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This class truly helped me become a better writer because I learned how to write essays using the text and materials that were available to me. I turned in all of my assignments on time and used the instructor feedback on all three of the essay assignments. Since we covered many different works in this class, I believe my literary analysis has improved. I completed all of the reading assignments and would reread sections in order to better understand what was taking place in the short story, poem, or drama. I would also seek out information about the some of the works, which helped me understand some of the context for them. Even though this was an online class, I appreciated that there were opportunities, such as the discussion posts and FlipGrids,

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