{"id":17696,"date":"2023-04-28T03:17:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T03:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/if-you-could-spend-a-year-with-any-real-or-fictional-person-in-the-past-present-or-future-whom-would-you-choose-why-what-activities-would-you-plan-for-that-year\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T03:17:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T03:17:27","slug":"if-you-could-spend-a-year-with-any-real-or-fictional-person-in-the-past-present-or-future-whom-would-you-choose-why-what-activities-would-you-plan-for-that-year","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/if-you-could-spend-a-year-with-any-real-or-fictional-person-in-the-past-present-or-future-whom-would-you-choose-why-what-activities-would-you-plan-for-that-year\/","title":{"rendered":"If you could spend a year with any real or fictional person in the past, present, or future, whom would you choose? Why?  What activities would you plan for that year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If you could<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18.6667px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">spend a year with any real or fictional person<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>in the&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">past, present, or future, whom would you choose? Why?&nbsp; What&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">activities would you plan for that year?<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 16px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">MLA format<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">WORD COUNT:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">750+ (preferably more)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1ST PERSON<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">5 paragraphs<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For creative piece, use any point of view you want (yet, avoid 2nd person).<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If you state a claim or use data, be sure to support it by<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>citing sourcs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1. Your first paragraph should grab the reader<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The college essay has to grab the attention of an admission\u2019s reader.&nbsp; It is imperative, then, that the introduction to the college essay capture the reader\u2019s attention and make the reader want to read more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">There are different ways to grab a reader.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Try starting with a question.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Begin with a bold statement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Use an interesting quote.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Put the reader in medias res, that is, in the middle of things. Place the reader in the middle of something happening or in the middle of a conversation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Challenge the reader by speaking directly to him\/her.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Tell the reader what you do NOT want to do in your writing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Sometimes even a single word that stands as a paragraph can make the reader wonder and read on.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2. Be a real person, not an anonymous author<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Do not be just another of thousands of applicants that do not make an impression. If you are reading a newspaper article, the writer fades behind the facts and you know nothing about the writer except that s\/he can collect, organize, and present the facts that you need to now. You want the admissions reader to say, \u201cAh, this is a real person writing to me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">That means you should write with voice, that is, you need to write with your own personality. Honesty, humor, talking the way you talk, showing the way you think, all help to create voice.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3. Don\u2019t be boring<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Trying to be proper or trying to impress or trying to be intellectual can be a drag. What you should be are doing is getting noticed as unique. It\u2019s like you are on a date with the admissions reader and you want to be asked out again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If you are on a date, you would naturally want to be smart, funny, nice, caring, unique, not boring. You also want to have an opinion, not step back like an unthinking geek. Write your essay as though you would be a great second date.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">4. Make your essay correct and beautiful<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Dates should look good, too. You can make your essay beautiful by giving thought to a few things. Use a font that is readable. Consider whether or not bold type face could make your essay easier to read. Don\u2019t crowd your essay near the top of the page, but balance it on the page and attend to soothing margins. Provide the essay prompt at the opening. Separate paragraphs in a consistent way, either by indenting each paragraph or by using block style, keeping all the words to the left margin but spacing extra between paragraphs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If there are a lot of mistakes in your essay, it can not be pretty. Make sure you have spelled everything correctly. Make sure your basic punctuation is correct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Did you separate dialogue correctly from the rest of your text? Did you use capitalization correctly? Check out our article on<a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;the most common mistakes in college essays<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>&nbsp;for more tips to ensure your essay reads well.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">5. Approach the essay from a different angle<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If you look at things a little differently from others you stand out. In answering an essay prompt, you need not always do it the most normal way.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What if you were to take the negative approach to answer the prompt? What are your hopes? Maybe you can tell what your hopes are by writing what you do not hope for.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Perhaps you can create a little mystery by not answering the prompt immediately. What to you want to study? Maybe you could reveal that in the last sentence of your prompt after telling about all the little things that have some relevance to your area of study. For example, you might describe many natural flora, observe fauna, then list feelings you have about nature to lead up to writing that you want to study biology.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You might even bury your answer to a prompt in a story or in a moral tale or even in a description.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">6. Be clear and logical<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">As much as you wish to shine, the shine will be lost if your sentences and thoughts do not string together logically. You must make sense to the reader.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Reread your essay as though you have no idea what the writer is talking about. Does it make sense? Are there transitions between different sections of the essay? Is the essay organized? Have you started at the beginning? Have you provided an ending? Have you given enough background information?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">7. Leave your reader with a lasting impression<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">People remember last things first or, at least, best. As Alan Alda said in a commencement address he delivered to his daughter\u2019s graduating college class, the most important things are said on the way out the door. His last words in that speech were, \u201cI love you.\u201d Of course, do not say &#8220;I love you,&#8221; yet say something from the heart that connects to the prompt, perhaps something you discovered while writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you could&nbsp;spend a year with any real or fictional person&nbsp;in the&nbsp; past, present, or future, whom would you choose? Why?&nbsp; What&nbsp; activities would you plan for that year? MLA format WORD COUNT:&nbsp;750+ (preferably more) 1ST PERSON 5 paragraphs For creative piece, use any point of view you want (yet, avoid 2nd person). 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