With My Three Strengths

Throughout the nation the ACT’s have overtook as one of the main focuses during admission for college. Within the nation, Iowa is second with an average score of 22, but acquiring a higher score means being in a good position for scholarships and chances at a better college. Therefore oftenly most students will retake the test multiple times to improve their score, as do I. The first time I took the ACT’s was my sophomore year and I had not prepared for it before I took it. Therefore I received an average composition score of 21, with english being the main reason it was so low. Not only did I not study, but I stayed up late the night before the test with friends. Though I was not upset with my scores because my plan was to take it the first …show more content…
WIth my three strengths in English and Writing being Organization, Developing a Position, and Coherence. My strength in Organization is because I comprehend how to organize my ideas and how to introduce a paragraph so therefore the paper is not thrown all over the place. Organization can then be linked to coherence because if the paper is not organized then there is a high chance that the writer does not stay consistent throughout the paper. A writer has to develop a position, state it clearly and then be consistent with it, but to maintain that and to keep it comprehensible, organization is …show more content…
My weaknesses are Sentence Structure and Formation; Conventions of Usage; and Conventions of Punctuation. My weakness with Sentence Structure and Formation is sentence fragments and run-ons. Verb agreement is another topic off of Conventions of Usage that I have to improve in.That would be making sure the verb agrees with its subject when there is some text between the two. Which then that follows into punctuation and comma usage, that then falls underneath of the Conventions of Punctuation that I also have to improve and work on. A main way to improve a person’s writing is to write more and