The Importance Of Textual Evidence In Writing

Improved Essays
Writing has always posed as an obstacle for me; writing lengthy essays, short stories, or about uninteresting prompts has never been one of my strong suits. Though I’ve never had a bad experience while writing, it has never interested me or provided me with any “stress relief” as it may do to others. Some of my difficulties include unable to start writing, organization of ideas, and just overall lack of interest in the given topic. On the flip side, I do have a strong understanding of incorporating reliable textual evidence into my writing, developing strong and sufficient amounts of important details, and grabbling the reader’s attention by developing a strong introduction
Starting an essay is one of the most difficult tasks for a college
…show more content…
In my own writing, I incorporate textual evidence seamlessly into my essay. This allows the reader to read over the textual evidence without being distracted by the quote. I have found that using textual evidence within my writing helps readers better understand the point I was attempting to get across.
To help readers develop a strong understanding and opinion from an essay, it is imperative that strong details are used throughout the entire writing. If an essay is missing details, readers will become confused and they won’t have sufficient information to make a decision on the issue written about. I have found that when using strong details, readers become more engaged and entertained with the reading since they have sufficient knowledge about the entire issue.
The most important part of an essay is the introduction. Without a strong introduction to pull readers in, the writing won’t create any excitement or interest. Though I do find it difficult to craft the first few words, beginning an essay with a quote, personal experience, or question is something I do in all of my introductions. It helps readers become interested and curious about what has been written about. If an essay has a strong introduction, readers will begin reading and won’t

Related Documents

  • Decent Essays

    WRITING SKILLS: A PERSONAL NARRATIVE INSTRUCTOR'S EVALUATION Student Number: Grade: Graded By: RB Exemplary Proficient Fair Poor Not Shown Introduction (10 points): Establishes a specific topic and approach, as well as setting an appropriate tone/mood for the rest of the essay. Engages the reader and creates interest. 10 - 9 8 - 7 6 - 5 4 - 1 0 Coherence and Unity (25 points): Ideas flow clearly and logically as essay is developed. Each paragraph contains one main idea (with enough detail to develop that idea clearly and logically) and a connection to the ideas that precede and follow it. Clear transitions are present between sentences as well as between paragraphs.…

    • 369 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    How Opening Sentence Lays Down Solid Foundation in an Argument Essay Each type of essay has its own structure and target audience. It needs to get the point across through many literary devices. However, in every essay where one tries to argue a point, a topic sentence plays a major starter role for what follows it. In an essay “Bleak Future” Samantha Magaña examines the effect of budget cuts on education. Magaña starts with generalization of facts as a topic sentence which is then followed by concrete evidence and explanation to expand on in each paragraph; it makes it very effective.…

    • 761 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Throughout the first semester of College Composition, I wrestled with three essays, all differing in format and content. The first was a narrative that reflected our educational experience. After this came an analysis of a visual text, followed by a research paper. The narrative was the easiest to write; however, I acquired important skills for writing the other two, which were in a less familiar format. With the three essays, I learned about my own writing skills and habits concerning development and critical thinking, time management, and organization.…

    • 1288 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Superior Essays

    I started my journey through writing this year a bundle of nerves and a stomach full of coffee. This is my first year taking an advanced English course, but I was determined to do well. There has been no sleeping in class or slacking off this year, I’m lucky enough to take a college course a year early and at a better price, and I’m not going to waste it. I’ve learned a lot this semester, including but not limited to: identifying how exactly the author’s purpose and audience determines effective writing, developing pieces of writing though a process of planning, revising, and drafting, compose an organized essay with clear points and main ideas, used appropriate tone and formality, critiqued writing, and finally how to grasp the MLA format. My writing has improved through the concepts I have learned this semester.…

    • 925 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    My writing experience: I didn’t start to read until I was in first grade. Every week we would go to library to check-out two books and take a test on the books we read on a computer. Every day in English we read a short story to ourselves then we would play games dealing with the story to make it fun. To be honest I never really did a lot of writing in Elementary , Middle, or High school so I can’t pinpoint when I started writing. In essay writing I learned its always good to express yourself with your own opinion.…

    • 608 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Essay: The Writing Process

    • 1335 Words
    • 6 Pages

    I have always struggled with writing essays and they’ve never come easily to me. I used to sit in my room, in the middle of the night, just staring at a screen, for what would feel like hours. Wondering, “When am I going to finish this paper, or even, start it?” The writing process is lengthy and has many steps, such as reading, brainstorming, creating an outline and a rough draft, editing, and finally having a final draft. These steps can help anyone write a decent and fully developed paper.…

    • 1335 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    My literacy journey has been one that I am grateful for thus far. Throughout the years, my family and my teachers have been at the core of my literacy. The various teachers and professors who have taught me have really played a big role in ensuring that I have become as literate as they could possibly prepare me. My parents and siblings have always been a big part of this journey, especially in reading. They have supported me by encouraging me to read as many books as possible.…

    • 1244 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Stephen King, in his piece “What Writing Is”, claims that “it’s writing, damn it, not washing the car or putting on eyeliner. If you can take it seriously, we can do business”. Not only is writing an intellectual and reflective activity, it is a vital skill in all fields of work and academia, and can be learned through abundant reading and practice. Effective and engaging writing can bring about change. Claim:…

    • 1883 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    My Writing Analysis

    • 468 Words
    • 2 Pages

    I almost never know how to start a essay and it’s introduction, and this time is no different. So far I have sat in front of my computer and procrastinated for about two hours. The introduction is a difficult thing to write, so naturally I tend to wing it like most of my essays. I tend to write around midnight, it’s very quiet around the house and the outdoors…

    • 468 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Writing has been my talent since grade school; I couldn’t sing, or dance but I could write, or so I thought. Then, I entered high school and realized that writing required a lot more than it did in middle school. The brisk pace and advanced comprehension skills required for my English three AP course caused my grades to suffer. I have struggled with college level essay writing tremendously, but through hard-work I have been able to write with more ease and finesse than ever before.…

    • 1222 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Throughout the entirety of this English 101 course, I have seen my skills as a writer grow. In the beginning of the school year, my writing fell short of my expectations, but as I continued to work and learn the principles of writing, I have written papers that I am proud to say are mine. Among the aspects of my writing I have improved, the best strives are seen within my my counter arguments and overall strength and coherency of my papers. To begin, when looking at a paper I wrote in August on necessity of first drafts, there were large gaps in my elaboration, bringing concerns as to whether I was arguing and proving a point or merely summarizing what Lamott, the author of the article, originally said. When attempting to argue my evidence, I stated,…

    • 708 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    English 1101

    • 531 Words
    • 3 Pages

    As I have progressed through school writing has been my Achilles heel. I was never fond of writing and I always dreaded the idea of writing essays. I was never a strong writer. I always considered myself a subpar writer. I believed that I was capable of meeting expectations rather than exceeding.…

    • 531 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Dear First Year Writing Assessment Committee: In this letter, I will explain my learning outcomes and experiences with my essays for English 1010. English 1010, defined by academic standards, is to develop in first-year college writers a deeper understanding of the complexities of writing through instruction and guided practice in the skills, processes, and strategies necessary for effective, successful writing. In my past semester of English 1010, I was able to demonstrate my abilities to be an effective writer and enhance my writing skills through guiding essay projects. I do believe my abilities were improved in topics including: finding the author’s purpose, explaining ideas, revising, editing, proofreading, organizing the structure of my paper, and etc.…

    • 1121 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I was always told that an essay is developed around a thesis statement and resources that support my opinions about a prompt. I realized that there was more to an essay when I came across scholarly writing, which is writing on a higher level, usually one which we come across during college. It meets high standards of communication with outlines, tone, deductive reasoning, format, and way of analytical approach. It has a consistent way of delivering thoughts, shaping arguments, and narrowing down the subject to explain the main idea. With scholarly writing, students must express their thoughts through thesis statements, and develop an argument with their own thinking, not minding to be objective to clear any chance of bias.…

    • 778 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I was not an excellent writer at the beginning of the school year, but I can gladly say now that I have inherited more writing skills that I will benefit from in the future. One of those skills is being able to reflect on every angle on my topic to allow me to organize my ideas accurately. This skill is beneficial to learn, for it helped with my report essay to acquire the focus of my paper more clearly. Moreover, this skill helped me write papers in my other classes more easily and efficiently. Likewise, my voice can be read strongly throughout the personal narrative essay, because the passion I had for my topic was an emotional one.…

    • 766 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays

Related Topics