Effective Writing Prompts and Techniques
Narration Prompts
- Tell about a recent interview.
- Tell about a time when you lost something.
- Tell about one of your fondest childhood memories.
- Tell about a time when you lied to your parents, boss, or teacher.
- Tell about a time when you were treated unfairly.
Opinion Prompts
- What is your opinion about cellular phones?
- What is your opinion about women in the military?
- What is your opinion about a current politician?
- What is your opinion about violence on television?
Instructional Prompts
- Tell how to find something
Alexander Pope’s Satire of 18th-Century Society
Pope, Satire, and the Scriblerus Club
This essay aims to analyse how Alexander Pope establishes a critique of society through his poem *The Rape of the Lock* (1712). Pope was a leading figure among the Augustan poets and also belonged to the Scriblerus Club. This was an informal association of male authors formed around 1714, centered on the fictional character Martinus Scriblerus, a satirical figure. Its members included:
- Jonathan Swift
- Alexander Pope
- John Gay
- John Arbuthnot
- Henry St. John
- Thomas Parnell
A
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Differences: The Everyday World: The world surrounding us, in which we ourselves are inserted every day.
Realistic World: A world that is based on the reality that surrounds us or not. Reality is not only the experience as a man, but it exists objectively. That is the real world, which surrounds us and not around us, i.e., encompassing the everyday world.
Everyday World Example: “His dress and his manners were far from resembling the manners and dress
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Social Poetry
Ribes Francisco stresses consulted with the anthology of the young Spanish poetry. The topics covered by them are torn humanism, existential angst, and the drama of man and of Spain. They reject the aestheticism of minorities and aim to reach a broad audience, and adhere to the time concept of poetry.
Thus, poetry becomes a social power and is considered a tool to transform society.
This poetry was born from the national and European situation at the end of World War II, the internal
Read MoreAdam Sandler, Jason Statham, Chile, and Web Development
Adam Sandler: From SNL to Hollywood Star
Adam Sandler was born on September 9, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire. He developed a love for comedy as a teenager and performed stand-up at local clubs. After earning a degree from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1988, he joined Saturday Night Live (1990–1995), where his quirky humor and comedic songs gained him widespread fame.
Sandler transitioned to film, starring in hits like Billy Madison (1995)
Read MoreUnderstanding the Essay: Characteristics and Literary Style
As Ortega y Gasset stated, an essay is a ‘scientific dissertation without explicit proof.’ The term ‘scientifically’ refers to the purpose of reflecting deeply and methodically about reality. Unlike other genres through specialized study, the essay prioritizes personal and self-reflection, waiving rigor and completeness (without explicit proof), with the purpose of making the reader think and suggest new ideas.
Others have defined it as a study being presented with humility, without definitive conclusions,
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