...the semester, my technical writing skills have improved significantly. I am now a master of framing the problem, rhetorical awareness, and distinguishing between “good” and “bad” writing. I will be able to take these skills that I have learned over the course of the semester and apply it to my future law career. Throughout this essay, I will analyze three improvements of my writing and provide detail examples to support my analysis. First, my technical writing skills have improved by learning how to appropriately frame a problem in an argument. Framing is a way of presenting a problem or issue in a certain way that it gets on the policy agenda and being an advocate for this problem or issue can help...
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...pre-school by my mother. A full seven-hour day of school seemed as if the day would never end. I could not make it through. I was used to doing a couple hours of school work; then I would be able to go outside and play. The concept of writing is mostly learned in elementary school. The complexity of writing increased as the years of English classes pasted. For some people writing comes natural to them, but for some writing is very difficult. I am in the group that is not good writers and it does not come natural. The difficult experience I had with writing is that my speech affected my first step in learning to write, crippled my writing structure and lowered my writing confidence; these speech issue discouraged me from writing....
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...devices in my writing and strengthen my sense of audience awareness. I feel like I have made huge strides forward in both these areas of emphases that I wished to fix. I chose my problem paper to go along with my research paper for my portfolio. I chose my problem paper over assignment 1 for a variety of reasons. I felt like my problem paper challenged me more out of the two papers. I found it especially challenging having to present my problem for without sounding like I was complaining every step of the way. This made word choose extremely important and...
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...this site and see if it can help me with solving my math problem. 250 words is a lot for writing on nothing at all. So now I will copy and paste and find out this site will still suck. This is only because I want to join this site and see if it can help me with solving my math problem. 250 words is a lot for writing on nothing at all. So now I will copy and paste and find out this site will still suck. This is only because I want to join this site and see if it can help me with solving my math problem. 250 words is a lot for writing on nothing at all. So now I will copy and paste and find out this site will still suck. This is only because I want to join this site and see if it can help me with solving my math problem. 250 words is a lot for writing on nothing at all. So now I will copy and paste and find out this site will still suck. This is only because I want to join this site and see if it can help me with solving my math problem. 250 words is a lot for writing on nothing at all. So now I will copy and paste and find out this site will still suck. This is only because I want to join this site and see if it can help me with solving my math problem. 250 words is a lot for writing on nothing at all. So now I will copy and paste and find out this site will still suck. This is only because I want to join this site and see if it can help me with solving my math problem. 250 words is a lot for writing on nothing at all. So now I will copy and paste...
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...what I had imagined and what I was actually experiencing. My English 1A class involved academic writing essay. In the class, there are people who come from different countries surround me. I felt nervous and began to second guess myself about writing skills. In this class, I should write eight essay in total, and I knew I failed the class already. But I didn’t give up, because I just want to improve myself. Writing in other language with academic knowledge is the most difficult part in my university life. There are four in class essay, which I should wrote it in the class by forty-five minutes at least 800 words, but I did not make it even once. My classmates are huge different with me, they wrote essay real fast. I felt nervous when I siting nearby them and wrote essay. Peer pressure pushed me cannot thinking about essay. I don’t like writing essay in the public place or people look at me. I always wrote out class in the midnight with coffee. It was real quite and I can focus on the essay. Even I still did the terrible work. The big problem that was writing grammar and mechanics. Because it is my first time to study the official writing class in the America. It was totally different with learned in China. I studied how to write the story. Fast writing and free writing. Even basic writing skills were new for me. I still remember the first essay that I wrote. The errors were through up whole essay was the comment in my final draft. I always had trouble with mechanics. Even I did...
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...matter the topic or form of paper I had to write. Certain factors were able to better assist me when writing, however nothing was ever enough to perfect my writing, or at least, diminish the hardships I experienced. Throughout this first semester of literature I have, of course, experienced problems with my writing, however I have learned to identify my own mistakes and am beginning to better comprehend how to fix these mistakes. During the beginning of this past Fall’s semester, I had lost my confidence in my writing abilities. With my loss of confidence as a writer, came a strong desire to never write again. Still, the consequences of my loss of confidence further extended into my life and effected my overall perception of all things literary. I had no desire to read, and if I somehow felt forced to read, I would pay hardly any attention to the content. This influenced my writing in negative ways. However, I was still unable to recognize or identify the exact mistakes or flaws within my writing. Initially I had sought out the mistakes, but eventually lost hope and felt that there was no way to correct my writing. My horrendous writing skills were set in stone…or at least I believed so at the time. It was not up until I received the shameful grade of a “D+” on my paper, “Following Faith”, that I could fully identify my problems as a writer. I had not been expecting an “A” on my paper- in which I argued that although many turn to God for comfort in desperate times, the wanderer...
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...numerous problems that stood out for each essay and some that repeated themselves. These problems formed various patterns that appeared throughout my writing, brought out my strongest and weakest points for each essay, and made me think about what I would have done differently if I would have had more time. As I began writing the review essay, the annotated bibliographies, and the academic argument, the one problem, or error, that became consistent was lack of detail of the citations I used in my earlier drafts. As I looked back at my essay for the academic argument, this became one of the most noticeable patterns that was consistent throughout all my...
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...My experiences as a writer has had its ups and downs. I've been able to write papers but I've always needed a little bit of help to complete them. My mom has always been there when I am having problems writing papers. There have been times where I am amazing at them and knock them out like nothing. These are papers are usually short stories or something I can relate to. Then theres times where nothing comes to me and it seems like it takes forever to write them. When writing the papers one of the difficulties came from what I was writing about. In high school papers stressed me out because I knew I was going to have trouble with them. When I had to write my paper for chemistry, I worried about the length, how many citation, and how to cite it. I ask myself how does confidence impact my ability to write? On the one hand the papers I have the most confidence writing and I favor the most are ones where we have to tell a made up story or about a life event. I can write these very easily because I can remember the event very vividly or can make up a story with lots of detail. With event stories I usually just remember then write and occasionally go back to reread and fill some parts with more detail. In high school one of the first papers I had to write in my English class about a life event that changed your life. I thought to myself this is really easy to write about. I had an idea and there was no length on the paper so I didn't have to worry about how long it was. I was ready...
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...Reflection of WP1 I would like to say I enjoy the process of writing this paper. After this writing project, I felt that I learned a lot of techniques and skills throughout this entire paper. First and foremost, I have learned to generate ideas by using outline and freewriting. After the freewriting I can organised my ideas well and understand what I would like to talk about in my piece of writing. I realised that this is a very effective way to start a paper. Moreover, peer review was very helpful for my writing project. I received some feedback and comments from my classmate during the peer review activity. I think those comments are very useful for me to improve and do some correction for my writing. On the other hand, read and give comments...
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...As my junior year winds down, the final chapter of my book is about to unravel: senior year. However, before I start exploring my horizons, which is going to be filled with new opportunities and memories to be made, it’s best to reflect on my experience in AP Language and Composition with Mrs.Miles throughout junior year. These past 8 months were filled with enlightening experiences. From the discussions and articles of the week to the countless essays we had to write. I believe that Mrs.Miles really focused on our writing skills, which I am awfully grateful that she did. Mrs.Miles has assisted in my growth in writing; as my grammar has improved, including the use of commas, colons, and semicolons. In fact, I am now knowledgeable of the fact...
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...discovery of learning disorders, in reference to my own experiences. I will compare my experiences to the writing of Almy and Genishi in Ways of Studying Children: An Observation Manual for Early Childhood Teachers and also the personal narratives of Mike Rose in I Just Wanna To Be Average, and Sandra Cisneros in Woman Hollering Creek. I will use these writings to show how it is possible for students to pass through their education, experiencing difficulties but never being diagnosed with a learning disability that they may have. Such experiences of students are important to note in order to better identify learning disabilities within schools in order to provide students with...
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...that evening (on short notice). They talk about the challenges of writing for college courses. Dialogue: Alicia I’m so glad you all came over. Thanks for letting me cook during our study session. My in-laws told us at the last minute that they’re coming over later this evening, and I can really use your moral support! Gabby No problem, Alicia. Everything smells wonderful; I’m sure your in-laws’ visit will go just fine. Quentin Yeah, and I really needed this study session, too. I’m a little anxious about my current writing assignment. Maybe I can create a computer program so that my paper writes itself! I could really use some help like that. Student Text Bubble Writing for college courses sure is challenging. Gabby It’s challenging, but the reward is well worth the effort. Quentin, you should take your assignment seriously. I’ve found that, in my classes as well as in my marketing and communications field, the quality of your writing really matters. Alicia Gabby’s right. Lots of people fear the writing process, but as long as you’re enthusiastic and positive about it, you’ll be successful. And Quentin, if you need help, just use the CWE. Student Text Bubble What is the CWE? Alicia It’s the University’s Center for Writing Excellence. You can access it through the University Library. The site offers a variety of resources to help you through the college writing process successfully. Gabby There’s something for everyone...
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...The first time that I began writing the English academic essay is three years ago. In order to apply for universities in America, I should take the SAT test. In the test, the hardest part for me is writing. At that time, I realized that writing is never easy for an international student. It is a big challenge to write an academic paper by using the second language. The argument, thesis, word choices and grammar always bother me. However, I know that writing is the most important skill for a college student, so I never stop practicing and improving it. I took a writing class 20C and 39A in my first year. Both of them helped me a lot to improve writing skills. Last quarter, I took 39B, which was my first time to know rhetorical writing. When I take writing 39C this quarter, I learn deeply about the rhetorical and research...
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...to a gentle, complex, and creative response to a paper that helps you create a better writing, provided by a caring and helpful teacher. When I state “bad feedback” I refer to a harsh and non-productive response that only drags you down making you feel that your work isn’t good enough and will never be. My purpose is to encourage teachers to give away a productive and helpful feedback in order to secure the writing development of the student as well as making sure he knows his paper is much...
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... Writing can be a good or bad experience; it all depends on the writer. People who are good writers have fewer problems than those who have trouble writing out their thoughts. I believe those who have a great mind of imagination are some of the best writers. My experiences in writing have always been a minimal, because writing is a difficult process for me. The problem I have with writing is expressing my ideas and thought in a concise and coherent manner. In the future, I hope to be able to improve tremendous at writing essays, research papers, and other writing assignments without very little to no errors. I hope to be a well-rounded writer when I complete this course. I begin writing when I was in the first grade, when my teacher showed me how to put words together to form sentences. The second grade is where I was showed how to write simple sentences. I was also shown how to correctly write sentences so that didn’t have any run-ons or fragments, on complete sentences. Eventually when I reached middle school I was able to write a complete paragraph, and term paper. Everything I have learned in school has helped me to be able to write resumes, reports at work, and other important things in my adult life. It is very important that my resumes and reports are written correctly, and my words are professional. It has helped me to elaborate and point out the important in my resumes, and reports. My writing...
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