Essay on Self-Analysis

Throughout this course, I was able to assess and evaluate my weaknesses and strengths in writing. This class has truly brought out my ability to write, a skill I did not believe I had. I now know what it takes to become a college-level writer. Also, at the beginning of the course I did not particularly enjoy writing. Now, however, I have a greater respect for

The areas of productiveness in this session for me included the paraphrasing and minimal encouragers. Throughout this session I felt that my paraphrasing was clear and concise. It allowed the client to think about what he had said, while being able to provide me with feedback and allowed for the conversation to flow naturally.

In my opinion my writing ability before I arrived in this course at the University of Dubuque was fair, it wasn’t outstanding, but it wasn’t horrible. My biggest obstacles I faced in this course was coming up with a good topic to write about. Coming up with a topic you care about and can expand on your ideas can be a challenge. When learning to write in a more cohesive manner, I think the chapters we took notes on were very beneficial to improving my writing. It showed me the proper way to write a thesis and how to compose my papers. I also believe practicing our writing by journaling helped me learn to write what is going through my mind and it helped me to just learn to get my thoughts and ideas down on paper.

I believe I will be using all of these new skills I have acquired for the duration of the program. Writing is a constantly evolving skill. There is always room for improvement. It is not easy. It takes years of practice to be an excellent writer. I think this class was a great start or foundation to build on for improving my writing abilities. I believe I meet all of my goals for this class and was able to improve in the areas I am weak in. I plan to continue to improve my writing skills in the

During this class, I developed in my rhetorical knowledge. I am now more capable of analyzing texts, understanding of audiences, purposes and contexts. I also have more variety in my writings. I learned how to use different words in context and how to formulate a better sentence. I developed my own ideas and opinions through writing about an outgoing conversation. I now understand how to analyze the writing of others, noting focus, arrangement, logical development, vocabulary, and style. I also developed the ability to use various sentence patterns and to edit for correctness, variety, and correct usage. We did this especially while we proofread our own and others drafts.

While taking this course, I realized that I enjoy researching for what I am writing about, but I have a difficult time putting my responses into words. I also learned I over-summarize everything the articles that I am reading and responding to, but I tried to combat this by explaining more in-depth. However, by doing the assignments in smaller parts, compared to only doing a draft and then a final paper, I found it easier to elaborate on the topics in my writing. I also learned the importance of revising papers, especially peer revisions because other people are able to catch mistakes you might miss or help you better explain an idea if they don’t understand, something I definitely need and utilized throughout this course.

This class has taught me things that may help my writing, and also things that I don’t find as useful. I thought practicing comma rules gave me a better understanding of punctuation, but I still don’t fully understand passive and active sentence structure. I’ve explored different ways to write a paper and realized my favorite is starting with an outline. I try to get all of my ideas organized where I want them before going in and writing pages at a time. I never found peer editing quite as useful, because a lot of times I don’t like having other students read my work. All of these examples have lead me to become the writer I am now compared to the beginning of the semester.

I learned to take each paragraph separately and break it down step by step instead of jumping into to the assignment at once. The amount that I have learned throughout this course was surprisingly a lot more information than I expected to learn. I expected to do complete similar work that I did in high school, but this course really expanded my knowledge on writing. I could gather a better understanding for transitions and the proper way to use them. Reading academic articles will now come much easier to me because I understand the language and structure of these articles. Sentence level and organization would be the two biggest things I struggle with when it comes to writing. The skill that is most valuable to me would be starting with body paragraphs and taking them piece by piece, then moving on to write the introduction and thesis statement. This will be very helpful with future writing assignments because it will help me maintain organization and not get

Some improvements I did was write the MLA format correctly in essays, also to not use words that I know I don't need them. Reading again my essay, help me see the wrong things i had on my essay, that I didn't saw while I was doing the essay. Most of the improvement I did were in my spelling because I always had problems on how to write words correctly or write good sentences. What I need to focus in order to improve as a writer it's always write multiple times my writing, that way I can see my errors I made, before submitted my work. How I was saying before I have to improve in write more smooth sentences on my essay, and try to divide one big sentences in more sentences. That way can be more smooth my sentences and not confusing to the reader. I have improved in many things and also I know I have to improve more, but I know I have learned a lot and improved in my writing as I was

So far, taking this English course has impacted my writing skills in a good way. This class has helped me to acquire skills to become a better writer in college and for my future. In this class I have had the chance to make important revisions to my papers when needed. I learned how to use the writing process effectively so far by brainstorming ideas for my topic, making multiple drafts, getting in groups for peer editing, and revising my paper into a final draft. By following this writing process it makes me look deeper into my essay and explore all the ways I can make revisions until it’s perfect. By using that writing process it has changed my writing and the way I look at “writing papers” as a whole. Although, there are some challenges that I still face with my writing that I will have fixed by the end of this course.

Through this academic writing course, I have changed in a small way as a writer. It did not transform my style, but rather give me more resources and ideas to improve certain kinds of writing that I will encounter in my college years. For example, I increased my knowledge of thesis statements. I already had a pretty good grasp, but the machine-like mechanism we were presented in class helped me to better organize my ideas. Even as we progressed throughout the course, we were learning new things about how to improve our technical writing. This allows us to make changes now on our former writing projects, as our views have matured.

There have been different types of improvements in this class. My typing skills have improved, along with spelling. These are two thing that have improved with taking this class. As for my writing skills, there have been some major leaps and bounds with that. As I don’t plan to write any books anytime, I feel that my skills are enough to handle the need of my job. I will continue my writing of reports in my present job.

6th grade was a big year for me, and I think I have really changed since 5th grade. 6th grade had its ups and downs, but I think i've got the hang of it. Homework and tests challenged me, but I always knew I could handle it. From all of the people who helped me and cheered me on, they are the real MVP’s. Next year, I know I can do better.

Over the course of the last fifteen weeks, I believe this class has helped improve my skills and proficiency as a writer tremendously. I came into this class with a solid grasp of grammar, but lacking strong skills in structure and the ability to connect my topics in a way that resonated with the overall point of the paper. I learned the importance of transition sentences keeping my ideas pertinent to the main idea. Reading the first essay in comparison to my last feels like night and day. The evolution of my papers was interesting to me because I was trying to find the best way to write each one. It often felt like hit and miss as I tried new things, not all of which worked. My response essay presented good ideas but failed to connect

During this semester, I have learned a great deal about my own writing, and writing in general. One of the main takeaways from this course for me was how to break down the intricate process of writing papers. In addition, I developed viable skills regarding going into more in-depth detail during each step of the writing process. I enjoyed having the freedom to write about a topic that I was able to choose. This allowed me to research and write about something that actually interested me immensely. Having to work with one topic for the entire semester taught me how to find reliable resources and how to pick out the essential research from each article.