Reflective Argument Analysis

Everybody has their own methods for writing; however, I believe there is always room for improvement. Chapter 3 in Everyone’s an Author has shown me that writing involves processes that need to be mastered through constant practice. It also revealed helpful tips on how to develop writing processes that can help write effective papers.

The art of writing is a complex and difficult process. Proper writing requires careful planning, revision, and proofreading. Throughout the past semester, the quality of my writing has evolved significantly. At first, I struggled with the separation of different types of paragraphs, and I found writing them laborious. Constant practice, however, has eliminated many of my original difficulties, and helped to inspire confidence in my skills. As a collegiate writer, my strength lies in my clear understanding of the fundamentals of writing, while my primary weakness is proofreading my own work.

While attending writing class, I learned about the 4 steps in writing, bases for revising, organizing, and connecting specific information, and I also learned about the different types of essays such as descriptive, narrative, process, cause and effect and argumentative essay. I have been a student at Milwaukee Area Technical College for 1 semester, and over the course of my enrollment I have grown and learned more that I knew prior to attending this writing course. Participating in this writing class has taught me so much more than stuff about literature and language, it has taught me another way of expressing myself. I have learned here how to write and express myself, how to think for myself, and how to find the answers to the things that I don 't know. Most importantly I have learned how important technique, outlines and organization are. My goal in this paper is to inform writers about how my writing skills have improved.

Throughout my writing career I never would have considered myself a solid writer as it wasn’t until this semester that I actually received my first A on a paper in my high school or college writing career. This came soon into this semester as I realized that something needed to change for me to give myself a chance at making an A in writing for this semester. These changes I knew needed to come from my writing process as I felt that my process was witholding me from achieving A’s on my writing assignments. After reflecting on my writing process, I concluded that I needed to change the processes by which I wrote and edited my papers. This semester my writing has benefitted from the changes to my writing process in the aspects of writing and editing rough drafts as the quality of my writing has improved since the implementation of breaks in my writing and multi person editing of my rough drafts in my

I do not know why I continue to use this, but even with a concerted effort, the applications still highlighted it as a problem in the assessments submitted. Overcoming my use of passive voice will aid my career and in my time as a university student, therefore correcting this now is important. I acknowledge removing passive voice is going to be a struggle for me. As a result, it will be my main focus for self-improvement during the term and as I continue my education. Once I demonstrate control in my writing and editing I expect to see improvements in my less obvious areas of weakness as well as the major areas on which I will

When I first walked into class, I had no respect for writing papers or the class. However, as the days progressed and the weeks went by, I’ve slowly gained the respect that English deserves. While it is still fairly difficult for me to formulate my thoughts and turn them into cohesive, well-structured sentences and paragraphs, I now know that most of what I write now is so much better than when we initially started. It is through revision that my writing has improved.

It was a privilege to watch Ms. Benner’s videos and listen to her. Through these videos, she had shared her wisdom about various topics. She had addressed many issues. She gave practical solutions to the nurses about how their failures can change to make them successful. She provided good advice to the novice and all nurses.

My experience with writing WP3 was not an exciting one. Like WPI and WP2, I tried to take a particular side of the issue: (Yes, medical personnel should participate in state execution, or no, they shouldn’t). From there, I decided to make a fact-idea list of the compelling ideas on both sides. After doing that, I realized it was still very difficult to decide which side to take (the AMA or the court ). I felt like I did not address the question that asks for “to what extent” had I choose one side over another. I was missing a precursor argument. I had to somehow introduce an argument that was not black or white.

Throughout my journey in the Nine Lives of Scholarly Writing course, I have learned a great deal about myself as a writer. The course provided ample opportunities for self assessment, brief assignments to engage in the writing process, and a humbling but rewarding mechanism to receive feedback through peer review. These features of the course made the most significant contribution toward my development as a scholarly writer this year.

The keywords include the following: “synthesize,” “at least three of the sources,” and “defends, challenges, or qualifies.” “Synthesize” indicates the kind of essay required. “At least three of the sources” specifies the amount of evidence required in the essay. “Defends, challenges, or qualifies” tells the writer to take a stance on the issue, which is a crucial element of the essay. These words are the most significant keywords because they either give a direct command to the writer or describe how the writer should qualify the essay’s points.

This handout provides some tips and strategies for revising your writing. To give you a chance to practice proofreading, we have left seven errors (three spelling errors, two punctuation errors, and two grammatical errors) in the text of this handout. See if you can spot them!

Throughout Writ 1 I learned several new techniques to improve my academic writing. Prior to taking this course, I attended a high school which provided little preparation for writing academic papers so I expected to face challenges along the way. One of the obstacles that slowed me down was that I was unable to write a significant and arguable thesis until the last week of the semester. The rejection of my initial drafts encouraged me to learn from my mistakes. My main struggle and subsequent areas of improvements were learning to analyze evidence rather than summarize, understanding the difficult source readings, and learning to assist the reader by writing with the audience in mind.

In this week’s article, we anayzled an Ad, created by a company called Canada Oil Sands Community. The Ad’s main focus was on two white, attractive women- their lips barely touching, and they are embracing each other. The Ad says “In Canada lesbians are considered hot! In Saudi Arabia if you’re a lesbian YOU DIE!” then goes on to say “why buy oil from companies who don’t think lesbians are hot? “Choose equality! Choose Canadian oil!” The creator of the Ad, Robbie Picard, is gay himself, as well as Metis. The post originally was just a marketing ploy, and while issuing his apology Picard said he is glad it is drawing attention, and will take the backlash if the issue is getting to the root of the problem-which to his defence is Saudi Arabia not accepting LGBT people into their society. Picard states that “It was not my intent of demeaning women or any people of any sexual orientation.”,

Over the course of this past semester, my ability to write has improved tremendously. Prior to undertaking this course, my expertise in writing was not as fine-tuned as it should have been. I had never previously been enrolled in a class specifically tailored to writing-- which was quite clear. Upon reading my past works, it becomes apparent that my writing style consisted of fluff, small words, and inconsistently structured sentences. These problems have, for the most part, been remedied with the coursework I have tackled in College Writing. Rather than long, drawn out papers that take an eternity to reach the primary point, my recent work is much nicer in terms of composition and grammar. I credit these improvements to the three primary

Writing is a tool that will be used throughout my lifetime. It is a tool that is worth taking the time to perfect because it will only be beneficial in the long run. On my writing assignments, I earn A’s, but I still have areas that I need to work on. The areas that I struggle the most would be with simple grammar errors such as the use of commas, writing with an active voice, and writing short,simple sentences. First of all, I often do not know where to place commas in my sentence. I struggle with this because I tend to add commas in the wrong place, so I have become confused with the proper use of commas. This is a small grammar error that I can easily correct by learning where and when commas are needed. I have also found and been told that I write in a passive voice when I should be using an active voice. This is a technique that I have to work on by practicing it and noticing the difference while I am writing and reading. Finally, I often write run on sentences or sentences that include unnecessary information. This makes my writing unclear and difficult for the reader to understand. I could improve by writing shorter and simpler sentences that include only the essential information to get my point across. I have noticed these mistakes in my writing and it has also been brought up by others, so I am currently working on improving it.