I have, in the past, been called a perfectionist. My experience with writing revolves mostly around me trying my hardest to write something I'm happy with and then pretty quickly deleting it when I decide it’s 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
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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 I started this class, the way I word sentences with these newly found tools has made my writing all the more interesting. In my essay, or to
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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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The first time that I began writing the English academic essay is three years ago. In order to apply for universities in America, I should take the SAT test. In the test, the hardest part for me is writing. At that time, I realized that writing is never easy for an international student. It is a big challenge to write an academic paper by using the second language. The argument, thesis, word choices and grammar always bother me. However, I know that writing is the most important skill for a college
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will work on this outline throughout Unit 2 Lessons 8-11. You will submit your completed outline to the drop box at the end of Unit 2 Lesson 11. Intro Hook - What interesting fact or statement would make your reader WANT to read the rest of your essay? Your hook should NOT be in the form of a question. Innovations in technology relating to weaponry and machinery made great advancements during the period between World War I and World War II. These advancements in machinery contributed to increased
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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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revising this project I am determined to redo it to the best of my ability and get a better score on it. To achieve a better grade on this paper I am going to respond more critically to the text, identify more evidence and also use quotes throughout my essay. Rebekah McMullan ENG. 100E Project 3A Dr. Malone Fall 2014 Fighting for justice I have chosen to analyze an article written by Brittney Cooper, the article is called “Dark skinned and plus-sized:
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These are very good step to take on writing. As in step one, I do believe the writer need to be passionate about the subject they are writing about. It makes it easier to write. You have be careful not to ramble because you have so much to say. I find this hard sometime in writing. Keeping writing simple will help the reader see what you are meaning to say. As I am writing a paper I find it is hard to cut things out because I have a certain way I am going with the paper. If I can’t see how
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feedback on various videos throughout the units explaining the lesson in depth was remarkable. However, Dr. Syrjanen, one of the questioned you asked was what do I feel was my best essay in EH 1010. According to my grade and your feedback thus far, it would most definitely be the comparative essay. Although each essay has a significate meaning and they were all written from my experience on each topic, this made my writing process more gratifying. Additionally, even though I had some knowledge
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When I was reading the articles, I thought that some of the topics were interesting. I understand no that I have to improve to become a great writer. Also, I found there where some writing skills I like in addition to some that I dislike. I do have some concerns with writing in the future, but I hope that my concerns don’t happen. Some of the areas I must improve on are clarity, completeness, and changing passive words to active words. The articles did a great job at explaining what writing skills
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