michael w

To me, being happy means to be satisfied with who you are, what you have, and where you are in life, as well as pursuing a meaningful goal. A good way to be happy is to be with your friends and laugh a lot, because then you aren’t thinking of anything else. Also eating right [...]

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The hook to this story began when she said what her grandmother would say at a time like this. That makes the reader want to keep reading to find out what story her grandmother would tell. Ann Banks demonstrated her interest in the power of storytelling that she spent a year in the Library of [...]

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As I was driving by the ocean, the immense waves mesmerized me and I began swerving.
As we sat restlessly, students began to send notes to each other to pass the plodding time.
As I was leisurely driving down the highway, a road sign caught my attention until I felt a bump, and saw a dead clown [...]

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Josh Rittenberg hooked his readers when he mentioned his social life. I think this was so he could relate to the younger readers. He begins to explain how his father had a very pessimistic view on the future, and Josh began looking at his grandparents photo album. He explained how they saw two World Wars, [...]

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I think T. Susan Chang did this because she wants to explain to the world the simplicity and effectiveness of analog. She says we are being consumed by the electronic world, basically becoming robotic by not appreciating the subtle mistakes and smudges we make on paper that makes us human. She makes herself the example [...]

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Writing has been one of my favorite aspects of school because it gives me a chance to be creative. Since Middle School, I always enjoyed taking a topic and trying to persuade people to its causes. This is one of my favorite methods of essay writings because I can become involved in the topic that [...]

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