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The Importance Of My Writing

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To graduate from high school in New York, it’s a requirement for students to pass the english regent. I was scheduled to take mine in the middle of my junior year and I felt a lot of pressure. When it came to all of my english classes I hardly ever got a high average in the class. It wasn’t that I was bad at the subject or anything, it was just that I would score low on the assignments that counted the most. I would always get the same critique on my writing which was the fact I didn’t organize my writing properly and that I didn’t strike all the key features. Another factor that played into my low scores was the fact I never practiced my writing and took my assignments serious.

Coming into my junior year I knew I had to improve my writing by improving my writing techniques. My english teacher that year was Mr. Rivera, and his main focus for my class that year was to improve our writing. He gave us many assignments throughout the year that challenged students to actually brainstorm and use literary devices. The purpose of these devices such as metaphors, personification, and allusion are to give the reader a better understanding of what their reading and have a picture of what their reading in their head. To get a better understanding of these devices, he assigned us assignments where we had to read a text and identify the devices used.

One particular assignment I remember was when Mr.Rivera gave us some articles that we had to read and identify the devices used.

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