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way for me to learn how I can take my existant writing skills and apply them to a style and format more befitting of a college student. This class taught me a variety of necessary skills like making citations but also taught me how to write longer papers, improve how I write sentences, and even reminded me of some grammatical rules I had forgotten a long time ago. At this current moment in time, I am working to get myself on the proper academic path to becoming a secondary English teacher, and…

format since my middle school. I learned how to use citations more efficient and use them more carefully to prove my opinion and make the audience relate and like what they are reading. Another thing, I am really glad that I learned was how to write my paper toward a specific audience, not just to everyone in general. Also, I learned how to use the WPA outcomes and habits of minds. Which, I found out they are really useful and helped me become a better writer. I think I reached the goals that I…

Works of writing will vary a lot based on the audience and the style of the paper. That is why it is important to adapt your writing to the specific assignment or project. Most of the time I find myself writing rhetorically on accident. Although some instances in high school I remember specific guidelines for example to not use I in papers. This is to adapt to the audience because when you are doing a research paper, the reader doesn’t care about what you think or what you believe. It is to be…

but all of my other classes as well. I also used peer edits to help make sure my paper was ready to turn in. I would have about two or three of my peers look and read over my paper and make comments on it on things that I needed to fix or correct. Having these peer editors and learning how to cite my sources correctly will help ready myself for my future academics and my future career effectively. For my research paper which was “Proposing a Solution” I learned how to do my research more…

is to utilize your email and text messaging the Instructor to the fullest! Also, do not feel uncomfortable asking questions you think, “are stupid” or feel like you’re asking too many questions. Our first assignment which was writing an evaluation paper, I had received a 50 out of 100 points and I can just recall how shocked and confused as to why, and the great thing about our Instructor…

Each of these papers were a different type and had its own specific goal to work on. These goals varied greatly and were achieved to a different degree of success. Each paper is presented in the order in which they were written, with the drafts on the left and the final copies on the right. Out of the four, I would consider my multigenre paper to be the strongest, and the summary and response to be my weakest. Reasoning for this will be expanded on later in the preface. In the first paper, the…

writing skill, because the paper I wrote in English 12 class get a pretty low grade. I personally don’t enjoy writing that much, writing is a struggle for me, also it is so hard for me to get motivated. Every time when I write, I will feel so tired and want to sleep. I feel writing takes me a lot of time and that is so annoying. I found I have so many weakness when comes with writing, such as grammar, transition words, word choices, how to organize paper and revise paper by myself. It is also…

completed portfolio. Inside is a showcasing of my works throughout my time in ENG 112, alongside a piece I wrote for my Independent Studies course. Each paper I wrote this semester traveled through the discovery of argumentative writing and is a demonstration of my improvement in separate areas. The first paper written this semester was the argumentative paper on higher education. Out of the given topics I chose to write on higher education due to its relevance to my current life. I am neither…

Morgan Wagers Writing a paper, such as this eight page research paper, can be a daunting task to contemplate. Where do I begin? How am I going to create eight pages of words? Even before answering the previous questions a writer should consider using a prewriting tool, such as outlining or concept mapping. So, the new question the writer should be asking is: which prewriting activity should I use, an outline or a concept map? The answer to this question depends on the type of assignment given…

I left high school tired and confused. Having my whole life desired one thing and pursued one love – a love for the art and science of literature, for inkblots on bare paper, for the destruction of the pristine with the flawed beauty of the written word – I was wasted, rendered exhausted by the pressures under which I forced myself to toil for four long years. I had lost my way, stumbling off a path I once knew so well, weighed down by my wide array of interests, terrified to commit to one and…