This year in 1302 English has been interesting learning new things. English this year has provided me with information; I didn’t know how to do before. It has helped me with writing my essays, which I always found kind of hard to do before. I still have areas that I find difficult, but I can definitely improve with practice. It been great being able to see my mistakes that I have done before and now knowing how exactly to do it.
One of the important things I feel like I’ve improved is being able to do in text citations. I never really had a clear understanding on how to do in-text citations properly. I feel like now with reading the book, which professor hill assigned us has provided lots of great information on how to do in-text citations the correct way. It has made it easier for me when writing essays and knowing how to introduce my sources and inserting my quotes in the essay. Also the exemplers on ecampus have been a huge, being able to see people’s examples. Which are very useful when getting confused at times and makes my life so much easy. I had always had trouble with in text citations but with some good information from the book and the professor, it has improved my knowledge and now I feel comfortable doing it, which …show more content…
My greatest weakness when writing an essay is the introduction and it has always been since I remember. I still find it hard to start my essays and state a clear thesis. I feel like my thesis statements are too broad and need to be clearly stated. I have always had trouble starting essays but after getting started it becomes easier. Every time I start a new essay I take the longest time to get started and its frustrating most of the time. Looking over more introductions and practicing different techniques to improve would be beneficial to me. Besides that I feel like I do a decent job on my essays but that introduction just gets to me all the
One of the important things I feel like I’ve improved is being able to do in text citations. I never really had a clear understanding on how to do in-text citations properly. I feel like now with reading the book, which professor hill assigned us has provided lots of great information on how to do in-text citations the correct way. It has made it easier for me when writing essays and knowing how to introduce my sources and inserting my quotes in the essay. Also the exemplers on ecampus have been a huge, being able to see people’s examples. Which are very useful when getting confused at times and makes my life so much easy. I had always had trouble with in text citations but with some good information from the book and the professor, it has improved my knowledge and now I feel comfortable doing it, which …show more content…
My greatest weakness when writing an essay is the introduction and it has always been since I remember. I still find it hard to start my essays and state a clear thesis. I feel like my thesis statements are too broad and need to be clearly stated. I have always had trouble starting essays but after getting started it becomes easier. Every time I start a new essay I take the longest time to get started and its frustrating most of the time. Looking over more introductions and practicing different techniques to improve would be beneficial to me. Besides that I feel like I do a decent job on my essays but that introduction just gets to me all the