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“Reflective Essay” Writing an essay has always been challenging for me. Since I have been out of high school for ten years, one of my biggest fears of enrolling in college was writing papers. I was not going to let that stop me, because I want a college education. After taking the placement test summer of 2016 I had to take DRE-097 and DRE-098 which helped me become a better writer. Mrs. Ferard was my instructor for both classes and I learned from her. While taking those courses, I had to write…
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Contrasts “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts”, by Bruce Catton. Grant and Lee both had a big impact on American history through their differences and similarities between one another. “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts” is a comparison essay between two American generals Grant and Lee. Grant and Lee both met at the “Appomattox Court House,Virginia, on April.9,1865” (193) to end the Civil War. Both very strong and different generals from one another. Grant and Lee were strong generals because…
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I have been a student at Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) for one year. I appreciate that I can reflect on myself through this essay, and I had an opportunity to take a RENG92 class to improve my English skills, especially writing, as well as Prof. Pope to teach me things that I did not learn in the RNEG 91 class. Many things have changed now from where RENG 92 class started; therefore, I could find my weakness and strength, furthermore, I could know how I should prepare for ENG 101. One…
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Before this class, I was a writer because I had to write essays in multiple other classes which helped with my organization and detail configuration. When I was in elementary school I would get really ecstatic when I was going to write an interesting narrative with a nice plot, however, I did not get the motivation as the years went by. When I was in middle school I used to write in a journal, because it would help me organize my thoughts. If I was having a bad day and I didn’t really have anyone…
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percent, my education level such as my writing skills are not as developed as others. I am currently only accustomed to the five paragraph essay method. The influences in the past have really affected my reading and writing skills. I carry many weaknesses and few strengths that affect my development of writing compositions. As I started my first semester of college last fall, I started noticing all of my weaknesses. I have many weaknesses I need to improve on, such as my reading and writing skills.…
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Ryan Wanasida Simon Aebersold English 102 6 December 2013 The Experience Writing essay is not an easy task for someone with English as a second language. There are many requirements and techniques to write a good essay by learning it from an English course. Combining the writing tutorial course and introductory writing, it definitely helps in learning how to write a proper essay. My writing skill has greatly improved since the start of the semester by taking both introductory writing and writing…
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Goals Essay Writing isn’t my favorite thing to do, but I don’t hate it. It all strongly depends on the topic I have to write about. I get motivated when I’m able to write about something that really strikes my interest. When it comes to a personal essay that has to pin point a moment in my life, I cannot do it. That is one of my biggest weaknesses when it comes to writing papers. I get stuck and have no idea how to lay it out and tell you the story how it should be told. The paper gets scattered…
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An Extensively Long but Fulfilling Expedition: Self Evaluation of English 1140 As I sit here analyzing my work over the last semester, I realize I have gained many strengths but still have to work on a few weaknesses. Over the past 13 weeks I feel as I have become a better writer and those skills seem to be showing with each essay graded over this semester in other classes not just in English. When I initially signed up for English 1140, I thought it was more of a brush up your skills class and maybe…
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(Your marked-up essay is below this form.) HOW THIS WORKS: Your e-structor has written overview comments about your essay in the form below. Your e-structor has also embedded comments [in bold and in brackets] throughout your essay. Thank you for choosing Smarthinking's OWL; best wishes with revising your paper! Hi Malia, I’m Leah W. and I’ll be helping you with your essay today! *Strengths of the essay: Main Idea/Thesis: The thesis statement should tell the reader exactly what your essay will cover.…
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examples to demonstrate their points, and by not prolonging the ending of the essay needlessly. Also, good writers study the target opportunity as carefully as they can, seeking to become an “insider,” perhaps even communicating with a professor they would like to work with at the target program, and tailoring the material accordingly so that evaluators can gauge the sincerity of their interest Overview of Short Essay Samples Geological Sciences Samples In the pdf link below, the first two…
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