to write at a college level. I had only written one big paper in High School and I had no idea how to do research. It was a hard experience and I had to push myself to a point that allowed me to present data in the best way possible. Thankfully, friends and the Writing Center were there at every step of my development into a confident writer. Aside from that, some of the most rewarding projects at Carleton were surprisingly assigned papers. They allowed me to express myself in a way that I had not
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One challenge that I have faced was preparing for the 7th grade United States Constitution test. I knew that this was an important test and imagined that it was going to be a very difficult one. I was worried and nervous that I wouldn’t be able to pass the test even if I studied as hard as I could. I was afraid of having to answer 150 questions all at one time and my biggest worry was that I wasn’t taking good notes. I would get very upset with myself whenever I would read over my notes then look
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not good enough. For example, this is my fourth time trying to write an opening paragraph, my third time writing just this sentence, and I only settled on the words “opening paragraph” after writing both “first paragraph” and “the beginning of this paper.” It’s not that I have an issue finding the words, I just can’t seem to put them in an order i like. Which is why I stay on the other side of writing. I’ve been reading since a really young age. My first books were mostly science based due to my
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grade, I would always have problems with writing stories. At the beginning of the week, I would always have to write a story that fitted the assigned prompt. My teacher would always give each of us a blank paper, so that I was able to make plan out what I was going to write. On the blank paper, I wrote down an abbreviation called BME. The letter B in my outline stand for the beginning of the prompt. Next, the M in my outline would stand for the middle of the writing essay. The teacher also read to
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I've learned a lot this semester about my writing. More than that of last semester indefinitely. Between the Annotated Bibliography, argumentative essay, and this multi genre assignment there has been an immense amount of growth in style and process of my literary works. My style has grown in the sense of me knowing immediately how im going to word some sentences or the way i'm going to go about designing essays to get my point across as best I can. My diction and verb usage has also chaged since
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Reflecting on this past semester in CWP 102, I can honestly say I have seen growth but I still have flaws that I need to work on. Coming into this class I felt that my strong writing skills would help me easily get through this class. But after the first week my mind was changed. I quickly realized that this course would be more rigorous and challenging. Beginning with the reading logs, and blogs these both have helped craft my writing in which it is today. My first time doing the reading log, I
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to reflect on the readings and draw inference from them. I liked to use the reading journals to process my thoughts about the reading due for that day and come to conclusions about the themes. Also, it was a great way to get my thoughts down onto paper so when the class started our discussions I had something to reference to. By doing this I could focus more on the actual discussion rather than trying to think of something to say. All in all, the reading journals helped
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My Capstone project is about 50% complete. The main trouble spot for me was settling on a thesis statement. There were a few topics that were on my list but were difficult to develop an argumentative thesis statement. It proved to be a slightly frustrating experience. However, I was able to choose a topic and thesis statement. I found developing the outline using MindMup very helpful. Aligning my thoughts and being able to manipulate them into a finished product using technology was awesome
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When writing a speech or presentation, do you often think about how you are going to keep the reader’s attention? This is what many speech writers do while trying to figure out which method they are going to use. Even the most executive people try and find methods to use throughout their speeches. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Clinton, and Bush all used some type of method in all three of their speeches. I will be covering what they did with flashbacks and why is was significant in the “I Have A Dream”
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The three prewriting strategies that I liked best was listing, clustering, and sketching. I have written plenty of essays and stories in my lifetime, so I have my own system of prewriting. Out of the prewriting strategies we have discussed I like listing the most. I feel like writing whatever comes to your mind helps you to see what really peaks your imagination. Listing could help me as a writer by opening my topics to new things that I might not have been able to see. Listing does not have restrictions
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