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As a writer it is important to find new ways to improve, I realized in to this class just how weak my skills in punctuation are. After each paper I review comma and semicolon rules, yet I still struggle with these rules. They are simple rules, but when it comes to applying them I draw a blank. This is one skill that will take some extra work on my part. Even in this assignment I see mistakes that I do not know how to fix. However, this class has inspired me to continue to try and fix the punctuation errors so that my

Step Two: Background Essay - Refer to the Step Two teacher notes in the Mini-Q. Students can write out answers to the BGE questions or the questions can simply be discussed.

Your essays will be graded on content to include grammar and spelling. Each case should take 1-2 pages including diagrams. The essay answers for both #2 and #3 should be 500 to 700 words each, in order to completely answer the questions. Please submit as one document.

Please address each question below with complete sentences and clear, specific explanation. The total word count of your writing should be between 750-1,250 words.

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Aspect 1: Every question was answered sequentially. By separating answers by paragraphs for the most part, they were easy to find. Each answer was overtly stated with a reference to the question. Full points were provided.

Welcome to WritePoint, the automated review system that recognizes errors most commonly made by university students in academic essays. The system embeds comments into your paper and suggests possible changes in grammar and style. Please evaluate each comment carefully to ensure that the suggested change is appropriate for your paper, but remember that your instructor's preferences for style and format prevail. You will also need to review your own citations and references since WritePoint capability in this area is limited. Thank you for using WritePoint.

Write at least 175-word responses to each of the following instructions. Your responses must be in complete sentences and use correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

A lot of my fragmented sentences could be resolved by proper use of punctuation, in order to complete the sentence thought. My inappropriate use of capitalization was due mostly to using Google documents voice typing tool which capitalizes after every pause. This problem could be addressed by better proofreading, especially focusing on capitalization errors. For my MLA formatting mistakes, I believe that with more familiarity with the MLA guidelines I can minimize my inaccuracies.

5. Content questions—provide a brief response to each of the items below…NO TEXT SUPPORT IS NEEDED.

An aspect that I often struggle with is proper punctuation. Truthfully, I do not know how to correctly use punctuation. When writing, I place punctuation by mimicking authors’ formats or by placing them where it feels right. This is present in all of my writing, but I am attempting to improve. Punctuation also plays a part in another weakness of mine, one that is most likely present within this essay. Since middle school, it was engrained in my mind that a good essay is a long essay, so I have a tendency for wordiness. To elongate an essay, I tend to add needless words and sentences. For example, in the rough draft of the Whole Process Essay, I added several unrelated occurrences to elongate the paragraphs. Although my essays were long and wordy, the professor commented on vagueness and unclearness within the whole process and practice essay. Sometimes, I disregard the fact that the reader might not know what it is I am writing about or the sentence makes perfect sense to me. The latter is the most common, I quickly read the sentence and it appears fine to me. Within the Whole Process Essay, another weakness was brought to my attention. I lack structure, a key element in effective writing. Within the same essay and a few others, I simply added what felt right, sometimes the result would be acceptable but in other instances, it was a long, jumbled mess.

Punctuation: For the two writing samples, Reading Log and Quickwrites, Nadia used a period at the end of her sentences about 50% of the time. She was told to use paragraph format and complete sentences before completing the task. Nadia used apostrophes for stay’s and want’s when it wasn’t needed. She did use an apostrophe correctly when she wrote Ben’s

In writing, Natalia continues to show improvement in her ability to write longer assignments. She was able to write simple and compound sentences independently. In the last writing assignment, Natalia was able to write a four paragraph argumentative essay with an introductory paragraph, claim and counterclaim with supporting evidence and a concluding paragraph. When Natalia wrote this essay, she did not use a graphic organizer to organize her information. Instead, she used the teacher-generated rubric as her basis of what needed to be on the assignment. Because of this, she struggled in organizing her reasons and evidence logically. She was able to write complex sentences, but there were missing punctuation marks. Natalia

Punctuation is used to convey deeper meaning in writing. Commas are one of the most frequently misused punctuation marks. Generally, amateur authors do not comprehend the rules of comma placement. Many will use commas too often or too little. When commas are used correctly, they help the reader better understand the passage by forcing them to mentally break it into smaller parts. Conversely, dashes are designed to speed the reader’s thoughts by throwing the thought forward. Similar to the comma, semicolons can improve an essay, but are easy to misunderstand. Semicolons separate a complete sentence into two closely related parts, with a whole sentence on either side. Colons, when used correctly, will show information as a direct result of the

Students MUST count the number of pages in this examination question paper before beginning to write, and report any discrepancy to a proctor. This question paper has