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As science students, it is critical for us to express our thoughts and complex ideas in a clear and concise way. We must craft substantive and balanced academic arguments. Furthermore, to present ideas in a controlled and concise manner is an essential skill of a professional individual (Artifact 7). Before taking this course, I wanted to utilize the professional writing methods taught in high school and college without first perfecting the basic skills as a writer. I was caught up with the desire to utilize complicated and proper “methods” of writing (Artifact 7). However, with the help of writing tutors and Professor Lee, I recognized the flaws in my writing and have grown substantially in my basic writing skills (Artifact 1). Being a part …show more content…

I only added in the arguments of people with the same claims as me. Therefore, in paper two, one of my main goals was to efficiently utilize counter arguments to support my claim. To achieve this, I did extensive research. I utilized counter arguments in my paper and then rebuked them to support my claims. For instance, in order to claim commercial surrogacy is immoral, I included the counter argument that it helps the financial situation of the surrogates; I rebuked this counter argument by contending that the money from surrogacy is only for a short term and is not the solution for poverty (Artifact 6). This allows me to address the objections of my readers and shows that I considered multiple perspectives of the debate. Additionally, thanks to a conference with Professor Lee, I gained new viewpoints on surrogacy because she suggested ideas and counter arguments for me to research and to include in my essay (Artifact 5). Lastly, to further improve my paper, I eliminated the unnecessary details regarding statistics on surrogacy and made it more …show more content…

I utilized many research statistics and reports to support my argument, but, unfortunately, this caused an overflow of information. However, after peer editing, I learned that just because I provide a large amount of information, it does not necessarily make my argument stronger. The excess details weakened my argument and distracted the readers from my main claims. I initially found it hard to compress the information presented by these data (Artifact 8). With constant editing, I was able to paraphrase and summarize the information and present only what is necessary to support my argument. Surprisingly, removing the passive voice in my paper also made my essay more concise and clear. Additionally, this constant revising allowed me to address the grammar mistakes, including switching between past and present tense as well as awkward sentence structures (Artifact

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