Feminist Paper: The Story Of An Hour

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After reading the final copy of my feminist paper I decided to first focus on the errors the teacher notice throughout my essay. For the Story of an Hour paragraphs I refer back to the book for more examples to help back up the point I was trying to make. Especially in comparing Mrs. Mallard to her sister Josephine. Also, after adding the example I expanded my sentence by explaining how the reference from the story supported what I was trying to say. I had to also made several changes to the way I wrote my sentences and my word choice. After doing that, I had to make sure that the next sentence will go accordingly with my new revisions. Another thing I fixed was my spelling. I have always had trouble with it, but I am progressing throughout

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