English 211 Reflective Essay

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Before taking English 211, my writing was like a child opening presents on Christmas morning. Hectic and scrambled with misspelled words and run-on sentences. My goals to achieve when taking English 211 were to develop a good sentence structure, and fix run-on sentences. With that said, I feel I have improved enough to move into English 1A. Taking English 211 with Professor Wann, I have learned how to fix my problem with run-on sentences by adding a coordinating conjunction, or a subordinating conjunction to the sentence. I have also learned how to improve my quotes by using the method of a quote sandwich. When gaining improvement with my quotes, I also developed properly cite quotes that I've used- whether is citing a novel, article, or a …show more content…
My main improvement when taking English 211 was fixing run-on sentences. When I first started English 211 my second paper was filled with run-on sentences. I didn't have a good understanding on how to avoid run-ons. For example in essay two I had wrote,"Everyday I am criticized on how I should be more like a wife, by my mother and father in-law. With them being Hispanic, they both are firm believers on stereotypical gender roles; my husband should work, and be the leader where as I stay at home cooking, doing laundry, and serving my husband." I finally developed a better understanding on how to fix the run-on sentence, by adding a subordinating conjunction. For example, "Everyday I am criticized on how I should be more like a wife, by my mother and father in-law. Since they are Hispanic, they both are firm believers on Stereotypical gender roles; my husband should work and be the leader, where as I stay at home cooking, doing laundry, and serving my husband." In English 211, I've learned to develop good examples by making a quote sandwich. When giving examples or quotes, the quote sandwich gives the reader a better understanding on what the quote or example is going to be referring to. For instance, in essay one I had added in some brief information about what the quote was going to be about. "Dauntless have three stages they have to pass to be a part of their faction." " The first stage, primarily physical; the
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