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Throughout this semester I have been faced with the challenge of changing my writing habits, in order to improve the quality of my essays. This required a commitment of time and humility, because I constantly sought for information to better understand the writing process. The Argumentative essay was a long process, which forced me to use all the skills I learned throughout the semester. The skills began with correctly annotating resources and finding specific quotes. From these quotes we learned how to build and sandwich them, by introducing the quote and following up the quote with our own interpretation of the its meaning. The writing process for this assignment really developed through the discussions and feedback from my peers and professor. One important aspect I have learned about writing and developing a successful paper is truly taking into consideration the comments and varying points of view of my classmates, because they determine the success of my paper.
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Image taken from page 57 of '[Jefferson's notes on...Essentially, in order for a paper to be well written, I learned that I have to figure out how to take what I'm trying to say and translate it into my writing, so that others are able to understand the message that I am try to portray. There were two key assignments throughout the semester that aided my specific writing skills. They were essential for writing the Argumentative essay. One of the most vital skills learned in my Synthesis essay was how to sandwich quotes. As described earlier, sandwiching quotes introduces the source meshed with an idea that we are trying to present. Then, we follow the quote with personal interpretation and analysis to make a point. Another significant skill learned in the process of writing the Synthesis essay, was learning how to tie the main ideas from quotes...