In my writing career, I have developed many strengths that I have carried throughout my college journey. These strengths include an awareness of which style of writing is appropriate, limiting ambiguous language in my writing, and not fluffing up my writing but rather getting down to the point. On the other hand, I also have weaknesses as a writer that I am continuing to work on. During the past when handed back academic assignments, a major percentage of the comments relate to run-on sentences,
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At the beginning of course English Composition 1, I received grades that were below 90% on each of my writing assignments. However, toward the end of this semester, I turned that around and worked to get better grades. I looked over all the comments that I received on my writing assignments and then I tried to fix those mistakes. My hard work paid off and I began to earn grades in the 90s, and grades that were above 100%. Throughout this semester, I have improved my writing skills and applied those
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I choose a passage in Why I write by Joan didion on page 3 the middle paragraph. The paragraph has a deeper meaning than it looks and can inspire people to do what they truly want to do. Didion was a true believer in what she has become, a writer. Didion was a college student who was going to major in English , but thought she couldn’t do college because of the way she thinks. Her way of thinking wasn’t bad at all, she found what she truly wanted to be by her way of thinking. She didn’t recognize
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Throughout my 8th grade writing career, I have changed a lot. I used to despise writing assignments, and I always procrastinate when I have to work at home. Now I find myself enjoying some of the writing tasks. I still think some papers are pointless, but I have started to enjoy prompts such as narrative writing. In fact, I have even started to write my own story for fun. As a writer, I’d say I use pretty good language. I can describe things well, I’m good at organization, but I can improve on all
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Seeing the finish line just in my reach has made me look back on the things I have learned. In addition to learning new techniques, I have learned different methods. Though I will miss this class I feel it would be a waste if didn’t continue to perfect my writing style. First, I will like to reflect upon my first week in English. After contracting a nasty cold and didn’t want to do anything but stay in bed; I decided if I missed one assignment who will care. You gave me multiple chances to turn
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Writing is a very important way for me to express feelings and emotions that I’m unable too publically say. Writing is also a tool that helps me expand the way I think and process information. Writing is enjoyable to me when I am going through a hard time or if I feel the need to capture a highlight moment in my life. Writing is also enjoyable when I am reflecting upon myself and other events within my life. Writing is simply a gateway tool to your mind and many things. Writing is a very important
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I took my time reviewing the feedback provided on my first submitted essay for English 101. I noticed several positive areas in my writing. The first area is having the ability to provide readers with good, well placed examples throughout the essay. The second area of strength is grammar. This is an area that can use improvement however, it is at an advancing level. The best part about receiving feedback is being given a chance to learn from a mistake. A few areas I learned I need to focus on improving
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Before I took the class ENG 101, I struggled so much with writing. From sending simple emails to people, to sending texts to my children, I had always had a hard time collecting my thoughts and writing them down. I did not think I learned very much from this class, yet I was expecting it to be very difficult for me. Because of my origin, my native language is not English. When I speak, my thoughts usually come to me in Amharic, my native language. It used to be so challenging for me to speak English
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Like reading, writing is one of the most basic processes that is important for people to express themselves. Writing allows us to grow as individual and help the civilization to advance toward other levels. Since centuries it was been demonstrated that someone with the faculty to read and write has the basic tools to develop himself and reach whatever goal he propose to himself. Writing could be fun process, but not an easy one. I can confirm that trough personal experiences all my life long. I
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Ok guys, we're going to talk about a touchy subject today; constructive feedback. Whether you want to believe it or not, all feedback is valuable. It just depends on your perception. But first, we need to clear up a common misconception-- Freelance writing (especially copywriting/business writing) is not art; it's a business. Separating you from your work It's important to note that the work you produce is not an extension of yourself. It's merely something you created. What I mean by that is
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