What is a good paper? A good paper consists of many elements; the basic three elements of a good writing are the topic, audience, and purpose. The topic is what the paper is about. Once the topic has been established keeping ideas clear and organized will help the audience reading understand your topic. The audience is your reader. Writers need to have a purpose. There are many reasons on why to write a paper: persuading, telling something, describing, informing, and so on. By writing a unified and coherent paper all of these elements tie together. A story will then become clear to the reader what it is about and why the author feels the way he/she does. A good paper will keep a readers attention and leave them wanting more.
On the other hand, a bad paper lacks in some or all of the basic writing elements. A paper may have a topic but not be clear or focused on what is about. The information supporting the purpose for why the writer is writing may be vague or lack enough variety to keep the readers full attention. Having the same kind of sentence structure repeating tends to bore a reader and causes them to lose interest: short sentences, long sentences, and semicolon sentences. Duplicating information over and over and over is a good way to have a weak paper. Not having strong information and good language can make a writer look uneducated and cause a reader to not have interest in the writing. Bad writing usually misses many basic and key elements to writing a good reader friendly paper.

My first Blog ever!!

Hi everyone,
I wanted to introduce myself since I missed the first day of class. My name is Martha and I am in my 2nd semester here at Hacc. My major changes one day to the next. Right now I am on the Dental Hygienist kick. I am a full time student and also got my first job in 9 years today. I went to a CNA class over the summer and I figured that would get me back into the swing of work. I have been a mom for the last 9 years and I wanted to do something for me. I am very happy to be back in school. I am looking forward into sharing a great semester with all of you!!
GOOD LUCK and happy writing!!
Martha