This letter is being written to you, to let you know my thoughts about how much this class has enabled me to grow as a writer and student. As a writer I have many new acquired strengths. One of these newly acquired strengths is that I have the ability to write an essay that assess other author’s pieces of work. Before this class, I wrote very generic five paragraph essays that let the reader know, that the author of a certain piece of work was a good writer and captivated the audience. Now I am able to state the authors’ purpose and the rhetoric terms that he or she uses to get their purpose across to their audiences.…
And this happened to be the start for me. As a young little girl growing up, literacy was my favorite. It was always a passion of mine because I always carried a bag full of various writing tools, notebooks, diaries and books. Because of these two skills>> I possess, both have been an essential part of what makes me the person I am today and plays an important role in my childhood and adulthood because they are the most helpful tools. Despite the long nights of continuous hard work and practices, I have no regrets in whatsoever of having literacy as part of my life.…
Writing has always been one of the most difficult skills that I have been learning through my college career, but it has also been the most important skill because unlike other skills writing affects my works across all courses or subjects. Writing has also helped me to get in to UMD, receive scholarships, and be accepted in research programs. Therefore, all the effort that I have made to improve my writing skill is worth it. From experience, writing is not like other skills that one can learn overnight, for me, writing skill is very slow progress and requires a lot of writing and reading; this is what I got from this class. In this class, my writing has advanced because I am reading more, practicing more, and writing more.…
One day as I leisurely read, I stumbled upon the following quote, “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” On a website comprised of many short yet moving quotes, this one quote in particular was the most tangible to me in the entire collection. For weeks, I pondered on the very essence of strength and questioned what hardships have I endured and how was I strengthened by it.…
As a writer I work best in quiet places where I have the ability to write with no interruptions. My mind has to be completely free of all other thoughts to write a great paper. Having time beforehand to think about what I am going to write about helps me to be able to sit down and immediately start writing. I also feel successful when I not only write a lot, but when all of the writing is good, I feel as though I have many strengths as well as weaknesses.…
I have a true love and passion for the language, but my writing wasn’t as strong as I would like it to be. I was nervous to take a college level English class because I thought my writing wouldn’t be up to par. In retrospect, I can honestly say this lack of confidence was dumb and created obstacles that could have…
Its in college I learned to progress my writing style and reading. I actually even got a liking to English, more of writing than reading. Regardless though English isn’t my favorite subject. I’ll still have other subject and hobbies I enjoy more because that’s the way I am. Its this that affects my reading and writing, because everyone’s way of writing and understanding of reading is different.…
Strengths The most common strength that I have in my writing is the appeal to the reader. When I wrote my practice essay I wanted the reader to feel the emotion I was feeling through my writing. If I cried while I wrote this essay I want the reader to cry as well. I love to write…
“This year in English Comp 1, we will be writing three big papers. The last paper will end up being 2000 words,” says Ms. Garth on the first day of school. Being only a Junior in High School, I wanted to drop out then. The only thing going through my mind was, “Is this woman crazy?” At the time, I did not believe I would be able to write a paper with 300 words nevertheless 2000.…
Reading and writing has always been a challenging subject for me and people assume that because I’m an honors student that I don’t struggle, but that’s just not the case. I used to approach every writing and reading project with a negative attitude because I wouldn’t know how to go about it: getting it started, what order, how much, and how to end it were the main problems I came across. And while I stumbled over structure, clarity, and getting the point across, my grammar and vocabulary I notice was rarely the issue. I knew what I wanted to say and how to say it most times, but translating my thoughts into understandable words, that’s where the real difficulty began. Writing is a form of communication and as we all know that’s something I’m…
Growing up with catholic education, I was primarily taught the importance of reading and writing. The generic hamburger 5-paragraph essay format was on our 10 commandments of writing and so was the idea of a minimum 6-8 sentences per paragraph. Entering high school English class, I found myself in a different situation than most typical high school students. My school offered International Baccalaureate English classes; these classes were structured differently than that of AP or Standard English. In this class, we were left to fend on our own.…
I have always considered my relationship with writing to be very insignificant. Although I enjoy spending time verbally expressing my thoughts and feelings to others, it becomes difficult when these thoughts and feelings are expressed through writing. Throughout my adolescent years, I would often receive feedback for my writing given by the teacher in the form of a grade. Being unable to effectively organize my thoughts and ideas into words and sentences, I would feel reluctant to continue writing confidently whenever I received an undesirable grade.…
Throughout my high school years, I was known to be “the one shy kid” in class. I was always afraid to ask a question when I didn’t understand a subject. I would say my weakness were my english classes and writing essays. Being bilingual messes up thoughts and words that go through my head when writing a paper. I was afraid when having an english class in college, the professor would point me out or give negative comments about my writing.…
From the Mesopotamian civilization to the present day civilization, writing has taken a place of importance in our daily lives; something I have always struggled with. Through school the most difficult subject that I have always struggled with is English. Growing up my first language was Spanish due to the fact that my parents do know much English. My parents were never able to read to me in English preventing me from hearing and seeing the English language; it was not until I entered elementary school that I was exposed to English. This has contributed to my difficulties in English courses throughout my education.…
Considering I have been a university student on and off for the last decade, I believe I have become complacent about my academic literacy skills. I earn good grades, in my opinion, and I often receive positive feedback on my academic writing style and my referencing. Whilst I have received some criticisms, it has never occurred to me to analyse my academic literacy skills and make a point of identifying my weaknesses and improving upon them. As my degree progresses, I increasingly need to be able to express myself confidently and clearly and I cannot do that sufficiently until I have refined my writing skills (Grellier & Goerke, 2014, p. 159). Using online proofreading tools was a useful way for me to identify the deficits in my writing style…