You can never be a perfect writer, but you can always improve. Over the course of this semester I feel that I have seen an improvement in my writing not only in my English class but also in all of my classes. Throughout the course many techniques have furthered my approach to writing: appealing to emotion, ethics, and logic combined with a newfound analytical perspective has aided me in enhancing the content of my writing. My class has helped too make me aware of my own writing as well as the information that is presented to me. This course has significantly influenced my approach to writing as well. Personally, I am not confident in my writing and writing ability but the skills I have learned from this course have helped to boost my opinion
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I also spent more time making the structure of my paragraphs cohesive and I with elaborated on ideas I originally had in my topic sentences. I focused on the examples I used to make sure they supported the claim I was trying to make. Without this connection the quotation seemed like a disjointed idea. Another main point of fixing was to make sure I narrowed down my ideas. In my original essay, I used words that were not descriptive, which made the point I was trying to prove unclear. However, through revision I specified what I was trying to convey without assumption from my audience. Finally, I spent more time on my conclusion having the essay in a way that does not detract from what I have talked about throughout the paper. The conclusion now continues the momentum of the paper and does not end the essay in an abrupt and choppy …show more content…
I feel as though I rarely find myself straying away from the topic at hand. However, one of my major weaknesses is that I find myself being to ambiguous with my word choice. I have received the comment on multiple essays that my word choice or phrasing makes for to vague of a statement. After doing the revisions on my two essays, I noticed that my points were not clear because my word choice was not specific enough. Another weakness I see in my writing is a failure to elaborate on impactful ideas. Without further explanation the idea looks like a misplaced
I also spent more time making the structure of my paragraphs cohesive and I with elaborated on ideas I originally had in my topic sentences. I focused on the examples I used to make sure they supported the claim I was trying to make. Without this connection the quotation seemed like a disjointed idea. Another main point of fixing was to make sure I narrowed down my ideas. In my original essay, I used words that were not descriptive, which made the point I was trying to prove unclear. However, through revision I specified what I was trying to convey without assumption from my audience. Finally, I spent more time on my conclusion having the essay in a way that does not detract from what I have talked about throughout the paper. The conclusion now continues the momentum of the paper and does not end the essay in an abrupt and choppy …show more content…
I feel as though I rarely find myself straying away from the topic at hand. However, one of my major weaknesses is that I find myself being to ambiguous with my word choice. I have received the comment on multiple essays that my word choice or phrasing makes for to vague of a statement. After doing the revisions on my two essays, I noticed that my points were not clear because my word choice was not specific enough. Another weakness I see in my writing is a failure to elaborate on impactful ideas. Without further explanation the idea looks like a misplaced