College Prep Portfolio
Dallas Arnold
Academic Resume
At the start of the year I was required to make a list of all of my accomplishments, community service, and organizations I have been involved in throughout high school
"My Favorite Mistake" Essay
Towards the beginning of the year, I was instructed to write an essay about one mistake I had made in my life that I was thankful for, I chose to write about the time I cut my finger very badly in the middle of the night and was to scared of my mom to tell her, I concluded the essay by telling how it shaped me and my moms relationship today.
College Application Essay
The requirement for this essay was that I describe a journey that has defined who I am today. I wrote about my mom inspiring me to become a radiologist by entering nursing school after my little sister passed away.
Definition Essay
In this essay, the word I chose to describe was "love" in different generations. I used the 21st century and I compared that to William Shakespeare and the meaning of love in the 16th century.
Comparison and Contrast/Informational Text Analysis Essay
For this essay I compared the articles "Darkness Too Real" by Meghan Cox Gurdon, and "Why the Best Kids Books are Written in Blood" by Sherman Alexie. I compared them by explaining that Alexie's article over shadowed Gurdon's article with his excellent use of persuasive techniques and writing style
Cause and Effect Essay Analysis/Response
For this analysis we were required to write a paragraph answering one of three questions about Myrium Marquez essay Why and When We Speak Spanish in Public. I chose to explain Marquez’s organizational structure by providing two specific examples from the essay to support my explanation
Argumentation Essay Analysis/Response
In this analysis we were required to write a paragraph answering one of three questions we were asked about Steven Pinker's essay Mind Over Mass Media. I chose to answer the question regarding Pinker calling a person on their cell phone while driving a "familiar sight" and if it was effective