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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On the table of studies, I earned a 90, and this grade is similar to the grade I expected to make. However, I believe that I could have improved my grade. To explain, I did not put the title at the beginning of the study table in proper APA format. If I had proofread carefully, I could have identified and fixed the errors. Moreover, the most challenging part of the tables was the important points from the introduction and discussion sections. I wrote my notes in sentence form rather than note form;
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world. Imagine moving to a place for the first time, Everything would be completely different from the past. Experiencing a new aspect of culture never explored. Culture is the main root in informing a person how to see the world around them. In the essay “Where Worlds Collide”, written by Pico Iyer, Iyer describes his time first moving to a new place. Coming from out of the country he anticipates that every step he takes is going to be a glance at paradise. “The blue skies and palm trees they saw on
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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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While working on my project I constantly became stressed over how well my project actually was. I constantly had to remind myself that this project was essential on my path to graduation. After I finished my project the first time, I reviewed the essay and presentation twice.
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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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As a kid I grew up with an abundant amount of people telling me I wouldn’t be able to accomplish anything in life. Constantly telling me that I was useless, always doubting just because I had a lot of family issues at home. None of their statements brought me down, no matter how much they broke my heart. Until one day, I held my head up and told myself "Cindy all this crying isn't going to do you any good, you have to show them what you're capable of”. This became the start of something for me. I
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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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writing an essay that means something. As well as that, I know enjoy writing long pieces or even short essays. This semester taught me how to improve on being a writer, and how to open my mind to new things. While first proceeding through this class, I had no idea how I would feel writing essays every other day. I felt like I was going to be miserable and get behind fast. In the beginning, I knew I had to come up with a better attitude and put my mind into my work. When we first had an essay due, I
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