As a writer, there are a few things that I can work on to make my texts more flawless. One area for improvement is my paragraph structure and organization. Sometimes, I don't have the best segways or transitions in my writings. Often times my paragraph structure is choppy which would make it hard for the viewer to understand my intentions or maybe confuse them. In my Tocqueville write up, My ideas were not very well organized and looking back when I reviewed my writing, I myself had a hard time understanding what I wrote. A secondary example could include my college letter essay when I compared engineering with music. My transition to this topic wasn't very smooth and to drive the point home, while my letter was under peer critique, on of my peers had a difficult time understanding what I meant with this comparison. One way that I can fix this is to take more time to think about the topic that I want to transition to and plan out a smooth segway. Another thing that I can work on is my attitude or tone in my sentences. I am a person that, when writing, I call it like I see it. I give a plain description or analysis. For example, I am almost certain that I have never used an exclamation mark in any of my writings because I don't understand the concept of getting excited while writing or conveying enthusiasm on a piece of paper. One way that I could improve this is by thinking about a subject from another person's perspective to try and generate more of an emotional stand point or to at least give it a tone. The third thing that needs improvement is my lack of questioning. I am not an individual who usually has many questions even if I may have a strong interest or opinion on a certain subject. For example, in my Tocqueville text, I understood Tocqueville's critique on democracy though I didn't question it or set a definite opinion on his perspective. When I do have a question, I usually keep it to myself because I believe in conviction. Also, I think questions are annoying. I may work on this by slowing down in my writing to think critically about questions that might be interesting for readers to think about.
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