Garcia​ ​1
Emilyn​ ​Garcia
Professor​ ​Turman
Ideas​ ​&​ ​Their​ ​Expressions​ ​1
06​ ​December,​ ​​ ​2017
​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​Improving​ ​my​ ​Writing​ ​Skills
When​ ​I​ ​write,​ ​I​ ​feel​ ​that​ ​my​ ​words​ ​flow​ ​out​ ​eloquently;​ ​I​ ​don’t​ ​have​ ​trouble​ ​when​ ​trying​ ​to
figure​ ​out​ ​what​ ​to​ ​say.​ ​However,​ ​I​ ​have​ ​trouble​ ​on​ ​the​ ​way​ ​I​ ​get​ ​my​ ​point​ ​across.​ ​I​ ​struggle​ ​with
grammar​ ​and​ ​sentence​ ​structure.​ ​One​ ​of​ ​the​ ​lowest​ ​grades​ ​that​ ​I​ ​received​ ​this​ ​semester​ ​was​ ​for
my​ ​relationship​ ​essay.​ ​My​ ​essay​ ​was​ ​an​ ​argumentative​ ​essay​ ​that​ ​debated​ ​people​ ​dating​ ​at​ ​a
young​ ​age​ ​versus​ ​people​ ​dating​ ​over​ ​the​ ​age​ ​of​ ​21.​ ​I​ ​made​ ​various​ ​small​ ​grammatical​ ​mistakes
that​ ​could​ ​have​ ​been​ ​prevented.​ ​Many​ ​of​ ​my​ ​grammatical​ ​errors​ ​include​ ​fragment​ ​sentences,
word​ ​choice,​ ​and​ ​structure.
One​ ​of​ ​the​ ​mistakes​ ​I​ ​made​ ​was​ ​using​ ​incorrect​ ​MLA​ ​format.​ ​MLA​ ​format​ ​requires​ ​a​ ​page