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Not necessarily, but when you're writing essays, very few things can truly be called obvious. You mentioned originally that you think the reworkings were successful because they've raised awareness of the story, so you might want to support that perspective by demonstrating that they were all...

The question that "while not always successful" should be raising for you is, "what is the storyteller trying to achieve?" Is it simply to entertain the audience, or is it teaching a lesson, for example? The point of breaking a piece down into elements like you're required to do here is to see...

Sorry to nitpick, but this isn't correct. "Forming" doesn't function as a verb in that sentence; it's the beginning of a participial phrase. You can think of "forming across his forehead" as simply an adjective modifying "sweat beads." http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/participlephrase.htm

Not the most inspiring stuff by itself - hopefully you've at least talked in the class about what a journey is and what that actually has to do with you. If you don't mind, I'd like to ask you some related questions that might help you get started. What is a journey, in the broad sense of the...

Most likely neither of these assessments is completely true. I find it hard to believe you're producing absolute trash if you are trying. Let's forget about your own writing for a moment; what does a good essay in general look like? What does it really do? If you don't know answers to those...

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Hello, I am a qualified teacher visiting Australia from the United States and looking to provide some private tutoring during my stay. I have completed a Masters in Education and an Ed.S. in Curriculum Design, and I have over ten years of experience tutoring all levels of English composition...