Writing

to “Writing Is Not Just a Basic Skill”, a commentary by Mark Richardson. When I had finished answering all the questions, I was confused. So many other students were agreeing that writing was not a basic skill. I was writing essays since I was nine and writing was never hard for me. I seemed to have been the only student confident enough about their writing to say that it is a basic skill. My goal since the first 1302 essay, was to write every essay to the best of my abilities to prove writing…

To me, writing has always been busy work and something that teachers only used to create grades. My writing experience in high school was very limited to one category in: practice AP essays. The writing I did in class was always preparing for AP exams and was very fact based. Most essays, such as history, were only used to show that I knew the material and weren’t graded on how good the writing was. I didn’t feel like I had any freedom to stray away from the format that the AP graders expected…

of writing that I do to friends and family and the style of writing to instructors are quite distinct. When writing to family and friends, it’s much more informal and not nearly as structured as it would be if I were to write to instructors. It would be similar to how I would talk to them in person and I would use words that would be deemed informal to more professional type people. When I ever do have to write to professionals such as instructors, it would be structured as if I was writing a…

enjoyed writing and had a great passion for it. Over the years I have had many up’s and down’s with writing for hobby and for school. My writing goals have faltered at times but are currently standing strong. The experiences I have had with writing, including teachers or just not having ideas, have affected me and my writing but hopefully they’ve have been used to their fullest potential to encourage me. My typical writing process depends on what type of paper I am writing. If I am writing a…

4.12 Factors Affecting Writing: Some of the factors that affect writing are reading, thinking, motivation and imagination. 1) Reading- There is extensive research on the effects of reading materials on learners writing process. (Day and Bramford 1998; Elley 1991; and Krashen 2004) report research findings which demonstrate the positive power of free, voluntary reading in facilitating language acquisition. Reading is assumed as an essential input and stimulus for writing classrooms. It is seen…

Scholarly writing is deeper than simply forming sentences. The intended audience, voice, and grammar needs to be considered. Writing at a scholarly level can be difficult and according to Introduction to Scholarly Writing: Purpose, Audience, and Evidence, it is important for the writer to know what they are writing about, what they are writing about is true, and what they are writing matters. Writing at a scholarly level should contain the least amount of bias and opinion based writing.…

students know, the five paragraph essay dictates most of the upper level English courses. We were told that identity should be obsolete in all of our academic writing, but in reality, it is extremely difficult to not have some form of our identities. As Bronwyn T. Williams states in the paper “Pay Attention… the importance of identity in academic writing”, identity is vital to any literary work. If it is not incorporated, the reader will immediately revert to their “cultural default setting of…

]My Composition Process Writing is a process that allows me to be heard. I am a timid person when it comes to speaking aloud. However, writing enables me to speak volumes. Most of the time my writing process is carefully organized. Other times I struggle to even form a sentence. My writing process consists of creating a structured format, a peaceful writing environment, tools to write, and communication with others if I should have trouble writing. Writing is an easy and simple process when it…

The writing process varies from person to person. This ranges from the steps taken to plan and organize the specifics of a paper, to developing strategies, to learning that some methods prove to be rewarding, while others stand ineffective. No two paths are identical. When beginning an essay, my preference is to take a blank sheet of paper, and sketch a guideline to follow. I usually make a web, or use bullets. This allows me to organize my thoughts clearly, and to grasp a general concept of…

Academic and research writing has always remained a challenging subject in my academic career. Writing a well-articulated and coherent paper on the academic subject matter is a thought-provoking process, and I always struggled with it. As an international student, when I commenced my studies abroad in English, the language barrier increased the difficulty in writing. The Composition 111 has been a significant milestone in my journey to learn academic writing in English. The course with its…