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I think my comparative essay is my best written piece up to date because I’m extremely proud of it. A lot of the time, I don’t really feel confident about my work; I put too much pressure on myself. But through this essay, I felt accomplished and proud of what I wrote. I made multiple changes to my vocabulary throughout this piece, such as learning new and complex words to insert in my current and future writing. It took multiple attempts to finally summarize both stories to a shortened length where it was just giving important details instead of summarizing the entire thing. When writing my thesis statement, I felt something spark inside of me, and I know whenever I feel that spark while writing; it’s going to be better than it would be if

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