How to Say Nothing in 500 Words by Paul Roberts, an essay, discusses common mistakes made by college freshmen in academic writing. During my semester of Intro to Expository Writing, my academic writing has greatly improved. My writing started as “Elementary school was like a fairytale; there was a pretty princess and a handsome prince, but I was an evil villain.” And has grown to “Through her diction, Walls creates various tones in order to convey to her audience that despite obstacles, it is possible
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This semester of English 111 has taught me many things about my writing. I have learned that one of my best strategies with writing is getting a head start. I have learned that I will produce a better paper if I work on it periodically rather than all at once before the due date. Writing a paper periodically allows my brain to take a rest between each night. While my brain does get a rest, writing periodically also allows me to think of new thoughts and ideas that I want to incorporate into my paper
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The narrative by Malcolm X has a powerful message and is significant for today’s society. The ability to read and write is the first step towards decent education, motivation and success in life. From the story of Malcolm X we see, that it is no easy task and one must be persistent if they are willing to learn. The author does not specify the niche he is writing to, as the message he is trying to communicate can be significant for anyone. However, from how the article is written it is clear that
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Writing has always been an outlet me. I find comfort in writing to getting my feelings and emotions down on paper. Once I get into thought about a topic the words just flow and I maintain a good rhythm. I really enjoy writing, however, critiquing my own writing, as well as correcting can be a struggle for me at times, but I have come a long way from where I first started, when my first semester in college. As I began to look through my grades for my writing in human behavior and the social environment
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Writing for Business/Industry has been an interesting class throughout the semester. It was a class that I was hesitant on taking because I am now the biggest fan of English classes, however I am glad that I ended up taking the class. Throughout the semester I learned how too successfully write documents that are used in the world of business, these documents include; sales report, a memo, an executive summary, a resume, a proposal, and many more. I had three assignments that were assigned. The three
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This memo is to address my writing experience during college career. It mainly focused on what was the most helpful writing assignments I have received, my views on how academic writings are different than writings outside of school, and what I want to learn in this professional writing class. This memo is to address my writing experience during college career. It mainly focused on what was the most helpful writing assignments I have received, my views on how academic writings are different than
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Throughout this year, I felt like i have grown more as a writer. In the beginning of this year, I did not really understand the meaning of writing. As I go through the year, I understand more and more of why we write. When I first came into this class, I only knew what Mr. Shambaugh and Mr. Riise had taught us last year about writing. I felt like I have grown dramatically with my writing. I know use stronger words when writing an essay that means something. As well as that, I know enjoy writing long
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I really wish I could start this assignment by expressing nothing but my passions for writing, however writing has never been my strong suit, with that being said I honestly only write when it is assigned or absolutely necessary to be completely honest. I have to say that yes, writing, to me is very scary, Mostly, when I have to put anything I write out there for others to read. More so if I do not know the person or persons who will be reading. Therefore I always work best with a deadline to which
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There are several ways I plan to improve my writing skills this school year in this class. These goals are to help me improve for my future writing experiences. Having goals is good to have in life and it helps us achieve what we need to do. I have severals goals for this class, specifically for writing but also to improve my future. These goals may change in the near or far future but that may mean I achieved these goals or there are far more important goals to improve on. But there are several
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Throughout this semester, I have developed my professional and academic writing, making use of the writing tools introduced in assessment one (Prowritingaid, Grammarly and PaperRater) and sharing the tools with my work colleagues. Although this has been valuable as the errors identified continue to reduce, I am concerned that I have solely relied on the tools to critique my work as I have not planned time for seeking feedback and critiquing my work using multiple sources - something I had identified
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