My Writing Assignment

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Over the last three quarters, we have been given many writing assignments, many of which were essays. At the beginning, my essays were awful. I had no thesis, no attention getter, and absolutely no transitions. Then Stooks started to teach how to write an actual essay. My essays began to get better because of this and they all had decent attention getters, theses, and conclusions, but I still jumped from topic to topic and had terrible sentence structure. I didn’t understand all that well what to do for either of those, so I turned to Purdue Owl for further explanation. Then it all started to make sense and my later essays, from Animal Farm to now, had transitions and decent sentence structure. However, I had trouble including the big

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My Writing Assignment Analysis

I have had my fair share of ups and downs through the whole writing process. Writing has never been my strongest suit and the reason being I started school from the sixth grade. I've never attended elementary school to learn the fundamentals of writing. The fact that I lack the fundamentals of writing makes it harder for me to fully understand the process of writing. My first major writing assignment that I was given in college was to interpret a story we read in class. I was confused and did not…

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Analysis Of My Pre-Semester Assignment: Improving My Writing Skills

Rereading my pre-semester assignment opened my eyes to how much I’ve improved my writing skills. Throughout the semester, I learned how to quote readings correctly, organize my writing, and synthesizing ideas. In rewriting the assignment, I was able to merge these new skills. At first, in the introduction, I strengthened my thesis, by adding the details that were mentioned in the essay. This way the reader can get an overview of what the overall passage in about. Also, I quoted the article and…

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Essay on Writing Inventory

MY WRITING INVENTORY Writing skills are very important to have while in college and throughout life. To build your writing skills to the best they can be you must first know your own writing style. You should know what your strengths and weaknesses are so you can begin to work on them and make them better. By knowing the way you deal with a writing assignment and the way you work on them, you can fix your problems and become the best writer you can. My attitude about writing is I do not mind…

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The Importance Of Writing Assignment

without doing hardly any writing assignments. I would tell the teacher that I had already turned it in, and they would just say “ok”. The few times I actually did my writing assignments, I didn’t try at all. If each paragraph was required to be ten sentences long, I would make them about five. I would do just enough to pass the assignment but not enough to get a good grade. When I got to middle school, I started to consistently do my writing assignments, and with better work ethic. My middle school teachers…

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Reflective Essay: Why I Like Writing

I do not like writing. I have noticed that since the time I have started high school I haven’t enjoyed writing. I do not enjoy writing because I feel I am not good at it. Because I don’t feel like I am good at it I become anxious when I have to write. Recently I have realized that writing is important in everyday life. Because writing is so important I have been learning how to work through the anxiety I feel when I write. Since 5th grade I have realized that writing is something I do not enjoy…

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Project 1 Assignment Analysis

one well. Unfortunately, I got a late start on my project one assignments because I didn’t quite comprehend what was the expectation as it related to the group assignment. Furthermore, my current grade is evidence to me that I did not executed project one at the best of my ability, hence the need to approach project two differently. The IWAs and reading journals except the annotated bibliography portion were beneficial to me in my project 1 assignments. The IWAs was helpful because it prepared me…

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Patterns In My Writing

several patterns in my writing assignments by reviewing my writing¬¬ assignments. There are several mistakes repeating which have become patterns. First, I am considering in-class essays. Important words in titles must be capitalized; however, in both in-class essays I have done the same mistake. I have used subordinators and coordinators as transition words in both in-class essays. For example, ‘although’ in the in-class essay 1 and ‘so’ in the in-class essay 2. I have switched my point of view in…

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Improving My Business Writing Skills

There were many assignments and activities throughout the semester that significantly improved my growth as a writer and critical thinker. Although there were many experiences that were really stressful, and at times seemed impossible, I feel like the majority of my struggles throughout ENG 302 were beneficial to the development of my business writing skills. In order to demonstrate how this class helped me more specifically I will analyze the semester based upon the different assignment sections required…

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Rhetorical Analysis: Lost In America

1301, I was presented to several writing methods that were new to me and I was able to recognize and work on my weaknesses in writing throughout brief assignments, in-class activities, homework, and instructor feedback. Firstly, at the beginning of the course, the instructor gave us three articles and students had to choose the one that they feel more comfortable with to analyze during the semester. I chose the article “Lost in America” by Douglas McGray, which in my opinion was the most interesting…

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Personal Narrative: My Rollercoaster Of Progress In English 1113

It is sad to say, but writing is no longer my strong suit. I feel as though I no longer have the right words to say no matter how hard I try. Writing about topics I am not passionate about is extremely hard for me. Even though I am not the best writer, I have realized that I have grown as a writer. English 1113 has given me a realization that I actually have to try. From being extremely confident writing my first paper to feeling discouraged writing my second paper, I have experienced a rollercoaster…

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