paramount in the success of our futures if you do not want any student loans to pay off in the future.
For my scholarship essays, I have been using many literary devices to show my point. I will use many literary devices to enhance my scholarship essays so I have the highest chance of winning I think I can get. Also, using these literary devices will help me get more variety into my essay along with creating a better flow. Using hypophora and other devices I will be able to engage the reader more and get them involved with my topic. I feel that I do not use enough literary devices in my works so I am trying to get better at doing so. Each essay is more and more practice at using these literary devices. Utilizing them in different ways to change the variety or flow of my essay will help me become a better writer. Someday, I hope I can create essays or literature works with these literary devices without even thinking about it.
I am writing scholarships in place of my essay, but I am still including literary devices in them. Scholarships—though they are shorter than a narrative—use the same elements as narratives to accomplish a goal. I plan on using literary devices to give variety and excitement to my writing. This will make the reader enjoy reading my scholarships enjoyable and not bland. Things from "Art of Styling Sentences" is a good way for me to include more variety in my writing. Also using literary devices such as similes and metaphors will add lots of style to an otherwise bland scholarship. Because I am writing scholarships, my writing has to be precise and fluent, or else the person reading them will lose interest. If the reader loses interest I will not be able to earn money for college—which is why the use of literary devices will help me make my writing more enjoyable for any readers.
I am doing both the college essays and the shortened narration essay. The use of literary devices has helped tremendously in my writing. The use of an ellipsis to build suspense in my stories and writings. Hyphens, commas, and semicolons all help in extending my sentences with better and different structures. High-level vocabulary is very useful while making you sound so much smarter. This leaves adults more impressed and will think much higher of you just because you sound smarter. Learning how to write with colons as well as help for making lists. One that is different and keeps your reader involved, is the hypophora. This is when the writer asks a question to get the reader thinking by making them come up with ideas or answers. These can be used too much and leave the readers confused or they are used right and then nobody's experience is the same.
I have decided to replace my narration essay with various scholarship essays. When reading through different essays for a certain scholarship, judges will often see the same thing: large words and extended essays that make each candidate appear more educated. My goal is to stand out from the crowd and catch the judge's eye when they come across my essay. To accomplish this, I will vary my sentence structure in order to keep the reader interested in what I have to say. In an attempt to make my writing more attractive, however, I do not want to make it too formal. A majority of the scholarship essays I have chosen to write have a word limit of 500 words. In order to meet this requirement, I must be wise with what I include. Although extravagant sentences and large words are attractive, they must be used sparingly in scholarship essays. Through varying sentence structure and being mindful of the main ideas needed, I will compose appealing essays that catch the eye of the reader.
I decided that I am going to write a mix of some scholarship essays and the narrative essay. In both of those essays, I need to make sure that I do not become repetitive and write down useless information that I do not need. I need to be able to write a quality essay for a highly intelligent person who will be very good at critiquing an essay and having lots of unimportant information would bore them easily. Using gerunds to start sentences helps a lot because it helps properly introduce what you will be talking about. I also am planning on using lots of onomatopoeias and lots of deliberate fragments as well to take out the unneeded information. Using all of these literary devices will help make my essays more interesting and less boring to read. The main thing to do is impress your teacher and the person reading the scholarship essay. The main way to do that is to write a solid essay with lots of needed information instead of beating around the bush.
I plan to do a mix of scholarship and narration for my essay. Though I have not started to put things together due to some heavy writer’s block, I do plan to heavily include literary devices into my writing. I personally believe that literary devices can excel in the formality of someone’s writing and make it much more appealing to the readers. Which is exactly what I plan to do. There is competition when it comes to scholarships, I want to win as many as possible and making my writing look better is a part of that. I plan to many literary devices, but the main ones being allusions, imagery and, more specifically in my narration, foreshadowing. Allusions can make the experiences being communicated in my writing more personal by relating them back to things people can relate to too. Imagery creates a scene in the reader’s head that will make the writing that much more interesting. Foreshadowing pulls the reader in and keeps them guessing for what will happen next. It makes them want to read more, along with the other devices I listed.
I will be composing both a narration essay and also scholarship essays. In my scholarship essay, I will have to use vocabulary that would be considered high-level. But I also can not overdo vocabulary and or literary devices within the essay. When you do that it comes off not only "cocky" that you are trying to show off your smarts, but also the overall flow of the essay is ruined. When you overdo literary devices or vocabulary—which are to help the overall flow of your essay—you can make it more difficult for the reader. In my essays, I will be using some of the literary devices that you have just read like parenthesis, dashes, hyphens, and many more. In doing so my writing will exceed past the average person who is applying for scholarships. Using literary devices and vocabulary correctly could help me find a couple bucks to use towards college.
Writing scholarship essays can be intimidating because there are a select few winners for each one. The question is, what determines a winning essay from a losing essay? The answer is simple...winning essays include literary devices that awe the judges. Including writing techniques such as hypopneas, deliberate fragments, negative-positive sequences, and absolute construction, will make the essay stand out. Literary devices build an essay from just a block of words on a page to an artistic vision for readers. Adding different sentence structures and vocabulary are amazing ways to spice up an essay, but being careful of how much is added is equally important. Personally, I have found (from limited experience), when writing scholarship essays, try to write the prompt in the most unique and interesting way possible. If you find your very own scholarship essay boring, the judges will for sure find it uninteresting. Using ways to engage the reader such as metaphors, alliteration, and other comparison sentence structures will help readers better relate to what point is trying to be made.
I plan to use literary devices in my narration essay to keep the reader interested in what I am telling them. When telling a reader a personal story, you want to make it as easy as possible for the reader to relate and feel as if they, themselves, are in the story. Literary devices help keep the reader interested because it turns what would usually be a bullet-pointed essay into a story. This interest will then help the reader relate and maybe even make them feel as though they are sharing the same experiences. In addition to using literary devices, I will be using vocabulary words to create a more mature and impressive style to my writing. I have a tendency to use the same words repeatedly and vocabulary words will keep my writing from becoming too shallow with the same words. Depending on how long my essay will be, I may write a scholarship essay. It is very important to use vocabulary words and literary devices in scholarship essays because you want to impress those who are reading. Using literary devices may help my essay to stand out from those whose essays use the same sentence structure and style in their essays. In addition, by adding vocabulary words from our units, I am able to show the reader that I can apply what I have learned to real-life situations.
I'm just doing the narration essay. I feel as though I can write six pages on my story. I started off with what compelling me to write this story. This event happened right after the essay was assigned and it makes it a lot easier to write about since the details are still fresh in my mind. While the setting in real life wasn’t really spectacular, I overdramatized it with little details and made it seem darker than it actually was. I use flashbacks to add information about the situation and to explain why I felt the way I felt. I also use a lot of dialogue said by my dad because he helped me understand the true meaning of this story through it. Using things like metaphors and similes to describe people and how they act particularly towards me. I have the main character development since I didn’t understand my lesson at first. Using these literary devices helps not only engage the reader, but to help them understand the moral of the story.
I am using literary devices such as flashbacks, introductory participial phrases, and similes in both my narration and scholarship essays. It is important to vary the different types of devices you use because you want to make sure you capture the reader’s full attention, particularly those that read your scholarship essay. You are influencing people with every word that you write so you want to make sure that you produce your very best work. Flashbacks or flashforwards provide a personal experience that the reader can connect to; it helps to make your essay more personable. I also love using introductory participial phrases because they keep you from getting redundant and starting every sentence with a noun. Having misplaced modifiers and appositives change up the structure of your sentences so that you aren’t constantly doing the noun+verb structure. I believe that it’s even more visually appealing, not just cognitively refreshing.
For the narration essay, I am doing a mix of both narration and scholarship essays. In my narration essay, I will be utilizing more literary devices than I will be in my scholarship essays. These literary devices could go from similes to a sarcastic play on words. I will also be using other types of literary devices such as metaphors, allusions, flashbacks, and foreshadowing. I will be using quite a large flashback to where my story starts, but then will switch over to a first-person view after I get the setting in place. Throughout my whole narration essay, a sarcastic point of view will be the main focus. I wanted to change my story from something that hurt quite a lot emotionally and physically to something that is different. Something that hasn't been heard by everybody; thus, using a sarcastic tone will make my essay more unique from other stories. To show how I felt in this situation or how I didn't, I will be alluding to other stories and I will be comparing the situation to other events. Or moreover what other people think these events would feel like. For my scholarship essays, I will be using a more formal tone for the more serious essays. For the ones that aren't as serious and looking for a creative tone, I will definitely use literary devices to spice up my writing.
I chose to do the narration essay in which I will incorporate a variety of literary devices. The activity that we did in class helped my author writing style, in which I have begun to look into all aspects of writing. It isn't all about telling a story, I want to share an experience in which I helped a ton of people out. I want the reader to picture what is going on and by doing that I will use characterization; as this is a true story and I want the reader to understand how I felt, what I did, and what I thought. Using flashbacks may help my story a little better, showing the reader what I thought before and after that trip and how it changed my perspective on life. I intend on using a lot of figurative languages to emphasize things or topics that I am talking about. Overall the use of literary devices will improve my essay a ton.
I decided to do the narration as I believe I have a story that I can stretch out over six pages. Honestly, I didn't think that would be possible and I am still looking for scholarship essays that I could possibly use if I am unable to write a six-page narration. The story I am narrating in my essay is my church trip to Ireland and how getting to Ireland was harder than it should have been. I do not plan on using overly formal or complicated literary devices as the essay I am writing is me telling a story and I would use simpler sentence styles. The specific styles I have used so far are similies, flashbacks, allusions, and other very basic literary devices. The reason that the literary devices are simpler is because this essay is more informal than previous essays. I am also focusing more on telling a good story rather than focusing on the types of literary devices I use.
Madeleine Pearce
I chose to write all scholarship topics for my essay. I will be using natural literary devices and will not be implementing all of the complicated more formal techniques. This is so that I can get to the point in my scholarship essay and not drag out everything. I will still utilize proper grammar and intelligent writing. I will use many previously learned literary techniques. I will try and use techniques and strategies such as using misplaced modifiers and appositives to make sure my sentences do not blend into one jumbled mess. I will use the scholarship essays to hopefully obtain more money and not have any student loan debt in college. Im envisioning having concise essays that get to the point and convey my need and express my deserving of scholarships. I am excited to get started and compose confidently and concisely. I hope to obtain some money.
At first, I wanted to do more scholarships than narration, but I thought that it would be more fun to write about an experience that taught me more about life and how I am the way I am. I will be using literary devices to make my narration appealing to the audience and at the same time interesting where the reader wants to continue to read. Although my narration story happened a long time ago using literary devices will help make my story sound more accurate and the literary devices will make me sound like this story happened yesterday. The use of similies will help draw an image in the mind of readers to really get an understanding. Flashbacks will help to really show that this story is very important to me and help the reader to use their own imagination to really try to capture the setting and feeling. I will possibly write some scholarship essays if my story is a little short, because the scholarship essay would not hurt.
I am doing a mixture of scholarships and a narrative essay. The narrative essay seemed like a daunting task at first but once you start writing down the memory, it becomes easier. I plan to use foreshadowing in my essay due to the fact that I was injured and wanted there to be a big lead up before it occurred. I want there to be similes and metaphors because I feel as though they can portray a story in a way that everyone relates to. For my scholarships, I plan to use exact verbs and to the point information. Both of the scholarships allow for only five hundred works. When I use exact verbs it shows that I am intelligent and can get to the point of what the question is asking. Using different writing styles in both my essay and scholarships will help me stand apart from others who are doing the same.
Writing about something that is personal to you makes the style and tone of the story become so much more alive. Just like when you speak directly to a person, you want your story to sound intriguing and attention-grabbing. In writing the narrative, I have found that I automatically put some of these stylizations into my essay. For example, similes and metaphors make the topic sound so much cooler than it really might be. Changing the setting by going to flashbacks or going forward in time can be very easy to do. However, getting off-topic can be dangerous and confusing to the reader so it is important that I be mindful of that. Good imagery is important in an essay like this to keep the reader engaged and give them a good picture of what I personally experienced. Sometimes we tell a story like everyone was there so using literary devices such as these can make it more detailed and easier for the reader to understand.
I have not decided whether to do narration or a scholarship essay. I think I might do a combination of both. Literary devices will help not only get a good grade but also get a good scholarship. These devices will help my writing become more fluent and more elegant. There is a multitude of different literary devices I use that help expand my writing. In my narration, I use foreshadowing often to help keep the reader hooked on every sentence. I will use an allusion to help the reader further understand the idea or the story that I am trying to convey. Oftentimes I will use euphemisms without even thinking about it. These almost slang terms have become ingrained in my vocabulary and quite often I have to rewrite many of my ideas so they would make sense to a person unfamiliar with my language. So by using these literary devices my writing will become better and I will be rewarded for it.
Literary devices could help make the story more interesting, so while I am writing my narration essay about when my family and I traveled to Arizona. It did not go according to plan and I will be using foreshadowing in the beginning paragraphs to show this. By using foreshadowing it will give the reader a chance to imagine what they think will unfold during the story. Another device that could be used is a simile or metaphor. I think I will use this when I am talking about flying over the rocky mountains and how the airplane is like a bird soaring over the beautiful mountains. I could also use imagery in the way that I describe things like the people we met along the way and the places that we visited. Using imagery and similes can keep the reader interested in what you are writing instead of using bland sentences that do not make you imagine the adventure that I went on.
In my narration essay, I am using multiple literary devices. I have included some similes and metaphors to form connections and comparisons. These comparisons will hopefully help the reader get a better understanding of how I felt in certain moments. I am using a flashback in my essay that describes major events that led up to where I was at the time the essay takes place and to where I am now as a person. By using this flashback, the reader will get to know some of the background information about a specific time in my life and why those events were important. The flashback should also help them have a better understanding as to why I chose to make the decisions I did. I also plan to use foreshadowing in my essay. When I use foreshadowing, I will be giving the reader some information on what will happen later in my essay. By using a variety of literary devices, I will be keeping my essay interesting and keeping the reader engaged in my story.
I am completely replacing my narration essay with scholarship essays. The scholarship essays themselves are just little snippets of moments in my life that could have been a topic for the previously stated essay. This is how I believe you connect with the person reading your essays. They are skimming through short, three-hundred-word essays for days, maybe even weeks. In order to make a lasting impression, I have to create a wonderful group of sentences that uniquely portray portions of my memories. The words utilized are important, but using incredibly intellectual language and changing sentence structure every other sentence is not necessary. I want to be clever, not confusing. When writing my essays, my main goal is to effectively tell a story that the reader can relate to, or at least empathize with. On the other hand, starting a sentence with the subject, followed by a verb, for every sentence would not be interesting to read. My story would be uneventful and monotonous. Using literary devices can enhance my sentences to make them more focused and clear.
I chose to write scholarship essays as opposed to a narration essay. In my scholarship essays, I am using powerful verbs and adjectives in order to make certain points stick to the reader. I want to invoke strong emotions in my essays in order to attract attention from the rest of the essays to obtain a scholarship. I will use real-life experience and logic to cement my place as a contender for the money these scholarships have to offer. Imagery will be an important aspect of my essays to accomplish my goal of standing out against the crowd. Using imagery alongside slight hyperboles is vital to my essays for this purpose of standing out and I will use them often (but not too often) with the strong intention of obtaining the money from these scholarships. I intend to demolish the competition for the scholarships using the most powerful and convincing imagery, hyperboles, adjectives, and verbs.
I am writing a combination of both scholarship essays and a small portion of narration essays. One of my scholarship essays is 3 pages long and the other is 1. I did not go over the top in the literary devices that I used in my scholarship essays as they were more factual or opinionated. The first essay that I did was about the effects of coronavirus on human rights and how well the US was handling it. The other essay was about what I think is the best part of our community. I used some flashbacks in my essay about our community to remember a time where everyone could help people and no one would be afraid to become sick. I also used some similes and metaphors. I used these to compare what it was like before covid and what it is like now. Showing these differences and using these literary devices helped to make my point more clear.
Literary devices can change the atmosphere of the whole story. In my narration essay, I will be using a handful of these devices to give my writing variety and make it enjoyable for the reader. I will replace boring, everyday verbs with more exciting ones, mix up my sentence structures a bit so it is not repetitive, and I am going to add a little bit of foreshadowing. In my story, there is going to be some background information given so it is a little bit easier to understand. The literary devices at my disposal are going to help me spice things up a bit and help with the foreshadowing that will be going on in the background information. Adding all these things is going to give my essay the extra pizzazz it needs to be noticed and appreciated. So literary devices are going to take my essay from mediocre to an engrossing essay enjoyed by many.
I have decided to write the whole narration essay and to write scholarship essays on my own time. In my narration essay, I am talking about a very emotional and serious moment in my life; for that reason, I am trying to keep the tone and mood serious while adding some light humor here and there so lighten up the tone. I am using real events with some slight exaggeration to add emphasis. This will also be the first essay in which I include dialogue because I am telling a story about myself. This essay will include flashbacks and allusions to other famous literature. I will also have idioms and metaphors to help enhance the reader's image in their own head. My verbs will be more exciting verbs without being too much. I also will try and make my essay interesting and not monotonous while keeping it reasonable. The literary devices I will be using in my narration essay will bring this essay to the next level.
I am writing about my trip to the Black Hills this past summer. I am utilizing dialogue, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, symbols, flashback, and allusion. The use of literary devices in narrations helps to make the story more interesting while at the same time better inform the reader as well of what is going on. By using dialogue they get a more personal, close-up, understanding of what exactly the characters in the narration are like and how they speak. By using other things like flashbacks it incorporates a cool aspect of switching time periods and going back in time in order to let the reader truly comprehend the story and all that went down. Other literary devices such as similes and metaphors help the narrator be able to compare two things to amp up the detail and story as a whole. The similes and metaphors might also form a better connection with the reader and help them further comprehend what is going on as well.
I chose to just write a narration essay. I really enjoy writing narration stories because I feel like I have a lot more freedom to write what I want and I can add whatever I want to the story. I chose to use Gary Paulsen's type of writing for a couple of sentences. He likes to provide a lot of detail in his writing and really wants to paint a picture in the reader's head. I also used a flashback to explain the actions of a character in my story. Using a flashback provides insight into why things happen in the story and gives the reader a new sense of the story. I gave a quick backstory of a relationship between two characters so the reader can better understand the conversation they are having.
I am writing multiple scholarship essays in place of a narration essay unless my scholarship essays don't add up to be enough pages all together. In one of my scholarships, I am writing about my ideas for a more equitable legal system for the nation that will help more people than our current one. This is going to be more of a formal and argumentative essay so I will be using more professional forms of literary devices to portray my thoughts. I plan on including amplification as a way to inform the reader and/or judge more about what I'm trying to say. I could also use some analogies to link my ideas together and to give them a different and more complex understanding. I would also like to use characterization in my essay to refer to different people that have fallen victim to a not so perfect legal system by showing their more human side.
I will be writing a combination of both a narration essay and scholarship essays. It is easier to write a narration essay because it is a topic that I already have plenty of knowledge about and the words just flow onto the page. I will be using many literary devices in these essays. Literary devices such as a flashback in the narration essay will help bring the reader into a previous state of mind to help the reader better understand the plot of the story. Dialogue will also be used in my narration essay, by using dialogue I feel that it puts the reader more into the story giving them a first-hand experience like they are almost talking to the author. I will use metaphors and similes to catch the reader's attention by making the topic sound more interesting.
I chose to write scholarship essays unless I end up not having enough pages to fill the needed amount. So far, I have one essay about cyberbullying and why it is important to end cyberbullying. Another scholarship essay I am writing is about the importance of driver education and the effects of unsafe driving. I am also writing a scholarship essay about how technology has impacted the person I am today. The other scholarship essay I am writing is about how my college education will allow me to of service and give to others. I will not be using the more formal and fancy literary techniques that could take away from the point I am trying to make in my essays. I will be using simpler literary techniques such as modifiers and introductory appositives. If I end up not having enough pages of scholarship essays, I will write a narration essay, including more literary devices such as flashbacks and metaphors.
I have not yet decided if I will partake in writing scholarship essays for this assignment; however, to make my essay(s) enjoyable to the reader, I will include a variety of literary devices. Literary devices I will utilize in my narration, and possibly a scholarship essay, are allusions, similes, and metaphors. The incorporation of allusions in my narration essay will provide a pleasant read for my targeted audience. They will be able to relate to what could have just been a run-of-the-mill, incomprehensible essay. I will include allusions to well-known works as well as some of my favorites, which might not be as notorious. Allusions will also help the reader of a scholarship essay perceive my favorite oeuvres furthermore comprehend who I am as a person. Metaphors and similes will serve similar purposes to each other. Both will relate a subject or matter I bring up to something everyone can engage with. By deciphering any of these three literary devices in my writing, my audience can apprehend my experiences and how they have made me who I am.
I have decided that I think I am going to write some scholarship essays as well as a shortened narration essay. In the scholarship essays, it is important to be clear and concise with your sentences in order to achieve the maximum probability of being chosen for said scholarship. Therefore, you would need to make sure that what you are writing is clear and not messy and confusing. You could probably stray from all the gaudy explanations and descriptions in order to stray away from possibly getting too confusing and to stay within the usual word limit. It could be a good idea to try to mix in some literary devices such as semicolons, colons, and dashes in order to show off a little and make you stand out among the other students applying for the same scholarships. That being said, in my narration essay, I am trying my best to include punctuation that I usually do not such as those previously mentioned. I am also experimenting with changing up sentence starters and the structure of my sentences.
Using literary devices in my writing has become increasingly important to me as Composition 1 progresses. In our current narration essay (for which I am writing about an incident at my grandfather’s farm) I am actively trying my best to ensure that my writing will keep the reader's attention and make them feel as if though they were there themselves. By incorporating various exciting verbs and adjectives, I am confident I will be able to achieve this. Keeping only the information vital to the reader’s understanding of the essay as well as varying my sentence structure, styling, and minimizing repetitive words will also help me to achieve this goal in my narration essay. I am also planning on writing several scholarship essays, however, I am still unsure of how many scholarship essays I will substitute the narration essay page count with. In my scholarship essays, I will utilize numerous literary devices in order to differentiate my writing from the many other applicants.
The use of literary devices in my narration make my story more colorful to the eye. Some of which can make your writing sound more professional. The literary devices I am using involve flashbacks, bringing the reader along with me as I travel back to my past experiences, making it seem like they were there. By using imagery I give a clear picture of the story to my audience, by adding specific details to my writing. These are both crucial parts in helping the reader understand your piece of writing. I have chosen to do both the Narration and Scholarship essays. While writing scholarship essays you do not want to overdo the usage of literary devices, it is best to stick to the subject of the essay, instead of adding extra fluff. This will keep the judge more interested in your essay over any other, yours will stand out because it will be precise and to the point.
I have decided to write both a narrative essay and a few scholarship essays. I am planning on using several literary devices in my writing to not only create an overall intriguing and interesting essay but to help increase my chances of qualifying for these scholarships as I am up against other students also applying. Some literary devices I am planning on using come from the "Art of Styling Sentences" document, those being things like uncommon punctuation. I will try to use things like the colon or semicolon to catch the reader's attention since using punctuation other than the period or comma shows that the author of the piece is well educated. I am also planning on using devices like flashbacks and foreshadowing; using flashbacks will help develop background and history, foreshadowing will build suspense and draw interest from the reader. I feel that if I incorporate these devices correctly, I will create wonderful pieces of writing that I will have been proud to write.
By using literary devices such as figurative language or descriptive words is utilized a lot in my essay. This is to make my story more interesting and just to construct a better essay altogether. The literary device of speaking about the past (a flashback) is used a lot to describe what had happened and my reactions and thoughts about it as I reflect during the modern-day. I also use similes and metaphors to describe the scenery (my narration essay is about hiking up the tallest mountain in Colorado). Similes and metaphors can be combined with imagery to really paint a picture for your audience. If you can get your audience to vividly imagine what it is you're talking about, then you have constructed a successful narration essay. Hyperbole is another good literary device because many narration essays are built on exaggerating certain details (not to the point where they become false, just to the point where they become more interesting to read). These are the measures I took in order to successfully use literary devices in my narrative essay.
I will be utilizing as many literary devices as I possibly can in my narration essay. They can really help to involve the audience and to keep the story interesting, as well as introducing a touch of my own personal style. I am planning to make good use of similes and metaphors so as to place more vivid imagery into the reader's mind and make it more entertaining. I am also replacing common, boring words with more elaborate, interesting words so that my essay is less boring to read. I have been using a lot of foreshadowing to hint about what is to come, which engages the reader more. In my essay, I have also been using a lot of scenery to describe the setting in a better way so that the reader can visualize it better. All of these literary devices will hopefully create a more entertaining work of art that the reader can enjoy much more than without.
I am writing scholarship essays to replace the entirety of the narrative essay. I am using a series of literary devices to engage the reader, who determines if I earn the scholarship or not. For example, I am using symbolism in my scholarship essays to set mine apart from others. Using symbolism shows that I am an educated writer that puts a lot of thought into her words. In addition, I am including vivid imagery in my essay. Describing events thoroughly—through using metaphors and smiles—will force the judge(s) to picture themselves in the situation. I want the reader to connect with my essay on a personal level and detect my passion for the topic, so they will reward me accordingly. Lastly, I am going to use flashbacks to add personal experiences to my essay. Showcasing that I can relate to the topic adds a whole extra layer to my writing. My personal flair demonstrates that I personally relate to and understand the question being asked. Using all these different literary devices will help my writing come to life.
I have chosen to do a mixture of both a narration essay and a scholarship essay. I don't have many memorable stories from my youth; none that would be enough for six pages anyway. Not just any scholarship essay is considered a winner. The judges see hundreds of these essays every year, and they are looking for one that particularly stands out. So you must make your essay you write interesting and unique. I am doing this by using attention-getting introductions to my paragraphs, impressive sentence structure, and use of facts. By using attention-grabbing introductions, the judges will hopefully be interested in reading my paper all the way through. Even if the middle or end of my paragraphs are slightly weak, the introductions will keep their attention throughout the essay. I am also citing my sources for everything in my essay. My scholarship essay requires me to write about how the U.S. has handled the coronavirus. Giving false information on that would be very obvious, so I have made sure to show where I got my facts from so they don't think my essay is garbage from the start. Lastly, I am making use of the different sentences we have used all throughout the year. Hopefully, this will set me apart from other kids who don't utilize these techniques; therefore giving me a better chance at a scholarship.
I am writing both my narrative essay and also a scholarship essay. I chose to be more formal in the way I wrote my scholarship essay because I feel most scholarship essays should sound sophisticated and brilliant—like you are trying to prove your worthiness and knowledge. I tried to incorporate as much vocabulary variation as possible in my scholarship essay not only because it tests my knowledge, but also it makes my writing flow and the reader does not get uninterested or bored of overused words. My narration essay is very, very different. I am using a more "lazy" style of writing to make my story-telling sound more authentic to how I would tell my story to a friend. My sentences are using much more detail to give the reader a clear image of what was happening. In general, the style of my narrative essay is much more relaxed to resembles the type of novels I personally like to read.
I choose to do some scholarship essays instead of a narration essay. The scholarship essays I choose allow me to speak on my behalf and from parts of my life. They are more personal than a regular essay, but that works when I want to find connections for the reader. I try to speak from my mind but also creating a story that is entertaining for the reader. Sometimes when just simply reading an essay, you cannot visualize some things easily. That is why I am using figurative language to help the reader understand what I am writing. I want the reader to be able to imagine my story vividly. I also will use dialogue to help the reader understand the story from my point of view. I think this will allow them to feel like they are living through me. I think literary devices aid the flow of anything you write and create a cohesion that all writers strive for.
I have decided to write the narration essay and continue to look through scholarship ideas on my own time. My essay is about more of a joyous time in my life, one with friends and spending the day at a college campus with them, so the tone of my essay is exciting and happy. In my essay I used a few flashbacks, literary devices used to explain parts of the story that might not be as clear as I thought, to fill in the gaps of my story. One literary device that I did not use as much in my story as much as anyone else is dialogue. I did not use dialogue a lot in my narration essay because my story is more about the actions it took to have a good time in a place where one would assume is very serious. If I would have included dialogue, the story would not be as fun and spur of the moment as the day was actually.
I have decided to write scholarship essays in place of my narration essay. I chose these scholarship essays because it gives me the chance to talk to a reader and see the options I have for when I go to school. I will be using the natural literary devices within my scholarship essays but will not be hunting to find them to put them in as I do not want to fill my pieces with formalities. I want the reader to understand who I am and read where I am from, rather than putting extra-literary devices that may not be needed. I will use literary items such as flashbacks to help the reader why I am talking about the prompt. I have also been using my different sentence types to make it more memorable and exciting to read. I want these to help me stand apart from other people applying for these scholarships as well.
I decided to write all scholarship essays. I used a variety of literary devices in my essays including imagery, colorful adjectives, flashbacks, metaphors, etc. An example is when it asked to describe my journey from birth to where I am now, I would use flashbacks to tell of my past. Adding to that would be colorful adjectives and phrases to make the writing more enjoyable. When describing places I’ve been or things I’ve seen, I would add imagery so they can get a clear picture from my point of view. Using these tools helps the overall essay by creating a connection between the writer and the reader. The people combing through the essays see the same words over and over again and so making a colorful essay that is unique would help to get a better chance of winning. Eliminating the use of “there are” and “This is” forces the writer to come up with better starts to the sentence and better portray their point.
I choose to write the narration essay. As I will be writing the scholarship essays in my own time. I wrote about a problem I had to endure when I was little so I have been trying to add mysteries and creepy words. To get the readers' attention and have them feel what I went through when I was a little kid. I will be adding an exciting and brilliant vocabulary word list so I can spice up my essays. Also adding fun adjectives to keep the reader intrigued and not bored. For the part of the essay where we have to copy a writer's style, I will be copying JK Rowling because she has produced and written so many books, like the harry potter series, that sell out and or are very well known. I feel like writing in her style would add a lot to my essay and would give me a different perspective.
I choose to do both the scholarship essay and narration. I did two essays and then wrote my narration. In my scholarship essays, I used specific events from my past and explained the differences in different topics. For my narration, I wrote about a time when I learned how to use my gut feeling. I used a calm and peaceful language with an underlying sinister tone. I wanted the reader to feel uneasy. I will be adding lots of imagery and exaggerating details to help show how scared I felt. I love adding interesting and new adjectives to help spice up the flow of the sentences that I write. I also love adding vocabulary words to my work because I learn what they mean and then I am more inclined to use them again, instead of repetitive phrases, in the future. I have also noted I have been a lot more aware of not use this is and repetitive introductions to sentences, which helps make my writing stand out amongst others. I think that everything that I have been using will help me grow as both a writer and a reader.
I chose to write a narration essay because I feel that my essay skills will not stand out from the rest. I also chose to write the narration essay because the majority of colleges I am looking at do not require me to write an essay. I have to write scholarship essays at a later date because I feel that under the pressure of a deadline so close will be problematic and harmful to my writing. Some literary devices I want to include in my essay are flashback and flashforwards, parentheses, and dashes. In my narration essay, I will have to use a time period longer than five hours because anything that I can remember that took five hours or less is prohibited or will not be enough to cover six pages. I want to try to tell my story in a clear and concise way that the reader can follow along with and understand.
I chose to replace my narration essay with the scholarship essays I wrote. When writing these essays, I tried not to inflate them with a bunch of formal fluff. At the same time, I made sure that I didn't make them dry either. I feel like there is a happy medium when writing things like that. The examiners of the scholarship paper probably read hundreds of essays. Setting mine apart from others was one of my goals. I believe that using a few literary devices helped me with that. I used different vocab words in the place of bland ones, used different ways to start a sentence, and I also made sure to use my knowledge of grammatical classification to my advantage. Hopefully, these devices helped spice my writing up a bit. It was a challenge, for me, to not overthink my writing. While writing the essays, I have a tendency to write something and then redo the whole thing after I overthink what I wrote. I do think that using what I have learned from this class helped improve my scholarship essays.
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