Alright the essay is the last one on this page
apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap09_frq_english_lang uage_formb.pdf
Essay number 3, the last page.
It says to support, refute or qualify with the author, but what idea am i supposed to be agreeing or disagreeing with?
I am having extreme difficulty writing an introduction and I don't know what I should write for the body paragraphs either. Any help would be appreciated. THANKS!!!!!
This is the right url
apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap09_frq_english_language_formb.pdf
Ill take a look at it in a while. Im leaving my desk for a while.
Take care.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!! MEANS ALOT!!
So far though I have created this, you can read it once you come back ;)
Televisions are now in an era where TVs do not exist within TVs for more than a few seconds. What's being televised instead are shows that immobilize the person watching TV and turning them into root vegetables. Barbara Ehrenreich, according to her passage "The Worst Years of Our Lives," agrees that TV "has transformed the American people into root vegetables." Televisions over the years have failed to persuade people into imitating what is being done on TV. Televisions have failed to persuade movements in people throughout the years due to the televised content being too dangerous, technological improvements, wider range of channels and the fact that it requires people to get up from the couch.
Hey, sorry about that. I got caught up in stuff and just couldnt find time. Anyhoo, lets see what we can do...
Ok, Have you ever gone to a pastry shop wanting to eat a piece of those delicious cakes (chocolate for me) and when it comes, you try to eat a big piece of it and well you are stuck between choking and puking?
What happened here is that you probably wrote the deepest/hardest sentence in the whole passage at the very start of your essay.You need to build it to a climax where you throw this line at us ( where the reader goes...oh wow, never really thought about it)and then gradually go down to a conclusion. Imagine a Guassian curve if you will.
From what I understand the essay's supposed to be subjective and not a mere listing of what the author said...
If I were to write this I'd probably start it like this:
"Why do we keep on watching?" asks Barbara Ehrenreich at the end of "The worst years of our lives". Why indeed - Well, Simply because it gives us a glimpse into lives that we wish we could live.
The sentence that I wrote is double-ended. It can be positive or negative...Some people just pass their time imagining how if they could do what they saw would change their lives...
Then there are people who watch what they see and actually turn their lives around: Quote some reality shows: The biggest loser, American Idol, etc...
There are movies that inspire us to try to take that extra "something" from life: Good Will Hunting, Enough (i actually know someone who took a lot from this movie and changed her life), Provoked, etc
There are cartoons that help kids learn the bitter realities of life through a sugar-coated lens: Lion king, Mulan, The little mermaid,etc Each of these cartoons taught us something about life: Life and death (Lion king), Aspirations (mermaid), Independence (mulan), etc
So even though theres truth in the whole "Couch potato" "root vegetable" concept...it depends on us really. How we like to take in what we see and how willing WE are to change OUR lives. After all.. I am the master of my fate, I am captain of my soul!
Hope this helps you somehow.
Best of luck.
haha, Waqas is an interesting one...
:-)
Televisions We are now in an era where television does not exist within TVs for more than a few seconds portray the same idea for more than a few seconds -- nothing of meaning or value. What's being televised instead are shows that immobilize the person watching, and in TV and turning them into root vegetables. "The Worst Years of Our Lives," Barbara Ehrenreich, asserts agrees that TV "has transformed the American people into root vegetables." Televisions over the years have failed to persuade people into imitating what is being done on TV. Televisions have ...
Great ideas, Waqas,,,,
NOTE: When you are instructed to support, refute, or qualify, it means you can do ANYTHING YOU WANT! So that is kind of nice. Just continue, giving thoughtful consideration. :-) I look forward to seeing what you write.
THANKS so MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to Vakax for generating some ideas and thanks to Ef_Kevin for proof reading my paragraph!!!
I wish I could write like you guys - well maybe someday...
By the way, this site doesn't have any ads, I would have clicked on them as a way of donations...
And why doesn't this site use phpbb? Wouldn't it be simpler to use phpbb as opposed to a self written forum?
And no I have not been to a pastry shop, my blood stream doesn't like extremely sweet stuff. - but I do get the point you're trying to make.
and yes Kevin, I will be glad to post my full essay after I finish later on today... THANKS AgAIN TO BOTH OF YOU!!!!!!
