Personal Essay

or not, I am 40 years old and up until two semesters ago, I didn’t know how to write. Ok, maybe I knew how to spell and make sentences, but to bring an essay to life, I never knew I was capable of creating such a complex, entertaining, masterpiece with sentences. I will never forget, Alexandria C Piland, my English 0950 teacher. The dreaded Essay Writing class that I procrastinated all year to take. It was spring semester, how could I ever forget, the same semester when the unthinkable in life…

Personal Narrative Reflection Because of many different personal experiences I have gone through in the past, personal narratives have always come easy to me. Often times, students struggle because they genuinely do not believe that they have experienced anything worth writing about. This has never been the case with me. In fact, this personal narrative is one of three different narratives I have written on this experience with the first one dating back to high school. In Sara Kajder’s…

what your teachers in high school say because I wish I would have. This was my first semester of college, so I didn’t really know much of what to expect. It was all new to me. I expected to have to write a lot of essays in this class, but for some reason, I never expected to write essays in my other classes as well such as sociology, history, and even anatomy. However, the crucial skills I learned in this class helped me perfect my writing capabilities and has made me much stronger as a writer.…

I wrote my personal narrative essay about the time my cat was stolen from me. Although I was effective in retelling the story itself, my paper had many mistakes. By revising these mistakes I fixed the grammatical and punctuation errors in my writing and also made the essay easier to understand and more meaningful. Throughout my essay there were several instances where I used the incorrect verb tense, or shifted back and forth between present and past tense. To fix this error I went back and…

it. I’ve only written a personal narrative essay, I haven’t made a decent writing process yet. I also let a few of my friends read my paper and help me make corrections on Google Docs. On an estimate, I probably spent around 1-2 hours daily, typing and revising my paper in my dorm. Like I stated before, I currently just write whatever comes to mind and then revise it later. I also have a few of my friends from other schools grade my papers and occasionally I will use an essay grader online just…

Personal Journey Writing has never been a favorite activity of mine, ever since I was young I found it difficult to put my thoughts down on paper. Possibly because I was always afraid of what people thought about the things I was saying. But the thing that impeded my ability to write the most was my lack of concentration, as soon as I start to write down one of my thoughts I find that my mind quickly starts wandering off to other places. I think it happens because I’m not overly fond of writing,…

Modifying My Personal Writing Identity Through the course of this semester I have progressed as a writer and my essay grades have improved since the beginning of Composition 1. This class has not only taught me how to write, but how to be creative, how to manage time, how to proof papers, how to argue a topic, and much more. These techniques will help me with writing as well as with life. My time in this class has not been wasted. The lessons this class has offered will help me in the future…

it. For example social media but most of all because I enjoy it. Writing impacts your grades in the biggest way. In school Writing is required. You are required to write to get a good grade. Teachers have you write different pieces like persuasive essays, memoirs, and writing prompts. These writing prompts are a huge part of your grade. We use writing in math or when we take notes in class. We write all the…

powerful and moving essay. When I brainstorm I like to color coat everything in an organized why so I know where each thought should be put in the essay. I make list after list with drawings and doodles so I can always understand what point I was trying to make when looking back at my notes. I like to do some research as well to come up with different ideas to bring up and write them all down on a paper. By researching and gaining as much knowledge as attainable for my essay, each paragraph…

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself, I am Jessica Oleske and I am a student at the University of Delaware. As a biology major, I have a profound interest in improving the lives of others, and I aspire to use the skills that I learn from my major and apply them to get into medical school.At UD, I am involved with the Making Doctors club, and I am planning on participating in formal recruitment this spring. Also, I am from Toms River, New Jersey, which is only ten minutes…