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year of high school when I was assigned a paper that challenged me and grew me as a writer. This writing assignment was a seven to nine paged paper on my responsibilities to America. Because it was the first paper I wrote that was more than a couple pages, I struggled with making it long enough while still keeping it structured and well written. I also struggled with finding what I wanted to write about and how to express it clearly. Although this paper was difficult for me to write, it was a tremendous

my mind as I knew myself too well as an awful writer. I thought, “Should I really take this class?” Ultimately, I determined that I could manage the work in the class and make it to the final paper. As a student with a four grade-point average, I expected the class to be effortless. However, the weekly papers combined with such a challenging class resulted in a constant bombardment of low grades, making me realize that I was very wrong. I started to put forth more effort in the class, and although

can revise a paper using resources. I have learned how to organize my thoughts and give clear, vivid details. Also, I have learned that the paper is only as good as the ideas behind it. Throughout this semester, all aspects of my writing have changed. My approach to writing has changed from writing down my answers as I think about the topic to thinking about the topic before I start writing my answers down. I used to be able to write a paper freely without having to think, but the paper would not fit

Writing has never been one of my strengths. Even in high school, when I took an AP English literature course, I did not enjoy writing papers if need be. Since I did not fancy writing papers, I never developed a systematic writing process. I would write the paper last minute and pray for an A, but college doesn’t work like that. When I came to college, I placed into music classes first so that I could develop those skills, thus leaving my core classes (including English) on the backburner. Although

As a sophomore in High School, I took my first true upper-level writing class, Honors English 10. Before this time minimal papers and reading analysis was expected of me in my educational career, and I was unclear where I stood in the adequacy of my writing. I knew that Honors English 10 would be a difficult class but I was excited to gain help and guidance to elevate my writing skill that year. I soon found as the academic year progressed that I possessed skills that enhanced my writing and came

n the past years of my school journey from middle school now to high-school, I have struggled with writing papers. I was not an excellent writer or rather the best writer. I had trouble with expressing my main idea of my paper whenever I was given a topic. Even though my teachers would tell me to brainstorm before I started writing, I still somehow struggled because I was better at letting ideas flow through my head as I write. I was not an expert at developing sentence structure or details as well

Over the first semester of my college career, I have written four papers in my General Studies Writing Class. The class started out with a Literacy Narrative, where I wrote about my past writing, and how I have improved throughout high school. The next paper was a book evaluation. It was over Hillbilly Elegy, by J.D. Vance. It was the common read for the incoming freshman this year at Bowling Green State University, so it was a book everyone in our class had been exposed to before hand. The next

know how to incorporate a quote into a paper. I didn’t know how to quote sources and how to cite the source so you can give credit to the author. This class help me learn how to incorporate quotes by doing the “quote sandwich” I know now that I have to introduce the quote and put the quote in then you have to explain what the quote is talking about or what it means and how it is useful for the paper you are writing. Before this class I have not written a paper that is more than two pages and with the

my analysis of novels, but improve my adroitness in creating an argumentative and interpretative paper and thesis. I developed a different mindset on how to go about starting and finishing a strong paper after dissecting each novel we read every class period. By taking a look at each one individually and picking out main points, I started to take notes on what we talked about for ideas on future papers. It took me a while to get ahold of everything, and I don’t think I’m anywhere near perfect yet

When I first began this English course, I did not know what to expect, all I really knew was I would be writing essays and papers which I don't particularly enjoy. I was not as confident in my writing abilities but after the first class period had ended, I decided that my goal for the semester would be producing writing that was clear and more effective. The Eclipse of 2017 pushed the first class back, but I still had an assignment to write about the Eclipse. I don’t think I have ever been so