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    Since 6 years ago when I first came to america, my weakest subject has been writing. Despite these worries, I feel much better about writing now then I have ever been. If you compare my first and second major papers, you can see that I lack persuasive arguments in my second major paper.

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    Since 6 years ago when I first came to america, my weakest subject has been writing. Despite these worries, I feel much better about writing now then I have ever been. If you compare my first and second major papers, you can see that I lack persuasive arguments in my second major paper.

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    Since 6 years ago when I first came to america, my weakest subject has been writing. Despite these worries, I feel much better about writing now then I have ever been. If you compare my first and second major papers, you can see that I lack persuasive arguments in my second major paper.

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    DearMs.

    Ehrlich,

    Theyearhasapproacheditsend.Throughoutthisschoolyear,Iwrotedecentamountof
    paperscomparedtootheryears.ThereweretimeswhereIstruggledtofill5to6pagesofpaper,
    however,Ihaveachievedanabilitytoextendmypaperswithoutincludingtoomuchofthe
    repetitions.Since6yearsagowhenIfirstcametoAmerica,myweakestsubjecthasbeenwriting.I
    hadabadhabitofwritinginKoreanbeforetranslatingintoEnglish.Asaresult,thephrasesthatI
    wantedtoincludeinmyessaywasunnaturalandIcouldntbeasdescriptiveasIwantedittobe.
    However,IfeelmuchbetteraboutwritingnowthenIhaveeverbeen.Istilllackinmanyways
    comparedtomyclassmatesandIamveryafraidthatmyskillsarenotenoughtomeetthe
    expectationsofUniversitythatIllbeattendingaftergraduation.Despitetheseworries,Ihavemade
    someimprovementsthathelpedmebecomeawriterwhocouldatleastwritelikeanaverage
    personinAmerica.

    Thankfully,Ididnothavemanyproblemswithoutoutcomeone.Bothofmymajorpapers
    hadanappropriatetonesbyavoidingpronounssuchasyouandI.Also,Ihadaclearsenseofwho
    myaudiencewas,therefore,IappliedthenuanceaccordinglyasifIwasaprofessionalanalyst.
    However,youcanseethedifferencebetweenthemajorpapersfromfirstandsecondsemester
    clearly,thepapersfromasecondsemestersoundsmoredetailedandnatural.

    InoticedfrommyfirstmajorpaperthatIdidnothaveenoughquotesandevidencesto
    supportmyclaimsandanalysisthattakesupprettymuchalltheportionsofmypaper.Thus,Itried
    toincludeasmanyevidencesaspossiblethatcouldperfectlysupportmyanalysisthroughoutmy
    secondmajorpaper.ThesourcesthatIextractedtheevidencefromwerentverydiverse,butItried
    mybesttofocusonchoosinganappropriatequotes.

    Ifyoucomparemyfirstandsecondmajorpapers,youcanseethatIlackpersuasive
    argumentsinmysecondmajorpaper.Thefirstmajorpaperincludedstrongargumentsonhow
    cloningisadoubleedgedswordthatthetopicitselfiscomplextojustifyifonesideiscorrector
    not.Ontheotherside,mysecondmajorpaperdoesntstatemuchaboutcomplexityofthistopicas
    wellasapersuasivearguments.AlthoughIdidimprovesignificantlybygettingmyselftoget
    comfortablewithmakingargumentsfrombothsides,mysecondpaperdidntshowmuchofthe
    complexitybetweenbothsidesoftheargument.

    Duringtheclass,Ihadanopportunitytoparticipateinapeereditingactivity.Becauseofthis
    activity,someminorgrammarerrorsinthemajorpaperonewerefixedwithahelpfrommypeers.
    Also,thefeedbacksonmyessayingeneralmademethinkdeeperaboutwhatIneededtoinclude
    inordertorevisespecificpartsoftheessay.TheycommentedalotabouthowIneededtosupport
    someoftheanalysiswhiletheywereproofreadingmypaper.Thus,IwasabletonoticethatIhadto
    includemoreevidencesoverall.

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