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During my first semester at college I have had the privileged to be your student. I learned quite a lot about writing and I hope to fully explain that in this letter. The portfolio that I put together really showcases who my writing skills have improved. It shows the subjects that I struggled with and worked on until I understood what I was doing wrong. The first time I did the grammar exercises I felt dumbfounded by how I had spent four years taking high school english but could barely complete the exercises. As time went on I really started to understand the rules behind the way pronouns and their antecedents work which helped improve my writing.
The first of the two papers I will be showcasing is my cause and effect paper titled Rising Sizes. Although I did not receive one of my best grades on this paper, I feel that this paper helped to show the way that I can come up with points to support my thesis. The points that I came up with in this paper were some of the best supporting points that I remember writing. I will admit that it was one of the more difficult papers to write but I really liked the way that it came out. I learned how to come up with great supporting statements for my thesis and during my rewrite I learned how to use cause and effect terminology to support my thesis. One specific quote where I used cause and effect terminology was “This attitude shift is stagnating Americans, as a result, America is seeing a rise in obesity.” This quote really shows my improvement with the use of commas and the terminology.
The second paper I will be showcasing is my classification and division essay titled Going Green. This was by far my favorite paper to write because I throughly enjoy the topic I wrote about. This paper se...

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...and essay but to really convey what you are trying to say is not easy. The main thing I will take away from the course is that it is so important to follow the format of whatever kind of essay you are trying to write. The format and terminology are the things that really pull together an essay and separate the effective from the non-effective essays. Like I said before, I learned quite a bit about pronouns and their antecedents. The lessons we did really helped to see what they right way was for certain topics such as grammar and essays. They are crucial to having a correct sentence. The things I learned in this course will follow me into all the future papers I write throughout my lifetime. Especially in college writing 2, where it is research based papers that we are writing. I feel as though my whole writing style has advanced throughout my time in this course.

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