How ENC1101 Impacted My Writing Career I always dreaded taking English, for I was not good at writing and I’ve always had trouble understanding the formats and concepts that the class required. I only understood basic knowledge on how to construct an essay: a thesis, body paragraphs, and conclusion. After a few weeks into the course, I realized that there was a lot more to essay writing then I thought. It was as if I was learning a whole new language. The greatest area of improvement in my writing was my ability to construct a proper thesis statement, and the resources that instructed me on how to do so were Professor Frusciante’s essay 2-workshop webinar, and the BC outline paper. For the essay 1 workshop, you had to to post your thesis statement.
I did not have a firm writing philosophy before this semester, but I to some degree I understood the importance writing can have on a situation. Now I understand that writing has two outcomes: gaining support or losing support. When writing an essay it is best if the writing is as specific as possible. This way the audience is hopefully not left with a confused opinion about the topic. Since the beginning of the semester I have put a conscious effort to change my writing style. Instead of the box format that is learned in high school I try to use a more graceful approach while still being organized. Also, I evaluate the credibility of a source before I use the information to support my thesis and understand the roles of using ethos, pathos, and logos. My assignments are now written with more developed thought by elaborating on ideas in the body paragraphs. By participating in the assignments throughout the semester I have accomplished, to different extents, the objectives for the English Composition 101 course. My writing has improved in multiple areas such as knowing who my audience is, and how writing drafts and making revisions help me evaluate the effectiveness of my essay. I am also aware that academic writing differs from day-to-day writing because for academic writing I need to present the most credible evidence in an organized format. Furthermore, I now can effectively evaluate my writing to know where I can improve.
The last word a student wants to hear from a teacher is the word “essay”. That word is always accompanied by groaning and complaining, followed by nervous thoughts about the essay, dread leading up to it, and misery during the actual writing process. On the bright side, there is at least one positive aspect. As a fellow student, I can attest to the fact that there is no better feeling than clicking print, stapling the pages together, shoving the essay in my folder, and never thinking about the essay again, for fear of bringing up bad memories or having an anxiety attack. All of this fear and dread leads to one thing: poor writing. The education system has been trying to solve this problem for years: why can’t students write? How did such a
In our modern society, we have forgotten the art of writing. When we write, we think to ourselves, the longer the sentence, the more intelligent I will sound. Many may say it is by writing long sentences. But is it all that true? In this piece of writing I would like to focus on an essay written by Verlyn Klinkenborg, Several Short Sentences About Writing. In this essay he explains how and why when we write, we should keep our sentences short. he also explains why students should be assigned essays that are not determinate on other sources as evidence. I will also be comparing this to a piece written by Sarah Manguso, Ongoingness. I will be comparing these two pieces on their writing style, and their essayistic ideas. My belief is that we need
Over the course of this semester I learned a lot about myself as a writer. This English 101 class has really allowed me to expand my essay structure and ways of thinking. This was my first college writing course and it has given me much more freedom when writing because in high school I felt limited and like what we were writing was not very important. In high school I would write essays to just to fulfill the required word or page count and to a degree I still feel like this but maybe that is why I am an engineering major but in this course I actually was able to express my ideas and for the first time really test the limits of my writing capabilities. I really enjoyed being able to incorporate my voice more in my essays and I believe that I developed my own personal style a bit from this. At the beginning of the semester my writing was quite choppy and there was plenty of room for improvement in the overall flow of my essays. Now, I use several different tactics such as outlining to create better connections between paragraphs. I believe I was able to move beyond many of the high school ways of writing and make general improvements to my essays.
Writing is a process that takes multiple steps. Starting with brainstorming and finding a topic, then organizing the idea into an outline. Outlining is an important step as this is where you generally form your thesis statement. This tells the reader generally what your essay will be about. From that point forward forming a thesis statement as one of the first challenges in getting started helps in making a strong path to follow. This makes it easier to put your ideas from the outline into writing a rough draft. Once you have a first draft, proofread and edit to make a final, polished essay. Refreshing this process has helped me greatly in improving my personal writing.
Learning to be an adequate writer for certain people can be as easy as putting a pen to paper, but for others writing has proven to be a frustrating and difficult process. It can be challenging for a new student facing the first essay paper wondering what to sort out first; there is a great deal of confusing and tricky processes to follow, and rules to abide by. While the plethora of resources made available to avid seekers is practically limitless, it is no surprise that writing still isn’t a smooth process. Taking that into consideration, two profound authors in writing could aid with this kind of struggle. William Safire’s “The Perfect Paragraph” and Kurt Vonnegut’s “How to Write with Style”, providing their readers with an excellent
Proper skills for writing an essay is an important aspect a student, and even employees of the work force should be aware of. An essay is required for receiving grades in class, but they are also required for many other purposes. If an applicant is seeking for effective writing in their academic courses and for future aspirations, then The First Year Writing Program is perfect for effectively teaching the required material. The First Year Writing Program will give confidence to all successors passing the required English courses. Candidates can be aware of proper English and become well educated, by giving The First Year Writing Program the opportunity to turn them into successful English writers.
In order to be admitted into the ENG 1430 class, I had already acquired the ways to write process essay, cause and effect essay, and compare and contrast essay. During this semester, I found that the most significant issue that arose was I learned how to write three different kinds of essays: summary and response, rhetorical analysis and argumentative essays. Learning how to write three kinds of new essays is exciting progress for my academic writing skills. My interest in writing has improved as well. The new writing strategies, the key factors of each essay, and the strengths and weaknesses I have are the three most important things I got from this class.
Over the past semester, I have found the most challenging part of this course to simply be the transition from high school composition classes to college. Because writing expectations are so different in college than in high school, even with AP and Dual Enrollment “college level” classes, I first found myself being overwhelmed with the pressure to write the perfect first draft. The pressure came from knowing how much a final draft of a paper contributed to my grade. This left me sitting in front of my computer for hours at a time with thoughts of what I wanted to say racing through my head, but unable to deliver these thoughts into organized, structured sentences. I learned, through writing my persuasive essay, that instead of trying to write the paper start to finish and already in its perfect form, it is easier for me to look at the paper through its different components and focus on them individually, then work to best organize my ideas fluently.
Personally, this semester’s English course has provided me with a new kind of learning experience unlike any other I have attended in the past. After having a taste of what this course is , I no longer dread of having to write essays. I have become more confident with my overall skills as I turn in any work. I have gained a more confident feeling within my overall work as I turn it in. For me, the tools provided have been the key to the overall quality and improvement of my essays. It has motivated me to utilize everything provided and improve my overall work as a writer. I was told “the more you read, the more your writing will improve”, and I do believe this idea to be true. The way assignments were organized gave me a clear idea
I have practiced academic writing in other languages, but never in English and my purpose for this class was to become a confident and meaningful writer. During my English class, I have accomplished a variety of goals
I have learned many things throughout the course of the term, including such things as: how to write an essay and how to improve on essays that I have already written, how to locate and composite better research through the use of numerous resources found at the campus library, the internet, and the “Common Sense” textbook, how to cite research, examples, and quotations properly within the contents of my research paper as well as document it accurately according to MLA standards. Through the exploration of the “Subjects and Strategies” textbook, I have learned nine different methods used when writing an effective essay and how the different writing styles affect the overall theme and tone of the essay when used properly. This past semester, I have encountered many difficulties when trying to write these essays, but through the use of the textbooks, the aide of the instructor, and once I was able to classify the different types of essays and styles, I found them possible to overcome.
When this class first started, I had a different perspective of what a good writer should implement in their work. At first, I believed that the quantity of the words that I wrote carried more weight than the quality of my words. During my time in this class, I would focus on getting my ideas down rather than organizing my writing into to explain concrete topics and ideas. With the knowledge I have acquired in this class, I have learned to how to organize my essays, how to watch out for grammar errors, and how to improve one the shortcomings of my writing.
The novelist career is truly unique. It has always interested me. The freelance writer career seemed mysterious and exhilarating. Being able to drive someplace quiet and let out all of your hopes and fears into a book is what I want to do. A novelist is someone who writes novels basically. They combine fiction with some real life experiences and write books. Some could say that any ordinary person could do this. This statement is false! It takes someone with creativity and a passion to write. Someone who can take their life experiences and mix it with fiction to create an invigorating book. To be successful in the novelist career, education is required. Since I am going to community college first, I plan on obtaining an Associate of Arts degree. Transferring to Appalachian State University and obtaining a bachelor's degree in English would be my next step. During these four years I am going to take as many writing classes as possible. This is going
“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. Bill Cosby explained in this quote the mode of operation and mind-set of one who strives for success. For me; however, the fear of failure was prevalent and at the forefront of my English language journey, the fear was so overwhelming that I even opt not to do the English Proficiency Test provided by the Language and Linguistics Department of The UWI. I have been a student in the Critical Reading and Writing in the Disciplines (FOUND 1019) for almost two semester at The University of The West Indies, Mona. Over the duration of the course I have grown to learn more than I thought I could have. Over the years of being in high school I always see myself and the English language being on opposite sides of the spectrum and it would have to take a miracle for me to accept and to have an appreciation of the language and its concepts. Being introduced to the FOUND1019 program my expectations were not high and much interest was not shown on my part at first. However, going through the program to almost completion, this course have taught me much more than I would have expected to learn based on my view and dislike of the subject. With much thanks to the FOUN1019 program, I have learned how to construct a proper essay and explore the different parameters of essay writing and writing in general, I have also gained a better understanding and the important aspect of thinking and reading critically as this skill comes in handy especially when doing scientific research papers for my Science degree.