Demetrius Walters
Mrs. Lsenkul
UNIV 150 Mon, Wed and Friday
15 September 2014
Essay #2: How to enhance my writing skills
My first semester of college was a disaster. I failed to keep my academics in check. Joining the military was the best option for me. The Navy allowed me to take some college courses. I passed those courses. Writing in the Navy and writing for college is totally different. Navy writing do not rely on a lot of perfection, they just want the basics. College writing relies on a total new look upon writing. The professors are very focus and going into details about writing. If I want to succeed in college, I must come up with ways to enhance my writing skills. I must learn to write complete sentences. Defining what a thesis is about will enhance my writing skills also. Finally learning how to put everything together will help me with my writing skills.
Enhancing my writing skills starts first with subject availability or a thesis. If students do not know what they are writing about; they will not write effectively. Choosing a subject is not as easy as some people would think. Subjects can be too broad. For example,” Green House Effect” can produce many results. What do you want to know about the greenhouse effect? Learning to narrow searches to a specific area will help define what subject to write about. This helps generate ideals that students can base their thesis on.
Sentence fragments, incomplete sentences, subject verb agreement and run-on sentences are things that will hurt students with college writing. I took the writing sample placement test this past summer and failed it. I thought that I had done well. Mr. Michael Holt explained to me how the test was graded. He also showed me the mistakes that I made on the test. Sentence fragments and incorrect punctuating was the reason that I failed the test. He suggested that I take the UNIV 150 course to help me with my writing. I have learned a lot about sentence fragments, punctuation marks, college wording and other things that has helped me with my writing. I have to keep up with these new techniques to improve my writing.
The last thing that can help me enhance my writing skills is learning to put it all together. Some people write and do not know how to put everything together to make it as one. Connecting main focus points helps the reader understand what you are writing about. If students are talking about specific things in their paragraphs before, then they do not even talk about it anymore is not the correct way to write. Reiterate main points again in the last paragraph to share your main points again.
Students should remember to pick a subject that they can write about. Use correct punctuation, complete sentences, and putting it all together at the end will help students enhance their writing skills. In addition to the above suggestions, students should take their time.