Lessons Learned In My Writing

Throughout this past school year I have learned an abundance of new concepts, more importantly, I’ve mastered old ones, that at one point in time I wouldn’t have dared to use, let alone try and successfully succeed. Due to a patient teacher who is passionate about writing, I’ve come to better understand how to correctly formulate an argument or opinion and back it up with evidence and facts. I’ve learned how to identify a theme, mood, and tone that an author conveys in their writing. No matter how difficult it might be to catch, I now have been taught how to bring the evidence to light. Before learning more specific areas of writing and reading, I had to start by learning a strong base. Making mistakes as common as run-on sentences and not

In doing so I could formulate a strong argument that is concise and relevant, continuously referring back to the prompt or main concept. The strongest form of evidence in writing are quotes, and my biggest struggle was integrating and explaining them. I find it to be ironic that the greatest strength in a piece of writing is also my greatest weakness; however, that only gave me more motivation to continue to try my hardest and grow in my writing. Now that I look back at my writing from the beginning of the year in comparison to this past assignment, I see how I’ve grown. My writing is nearly unrecognizable from the very first paper handed into this past one and it’s due to the change in my sentence structure and diction. Vocabulary has such a crucial role in writing, first off using sophisticated words make you sound intelligent, which is never a bad thing. Secondly, diction contributes to tone and makes the author’s intent easier to understand, which is important in a piece of writing. Nonetheless, I wouldn’t want to derive from the fact that all of the improvements I’ve made this year couldn’t have been achieved without a remarkable