Personal Narrative A Semester Of Learning - 959 Words

A Semester of Learning Since my early high school days, teachers have preached to me on the importance of writing in my future college classes and career. With each year came a further development of my writing and the addition of tools that I could add to my arsenal. I learned when to be creative and when to be strictly fundamental. I learned when to write formally and when to write informally. Year after year, I was taught the different forms of writing such as a research paper, a narrative, and a persuasive essay. Even so, no year has enhanced my writing skills and prepared me for what is to come as much as my seventh period English class my junior year. Through my English Composition 1113, I have improved my understanding of the†¦show more content†¦After proofreading the rough draft of the essay, I found many phrases that seemed out of place or difficult to comprehend. In the rough draft, I wrote, â€Å"Afterwards, the rider needs to secure the bags that are in place t o catch the grass as the rider mows on the back of the mower.† This sentence leads the reader to believe that the rider mows from the back of the mower, but it is actually the bags that are on the back of the mower. In the final copy of this essay, I placed the prepositional phrases in the correct place to ensure that the reader could properly understand what the prepositional phrase was modifying. Another example of poor word choice is where the paper reads, â€Å"To weed eat, goggles and the clothes worn during the mow should be left on the caution should be taken to what you weed eat and where the debris is sent from the weed eater.† In a formal process essay, one cannot use certain pronouns such as you and I, but my paper contained the pronoun â€Å"you† which is an obvious mistake. In order to remain a formal essay, I had to remove the word â€Å"you† from the rough draft. 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