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Personal Reflective Essay: My Writing Experience

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My Writing Experience
Writing 101 has been a tremendous learning experience for me. It is not my strongest area, so it is my primary reason for taking the class. I took this Writing 101 class to improve my writing skills. In college courses, I have to do a tremendous amount of writing. Writing is also not my favorite thing to do, because it takes time, thought and research. The first week of class, we had to write the first assignment draft. I thought this class will be hard for me and difficult to keep up with the assignments. I disagree with my initial thought. The class definitely challenged me, but I learned so much. My expectation was to improve my writing skills. I would say I met that expectation. However, I feel that I need to continue to learn and perfect my writing to become even more proficient. I learned how to develop strong thesis statements, to conduct online library searches. I started WRTG 101 with a basic knowledge of the writing skills; now I know how to accurately use punctuations, I know how to develop unified, consistent and well-supported paragraphs, and I know my weaknesses in my writing.
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I learned that need to work American Psychological Association (APA) format for sources, grammar usage, and formatting. Citing and listing sources in APA format appears to be a challenge for me. I scored 80 percent on the APA quiz, so I thought I was doing well. Each writing assignment, I received points off and feedback for improvement on APA usage. Grammar usage and formatting was another area to improve. I am a little uncomfortable in my grammar usage, since English was not my strength in high school. A need to expand my usage of vocabulary is probably necessary as well. I think I rely on Word document to format correctly that I may not always check for formatting errors. In the end, I have definitely learned many things and grateful for the

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