English Exit Exam Essay

My paper journey this semester has been a roller coaster. Since the beginning of this course I have improved in so umteen different areas. When I first began in this secern, I didnt have a clue how to start my essays. I wasnt very good with being descriptive either. On top of that, revising was something I detest to do. My writing process was very messy and organization was never something I considered when writing a paper. Since taking this class my skills in organization, revision, and description have improved tremendously.I wasnt a well-favored fan of drafting before I started this class. My writing process has always been all over the place. I could be writing paragraph one and then skip to paragraph four for no unembellished reason. Sometimes I would just write different paragraphs on different pieces of papers and then put them all together afterwards. In this class I was taught why drafting is so important to my writing process. It helped me be more organized and less s tressed. My mind was in one place and on track, sort of than all over the place.If drafting and organizational skills werent already big enough issues to deal with, then revision definitely was. In the past, I hated having to read over my paper repeatedly until it was near perfect. On top of that, event though my personality is big, it doesnt mean Im big on sharing my work. I was scared that if I do a simple mistake the person revising my paper would think I was stupid. aft(prenominal) reading over some of my classmates papers I learned they made some of the similar mistakes as me. Then I came to realize Im only human and Im going to make mistakes. It was something I had to get use to and Im glad I gained that occupation in my life.Even though I did a plenitude of writing in my English class, there were other things we had to do also. Almost every dark we had to read in our textbook. The textbook taught me a lot more or less the right and wrong things to do while writing. It also explained to me the different styles of writing and gave plenty of examples. non only did I read the book, but I finished an online writing class. This Writing Class was mainly about grammar and how to correct grammar errors. Before writing class, I really didnt know how to use commas.I would guess most of the time and hope I was right. I should have known one mean solar day it was going to catch up with me and it did. Luckily for me, I had a wonderful professor to teach me and help me with my problem. After studying my professors bawl out and doing the online activities, I was ready to take the online quiz. When I took it, I passed it with flying colors. I really worked hard in all the subjects in Writing Class and I ended up passing all of the quizzes, even the post test.I was recently instructed to revise two of my previous essays Ive written in class for my portfolio. I automatically k young which ones I wanted to revise. My first one was about my writing journey throug hout life. I needed to be more descriptive and also had some grammatic errors to fix. The essay was based upon how I used to read to my peers in Pre-K, which led to me making my own short stories. It also tells about the time I had my poem published in high school by my teacher.Not being descriptive was the main problem I had with this essay. When I wrote my draft I didnt paint a picture for my audience to see where I was coming from. Instead of saying The big red hold, I would just write, the chair and the difference in these two quotes are obvious and can automatically tell which one is more descriptive. With some(prenominal) changes made to this essay I would say I worked really hard on this one. Especially since it was a more personal subject, I put a lot of work into it.My second essay assignment was to write about a club or organization on campus. The purpose of the essay was to get new college students to join the club of my choice. I chose ROTC because I was a part of it i n high school. I love the feeling I got from my lieutenant and cadets. We were all the like a big family and kept up with each other a lot. From speaking to a former cadet that attends GGC, I have confirmed that ROTC is the same at this school in many aspects. When writing my draft, again, I didnt explain things thoroughly.I needed more evidence to support my claims. In many sentences I didnt use the right word either. Misspelled words and comma splices were all through my paper. When I took the time to revise it, I was suitable to fix these problems. Instead of letting Microsoft Word find my mistakes, I carefully read through it and did it myself. I reviewed the comma splice lesson and was able to find where those were in my paper. When I did more research on the club, I was able to add more details to my paper. In no time my final copy looked completely from where I started.As a child I was told hard work get out definitely pay off. With all my hard work in the class I am hopin g that it will surely pay off in me exiting this class early. I have learned to revise my papers, be more descriptive, correct grammatical errors, and last but not least have an organized writing process. With the skills Ive learned in this class I will be able to succeed in my other classes. Every class in college has some form of writing so I will never get external from it. In order to succeed in my major, I will need to take my writing seriously. It is amazing how I was able to learn so more in so little time. I am glad I was able to fix my faults and write a great paper. I think you will enjoy my portfolio and be more than happy to pass me.