I feel a sudden onset of clarity, Bartok. In English 101, we’re dealing with vague instructions for the argumentative synthesis pap...

Should I eat potatoes while I run? Should I nibble on the sun? Should I run, should I run ‘til pudding comes out my bum? Leave p...

I know I have problems with my writing. One of those problems is prevarication. Another is hooptedoodle. And when prevarication and hooptedo...

The Oaf went lumbering down the street Spitting out two-by-fours. He cursed the clouds and cursed the cold That hindered his autumn chore...

In talking with my writer friends, and in re-reading some of the many books on writing that I’ve read, I see three areas in which I know I c...

In Lewis Carroll’s poem “ The Walrus and the Carpenter ,” there is nothing but ambiguity. We don’t know, for example, whether it’s day or ni...

The above is a Terry Pratchett novel in utero. Below, a very feeble attempt at a start. . . “They are digging,” he said. “No!” whispe...

I could probably tighten up that title. But It’s not important. Which is why I don’t want to even apply for the supervisory position w...

So when I left work Thursday, it was under a growing cloud of concern that my professionalism was being called into question. There was no...

NOTE: This is another sample argumentative synthesis essay I'm working on for the English classes I teach. Part One. I'm also using...