Dual Enrollment Composition Analysis

This year I decided to take Mr.Leo’s dual enrollment Composition one class. I choose to take composition one to boost my understanding of essay writing and to perfect my writing skills. First semester in composition one we learned the importance of all writing strategies. Also in semester one we reviewed the important grammar rules, as well as how they relate to the writing process. Throughout learning the steps of how to write a good essay, two steps really stood out to me. The steps I saw as the most important to me were outlining and editing. The outline of an essay immediately attracted my attention. I am a very organized person. This step of the writing process played to my strengths. For our first essay “definition and example”, I outlined all of my paragraphs in great detail. This paid off and helped me with the organization of my essay. Outlining has taught me how to keep my essays on topic, which in the past was very hard for me. Additionally outlining has made it substantially easier

Editing has always been a major weakness of mine when is comes to writing essays. On my research essay, I slacked on editing and learned my lesson. Editing is so important because it separates the college students from the high schoolers. To properly edit, I learned that I must go through my essays three to four times to discover all the flaws before they are ready to turn in. Having two or three peers edit my essays helped as well. I used the editing process is used to fix my grammatical errors, and to make sure I have communicated my topic effectively. I ask for peer review because usually I do not catch all of my errors. More than that to get a fresh look on my paper, for I may not always see the discrepancies in my own writing. The editing process has improved my writing for the better. Learning how to properly edit will be a skill I take with me throughout the rest of my writing