In writing my synthesis paper as well as the reflection done in week 9 discussion I have modified and refined my writing style as well as my approach to this essay to get a successful outcome. My goals for where this essay is going to go has definitely changed from what I want to present and argue. This mentality has come from the commentary given to me by the other students to push my ideas further, to develop the basic idea of my essay and maturing it into a more creative realm. For the drafting
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The name of the topic is “River Rights”.The name of the article I have chosen is “River Plan Too Fishy for my Taste Buds”.The author I have chosen is Bill McEwen.The reason I have choosen this article is because the author uses political and economic facts to support his opinion,which is very convincing.Bill McEwen is a 35 year veteran journalist and the opinion page editor of the Fresno Bee,which makes me believe that McEwen is the proven/better expert.The article was published in the Fresno Bee
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In the development of my assessment one essay writing, I found it is imperative to have a sound grasp of knowledge of formal writing style, using prestigious language, standard systemic rules and grammatical structure. Additionally, after completing part B table, I found that predominantly it was through a hands-on process that I was able to develop my understanding of the features of the systemic rules and grammatical structures of the language. After receiving feedback from different grammar checker
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As a student I feel this year has assisted me the most writing wise. I was never really big into writing but this year has helped shape me into a much better writer and actually gave me joy when given the task to create an essay. My strengths this year have consisted of a larger vocabulary and I have also learned to lure the reader in with better introduction sentences. For example in my college admissions essay I hooked my reader in quite well with the following sentence “ As a child it was never
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I am a seventh grade student in Massachusetts, and I have recently read The Fifth Wave (the series). When the first book was introduced to me, I found it challenging to put down. I have read plenty of great books in my time, but your books top my list of favorites. While reading, I felt all the characters being brought to life. Therefore, it was easy to imagine the events of the story taking place in the world of the book. Throughout the suspense and excitement of the book, one problem stood out
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high level. After reading this small book, I am having trouble narrowing down what is most important to me as I become a college reader and writer. One point that sticks out to me most is creativity. After reading this I can remember all the papers I have written and most of them were about stuff I had already known. Unless they were assigned to me with specific
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Throughout the semester, I believe I have improved on my writing skills tremendously.Even Though I have had difficulties,My writing has improved by evaluating the most important information that matters rather than stating the obvious. In my writing I’ve gained confidence in forming my own opinion about a certain subject. On the critical thinking part, I think I have been able to look deeper into depth about what a story is actually revealing. My critical thinking has improved by the class discussions
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While writing this informational text I learned about writing and myself. In terms of writing I learned that formatting and presentation is extremely important. I found it very easy to write the text of this piece, but harder to present it in a format that made it accessible and reader friendly. Additionally, I had to make sure that as a writer I was explaining everything thoroughly, because not everyone will have the same background information on the topic of the State of Israel as I. In learning
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tools. They plant ideas, water them, let them bloom, flourish, and intertwine in someone’s mind. When I write these words down, they most often flow without interruption. Research papers, persuasive pieces, short stories, lines of poetry, college essays; I’ve proven myself to be more than adequate at expressing myself on paper. Yet, when faced with the challenge of writing about myself, I can never seem to commit. My junior year of high school, my English teacher tasked the class with writing a poem
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I believe that my discourse community helped with picking a topic before writing and researching for this annotated bibliography. My previous education never prepared me for writing an annotated bibliography. However, I feel my professor made this process very difficult and unrealistic in developing writing skills for this assignment. I thought some assignments were a bit pointless, they required a lot on my part to stay focus with the course lessons or withdrawal from the class. After applying the
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