At the start of my college composition class, I did not know much about writing papers; the only paper I knew how to write was a five-paragraph essay but over the course of the semester I learned to write a literary narrative, a texture analysis, a research summary and a research paper. Writing those papers helped improve my writing and writing habits. My writing style had grown, my grammar has improved, and I have learned that making an outline help organize and manage time better.
The first paper I had to write was a literary narrative that had to be at least 1,000 words. At first, it seemed like a lot because I did not know how to write it but after learning how to break it into paragraphs it was easy to write. After re-reading my literally …show more content…
I had no idea what a textual analysis was let alone write a paper that at least had to be 1,200 words. I did not know where to start or how to go about until after I turned it in. After readings, my textual analysis paper, I saw a lot of errors, it was disorganized, and did not answer the “so what” question. If I re-wrote the paper say for the first time I would make an outline. With this paper, I spent way too much time trying to figure out what I was going to write about and how it was going to fit into the paper. By making an outline it would help organize my thought, make sure I have all the requirements and manage my time better making it easier for me to write the paper. After writing this paper I learned how important and helpful an outline …show more content…
I was overwhelmed by the length and nervous that I would not make the requirements, but after making an outline and taking all that I have learned from previous papers gave me the confidence and courage to write the paper. This was the first time I had to write a research paper. I did not know what it was going to be like but with help, I found out the means to writing it. From this paper, I have also learned how to use citations in text and on a work cited page to give proper credit to the writer of which I used the information from. I had to write a paper before that used a work cited page but I did not have to use in-text citation so learning how to use citations was not too
The first paper I had to write was a literary narrative that had to be at least 1,000 words. At first, it seemed like a lot because I did not know how to write it but after learning how to break it into paragraphs it was easy to write. After re-reading my literally …show more content…
I had no idea what a textual analysis was let alone write a paper that at least had to be 1,200 words. I did not know where to start or how to go about until after I turned it in. After readings, my textual analysis paper, I saw a lot of errors, it was disorganized, and did not answer the “so what” question. If I re-wrote the paper say for the first time I would make an outline. With this paper, I spent way too much time trying to figure out what I was going to write about and how it was going to fit into the paper. By making an outline it would help organize my thought, make sure I have all the requirements and manage my time better making it easier for me to write the paper. After writing this paper I learned how important and helpful an outline …show more content…
I was overwhelmed by the length and nervous that I would not make the requirements, but after making an outline and taking all that I have learned from previous papers gave me the confidence and courage to write the paper. This was the first time I had to write a research paper. I did not know what it was going to be like but with help, I found out the means to writing it. From this paper, I have also learned how to use citations in text and on a work cited page to give proper credit to the writer of which I used the information from. I had to write a paper before that used a work cited page but I did not have to use in-text citation so learning how to use citations was not too