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1. You should care strongly about your pic and be able to be detailed about your topic. 2. You want to use details and be very specific. Readers don't like reading broad topics. 3. Personal essays come from a personal perspective. A question, strong statement, or metaphor serve as good hooks. Your reader should know how you feel about the topic by the end of the essay.

Story #1-Good riddance to all the trends and topics of 2017 1. Who wrote the story? Katie Holme 2. What is their story about? The story is about all of the things that happened over 2017, good and bad. The story talks about politics, climate change, the internet, and music. 3. What is their direct opinion about that topic? Please quote it directly from the story or do a really good job of paraphrasing. "Let's start with something that needs to be wiped from this earth forever: Donald Trump's twitter account." 4. Did they address what the other side might think about their topic? She didn't address what the other side might think about Trump's twitter account. 5. Were they wishy-washy with their opinion? By this I mean did they ever go back and say well maybe if this were to happen, then their opinion wouldn't be valid. Support your opinion. They weren't wishy washy with their opinion. She straight up said that she didn...

At 8:12 a.m. Monday morning an earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay area. Many people and and buildings were affected by the earthquake. A building housing McHenry’s Auto Supply at 2342 Plum St. partially collapsed, killing two people and injuring six others.  "Names of the dead are being withheld pending notifications of families," Vu,  a public information officer from the Hayward Fire Department said.  Residents in the area explained their experience during and after the earthquake. I  felt a rolling motion that lasted for about 30 seconds, with a big jolt coming in the middle," said  Hayward resident Mike Beamer, whose apartment is across the street from McHenry’s. The earthquake caught most people off guard and interrupted people's daily lives. Most people didn't expect a earthquake to be felt even from far away from the center of it.    “I was eating my breakfast when the room started rolling. I dove under the table just as I heard an...

53 year old, Janice Jones was shot by her dog around 10 p.m. Wednesday night in Barstow, California. Her dog knocked her gun off a seat and it discharged as it hit the ground and shot through her leg and into the side of her vehicle. “It could have been worse,” Rye said. “The bullet hit two inches from the gas tank .” Even though Jones needed extensive care, the situation could have been even worse if the bullet had hit in a different part of the car. "Jones was transported to Huntington Beach Hospital via ambulance and later was transported to Irvine Medical Center," Rye said. A spokesperson for Huntington Beach Hospital, Jim Washington updated everyone on Jones' conditions. "Jones was treated at the hospital but gave no additional information," Washington said. Jones’ dog, a Pomeranian named Tombo, was placed in the care of the Huntington Beach Animal Control officers. "The dog seemed to be malnourished and had fresh cigarette burns on its f...

Website #1- dummies 1) The first website I looked at explained how to make an iMovie. It started with what iMovie looks like and how to open it. The website then explained that you can make a trailer or a movie. When you pick the option you want you can select a template. After you select your theme you can add pictures and videos. You can also add music from your device or from the theme you selected. The theme will had cool effects and transitions if you want to add a nice touch to your video. The article then talked about different controls that you will most often use and what they mean. 2) The website explained the fact that you can choose a theme and the video will adjust to the theme you chose, I had already known about this because I have used iMovie before. 3) I didn't know that you could set the screen dimensions to make all of your videos the same size. Website #2- Apple 1) The second website I looked at was the official apple website. This website went more in...