Dear Reader,
Throughout these past two years, my writing has improved vigorously. Last year, I learned to better my sentence structure through simple and compound sentences. My teacher taught me how to correctly use my grammar and diction. She also taught me how to combine one singular noun to a plural verb or vice versa. for example, "A dog runs," will not make sense if it said, "A dogs runs." This year, I learned lessons that were more complex than than the simple criteria taught last year such as writing complex and compoud complex sentences. My writing has improved while I attended Ms.Burk's class because she taught me how to expand my sentences, and she informed me on the importance of grasping the reader's attention. Getting the reader hooked on my essays, will make them want to know more about what it is I'm writing about. My diction can entertain my readers or teach them depending on the genre I choose. I can write about anything in this world, and receive feedback such as, "That was great research," like Mrs. Henson said in response to my research proposal. My willingness to learn and practice what I learned is one of my strengths in becoming a better writer. However, with every strength comes a weakness. My weaknesses include writing too much before I discuss my main idea, and my difficulty in sticking to one verb tense. First, I do not know how to just, "Get to the point." My word count will continously increase, and my essay ends up having approximately ten sentences per paragraph until I mentioned the main idea that relates to my topic sentence. Along with adding sentences, my sentences may not reflect my topic sentence. My Oedipus Rex essay is a prime example of not getting to the point because I write, "Oedipus, being the son, helped make this prophecy come true," but my topic sentence to this paragraph was, "In the play, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus continously makes the wrong decisions." The first sentence does not correlate with the meaning of the topic sentence at all, but I wanted to write just to write because I figured it make my essay look more advanced. Secondly, my verb tense is off in some of my essays. In my Anthem essay, my second sentence says, "In the novel, Anthem, Ayn Rand uses the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and interprets it into the story the Transgressor." My third sentence is, "Equality sinned by disobeying the laws given by the scholars just like Adam did by disobeying God." In the second sentence, I wrote "uses," on the other hand I used, "sinned" in my third sentence. One verb was present tense and the other was past tense.
Throughout these past two years, my writing has improved vigorously. Last year, I learned to better my sentence structure through simple and compound sentences. My teacher taught me how to correctly use my grammar and diction. She also taught me how to combine one singular noun to a plural verb or vice versa. for example, "A dog runs," will not make sense if it said, "A dogs runs." This year, I learned lessons that were more complex than than the simple criteria taught last year such as writing complex and compoud complex sentences. My writing has improved while I attended Ms.Burk's class because she taught me how to expand my sentences, and she informed me on the importance of grasping the reader's attention. Getting the reader hooked on my essays, will make them want to know more about what it is I'm writing about. My diction can entertain my readers or teach them depending on the genre I choose. I can write about anything in this world, and receive feedback such as, "That was great research," like Mrs. Henson said in response to my research proposal. My willingness to learn and practice what I learned is one of my strengths in becoming a better writer. However, with every strength comes a weakness. My weaknesses include writing too much before I discuss my main idea, and my difficulty in sticking to one verb tense. First, I do not know how to just, "Get to the point." My word count will continously increase, and my essay ends up having approximately ten sentences per paragraph until I mentioned the main idea that relates to my topic sentence. Along with adding sentences, my sentences may not reflect my topic sentence. My Oedipus Rex essay is a prime example of not getting to the point because I write, "Oedipus, being the son, helped make this prophecy come true," but my topic sentence to this paragraph was, "In the play, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus continously makes the wrong decisions." The first sentence does not correlate with the meaning of the topic sentence at all, but I wanted to write just to write because I figured it make my essay look more advanced. Secondly, my verb tense is off in some of my essays. In my Anthem essay, my second sentence says, "In the novel, Anthem, Ayn Rand uses the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and interprets it into the story the Transgressor." My third sentence is, "Equality sinned by disobeying the laws given by the scholars just like Adam did by disobeying God." In the second sentence, I wrote "uses," on the other hand I used, "sinned" in my third sentence. One verb was present tense and the other was past tense.