English 100 Reflective essay I learned in this class that i could improve more on writing essays, that I need to proofread so i won't have as many errors and that I can improve a lot on how I word my sentences. When I started class I knew that i could write an essay but i didn't think i needed any improvement. On my first essay i learned that i could improve a lot on writing essays. In my first essay I didn't use MLA because i had never used it before. I also used cite my sources wrong sometimes
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getting your thoughts down. The second about fixing it up and work on editing. And the third draft is to perfect it and fix all the little mistakes and for critiquing. I've never really wrote papers this way but after reading this article I agree with Lamott that it is the most efficient way to write a paper. In the first draft, you just want to get stuff down. A problem I tend to have
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Poetry Extra Credit Essay Leading up to it, I was dreading the poetry lecture. I figured it was going to be insanely boring and that I would probably fall asleep during it. I was thinking the same thing even as I was walking into the library. In the car and on the way in I was mentally preparing myself to be bored and not have any fun at the lecture. Hearing that it was a lecure, I was thinking that it would be someone old, white guy lecturing in a monotone voice about different types of poetry
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The three areas from the english course that I have devloped the most in is critical thinking, writing and collaboration. The first area that I feel I have improved the most in is critical thinking. Critical thinking is a very importnt skill and is defined as the objective analysis of facts to form a judgment. The reason why I believe I was able to imporve my critical thinking is due to all of the class readings. We read several things from poems, to short stories to actual books and as a result
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Write a to do list: A to do list will help me prioritise what tasks i need to accomplish from least to most important and allows for my day and duties to be more manageable. I can check off my tasks and mark them off once completed which allows me to see my progression and enables a sense of achievement with in myself each task i for fill completely. This method also allows me to to comply with deadlines in my work schedule.Whilst i am focusing on my to do list i should also be asking myself some
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down with them and making attachment vs. time for our respective love interests or having an intense debate about something like which of the seven dwarves we are. I also love UChicago’s unique traditions, especially the Scavenger Hunt. I read that one guy didn’t shave his beard for weeks just in case there was a beard related item on the list (and there was!). I can’t grow a beard but I do want a shot at unboiling an egg and reconstructing a snail’s shell to look like a house. I’d also like to take
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malfunctioning brain for any tips concerning my -so far- second-rate personality was most definitely not on my schedule, but here I am. Alright, maybe “second-rate” is too harsh of a label. Pending? Would “pending” be a better fit? Self-deprecation isn’t one of my dominant traits, so you’ll be relieved to know that, yes, I am a pretty striking piece in my generation’s palette. Self-admiration, however, might be. In any case, I suppose getting on with my “story” would be best. To state the obvious, from
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It was a few minutes after 10pm on a Monday night and I had just remembered that my rough draft essay for my dual enrollment English class was due the next day. Even though I wrote the date it was due down, I always pushed it off to do “another day”, well another day became that night. I had to write 500 descriptive words about the nature of opening and eating a tootsie pop; I didn’t even have a tootsie pop. I knew I would have to improvise, so I grabbed the old lollipop in my pantry and started
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people really like books. Books keep history recorded. When you have a question about science you look in a book. I don't think that Bradbury’s depiction of a society without books is realistic.There wouldn't have been any book burnings such as the ones that happened in Nazi Germany that caused all the drama. Books are very important today. People use books daily to gain knowledge related to their jobs and families, and basic skills. 2. I agree with Bradbury in the fact that we are bombarded with
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The top producers in Internet marketing insist on the importance in learning copy writing and then point out the lack of interest in others in learning more about it. Copy writing is another skill that can be learned and developed through practice just as the other skills Internet marketers must learn. The reward however, can lead to greater profits by increasing conversion rates and attracting qualified customers. First they must know how to be found, so they "hang out where their customers
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