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Engl 1301 Influence On My Writing

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The Influence of the ENGL 1301 Learning Outcomes on My Writings
Before now, I use to write essays without taking into consideration the elements and rudiments that make an essay holistic and complete. I have always picked up a pen and paper and write without considering who will read my write-up and the structural development of my essay. Essay for me has always been nothing but pouring out my ideas on paper and ink. Until now, vagueness and ambiguity have been the major characteristic in my academic writings because I never thought the need for fluidity and coherency of my sentences. As such, I discovered that in some of my past write-ups, ideas are presented in choppy, ambiguous and frivolous manner which is one of the major reasons for my …show more content…

For an idea to be credible in an academic writing, it must have a proper support and attribution which is academically credible. In a research paper or argumentative essay, especially, evidence which consists of facts, statistics, personal stories and statement from authorities in a particular discipline gives an appropriate support to an idea. I was corrected by my Professor on my argumentative essay by writing a rough draft. I learnt that the use of first person and second person pronouns is wrong especially for research and argumentative essay. I realized that while my idea or personal submission mattered in the essay, the only way for the essay to be credible is my presenting it in the third person pronoun and also gaining support from appropriate materials and attribution. I also learnt the need and importance of citing my work from where a drew my supports and attributions. I neglected these in my first and second essays which became a detrimental factor in my grade in ENGL 1301. Proper citation and awarding of credits to borrowed ideas is very important in writing, I will never overlook these in my future …show more content…

The writing process, not only taught us the three writing processes, but also writing in a style appropriate to audience and purpose. Having the audience and purpose of writing or reading is the first strategy to writing or reading. The more you know who your audience are, their background, cultural or belief system, the more you will have an idea on how to make your writing appealing to them and accomplish your purpose. Like I pointed out in the first paragraph, until now, I never considered who my audience for my writing will be and this I believe has defeated my purpose over time. Knowing my audience before each writing has gone a long way to influence my tone, diction and structure of my writings……(explain). Discovering the importance of the audience has been very insightful to the purpose of my writing through the learning

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