My Strength In Creating Thesis And Topic Sentences

The Little Seagull Handbook, by Richard Bullock, Michal Brody, and Francine Weinberg, is a book full of advice on the writing process. The book is divided up into sections which help’s students to easily find the topic they are searching for. Section W-4e on opening and closing paragraphs was used to improve my conclusions. I do not have a lot of trouble with conclusions, but I feel that mine do not fit as smoothly into my essays as they should. Therefore I decided that I needed to improve my conclusions. The section lists out several tactics to form a conclusion, such as, summarizing the essay, discussing implication of the essay’s argument, and giving a call to some kind of action. Reading the section has given me several ideas for how to end an essay. Now I can either plan which tactic to use ahead of time or

I thoroughly enjoy writing so I feel confident in my writing ability. One of my high school teachers had told me that I am a gifted writer and my writing has a lot of voice in it. The only things I have found that I struggle with when it comes to writing is grammar and transitions between paragraphs. My reading ability is just as strong as my writing ability, although I do not enjoy reading nearly as much as I enjoy writing.

Personally, from the class of English 1101, I have learned on how to use the writing processes effectively, where the first step is to have a pre-write, which focuses on brainstorming ideas form either the group or from individuals’ brain for the required topic. The second phase of the process is the thesis statement, which is the primary idea of the entire essay. I discovered that the thesis statement should be persuasive and truthful. The third step is on developing drafts, where it showed me on how to focus on content, organization, and style. Again, I noted that I must ask myself who is my audience, and what do they want or need to hear.

The following video tutorial gives instruction on writing an effective conclusion to an essay: http://polaris.umuc.edu/ewc/tutorials/conclusions/

My Rhetorical analysis, essay was quite challenging because I’ve never composed one before. Learning that a rhetoric analysis essay is the study of how writers and speakers use words to influence an audience was a whole new subject for me. After brainstorming and doing the actual analysis, I was ready to write a thesis. I chose a topic that was I was very intrigued about and honestly wanted to learn more about. Finally, I started to write an introduction, paragraphs, and conclusion.. Starting with an introduction, which lead cleanly into my argument. My argument involved my author’s stance on the Immigration Reform Act, I began by giving factual data and/or the history of the Immigration Reform Act’s that were passed. Each one of my body paragraphs

The Little Seagull Handbook, by Richard Bullock, Michal Brody, and Francine Weinberg, is a book full of advice on the writing process. The book is divided up into sections which helps students to easily find the topic they need to review. Section W-4e on opening and closing paragraphs was used to improve my conclusions. I do not have a lot of trouble with conclusions, but I feel that mine do not fit as smoothly into my essays as they should. Therefore, I decided that it was best to improve my conclusions. The section lists out several tactics to form a conclusion, such as, summarizing the essay, discussing the implication of the essay’s argument, and giving a call to some kind of action. Reading the section has given me several ideas on how to finish an essay. Now I can either plan which tactic to use ahead of

In my argument paragraphs I feel like I have really been able to lure in the audience and been able to persuade them. For example, in my OpEd article I was able to state my claim and back it up for the audience. Like when I talked about how sanctions were not affecting the north korean government. I feel like my narrative writings do need some improvement. I feel like I need to improve on dialog because I manly talk about about my thoughts and I have very minimal dialog. For example in my personal narrative I many talked about my actions and had very minimal dialogue when In real life there was a lot. I only had four lines of dialogue when I should have had at least 10. I also think that I have improved a lot in my analysis writings. I think I have improved because it's like an argument because you are trying to persuade people. For example in my analysis of a stylistic technique I was able to state my claim and back it up with examples form the text. In conclusion I feel like my different paragraphs have had strength and weaknesses in different

Another error of my writing process was not having a clear and specific thesis statement. I would often combined to many thoughts and ideas all in one sentence, which made it very difficult for readers to understand my main argument. For example, in my fourth essay about performance-enhancing drugs, my thesis “Athletes are constantly recognizable to the public eye; their actions can affect the children and adults for whom they serve as role models, which is why many athletes depend on the use of performance-enhancing drugs to better their performance,” was very vague and was not the main focal point of the essay which it should have been. In recent years prior, I never had any problems trying to convey my message or point. College was entirely a different league. My professor suggested that I read other research papers to better understand how my thesis should sound and be constructed. My professor then told me that I needed to add that explanation into the paragraph so the reader can understand exactly what I am trying to get across with

My strengths as a reader are the ways how I read the book. As I read through a book, I try to understand the meaning of each line, and search for the words that I do not know; additionally, I try to read and get information about the book from multiple different sources, so I could have a better understanding of the theme of the book.

After my vague introduction, throughout my papers, I would proceed to extend my discussion passed the information present in my statement. However, I also learned that I could create a story to replace my thesis statement, so this would cover up my inability to compose a thesis statement with depth. This route would also help to combine a strong attention-getter and a thesis statement, making my paper even stronger. Personally, I would say that I have immensely improved while composing thesis statements that are complex, through, and cover the main points of my

This semester has been an eye opener to me about how I formulate ideas and outlines to my papers and visual works. My writing style and skills have gone through many changes throughout English 150 but by far there have been three areas where I have seen the most improvement. How I compose and formulate my works, using certain resources and how I integrated them into my paper, how I edit those works, and how well I use the advice and guidance from my peers to help me revise or complete my works.

It also supports your thesis purpose. In order to do so, each paragraph should be unified, coherent and well developed. A paragraph is unified when each sentenced relates directly to the main idea of the paragraph. A paragraph is coherent when sentences are smoothly and logically connected to one another. The paragraphs that are well developed if it contains support.

As a writer, I have always struggled in a few areas. I have this bad habit of delving too much into summary of a work and not really analyzing what the author is saying or why they are saying it. I also tend to lose focus and veer into speculation rather than remaining focused on whatever topic I am discussing. At times I have completely forgotten the point of a paper and therefore omitted a required point. I am also guilty of common mistakes such as run-on sentences, punctuation errors, and fragments. But I do have strengths as well. When I focus on it, my sentence structure can be varied and intriguing. When I really believe in the point I am arguing, I can give stellar analysis and even give some thought provoking questions out

Another aspect of my writing that improved throughout this semester is my growth in writing more effective topic sentences. Topic sentences are crucial in writing an effective and engaging paper. They help to support the thesis and explain what the paragraph will be about while still advancing an argument. Analysis and support for the main idea can be

I won’t be so paranoid when I have to write an extremely long essay because I have a great knowledge on the researching process and how to cite my source and how to avoid plagiarism. Once I have a topic and I get knowledge on it, writing an essay for me is easy and I won’t get so stuck on it. One thing I do have a difficult time with is my conclusion. Coming up with a conclusion for me is difficult due to the fact I’m so afraid in repeating myself. Coming up with a conclusion always takes more time from me then an actual essay. I put too much thought onto my conclusion. Repeating what I have already spoke about always tends to happen. Coming up with new ideas always accords when I decide not to repeat myself. The conclusion of an essay is something I need to work on and