Dr. Cross's class is one of the highlights of my academic career. He has many of the same values as I do, and he is not afraid to voice his opinion or thoughts in class. "People today wake up and find reasons to be offended," is a famous quote from Dr. Cross. Dr. Cross has an interesting way of teaching. If you pay attention to his stories or what he has to say that day, you will pick up knowledge on many different aspects of life. You might as well drop his class if you are a Mississippi…
writing as a recursive process, meaning that we needed to revise our work. In my This I Believe essay after having a peer in my class edit, I used their feedback the next day and fixed errors that I missed. I used their comments on where I should put commas and also grammar errors. Being able to…
As students grow and continue in their education,there are more and more essays assigned. It is the job of the student to figure out the right and wrong way to write an essay. While this is subjective to the students, there are few standard rules that will either lead a student to failing grade or up to the top of the class. While some students prefer to wait until last minute, allow for distractions, and proofread the minimal amount, students who plan on getting a high grade on an essay plan…
still struggling with grammar frightened me. I did not know how this semester would turn out; but now hitting near the end of this semester I have made a lot of improvement in my grammar, especially with comma splices, but still have a lot of work to be consistent in finding the run-ons and comma splices that are in my essay by reading what I have wrote more carefully.…
I struggle a lot with understanding when to use, and when not to use commas. I found that I had many errors regarding them, but the most frequent one was comma splices. I tried to link independent clauses together with a comma and without a coordinating conjunction. The grammar lesson in class helped me recognize that I was having this issue. I quickly learned how to correct it. I changed sentences…
experiences and referring to Roman orators. He Took out comma splice also teaches a few techniques such as decorum and tactical sympathy and goes more in depth about them in later chapters. I learned that each tool have their own tactical benefits and traits which are the building blocks of agreeability and effective-persuasion. The tools are very effective to use and have truly helped me a lot when i’ve implemented them in real life. I comma splice argue much more effectively now which is why I…
inning, with two outs, and bases loaded.” That tells the reader exactly what happened. With using the grammar strategy you can find punctuation mistakes, comma splices, run-ons, and spelling errors also. Eliminating wordiness is also a great strategy to tie in with grammar because you may need to take some words out of those run-ons or comma splices. When people have an overflow of random words thrown in to a paper just to get the word count up, does not help the reader. Every sentence you…
first assignment, most of the mistakes I had made were simple grammatical errors including forgetting to properly capitalize the first letter after a period as well I had not used proper punctuation. Prior to taking this course, I did not what a comma splice was but after receiving I found that I had made this mistake multiple times and tried not to do it in future assignments. I put into effect all…
Reflective essay Writers Composition One has been a great experience for me. In High School I have been never the best at writing, therefore I wrote poor essays, but being in this writing class with Mrs. Martin has helped me greatly improve my writing. I have learned that writing a perfect essay requires three major things to be well written. These three major keys are personal responsibility, communication skills and critical thinking skills. If these are executed perfectly or with little…
Plagiarists are seen not only as dishonest but also as incompetent, incapable of doing research and expressing original thoughts. When professional writers are exposed as plagiarists, they are likely to lose their jobs and are certain to suffer public embarrassment, diminished prestige, and loss of future credibility. The same is true of other professionals who write in connection with their jobs, even when they are not writing for publication. The charge of plagiarism is serious because it…