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    Beowulf Essay 1 The changes that I made in my original essay on Beowulf was abundant. As a matter of fact, I realized that the original format of my essay, before the corrections, enhance a reader to be confused. The original version had many comma splices, grammatical errors, and incorrect word tenses. Moreover, wrong word tenses were present like the word envious was uses when it should have been envy. Furthermore, the current changes will help a reader understand the juxtaposition between…

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    a writer tends to have some sort of strength and some sort of weakness throughout. With each ability that a writer has, whether it is a strength of organization, order of thesis or a strong introduction or it is a weakness such as catching a comma splice, or being just below the length requirement, resources are available to improve. However, the strength I find to come naturally to me is the organizational part. This specific strength is accomplished because personally I have to have a…

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    An Annotated Bibliography: Misuse of a Comma Drucker, Sally Ann, and Douglas B. Walters. “Big Trouble Comes in Small Packages: Commas, Apostrophes, Quotation Marks, and Hyphens.” Chemical Health and Safety 7.3 (2000): 26-8. Web. 2 Mar. 2016. This article refers to the technical grammar errors such as punctuation rules, but I am focusing in the misuse of a comma. The authors of this article mention how there are many comma rules and people wanting to know; ho, when and where to use it. The…

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    My Literacy Narrative

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    one main one known as comma splices. One of my problems was sticking to one story, I began talking about many different stories instead of just focusing on one topic. Coming up with a thesis can be challenging at times. For me, I had a good thesis, but did not have it in the correct place in the introduction. When I began writing this paper I knew that grammar was going to be a big problem for me. Comma splices were one of the major grammar problems for me. A comma splice is supposed to bring…

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    always something that can be improved. Benjamin Franklin said “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” The three biggest areas that I need improvement in are public speaking, comma splices, and transitions. I found some resources that help me to improve in these areas. These resources are How to Rock the Stage-Public Speaking and Presentation Skills that you can Master, which is a YouTube video, paperrater.com, and…

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    Moving School Short Story

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    MOVING SCHOOLS When I was young I encountered a lot of struggles that I had to overcome, [gradebuster #5: comma splice] and it took me a while, but eventually it happened. One of my struggles that I had to overcome was moving to a different school. I was ahhbout ten years old when I moved schools. It was difficult for me because I was so young, had loved my old school, I was going to be leaving all my friends that I had there, and starting my 5th grade year in a new environment.I felt scared…

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    My Vocabulary Analysis

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    I struggled writing my critique essay. I had to overcome the nerves of writing my first essay of my college career. So the problems I had are those expected of a first time experience. I had problems with several different elements of the essay. I struggled with my ideas, editing, and my vocabulary. Once I understood what was expected in a literacy narrative, I began to gather my ideas. Many stories came to my mind that I could have wrote about. I thought about my mother reading to me when I…

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    GRAMMAR Introduction to Grammar Conventions Conventions can be defined as a series of generally accepted standards for written English. We use these specific conventions so that our writing is more readable and so that our readers can easily discern what we are trying to say. There are four main categories that a convention may fall under: sentence structure, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. In this chapter you will find information regarding these four conventions, along with…

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    My Writing Skills

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    the news article in to assignment bin (ELS20 bin I guess) and it's handed back to me with some feedback and I read that feedback. It would say that I should revise it because I have some errors such as comma splices, or grammar errors and so I back then I wasn't really familiar with comma splices and I didn't know how to fix them, so now I have learned how to fix some of the errors I have made and I think that I have improved on my writing whether it's online or…

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    Process Reflective Essay

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    will be introducing. Starting out with an idea within an outline is something that helps throughout an essay, and that is what dramatically had influence in upon writing the final draft I feel like I should be more organized, and being able to remove commas where they do not belong. Also, making the full connections within the subject. Getting straight the point, instead of proceeding with information that confuses the reader. As in giving additional information that is not needed nor was…

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