mythology

The first allusion related to the world that i found is;Ceto, a hideous aquatic creature, she is the horrors of the sea, regarded as the mother of the Gorgons a many other monsters. Ceto Technologies produces high presure sea water.

The second allusion found in the world today is; Chloris, the goddes of flowers and of spring and nature. Chloris Flowers is one of hundreds of florist stores.

Greek Allusions

One Allusion I noticed was that of Mercury. Mercury is the messager god, and today there is a popular car model named Mercury. Saturn is another allusion in which it's a model car today and Saturn is the father of Zeus. A pretty easy allusion that I noticed today was that of Trident. Tirdent is the spear of Posiden and also a gum today.

Greek Allusions by Sandeep Bhangu

The first allusion to Greek Mythology that I noticed was Nike. Nike was the winged goddess of victory, both in battle and peaceful competition. Nike is also an extremely famous shoe company. I believe that the company chose this name to compare their shoes to something that is extremely fast. By giving their shoes this name, it made people more interested. As we all can see, Nike is very popular in our society. The second allusion to Greek Mythology that I noticed was Amazon. Amazon was a female race warrior. Amazon is also a huge online bookstore. I believe that the company chose this to name to show that their company is extremely fast. Also to prove themselves better than other online bookstores. They are prepared take on any other company's prices. Now that I have actually looked around, I have realized that there are many references to Greek Mythology.

Greek Allusion

The first Greek allusion I thought of was the Achilles heel or tendon. The reason this tendon is called the Achilles tendon was because Achilles was invulnerable everywhere except for his heel. He died from a poisoned arrow shot into his heel. He was also known for being the most handsome God, didn't you know that the Achilles tendon was the most handsome tendon in your body?

The second Greek allusion I found was the Apollo Theater in New York. Apollo was the God of music, therefor the theater was named after him.

Greek Allusion post

The first of my Greek allusions isn't so much an allusion as it is a direct reference. A while back in Rolla, MO, a college student snapped from finals. He started stealing his dorm complex's fluorescent light tubes, and only stopped when his vehicle was full. He then took them to the roof of his dorm complex, and started throwing the tubes at passers-by, all the while yelling "I am Zeus! King of the gods!" His stunt could only be stopped when he ran out of tubes, due to the police being targeted as well. His actions made front page in both school and local newspapers, and can be found by looking for the picture of a police car with a fluorescent light tube through it's windshield. Now, around this time of year, chalk drawing frequent the campus referencing the event.

The second of which is from the website TV Tropes, a website devoted to pointing out frequently used plot elements. They have an entry labeled as "Achilles in his tent." It is referencing the mythical Achilles, who moped in his tent while a battle was going on in which only he could play a specific role, and his brother was forced to take his place. Achilles ended up emerging just in time to save his brother. The article explains that many fantasy writers use this, often putting the protagonist in place of Achilles, and the tent simply meaning that the hero is absent.

Greek Allusion

First allusion is my stepbrothers nerf gun called " The Vulcan" , which I think gets the name because the company wanted to portray its explosive power as it is an allusion to the greek god of the volcano. Another allusion is the Midas Touch car repair company. This is an allusion because Midas was the god who could turn anything into gold by touching it.

Greek Allusions

When you start looking, you can see allusions to Greek mythology everywhere!  Find two Greek allusions.  Describe each allusion, and explain why you believe it is being used.  This post should be completed by Friday, December 3rd at 11:59 p.m.

essay reflection

I think this year im definitley doing better. im learning how to be more in depth and explain my wirting more. Now if i could get ity down completly.

Shelby STEINGRAEBER

ONe thing I believe I improved on with this recent essay was organization. At the begining of the year, I stuggled with answering the prompt in full. I feel as though I have improved in this writing skill in the past semester.

Essay Reflection

At the beginning of the year my essay had to many needless parts to it and lacked proper word choice. On my second essay I was able to eliminate much of the clutter in the essay and improved my word choicde, but still had trouble with generalization. On this essay I believe that I was able to fully cover all parts of the prompt and explain all of the ideas I was working towards. Hopefully my essay skills will continue to progress as we move on.

Essay Reflection

This year I think that i have improved and still am improving on really sticking to the prompt. Sometimes I would just answer some parts of the prompt but not all parts. I believe that I am getting better in checking that I have all of the prompt answered and that each part or question is supported with quotes and an explanation.

Marissa Pruitt

Essay Reflection!

I believe my essay has improved greatly since the last one. I think this is because I spent a lot more time on it and did not rush like i did the last one. I also looked into the prompt more so i could understand what i was writing and know what it was asking, and i think that helped me so much in my last essay.

essay reflection

my essay has improved some much since the begining of the year. i started off with the basic knowledge of wrinting and eassy with exact five paragraphs and a set amout of quotes and all this stuff and i have grown away from that. My essay has correct MLA format now and accualy follows the promt. i feel i now know how to write a great essay.

Essay Reflection

Since the begining of the year I believe I improved on my essay organization skills. Before my essay, I created a layout of what would be on it and that helped me not stray from my main points. Another thing is the thesis statement. The sheets of paper and discussing a good thesis statement in class really helped me create a more AP like thesis than before.

Essay Relection!

This year I've learned to relax more and get comfortable with my writing. Before, I would always tense up and completely blank out. I mean, I still get stressed out when I work on essays, but at least I can breath now while I do it. With being able to relax, I've also improved in understanding the prompt better and focusing my essay on it. It has helped me to be less general and more specific on my subject. When you understand what you're writing about, it just makes the whole easy better all together and it especially makes it easier to write. It's pretty humbling when it takes you forever to learn something so obvious, such as that. :)

So far this year i have improved on sticking to the promt in my essays and giving specific details to support my writing. Before this year i didnt know how to support my ideas in an essay and any support i provided was not as clear as it could be. Now my writing is more specific and the details flow together.

Essay Reflection

One thing I think I improved on since my last essay is supporting my ideas. Since I started writing my essays last year I have not done a very good job finding quotes and situations to back up my ideas. I was making too many assumptions and not giving as many examples. I think that in my past essay I backed my ideas and thoughts up to line up well with the situations in the book to show what led me to think the things I did.

Essay Reflection

One thing that I believe I have improved on since my first essay was diction. Some of my first essay were poorly worded. Another area where I improved in were my thesis statements. Now that I have been writing more essays, my thesis' have become more accurate at the point I am trying to get across.

Essay Reflection

I greatly improved my essay writing skills this year by making my thesis clearer and focusing on it through out the essay. By making an outline using topics, sub-topics, and quotes to use in each paragraph, I avoided summarizing the book.

Essay Reflection

This year I feel I have improved on my essay writing, specifically with writing my thesis and focusing on the prompt. On previous essays my thesis was broad, but on my last essay I really tried to be specific. My prompt needed improvement because on my other essays I didn't focus on the prompt and the essays were very general.

-Hannah Beilman

Essay Reflection

In the begining of the year, I didn't explain my quotes well enough and didn't have a strong thesis. I had many points taken off for these two things and it hurt my grade. But since then, I have improved on both of these topics and it shows through my essay.

Essay Improvement

Since the beginning of the year, i feel like i have improved on explaining all my points and making everything flow in my essays. Looking back on my first essay, I can tell that i struggled with being specific and using good transitions. However, now that i look at my second essay, i can see that i explained everything more and used stronger transitions that made my writing flow more.

Essay Reflection

My writing skillds have greatly improved. Two areas that have improved are my word choice and my thesis writing. i have really worked on devoloping these areas because i thought those were places I was losing points.

Essay Improvement

Towards the beginning of the semester I did alright but soon I started generalizing which is where the majority of points got taken off. On my most recent essay I believe I improved on this and started using an even stronger set of vocab to set off the tone for my work.

Essa y Reflection

At the beginning of the year, I failed to answer the prompts completely, and didn't provide enough support for my thesis statement. I feel I have become better at both of these aspects of my essay writing, but I still have a long way to go until I will be content with my writing.

Since the beggining of the year I have improved in my writing. Two areas that I have improved in include thesis writing and explanation of my thoughts.

Since the beginning of the year, I have improved on thesis writing and not summarizing the plot. I'm now getting better grades and I feel better about writing essays.

In my last essay, I didn't do very well with answering the prompt. In this essay, I tried to answer all parts of it. I usually focus on only the first part of a prompt, but I think I did a much better job answering it fully. I think it was also a lot more organized and thought through. Even though this essay was much better than the last, I can still improve a lot on my next essay.

Essay Reflection

Throughout the year i think my essays have improved somewhat, even though my grade got worse with each essay i am gradually learning how to write a well developed essay. Its not as much the grade as it is the learning aspect. With each essay i am able to use more and more things that i learned in class within my essay. So i suppose my essay writing skills have improved as the year goes on.

Essay Reflection

I feel like my essays all together have improved from the beginning of the year. I struggled with summarizing, and quoting and now i feel like my essay all together was more organized and put together. I sometimes still don't feel like i answer enough questions, or give enough detail but it's still a work in process. I'm getting to where i should be and felt like my recent essay was a lot better than my other two have been. The help from Mrs Altman caused me to set up my outline and thesis a lot better and to think more about answering the prompt rather than just rambling trying to make a point along the way. I don't feel like they're such a mess anymore, writing essays isn't as bad as it used to be!

Essay Reflection

I believe that I have improved a lot since the beginning of the year. I started off being very general and repetitive in my essays. I also had trouble fully discussing my thoughts and ideas. With the help of Mrs. Altman, I was able to improve my writing skills. I improved on my content in my essay and I'm now a little less repetitive than before. When I did the Bless Me , Ultima essay, I was able to see what I had improved on and what I still need to work on. I learned that I had improved on my content, but I still needed to work on my fluency/word choice. I also need to work on not being repetitive. I believe that each essay I have done has made me a better writer. Hopefully, I keep improving on my essays.

Essay Reflection

I believe that my writing has indeed improved since the beginning of the year. Something that I improved on was being more specific in my poems. At first I was always using vague and general statements, but now my essays are a lot clearer. Another thing I improved on, with the help of Mrs. Altman, was answering the prompt more correctly. I usually answered all parts of the prompt, but not always in the right way. Especially on my Bless Me Ultima essay. Most of the improvement was really answering what the prompt asked. Overall this year my writing has gotten better, mainly by focusing on little mistakes, and I believe my writing will continue to improve.

Essay Reflection

At the beginning of the year, I had a lot of problems with repeating and overexplaining myself. Often times I would say things multiple times to try and get the point across, which made the essay seem dull and repetitive. I've learned to outline my essay before writing it, which cuts out unnecessary explanations, opinions, and summarizing. i also had trouble connecting my paragraphs to my thesis. Although I'd see how it connected in my head, I wouldn't actually write how it was connected. On the Book of Fred essay I made sure each paragraph was clearly connected to the thesis. I think my ability to write essays has improved tremendously since the beginning of the year.

Essay Reflection

I think that I have really improved on my essay writing since the beginning of the year. First of all, my grammar was absolutely horrible. I didn't seem to know the difference between a comma and a question mark. Now I have gotten my grammar mistakes down to small things like not putting commas in the right place and what not. Second of all I have done a much better job on answering the prompt and staying focused on that prompt. I used to go off on random tangents about things that didn't pertain to the essay prompt whatsoever. But now I can easily focus on the prompt and I am able to find a lot of information to support my thesis statement. Overall Mrs. Altman has helped me tremendously with my essay!

Essay reflection

In this previous essay I really improved on orginization and answering the prompt. I revised my essay multiple times and rewrote it to make sense and really answer the prompt in the best way possible. I did not do these two things very well on my past essays, along with not including a works cited which i have included for this essay.

Essay Improvement

This year my writing has improved because I focused more on details and explaining my quotes more. I have also gotten better at citing the quotes. At the beginning of the year I didn't do so well with those.

Essay Impovements

In this essay i focused more on improving the 2nd part of the topic. In my first two essays, my focus on the topic has only been in the first part of the topic. I tried to change this, by making more of my essay about the second part of my topic. Hopefully by doing this I improve my writing and my essay grade.

Essay Improvements

I think I have improved the most on answering the entire prompt. Comparing my first and second essay, I didn't answer the whole prompt correctly on the first one, whereas on the second one, I was sure to answer all parts. Another thing I have improved on is connecting the body paragraphs to the thesis. Learning to effectively make a connection between everything in the essay has be greatly beneficial to me. Looking at all this skills I have improved on, I hope to improve more and more as the year continues.

Book of Fred Essays

Write a paragraph in which you discuss how your writing has improved since the beginning of the year.  Specifically, focus on one to two skills you feel you improved on with this last essay.  Also, please comment on another student's post.  This post is due by Monday, November 15th at 11:59 p.m.

Can someone explain how to do a Block Quote