Expository writing

knew was wrong. Also, I used no transitions between my thoughts and ideas. It made so my ideas did not flow well. The introductions to my essays were vague and undetailed. This made my papers confusing. Altogether, my writing did not sound good. Now I have made changes to my writing through my thesis statements, use of transitions, and introduction paragraphs. As the year has gone by, my theses statements have improved greatly. At the start of the school year, I did not know what a thesis statement

Throughout the English 101 course, I believe I have thoroughly improved in my writing, peer editing, and analyzing readings, along with annotating my thoughts, misunderstandings, and difficulties. I believe I have especially improved on my thesis statements, providing the basis for my essays. My thesis statements have went from being plain and uninteresting to being more detailed, clear, and concise. This enabled me to produced better written essays that are rich in detail, rhetorical statements

I never have been great in group project because coordinating everything we all have to do is difficult. Simply finding a meeting time that everyone can attend is difficult and finding time for everyone to sit down and work can be a challenge. Everyone’s schedule is different, and each person has other responsibilities, so adding another task can be a problem. One person may have an exam due on that day, another person may have to work, and someone else may just have to take care of family business

At the beginning of the class this year, I didn’t expect o to well right off the bat of the college level writing course because I had always struggled with English in middle school through high school. To my surprise though, I have learned many things this semester and have already used some of these skills in other papers in other classes I had. Thanks to the help of Sue Oakes, I can now say proudly that I can actually write a decent paper and feel rather confident about it. Starting off the

Writing a paper for class can be a lot harder than people think. When someone is writing a class paper it cant just be some scrambled up words, it has to have many different components to it such as being organized. So now when we think of all the different ways of writings we have to focus on one. We ask ourselves, what is good writing? Well I would say that good writing consist of many things, but we are going to focus on these three; making sure your writing has a main purpose, supporting your

Proximity Analysis of Psychology Popular Articles No one is born to a genius. I do not believe in instant success, especially in writing. Most of the time when I finished writing essays, I felt satisfied with what I wrote. I rarely try to go back and improve my own writings. The Unreliability of Human Memory is an analytical essay from my Workload 57S class. This paper is about how human memory is unreliable due to memory distortion and changes from other influences. By rereading an essay that

Throughout the previous years of my education, I have explored a variety of English and writing courses where I learned to dissect and explore the various meanings and intentions of authors and poets as well as my peers. Aside from the mandatory conventions that must be mastered in writing to ensure clarity, there are some characteristics that run deeper. These are what dictate whether or not a writer may truly become successful. A common theme that has been reinforced in my experiences is that of

The purpose of this memo is to give you a better understanding on what revisions were made to the original technical writing guide and why I redesigned it in the way that I did. Summary This document as whole, was missing a lot of crucial information that I felt needed to be included in a technical writing guide. As a whole, I believe that my redesign of the document will prove to be more useful and more navigable than the original that was presented. In the discussion, I will be analyzing each

Literacy rates have declined at a rapid rate due to the neglect of available educational resources and opportunities. Our country has failed at preparing our youth and will continue to do so unless a change is made. A decline in literacy rates have been a result of many unnecessary changes that may lead our country into a literacy depression. Improper education, limited access to books, technology, and poor role models all has made literacy spiral downward. We should ask ourselves what we can do

The narration paper at the beginning of the semester is always my favorite, narration always came so fluently. Because there is no set rule of what to describe in an order, I could just let my creativity run wild and emotional instead of stressing over the details. This was the first essay I wrote while being with my lovely girlfriend Jennifer, and with her compassion and support she has made the stress and anxiety easier on me. She has helped me so much semester that I could not begin to express