Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Mechanics

When it comes to the principles of writing I believe choosing a design and holding onto it is my strongest feature. This is because when I create my outline I usually stick to the pattern because I have already put my thought in order. My weakest point would be omitting useless words, I think I do this because I try to make my point clear to readers and end up making it confusing by adding extra words that I think will help. A way I can fix this is just by looking at my draft and seeing which woulds I can take out and it still make sense.

Morgan Chiles

Friday, September 2, 2011

Summary Assignment Revision Checklist

1. The thesis statement is that passing classes can be difficult but it can be done. I believe it is close to the authors thesis statement.  It is stated in my own words.

2. I included all major parts of the essay.

3. I had about a paragraph for each major point.

4. My organizational pattern followed the order of which it was in the essay.

5. The authors thesis statement was a little hard for me to figure out.

6. Fixed errors in final draft.

7. Sentence structure is a bit wordy at times, but tried to fix most.

8. Used 3 or 4 quotes

9. Essay is written in third person.

10. Paper is 3 pages long and 1" margins.


Morgan Chiles