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    'I thought writing was only for english class but after taking english 113b, I recognized that I would use my writing skills for many other tasks' grammar was difficult for me since the beginning of essay writing but there would still be mistakes in my work. In many of my essays the weak point was in my thesis or argument. As I went through this course, my thesis were getting stronger and it's noticeable from all the essays I wrote this year.

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    'I thought writing was only for english class but after taking english 113b, I recognized that I would use my writing skills for many other tasks' grammar was difficult for me since the beginning of essay writing but there would still be mistakes in my work. In many of my essays the weak point was in my thesis or argument. As I went through this course, my thesis were getting stronger and it's noticeable from all the essays I wrote this year.

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    VanessaRuiz
    ProfessorDitch
    English113B
    7May2015
    MyJourneytoSuccess

    Atthebeginningofthissemesterifeltmoreconfidentinmyworkthanthebeginningof
    lastsemesterbutIstillneededtoimproveinmywritingskills.English113Bhasopenedup
    manydoorsforme.Inhighschool,theyonlytaughtushowtowriteaessayonewaybutinthis
    coursetheytaughtusthattherearemanydifferentstructuresandstrategiesthatIcanuse.I
    thoughtwritingwasonlyforenglishclassbutaftertakingenglish113b,Irecognizedthati
    wouldusemywritingskillsformanyothertasks.Overthiscourse,IhavelearnedmorethanI
    thoughtwaspossible.Ilearnedhowtowriteandexpressmyselfthroughthewriting.Thiscourse
    hashelpedmeinmanywaysincludinggrammar,thesisstructure,counterargumentand
    introductionparagraph.

    First,grammarwasdifficultformesincethebeginningofessaywriting.Iunderstoodit
    andlearnedallthedifferenttypesofgrammarbuttherewouldstillbemistakesinmywork.Over
    thissemester,withmorepracticeIcanpointoutsomegrammarmistakesinmypastworksthati
    wouldhavenotnoticedayearago.Grammarsstillmyweakestwritingskillbutiwould
    continueonpracticingandtryhardereverytime.Iunderstoodhowtousesemicolonsorcolons
    butattimesIwouldmisplacethemorforgettoaddthem.Aftersomeresearchonpurdueowl,I


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    canclearlyseewhenitsneededtoaddasemicolonoracolon.Someofthestudentsmayhave
    thoughtthatthiscoursewehadtowritealotofessaysorwehadtoalotofprojectshoweverI'm
    actuallygladthatthiscoursecontainedmanypractice.IusedtohatewritingessaysbutnowI
    enjoywriting.Englishusedtobemyleastfavoritesubjectbutwithcoursealoveforthissubject
    grew.

    Second,Inmanyofmyessaystheweakpointwasinmythesisorargument.For
    example,Iwouldknowwhatwasmypointintheessaybutcouldnotputitinstrongwords.I
    couldnotcoverthewhyandso.Mythesiswouldbepoorlystructuredandpoorlyworded.AsI
    wentthroughthiscourse,mythesisweregettingstrongeranditsnoticeablefromalltheessaysi
    wrotethisyear.IwouldhavemycolleaguesrevisemythesisbuthoweverIwasstillreceiving
    feedbackthatmythesiswasalittleunclearoritcontainedtoomuchinformation.Mypast
    teacherswouldteachthatmythesishadtohavethreepointsandIhadtotalkaboutmythree
    pointsinmybodyparagraph.Butinthiscourse,weweretaughtthatourthesiscanjustinclude
    theoverallviewofthepointandsupportitinthebodyparagraphs.Movingpastthethreepoint
    thesis,hasopenedmymind.Idon'tfeellimitedtooneessaystructure.Anotherdetailthathelps
    mesupportmythesisorargumentismytone.Wheniwanttopersuasivemyreader,Iwould
    havetowriteinanacademictone.

    Third,afterworkingandpracticingwritingthesisstatementsandagreements,theywere
    strongandgaveapoint.Butistillstruggledwithmycounterargument.TheLRChelpedmealot
    withbrainstormingideasformyessays,alsowithallthehelpIwasabletoconstructone.I


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    learnedthatinmycounterargumentIhavetostatetheoversideofmyargumentwhichpeople
    mayhave.ButIhavetorefuteitandstatehowmysideoftheargumentisbetterandsupportit
    bygivingnoexamples.

    Finally,theintroductionparagraphofmyessayhasimproved.Inmypastintroduction
    paragraphsiwouldaddtoolittleortoomuchinformation.Inthepast,whenIaddedtoomuch
    informationIwouldmakemythesisorargumentsoundweakbecauseitwasoverpoweredwith
    theextrainformationthatwasnotneeded.Ihavealwaysbeenathinkerbutwhenitcameinto
    writingmyintroductionparagraph,myideaswouldbegone.Butafterthiscourseilearnedhow
    tobrainstormandsetanoutlinewhichcanmakeiteasiertowritemyessay.

    Inconclusion,English113bhashelpedmeinmanywayincludinggrammar,thesis
    structure,counterargumentandintroductionparagraph.Ihavemoreconfidenceinmyown
    writingsandnotafraidtotryanyEnglishsubjectobstaclesthatwouldcometomelaterinmy
    education.IchallengemyselfeverydaytodobetterthanthedaybeforeandIdidthesamewith
    myessays.Duringthesemesteriwasfacedwithdeadlines,rulesandassignments.Ienjoyed
    everystepofthewaytotheendofthesemester.Everytaskandassignmentihavedone,itmade
    mestrongerinmywriting.Ihaveaccomplishedmanygoalsthatithoughtthatwereimpossible
    toreach.Ihavenotonlygrownasawriterorasastudentbutalsoasaperson.Throughenglish
    113aand113b,ihavegainedtheknowledgeandtheconfidenceineedfortherealworld.

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