Ashley, a sophomore English major, was up late at night sitting in front of her monstrous Dell computer finishing a writing assignment for a Midterm Portfolio that would be due the next day. Having taken the last few days to work on her evaluation essay particularly, she neglected the reflection. She, like she shouldn’t have, waited last minute to write a reflection, and edit. Living on copious amounts of caffeine to keep herself awake was enough to work until two in the morning hit her. As she continues to write her reflection in a groggily induced state, she starts to drift off into a deep sleep. While she was in her sleep, she started to dream… Ashley abruptly woke up from her sleep at her desk. She was completely distraught because she
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She then replied, “I have noticed many errors in my writing that I must fix. I have started to notice that while I do have great ideas, I always have trouble writing in a way that can be understood. The strengths in my writing I feel are that I do have ideas and great things to back up my ideas. My weaknesses tie directly into my strength with having the information but not conveying it in a way that is comprehensible to my audience. I tend to be wordy as well.” Ashley continues on with her answer, focusing on her lacks: “I tend to wait till last minute to write my papers as well which leaves me with not very much time to edit my paper as much as I would like to. In correlation with the constrained time, my grammar tends to be subpar with little typing error, dangling modifiers, etc.” He nods in agreement as he looks over the two papers that have been written for the …show more content…
Improve my grammar by researching grammar structures, rules etc. and practicing them
2. Write more cohesive ideas that the reader can go along with by proofreading
3. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE!!!!
To Keep:
1. My overall love as an English major for writing through my studies and reading.
2. Never become discouraged with the first outcome of a rough draft.
With the list of goals being made, she set out to finish writing her reflection for the Portfolio with a more positive outlook on her writing and the rest of the semester ahead. She sped through the reflection like a breeze because of the list she had made, being able to look back on it for errors. But, in the ironic turn of events, she still turned it in very close to the
She then replied, “I have noticed many errors in my writing that I must fix. I have started to notice that while I do have great ideas, I always have trouble writing in a way that can be understood. The strengths in my writing I feel are that I do have ideas and great things to back up my ideas. My weaknesses tie directly into my strength with having the information but not conveying it in a way that is comprehensible to my audience. I tend to be wordy as well.” Ashley continues on with her answer, focusing on her lacks: “I tend to wait till last minute to write my papers as well which leaves me with not very much time to edit my paper as much as I would like to. In correlation with the constrained time, my grammar tends to be subpar with little typing error, dangling modifiers, etc.” He nods in agreement as he looks over the two papers that have been written for the …show more content…
Improve my grammar by researching grammar structures, rules etc. and practicing them
2. Write more cohesive ideas that the reader can go along with by proofreading
3. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE!!!!
To Keep:
1. My overall love as an English major for writing through my studies and reading.
2. Never become discouraged with the first outcome of a rough draft.
With the list of goals being made, she set out to finish writing her reflection for the Portfolio with a more positive outlook on her writing and the rest of the semester ahead. She sped through the reflection like a breeze because of the list she had made, being able to look back on it for errors. But, in the ironic turn of events, she still turned it in very close to the