English Composition is a general education courses designed to improve both writing and critical thinking skills. This course has forced me to become not only a better writer but also more socially active, as essays in this course often incorporated some social aspect in which to display one’s comprehension of essay writing. Task to write several essays during this course, I have a better understanding now of both my strengths and weaknesses when it comes to college writing.
Let me start by saying that formatting a paper was never this hard in high school. Only time will tell if I have finally grasped the correct MLA formatting style required in English Comp essay writing. In high school, we mostly wrote works of fiction or poetry. Our work was graded more on creative concept and proper grammar than anything else. This course …show more content…
There are different standards for introductions when writing papers in college. For one thing, I learned that introductions don 't have to be short. In writing fiction in high school, the first paragraph (the introduction) is designed to be ‘the hook’, a few opening lines designed to draw the reader in. But in this course, it’s completely acceptable, and encouraged, to make the introduction just as long as a body paragraphs. Unlike fiction writing where the introduction can purposefully cloak what the story is about, the introduction in Composition, should express what the essay will be about, however, flatly telling the reader "This essay will be about..." or "The purpose of this essay is to..." should be avoided. As an example of how direct introductions are in college, each CAP submission (which were the most challenging for me as an introvert) always started with the exact date, time and purpose of the event to be explored. I have learned that professional essays come straight to the point of the
Let me start by saying that formatting a paper was never this hard in high school. Only time will tell if I have finally grasped the correct MLA formatting style required in English Comp essay writing. In high school, we mostly wrote works of fiction or poetry. Our work was graded more on creative concept and proper grammar than anything else. This course …show more content…
There are different standards for introductions when writing papers in college. For one thing, I learned that introductions don 't have to be short. In writing fiction in high school, the first paragraph (the introduction) is designed to be ‘the hook’, a few opening lines designed to draw the reader in. But in this course, it’s completely acceptable, and encouraged, to make the introduction just as long as a body paragraphs. Unlike fiction writing where the introduction can purposefully cloak what the story is about, the introduction in Composition, should express what the essay will be about, however, flatly telling the reader "This essay will be about..." or "The purpose of this essay is to..." should be avoided. As an example of how direct introductions are in college, each CAP submission (which were the most challenging for me as an introvert) always started with the exact date, time and purpose of the event to be explored. I have learned that professional essays come straight to the point of the