Narrative Essay: My Experience In Duel Enrollment English

From my experiences in Duel Enrollment English, I’ve learned quite a lot about writing papers. I now know what APA and MLA are and even how to cite them properly. I understand different styles of papers and what’s needed in them. One of the more important things that I’ve learned, is planning out of paper, as well as not writing the paper the night before it’s due. I know the importance of getting a fresh perspective on my papers. I’ve learned how to back up my point and to shoot down the opposing opinion to it.

My very first paper is my Narrative Essay. This is one of my favorites and well as one of the ones

I learned the most from. To start it all off, this is the first time I’ve had to do MLA format. The assignment was just to narrate a

My paper ended up being 10 pages long and was full of grammatical errors. In MLA format, it’s supposed to be double spaced, but not knowing that, I did 5 pages of single spaced work.

This caused me to have to stretch the story and find ways to add length to it, just to meet the requirements. Also believing that it was pretty simple, I did it the night before and didn’t go back to reread my paper.

This experience has taught me to double check the format of papers, in making sure I’m doing it all right. This can easily stop me from doing too much unnecessary work. I wouldn’t need to bloat up my paper if I had done this. Also I now know to reread my papers. It’s a very simple thing that can incredibly improve any paper. By rereading, I catch the silly grammatical errors such as having “the the” or just

Keene 2 misspelling a world. Also I make sure the paper flows as I’d like it to; that it transitions from point to point or just makes sense. Probably the biggest thing I took away from this paper, is to not do the

Than allows for there to still be time for me to revise or in this case, rewrite the paper. This also helped me with supporting the points I make with evidence. I’d make a claim, show the evidence, than explain what it all basically means. A big thing I took away as well, is to make sure I fully understand the assignment and especially what I’m planning on doing; as well as if it’s what I truly want to write about. I probably could’ve come up with a way to write the paper that I wanted to, but I rushed into it and failed to fully think it through.

In conclusion, I’ve learned so much. I’m no longer confused by what APA and MLA are and I’m confident in writing in both formats. My papers are cleaner and smoother, no more silly grammatical errors that could easily be fixed. This is because I reread the gibberish I write and polish it up. My papers are even stronger too, and this is because I bring up and address the opposing viewpoint. I address the questions and concerns of readers, which lets readers understand my point better and become more persuaded toward it. As well as planning out my papers, and to make sure it’s the way I truly want it to