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Monday, August 24, 2020
Variety—due October 29
Type 150+ words about your improving use of grammatical classification variety—or your stylized, artistic sentence variety.
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Jennica Pitts
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My grammatical classification variety and my stylized artistic sentence variety, in my opinion, has grown greatly due to this class. Before, this class it was hard for me to understand how sentence structure worked. But since I have seen examples of sentence variety in use in other people’s essays it has made it possible for me to create my own sentences based on these examples. This has lead me to better comprehend how these sentences change the tone of the essay and how it affects the readers. The grammatical classification variety has helped me limit the extra words in my essay and get straight to the point while still giving the reader some variety in my sentence styles. Without either of these two things, my essays would not have had grown and they would not have been as entertaining and my points of the essay may have gotten lost quicker.
As we learn more about variation in sentence style and grammatical classification, I realize how plain and repetitive my old writing style must seem. At the beginning of this class, it was hard for me in early essays to write with variety, but in my causal essay, the classification and variety seemed to be more natural. I now notice myself automatically changing my sentence structure and style to improve my writing. I do not have to think about using appositives, it just happens. Sentence styling is now natural in my writing, as I notice that I am carrying a variety into writing that I do for other classes as well. The grammatical classification was hard for me at the beginning, but now I write sentences knowing which classification they are. Understanding the different classifications of sentences helped me to create a larger variety of sentence styles that adds more to my essays; making them better to read. Understanding how classification works helps the writer to compose sentences that read easier while still providing adequate information.
Grammatical classification is extremely important for everyone to be educated on. This year, grammatical classification has helped my writing sound smarter and more mature. My writing before this year was subpar, maybe even worse, but this class has made me think more about what I am writing and helped me get to the point with less irrelevant wording. Understanding grammatical classification makes writing a little easier as well, when you know how to write everything flows better. Grammatical classification helps to make the essay easier to read. The grammatical classification has also allowed my writing to have variety instead of being dry and uninteresting. Humor is how I like to write my essays and with grammatical classification, I can still do that and sound somewhat smart. Using Grammatical classification will stick with my writing from now on, hopefully, and it will help in college and be super useful.
In the last few months, my writing structure has improved steadily. Realizing that writing can, in fact, be an art form, I have begun to put more thought into the words and phrases I am using to create interesting, factual sentences. I am invested in increasing my ability to effectively portray my thoughts and emotions in writing. Before taking this class, I thought my writing was mediocre. I knew where to put punctuation and sometimes I used a semicolon or an appositive phrase, but never intentionally. Sloppy, unfocused, and thoughtless—it was not mediocre. Now, every part of my writing must be intentional and precise. Writing this way is much more difficult; the result is much more meaningful. I will be proud of the essays, blog posts, and emails I write. I acknowledge that my sentence variation skills will not dramatically progress after one essay. Composing numerous essays will enhance my plain writing, and I will develop a style of writing that is unique and confounding.
After being in my composition class for a couple of months now, I have learned and improved my writing skills. Before, I would just write my essays short and sweet; to the point. There was no flavor added to my writings. But now that I am more experienced with artistic sentences and have improved my grammatical classification, I am more familiar with the way I write. I am now more comfortable when I am given an essay to write. Knowing my style of writing has helped me make my writings more interesting and enjoyable. Being able to add artistic style to your sentences will also benefit you especially if you are writing to a college you want to get into. They will think that you are no ordinary person and that you use your styled art as an advantage in your writing. The grammatical classification has also helped me in ways of identifying how each sentence is written. It also gives me ideas of what I can apply in writing.
Throughout the beginning months of this school year, I have excelled greatly in sentence style and structure. Prior to this class, I struggled mightily with anything grammar-related. I can now conclude that while I am still not an expert I have become a much better writer. The artistic variety that I have begun to use in my essays make me think outside the box and allows me to become creative. This is a breath of fresh air for me as most of the time I find grammar and writing to be repetitive and boring. Constantly trying to think about things to improve on has led me to become more engaged and involved in what I am writing and how my essays look and sound to my audience. Using grammatical classification has allowed me to limit the amount of “filler words” that are included in my essay. This allows me to get to a point quicker and validate this point with points of reason. With the newfound speed, I can get to my point and describe it with more reason since the essay doesn’t become drawn out and boring to the reader.
My stylized, artistic sentence variety has improved a ton since the beginning of the school year. I have always known the basics of styling sentences; I made sure to use various conjunctions, not to start every sentence with a subject, to implement more grandiose vocabulary, and to make my writing flow, so to speak. I never really learned the specifics of styling sentences, though. I was never aware of what I was doing when forming and modifying sentences. After being in this class for a quarter, I have realized something about all of my past English education. Grammatical accuracy and colorful sentence structure were never really paired with writing in the English classes I took up to this point. The two sides have always been separated in my experience, and even though I always understood English, the separation probably did not help my classmates much. What is the point of learning how to use prepositional phrases, semicolons, infinitives, or subordinate clauses if you will not use them in your writing? Now that I am required to incorporate stylized sentences into my writing, I understand the specifics of what I am doing when making my essay more colorful. I now know how to intentionally use artistic sentences in essays, which I will be writing many of in the years after high school. It is that link between grammar and writing that needs to be repaired in many lower-level English courses. I think this will help many students improve their writing just as it helped me.
I have always thought of myself as a pretty decent writer, but my writing skills have increased dramatically this year thanks to the things that we have studied this year. One of the most helpful tools that I have taken advantage of is the Art of Styling Sentences document, which has assisted me in changing the format of the majority of my sentences. I have learned about completely new ways to implement punctuation that I have never used regularly before, particularly dashes and semicolons. I have also never thought about the various types of grammatical classification prior to taking this class; however, now I analyze which types of grammatical classifications I am using in each of my essays and other writing assignments. Perhaps the biggest writing epiphany that I have had all year so far is how to revise correctly. In prior years, I have written sentences and then never touched them again. Once a sentence was written, it was set in stone how it was or it was completely erased or replaced by a completely different sentence. This year, I have been able to write basic sentences and then go back to them and revise the punctuation, vocabulary, and structure to make them better sentences while maintaining the same overall idea.
My use of grammatical classification as well as artistic sentence variety has come along way from the beginning of the year. I am obviously no expert when it comes to writing; however, compared to where I began I have improved plenty. To be brutally honest, before this class I gave my sentences roughly zero thought. I didn't take the time to think out my essays. I had plenty of run-on sentences mixed with terrible grammar. My essays were rampant with redundancy. Fortunately, I decided to take Composition this year. I have found that my essays have a flow that I have never seen before. My essays no longer drag along. Rather, they excite the reader and motivate you to push on. Looking towards my future I know that sentence variety, as well as my knowledge of grammatical classification, will matter greatly. Sentence variety could be what gets you that scholarship over one of your fellow classmates. Not only will this help in scholarship essays, but this may become useful in my career one day.
Grammatical Classification has helped my writing a lot in these last couple of months. I could always write but it never had all the sentence structures that truly change your writing. Using grammatical classification can change your writing from mediocre to excellent by just changing your writing style a little. It makes you think more about your writing and finding alternative sentences that amplify it. Using this classification will enhance your writing for the better. It makes you sound highly educated when you can write a great structured essay. In the near future, we will have to write essays for colleges. We want to be using the classification so we can write to the best of our ability. The colleges will not want to read essays that are like middle school writing. We will be able to use all the things we have learned this year to aid our writing overall. One thing that I have really learned this year was to look for all the terms in my writing. Looking for these terms makes me realize that I write them without even thinking. I can also go back and change sentences to use other terms that will just help my essay sound better.
As we continue this school year, I notice myself using more varieties of sentence starters and structure. To be honest, I have never considered my writing to be particularly boring or repetitive, but now I would probably interpret my past writings as such. This class has taught me how to actually use writing techniques far more than any other English class. Reading what I have written now and comparing it to what I wrote just last year makes me realize just how much this is true. The repeating structures, redundant sentence starters, and overuse of weak verbs blandly discourage the reader from enjoying the essay. I certainly believe that my writing has improved now, yet it is possible that I will also look back on the essays I am writing now with the same thoughts. After having been endowed with knowledge, our hindsight is always perfect. Writing properly and sounding professional is useful in every career setting, and I look forward to continuing to improve my personal style as time goes on.
From the very first writing assignment you receive in elementary school, you are told to “write better”. But what exactly do teachers mean when they tell you to “write better”? Well, with the assistance of The Art of Styling Sentences alongside grammatical classification skills, writing becomes composition—an art form rather than an assignment. Approaching writing as an art form changes how you prepare yourself before composing; a new perspective can also provide motivation to gain more knowledge about the area. Access to resources such as The Art of Styling Sentences allowed me to develop my compositional skills even further by adding flair, pizazz, and flamboyance to my compositions. The variation in sentence structure adds reader-ethos by demonstrating my knowledge and education in writing; the ability to classify these sentences enhances my composition through awareness, too. By being aware of what I am composing, I can compose essays with more impact on the reader through the decisions I make regarding the composition of sentences. Along with sentence variation, other literary-device factors such as diction and imagery add to the composition and make an essay more memorable to the reader. By utilizing all the skills developed through different English classes, I have matured and improved my writing ability while also gaining more knowledge on the topic of composition.
Having improved my use of grammatical classification variety, the art of styling sentences has helped immensely. I have found that when I used to write essays, I used the same sentence structure over and over resulting in boring essays. There was nothing included in the essays that made it interesting because I did not focus on changing the structure up. I also have realized that the writing prompts that we have this year are very interesting and different. I think that since we were prompted to think about topics we have never really written about, it led me to observe other everyday things more closely. Lots of details are poured into essays that were never really thought about before. This way of writing can inspire other people to write in different ways as well because it is more interesting and it can explain things people don't normally think about. The combination of many documents giving us ideas on how to spice up sentences and interesting prompts results in better writing.
In my opinion, my grammatical style and sentence-style are not even comparable to what it was at the beginning of the school year. I know more about grammar now than I have in my last 3 years of high school combined. Learning how to use better grammatical tools has improved my writing drastically by giving me a greater knowledge of all the tools that I can use. I can write essays and add so many new styling tips to keep it interesting and sophisticated for my readers. I have finally learned how to properly use semicolons and colons which have always just been symbols to me. I can now use things like appositive phrases and gerunds in my writing and know what they mean and that I use them correctly. By learning how to correctly use dashes and hyphens, I can now explain them to other people and use them more and more in my essays and everyday writings. By expanding my knowledge of grammar tools I am able to create my essays with style and make them flow with more knowledge and better writing skills than I ever have before. I hope to continue learning more and more grammar tools at my disposal. I can use this knowledge to impress college professors and coaches when emailing them or even texting.
My writing style, as compared to the beginning of the year, has improved greatly. Before this class, my writing was bland and repetitive. I now know how to use various writing styles/techniques to make what I am writing about more interesting and not make it boring for the reader. I feel as though I never really understood how sentence structure worked. I just put words together and hoped they made sense. Now I know that each word has a purpose. After seeing various examples of different writing styles I can incorporate them into my own writing. The class has opened my eyes to how different sentences have different meanings. I have learned how to fully explain and represent what I am writing about instead of being short and explaining my whole point in less than a paragraph. I was able to elongate my essays by using different sentence styles.
Has my grammatical classification variety improved this year? Yes. Has my stylized, artistic sentence variety improved? The answer is also yes. The last sentences you just read were both hypophoras and short, simple sentences. If it weren’t for this class, I would most likely not have been able to think of writing them. Because of this class, my writing has improved greatly. I have used grammatical classification to change up my sentence structure. By using it, my essays are a lot more interesting. Now all of my sentences are not only not simple sentences but they also don’t all start with a subject. The previous sentence used paired construction. Since I have started using the document “Art of Styling Sentences 101”, my sentences are more creative, my essays are more fun to read, I know how to prevent unwanted repetition. The last sentence used a series without the usual conjunction. I have learned many new ways to rewrite my sentences, many of which I have labeled in this paragraph.
Before the school year started, I was a little nervous about taking this class because I was not the biggest fan of writing essays, but now I actually really enjoy it! I personally feel that this class has helped me grow exponentially as a writer. If I were to compare my letters from the beginning of the semester to my causal essay, I would definitely see major change in not only my sentence styling but also my word choice. I have become much more aware of my vocabulary and trying not to overuse words, especially if they're pretty basic (these, has, have, etc). Learning the differences between simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences has given me leverage in terms of giving my writing variation and length—which has shown to be beneficial in getting to the five-page mark. I certainly will be taking the knowledge from this class on how to style sentences and use it when writing essays in college.
If you compare my grammatical classification skills from now from middle school or even just last year you will see a vast improvement in both the quality and the quantity of my variety. Why is this do you think? I owe it to the loads of practice that I've had from this year (also that was a hypophora right there). Due to the fact that I am able to practice constantly with how I compose I am able to vastly improve the skills that I have by a large amount. I have learned about words that shouldn't be used like contractions such as don't or can't instead you should use do not or can not. Or expletives like there are or it is which add nothing to the sentence except for extra words which bore the reader. All of these things have made reading not only easier but also enjoyable for me.
When I first started my senior year of high school, I didn't feel very confident in my writing. One thing this class has helped me do is to have a better sentence variety in my writing. I understood the concept of not making all your sentences the same, but I feel like this class has really outlined a large number of methods for creating different sentences, thus helping me integrate it into my writing more. Now, I purposefully try to create differences in my sentences with length and how I start them. This class has also shown me how to use things like hyphens to make my writing more interesting for the reader. In my paper now, I try to keep myself from using the same type of sentences over and over again for each paragraph. I think that I have also improved on using more vivid verbs in my sentence and using fewer expletives.
At the beginning of the year, my sentences did not have much variety at all. I've always liked writing about things I'm interested in, but now I can do so in a more educated way. I started off the year writing sentences with a lot of expletives– which I never had thought about as being a bad thing. This class made me realize that my writing up to this point has been quite repetitive and uninteresting. Now, my essays flow much better, and I am more confident in my writing. Learning different sentence structures this year has been very helpful for me because I don't just type the first thing that comes to mind like I would have before. Writing should be natural, but I also have to know when a sentence just isn't needed or doesn't flow well. Readers are much more interested in reading something when it is well written. This will carry over to college where they definitely won't want to read bad essays. I'm really glad that I'm taking this class because it has been a challenge, but it has been worth it so far.
Years prior, my writing has not been the greatest because I did not like grammar or writing essays. Ever since I started this class I can not say I enjoy essays more but as a writer, each essay is better than the last. If I were to look back at my letter essay I bet I would see ways I could make it sound better, or make it seem like a better letter than I did. Looking at the "Art of Styling Sentences 101" helps make my essays seem interesting because it helps me identify sentence types and add different kinds of sentences into my essay. I am also beginning to use fewer expletives meaning instead of using there is or there are or it is, I am instead using precise verbs to add more detail and to give the reader something more enjoyable to look at. This class is really helping me out when it comes to different kinds of essays and different types of sentences.
When I first started this class I had no idea that sentences could be classified. For all, I knew there were just dependent and independent clauses. I had never been taught compound-complex sentences, that was unknown territory to me. Ever since we started writing my sentences have had so much variation to them, they are no longer boring sentences that are all the same length. In the past, my biggest problem was run-on sentences... Now I try my hardest to stray away from those. The grammatical classification has improved my writing tremendously. I purposely add a fragment here or there because the style of my sentences needs to have variety. When I am composing I feel a lot more educated and thus my writing beings to sound better and better. Without my knowledge of grammatical classification, my writing would be so incredibly boring, but now I hope having style in my writing can make it bearable.
Since the beginning of the year, my writing has improved tremendously. Before this class, I would only look at the minimum amount of words or pages I had to write. And when I was typing these sentences, I did not think about them or look at their context closely. Now that I have learned about grammatical classification, I know that I should have a great amount of variety in my sentence length and my sentence structure. After reading my most recent essay, comparison-contrast essay, I am very impressed with the complexity of my writing. Using grammatical classification, I can implement new vocabulary into my writing using my own writer's voice. I did not enjoy writing very much before this class, but now I know how much I can improve in my own writing; this makes me want to find out how much more I can improve along with how many people I could potentially influence after I compose.
I try to use a large variety of grammatical classification to make my essay increasingly complex and thereby more interesting to the reader. It is important to do otherwise the reader may start to zone out or you may lose their attention. It is vitally important to vary the beginning words and not use the same term or words over and over again. Doing this can make the essay bland and it will not keep people's interest for the entire duration of the paper you are writing. Using semicolons and conjunctions can help to combine sentences that have a similar topic or idea. Bringing complexity into your writing will make readers more devoted to what they are reading, and they will get a better understanding of the material you wrote. Lastly, do not write your essay with the bland structure that I used. If you write it like this it will be more bland and boring than a handful of dry saltless wheat crackers.
I have continued to use more and more grammatical classification variation in my writings. There were several times while writing my causal essay that I would write a sentence and then recognize what kind of a sentence I just wrote. A good example of me doing this was when I used an appositive phrase at the beginning of a sentence. I have also found myself being drawn towards the use of dashes and other things of those sorts in my response questions for my other classes. For example, in my Intro to Ethics class, I used a dash in one of my responses to a question. We were asked to write a 500 word summary of a certain essay and in my response, I used dashes, commas, and semicolons. At the beginning of the year, I would never have written sentences that have an appositive phrase at the beginning of the sentence.
My grammatical classification knowledge has increased exponentially since I started this class. Coming from a regular English 10 class, we never used semi-colons or dashes; it seemed bizarre to me that people use them so often. I have learned how to vary the start of my sentences to make them more appealing to read since it is no longer repetitive. These few pieces of advice have made writing essays much easier and much more enjoyable. I no longer have to sit and think about what I want to say. Now I can use the vast amount of terms we have learned to write a compelling essay. Another huge part of grammatical classification that I learned about this year was the use of simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, and fragment sentences. These are different lengths of sentences that go a long way to vary the types of sentence structure within my essay.
English has and probably always will be my worst subject. I have accepted that. Going into this year I knew that I was not very good at grammar and I would struggle for a while in this class. The improvement I have made so far has in my opinion been very good. I definitely learned a more about grammar, and you can see that in my improvement from the first to the second grammatical classification quizzes. Before this class I would not be able to tell you how many independent and how many dependent clauses there were in a sentence. I have also learned about new things that are in the final exam terms. I can say I know how to use ellipses and hypophora's in my essays correctly. I know the differences between hyphen and a dash. I know lots of things that I just did not know before this class. All of these things prove that I have learned something this year and there is an improvement in my ability to write and use proper english.
As I learn to write with style, flavor, and diversity, I realize that my previous style was most likely a bore. I consistently used the same sentence style, structure, and design. I have noticed that I genuinely use new styles in my writing. Sometimes, putting variation in my writing comes without a thought. In particular, I have noticed that I use dashes—anywhere and everywhere. As I continue to grow in my composing capabilities, I feel like I continuously want more out of it. I've gotten tired of the same types of variation. I've grown weary of using a prepositional phrase at the beginning of a sentence, so I try to do something else like using an emphatic appositive after a colon. I like learning new variations, and I am grateful that I have several options. In addition, I feel like I allow myself to be more creative when using artistic sentences. I let myself write down anything that I want. That, in my opinion, is what is making my writing better. Using different sentence styles makes me a better writer in so many ways.
Throughout this semester, the quality of my writing has increased dramatically. Through learning about grammatical classification variety and ways to stylize sentences, I have been able to make my writing more intriguing and interesting. Writing multiple essays using this variety has made it more natural for me. As I look back on my writing before taking this class, I was bored with the repetitiveness of sentence starters and the structure of my sentences. When writing my classification essay, I found myself researching the different sentence variation terms in order to effectively incorporate them in my essay. Now, I don't even have to think about it nearly as much because it comes naturally. Learning the differences between simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, and fragment sentences has allowed be to add variation and length to my essays. As the semester goes on, I will strive to improve the use of grammatical classification variety and sentence variation in my writing.
My use of grammatical classification and sentence variety has improved immensely throughout the last few months. I think that both of these things are very beneficial for a student and writer to learn. After learning more about grammatical classification, grammar as a whole makes a lot more sense. Sentence style and using a variety of sentences in my essays have made me a much better and more entertaining writer. I think that as the year goes on, I will continue to improve in these categories. I think that grammatical classification is a learned skill that I will be able to apply throughout my college career, and hopefully throughout the rest of my life. Not only does adding variety and using correct grammar make you a better writer, but it also makes you appear more educated and well rounded.
Before this class, I thought I had grasped a decent understanding on how to make words and sentences flow. However, I felt that my writing wasn't academically advanced enough for my age/grade. I was entering into a college level English class and I felt that my writing skills were not adquate enough. Now, I do not feel that way anymore. Before, I was unaware of the specific names for the sentence structures and artitic styles of sentences. Now that I am aware of the names, it helps me decide what sentence structures I have used, so that I can avoid repeting the same structure in the following sentence. In addition, I have learned how to effectively—and accurately—utilize scholarly punctuation in my writing such as semicolons, colons, and dashes, to name a few. Using grammatical classfication and artistic sentence variety makes my writing more advanced, which gives me more ethos.
I would have said before this class I was confident in my ability to add style to my writing, but boy was I wrong. Grammatical Classification has greatly increased my ability to add variety throughout my essay. Knowing the different types of sentences such as simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, and fragment has helped a lot. Also, things such as dashes have also given me more variety as a writer. Before I understood all of this I was continually writing the same style of sentences over and over and over. Because of this, my writing had a very bland tone. All of this combined has greatly enhanced my ability to write with more style and variety.
Grammatical Classification has helped my writing drastically. I think I have learned a lot about the different ways that you can change sentence structure to make it more exciting to read. Before knowing these different structures of sentences, I never thought about my writing. I would just write the same boring sentences and not try to change up the writing. Using the Art of Styling sentences can really amplify how your essays sound. It makes you sound smarter and others will be more interested in what you are saying. Learning how to write better will definitely help in college writing. We will have to write a lot more essays in life and these different styles of sentences will make it easier to write more advanced essays. Changing how you start different sentences makes it less boring and repetitive. I definitely will continue to use different styles of writing in my essays from now on.
Grammatical Classification has helped me improve my writing in a lot of ways. This year I am finally able to see why the use of these bigger sentences is a lot better than just using simple sentences and not really care how many independent or dependent clauses are in my essays. This year I have been able to add variety to my sentences and essays so they are not as boring and seem as if I do not ramble. Also, I am able to use the Art of Styling sentences to create sentences I did not know even existed. I am learning more and more by writing essays and I am increasing my variety in my sentences by using grammatical classification and Art of styling sentences. All these different techniques allow me to change up my sentence structure changing up the variety in my essay making it flow a lot better.
Throughout the first couple of months of this school year, my writing skills have improved greatly. I did not really enjoy English class because I would struggle with writing. I have been able to write my sentences in great style and structure. Before taking composition class, my sentences would have no flavor. I would not put much thought into my sentences. They would be short and simple. I struggled with writing and anything grammar related. When I am assigned an essay to write I feel more comfortable in how I structure my sentences. It makes writing essays less stressful and more interesting. I have now learned how to add flavor and style to my writing to make my sentences sound more interesting. Using grammatical classification can help your sentences go from being okay to more professional. I hope to continue to learn more about grammatical classification throughout the semester. I will definitely be taking my knowledge about grammatical classification to college to help with my writing.
The improvement of my understanding of grammatical classification has started to reflect in my writing and even my speech patterns. Comprehending how different types of sentences can indicate different meanings interest me greatly and I think that interest drives me to know more and try it more in my writing. When a new essay is assigned, I feel much more comfortable and confident in my ability to use different types of grammatical classification in my essay. I can use it in many different ways, including evoking different types of styles in my writing. I think that the comprehension of grammatical classification will help my future essays and future writing exponentially. I truly believe that having a variety of sentences in my writing will separate myself from other applicants for jobs, scholarships, and other opportunities in my future. I am glad that I had struggled through some of the quizzes regarding grammatical classification. That struggle allowed me to dig deep and fight to learn about it. Fortunately, that hard work will help me write better in the future.
I believe that since I have started this class my writing skills have improved drastically. I feel like I just have more flow in my writing. Everything just feels like it falls into place once I am on a roll. Whereas before this class I struggled to write any type of essay. Now I am able to write multiple pages about a single topic. It is not just that I am able to write a lot about a topic, now I am able to make that topic sound more interesting with all of the sentence styling that I have learned. I never knew that there could be so many different ways to write a single sentence. This is what leads me to write more because once I read it and I like the way it sounds good and I want to write more like that. Not to mention that this will be a big boost for me in college. Going into college knowing how to write like this will help immensely.
Since the beginning of this semester, I believe that I have increased my writing skills drastically compared to previous years. Before this class, my essays did not flow very well at all. Even though it is not perfect yet, my writing flow has improved a lot. Part of that is because of how consistently we are writing in this class. In years past, I would only write around two or three essays throughout the entire year. Now, we are writing essays all the time it seems. Like most things, writing improves with practice. My time in this class has also provided me with new writing tools and techniques to use. I have learned different sentence styles to use in essays. When you use varying sentence styles, your essays will be a much better read that when you use all very similar sentence styles. With all of these new skills, I have found it much easier to write.
If a person asked me to write different types of styled sentences before taking this class, I would not have known what to do. Before this class, I was not great at identifying different types of sentences. Not only has composition improved my writing capabilities, but it has also helped me expand my artistic sentence variety. Wanting to start more of my sentences with gerunds and other descriptive adjectives, I now have a better understanding of how to express my thoughts onto a page. Constantly thinking of ways to better my writing technique, learning different sentence styles and new vocabulary words have really enhanced my essays. After studying how amazing different sentence structures are, I have not wanted to stop producing amazing sentences. Like this one: For example, I have perfected the art of using the colon—and have also taken an interest in the dash. Overall, by taking the time to learn about the various kinds of grammatical classification I have become a better writer.
I personally believe that my grammatical classification variety in my writing has improved immensely. I think this because now I not only have a clear understanding of how to identify the different types of grammatical classifications, but I also know when and how to use them. If I feel I need something extra to spice up my writing I will look to add a specific type of grammatical classification to switch things up. From learning about grammatical classifications I have realized that my writing before was very plain and boring. Having this new and improved understanding has helped to make my writing more interesting and get my points across much easier. While doing this I am still able to add my own spin on things. This means that I might sound a bit smarter and advanced due to the way I write things, but through it all I still have a very present sense of my writing style.
Prior to this class, my writing was probably only slightly above average compared to any other high schooler in any English class. My sentence variety was never intentional, I would use simple things such as starting sentences with prepositions and use semicolons in the right area but this was almost never intentional. My writing was very repetitive before because I would constantly reuse things such as "that is" and "there are" but now my style of writing is improving to the point where I no longer need to repeat myself. With this being said I put much more effort and time into my writing in an attempt to better it. Comparing my current essays to the ones I wrote last year and especially to the ones I wrote when I was a freshman the more evident that this is. As this year goes on and as I move into college I am sure that I will look back and compare stuff from this year and think the same thing.
Throughout this school year, I think that my stylized artistic sentence structures have improved a great deal because of this class. Before my sentences would all have the same sentence structure but now they have a variety. Leading me to have better ideas on how to write essays and writing assignments; by having sentence variety to make what is being read easier and more enjoyable. It has also helped me to be able to get a better understanding of the sentence structure so that I can play around with it to know the rules and change things up to give my writing piece a boost. This class helped me to realize the true beauty of writing and how much thought can go into writing a masterpiece. This class has helped me with my grammatical classification by showing me ways that I can write to make myself sound smarter and make it so the reader can understand what is happening easier.
The Grammatical Classification knowledge that I have now compared to before school started is a big difference. Before, I struggled with writing in general because I would ramble all over the place and talk about unneccessary things, using unnecessary words. However, once we continued to write and study more about grammar, it seems that I can pick out my own mistakes from my previous writing assignments. Once I realized that I do not need certain words or to talk about certain things, my writing assignments have been much more smooth and much less confusing to read. It also seems that the grammar and terms we study in class correlates to my essay without even knowing it. Once I was introduced to many of these classifications, it feels that I am able to write more comfortably and smoother. Opposing to the old way I used to write, which was sloppy and all over the place.
I think that my use of sentence variety has greatly improved during my time in composition. I know that my writing has somewhat improved because of the grades on my essays and how my second essay had a better grade. The more variety I use the more my essays looks different and unique because I’m not starting them all the same way. I believe that this class has taught me how to properly use grammatical classification and how to identify some of those types of sentences. In past years my essays have been ok but when I got to this class it bettered them through the different sentence styles we use and grammatical structures. Before my sentences used to have blatant breaks between sentences but now it flows smoothly from one sentence to another and one paragraph to another. I want to continue to learn more ways to start sentences and ways to make my essays look more difficult than before.
My grammatical classification variety has grown from the beginning of the year. I notice more now when I put more variation in my sentences; I also have learned to put more style into my sentences with different ways to have a sentence. It takes a lot of practice. I could still be better at having my sentences more artistic, with how I write them. I also could say I grew with grammatical classification by looking at my test scores they have gone up since the first test we took; meaning I have improved on recognizing when it is a compound or simple sentence. Making more sentences and recognizing the artistic sentence variety might help me to get better at putting them in. I have gotten better at the artistic sentence variety but I feel I could still be better at noticing it more and putting it in my essays more.
Throughout this class, thus far, I have realized I have taken a much more conscious approach in stylizing my sentences, and writing as a whole, as compared to previous years. Being in Composition 1 has taught me I can form my sentences to portray not only the information within my writing but also portray the words as an artistic work as well. Having to pay such close attention to my grammatical classification variety has allowed me to keep my writing engaging and unique. I now actively strive to use different modes of styling sentences to keep my writing from becoming stagnant and boring. Seeing the various examples of stylized sentences in both document guides and other’s works has helped me to utilize creativity within my own writing. If I find myself writing too plainly, I immediately use my improving knowledge of grammatical classification and sentence stylization to correct my sentence structure.
This class has greatly improved my use of grammatical classification and sentence structure and variety. Before, I have always had a problem with writing, especially stringing together sentences in an essay format. Learning about grammatical classification has greatly improved how I write sentences and essays. Looking back, I find that my essays are often times bland and the sentences are not very interesting at all. It is usually loaded full with simple sentences that add nothing to the overall essay. Combining sentences with commas, semicolons, etc. greatly improves my writing and makes my sentences and essays look better. The art of styling sentences has also helped my writing. I have quickly found that the art of styling sentences has given me an almost template for how I write my essays. Each type of sentence in the document spices up my essays and makes it look much different in terms of how it interesting it looks and the essay is styled overall.
If you asked me this same question three months ago, I would look at you and ask, "what?". I didn't really think about grammatical classification ever before this class. Sure I have found different types of sentences in an English packet and labeled this or that. But to actually dive into sentence structure and apply it to my writing has been totally new. I have now started adding fragments on purpose and that is something I would never do. I always thought that fragments were a big red flag and that my writing would deteriorate because of it. I have also learned that although a sentence can be very long and wordy, it can still be a simple sentence. The classification of a sentence is merely based on the number of clauses. A clause is made up of a noun plus a verb.
If you asked me this same question three months ago, I would look at you and ask, "what?". I didn't really think about grammatical classification ever before this class. Sure I have found different types of sentences in an English packet and labeled this or that. But to actually dive into sentence structure and apply it to my writing has been totally new. I have now started adding fragments on purpose and that is something I would never do. I always thought that fragments were a big red flag and that my writing would deteriorate because of it. I have also learned that although a sentence can be very long and wordy, it can still be a simple sentence. The classification of a sentence is merely based on the number of clauses. A clause is made up of a noun plus a verb.
My variety of grammatical classification and stylized, artistic sentences has improved greatly so far this year. I never really paid attention to the grammatical structure of sentences at all until this year and now I can see how it can do a lot to make your writings more interesting and less repetitive. Before this class, I think that I just wrote a bunch of simple and compound sentences without really thinking too much of it and I was told to never write fragments so that's what I did. The more I write and try to incorporate these various different grammatical structures and different sentence styles and terms, the easier it is for me to include these without really even trying. Even just comparing my first essay in this class to the one I am currently working on is crazy. In my first essay, I had to go back in the end and change a ton of sentences to include all the required terms, sentence structures, and vocab. But with this essay I'm working on now, I finished and only had to go back and change four or five sentences in order to match the same criteria.
The use of grammatical classification for me has helped me improve in english and writing ability. Grammatical classification has helped me greatly in sentence style. I would have never been using hyphens, semicolons, dashes before I understood grammatical classification. Once I found out what are the sentences and what you can do with them in certain categories. Once I got to that point it helped me when wondering how to make my sentence sound better. I was able to come up with new ideas for sentences instead of just subject-noun-verb sentences. When trying to sound educated or smart you are able to do that through the knowledge of grammatical classification. Grammatical classification made me also want to use higher vocab to sound even smarter. But overall the understanding of sentence structure helps all around. You are able to think more structurally by looking at the problems from a different perspective. Grammatical classification has all around made me think in new ways and helped with style and structure.
Learning about grammatical classification and how to style sentences has helped me improve my writing. I am very thankful for this class due to the fact that it has helped me realize that writing will help you in so many different ways. Previously, I would never insert a semicolon, dash, or hyphen. While using those, I have expanded my writing and increased the variety of my sentences. This class should be incorporated, somehow, in younger grades. Learning all these tools and using them in my writing, makes me sound like I know what I am talking about, rather than sounding monotone and not really understanding what truly is going on in the writing. Styling sentences has changed my writing tremendously, I have manipulated my words and phrases in so many beneficial ways to the point where I feel confident in what I am talking about. Overall, I see a huge change in how I portray my writing.
I think that my grammatical classification variety has widened significantly since the beginning of the year. I have learned many different sentence styles from class and have started to add more variety to my essays as a result. The different styles I have learned in class and have used in my essays are very different from the writing style I have used in the past. I also think that I have started identifying the different sentence styles that I use in my essays much faster and seeing them more often now that I know they are a certain sentence-style. I have also started to realize that I tend to use certain sentence styles more often than others. I believe that the added variety in sentence structure makes me sound smarter and more believable to anybody who reads my essays. Overall, I believe that my essay writing has greatly improved with the new variety in sentence style. Madeleine Pearce
My use of variety in my grammatical and sentence styling has grown tremendously since the beginning of the school year. I believe when we started this year, most of my sentence styling was very bland and did not have much content to it. Now, I can tell that my sentences have been flowing smoother and that I have grown as a writer. The tips and tricks that you have provided us with has helped to better our writing and make it flow smoother. Not only has my writing style improved, but my use of varying verbage and sentence styling have helped improve my speaking abilities. Now I take pauses where I normally wouldn't, thinking about what form of punctuation would go there. My knowledge of using semicolons and other punctuation and terms has improved greatly and I thank you for that Mr. Christensen. Sentence styling was not a very easy thing for me to understand but with your help, it has been so much easier.
Since August, my grammatical classification skills are much better. I learned that my sentence styles not only make me a better author, but grammatical classification variety also adds flavor and voice to my essays. I believe that because of grammatical classification and sentence styling, my writing in speeches, emails, and scholarship essays sounds much more rehearsed and put together. My oral interp event requires me to write a persuasive speech and because of my newfound vocabulary, sentence styling, and grammatical organization—my judges give me better ranks in comments than they have in the last three years. Through pathos, logos, and ethos, my speeches really drive the point forward and make me the best competitor in the round. At first, I felt my writing sounded robotic and kind of like a politician, but now, I know that I stand out amongst my competitors because my writing is just so much better. Overall, sentence styling and grammatical classification have given me the strength to become a better writer and gives me a headstart in the professional world.
Before taking Composition, I thought I knew how to write impressively structured sentences. However, through practice and use of “The Art of Styling Sentences” document, I have realized that I did not previously know much about sentence structure at all. I feel that my writing is improving a lot due to more creative use of sentence structure, and I still have more to improve upon. Creating more unique sentences in my essay has made writing overall a lot more enjoyable. Artistic sentence variety can do a lot of things in aiding my essay. First of all, I have found it makes my essay more enjoyable and easy to read. If all sentences were the same, my essay would quickly bore the reader. Artistic sentence variety also can help involve the reader in the essay more. For example, using a hypophora engages the reader, as they feel like they directly have been asked a question. Another use of creative sentence structure is better informing the reader. Devices such as appositives, the use of dashes, and many other things can help further clarify things that the reader may otherwise find hard to understand. Overall, artistic sentence variety has helped improve my writing, as well as make the writing process more enjoyable. I have also been able to apply these writing skills to my writing outside of composition, escaping from the repetitive nature of my old writing style.
Variety has always been a trouble spot for me. Not only in just my writing. It is hard to learn to do things differently. So far this year I have had to adjust my writing technique to include many new things. Who knew switching to only use one space between sentences would be so difficult? However, my writing has also improved so much. For example, I no longer start all of my sentences in the same few ways. Good sentence variety is important and that is something that I have learned this semester. Although I am still not confident with the rules for using different punctuation, I now know that they are options. The greatest improvement I have seen in myself is the ability to pick out different types of sentences. I think it is cool to be able to look at a particular sentence and see the effort put into it. Not only to get the point across but to do it in the most sensible way possible.
Before I was in my composition class I did not know there was such a wide variety of grammatical classifications I could use while writing. Using and understanding different grammatical classifications has helped my writing (I think) drastically. I had always thought I was a good writer before this class, once I learned how to write properly I realized how much I could improve. Also realizing how many mistakes I was making in my writing, including; conjunctions, repetitive one-word usage (ex: you), wrong placement of commas, colons, and semicolons, and more. Learning grammatical classifications can enhance one’s writing style and I think that everyone would exponentially benefit them. Using a good variety of sentence styling techniques can help one get really good scholarships for college, can make one look more intelligent, and understand what they are talking about. From now on, anything I write will have a variety of grammatical classifications. I am very thankful for learning these techniques to enhance how I write.
I would say that my grammatical classification variety has greatly improved over the course of this year. At the beginning of the year, and years previous, sentence style or variety was never something I thought about or changed. This year I have learned a lot about different sentence layouts and styles;thus, in my essays, the sentence variety has increased. I would say because of what I have learned over this past quarter my essays have changed juristically. I would also say that I am able to identify what type of sentence is and how to change a sentence to make it more understandable and more interesting. I have also started to realize that I drift to some sentence styles more than others. I don't know if it's because I find them easier or not, but I do like the way my writing has improved since learning these new techniques. I even dare to say that because I have been using new grammatical classification variety, my sentences seem more believable and that I might sound as if I know what I'm talking about. In conclusion, I would say that over the course of this past quarter and over these past few essays, my grammatical classification variety has improved greatly.
Grammatical classification is a very important piece of writing that makes writing more interesting and has a better flow. Throughout this first semester of Comp with the grammatical classification tests and lessons given by Mr.C, my writing has improved. With these lessons, my writing has gotten better because I can switch the flow or simply sound smarter. Now that I have learned what I should include and what I should not include in my writing, my essays are getting better grades and make more sense. Before the grammatical classification lessons I would not think about the sentences I am writing I would just throw done whatever is on my mind, now I think about the structure and what I could add to catch the readers attention. Some examples of things I do not do anymore: starting sentences with the same boring "them and they" I instead find different words for the subjects or start with a prepositional phrase instead.
Grammatical classification is essential and my use of such classification has been improving rapidly. Through learning many terms and techniques of classification I can improve my writing tremendously. Easy sentences are boring but also great to write. While improving our grammatical classification skills we find that writing complex and entertaining sentences become a breeze. I have made ample use of the many documents available to us through google drive and other alternate resources. As the year goes on I hope to improve my use of grammatical classification even more. I am working on my causal essay currently and I have a firm grasp of how to write strong sentences. Improving your variety on sentences is very simple. You just need to take a look at the "Art of Styling Sentences" document. Or a look at the 101 final exam terms list. In closing, my grammatical classification is getting better and better the more I write.
This class has truly helped to shape my writing ability. In a very short period of time having written almost 4 essays, my writing has become much more professional. I take my time to think about what I am writing and how to make it sound the best it possibly can. In years past, I have just typed whatever popped into my head and have just submitted it without much thought about what I was writing. This class, however, has shaped my writing to be more artistic and has helped me learn how to make an essay flow. Similarly to the 4th-grade essays we just read, I used to write kinda blocky and chunky and overall not very well. This class has really changed that for me and is helping me to become a better writer which will help me for the rest of my life as I go onto college and then the workforce this professionality in my writing will come in very helpful as I go and for that, I will be very thankful.
My use of grammatical classification I believe has increased greatly since the start of the year. It helps me add variety and sophistication to my essay. Grammatical classification is a great way to show how great of a writer you are by using a variety of styles and adding in intentional fragments throughout your essay. I feel that at the beginning of the year I felt that I would not need to use this in my essays in college but now I will use them to show sophistication and variety in my essays from now on. Essays need the variety otherwise readers will get bored and stop paying attention to what you are talking about. So in college essays to get good grades you are going to need to use a variety of styles throughout the essay to keep your professor intrigued so that he will give the best grade possible.
With each quiz and lesson we have about grammatical classification, I grow closer to mastering the skill of the use of grammatical classification. I have learned to use a tally system to determine the amount of independent and dependent clauses a sentence contains. This has improved my skill at classifying sentences greatly. As each week comes and goes a term Tuesday is given and provides me with knowledge of how to improve stylizing my sentences. My writing has become a lot more interesting read due to having more practice on previous essays, blog tasks, etc with stylizing sentences. Knowledge of key terms such as colons, semicolons, or dashes has been acquired and put to use in my essay. Confidence was lacking in my writing before I began Composition 101. I would hardly ever include a variety of punctuations in my essay because I did not know how to use them correctly. If I did end up including a semicolon or a dash, for example, I wasn't very confident if I used them correctly or not.
My writing style has significantly improved since the beginning of this class. Before taking this class, I simply just wrote what came to mind without thinking about sentence structure and how to add variety in my writing. Additionally, I did not know how to use grammatical terms such as semicolons, dashes, and many more. This class has taught me to analyze what I am writing and how to make it sound more professional by using different grammatical classification structure to add sentence variety to my essay. I have also learned about many different grammatical terms and have learned how to implement them into my essays. Not only have I learned how to use punctuation such as semicolons and dashes but I also learned how to implement more complex ideas such as the paired conjunction in this sentence. These new writing skills allow my writing to flow easier and sound better.
Having been in Composition I for a little over a quarter now, I have most definitely seen an improvement in my sentence variety. Term Tuesdays are a big thank you for this because just being able to see examples of different sentence styles helps to understand and think of different styles so my text does not get boring and repetitive. Another thing that my improvement in sentence variety has helped is my confidence in my own writing. Knowing that I have the knowledge and capability of different structures gives me confidence in my writing because I know it is not going to be relative and boring to read because I have different sentence structures. I am excited to see what my writing will look like at the end of the semester because by then I will have more confidence in my writing and hopefully know more different sentence structures.
I think my writing style has changed quite a bit since starting composition. In English 11, we did the ACT practice testing and I had no idea how dashes or semicolons work. Now I use them in my regular writing. Before this class, I had used some of the techniques without knowing what they are called. Now I can identify what I am saying and realize how it impacts the tone of my sentence and readability of the sentence. Being forced to use different styles of sentences has helped me develop more variety in my essays. At the start of the semester, I had to manually go back after writing my essay to add the different sentence styles, but now I only have to go back and identify the styles that I have already written. I have ceased starting sentences in the same what every time. I now start them with infinitives, prepositional phrases, gerunds, and many other techniques.
I love having the opportunity to improve my use of grammatical classification and vary my sentence style because it helps me expand my vocabulary and show that I am capable of portraying my thoughts in a clear, logical order. However, it has been a bit difficult because I am tired and it is easier to write simpler sentences, but that results in boring work. With this in mind, I try my hardest to spice up my writing style because this would keep my readers enthralled and entertained. I have noticed, though, that my preferred writing style is the use of dashes, appositives, and modifiers in no particular order. It is also important to improve because it forces my brain to think and expand, making it easier to learn other new things. It also shows my dedication and perseverance, my willingness to work when I continue to try to change the style in which I write.
Composition has really helped my writing by making my writing feel less robotic. When writing my essays I am now able to use dashes to their full potential when before I had no idea how to use them. My writing now also contains little to no expletives whereas before they would appear every other sentence. My writing has also evolved in which the beginning of my sentences never consistently start with the same thing (subject, gerund, etc.). I have also learned how to quote properly and as well as using logos, pathos, and ethos in my writing. I am now capable of using different punctuation such as semicolons, colons, etc. Lastly I am more confident in my writing because of what I am learned in composition.
As we learn more about variation in sentence style and grammatical classification, I realize how plain and repetitive my old writing style was. I use to type a lot of the same words repeatedly—word phrases known as expletives. Using those types of phrases repetitive in my sentences are not impressive and are make my writing seem very unprofessional. Also, I have been doing a better job at styling my sentences. What do I mean by this? Before I took this class I would always follow the same guideline: subject + verb followed by a direct object. But, this class has really taught me how much better sentences and the flow of essays are when I change up the format of the sentence. I have learned I can start changing the order of operations of the sentences. I have also learned how to use dashes, hyphens, semi-colons, and colons properly in a sentence. Learning all these new things about how to write a professional essay has definitely made me more confident as I write more and more essays.
My writing style and skills have greatly improved since the beginning of this class. Prior to taking this class, my sentences were repetitive and boring. Adding artistic sentence variety to my essays makes them flow better and sound more intelligent. With the variety in my sentences, my essays are more engaging and interesting. I have also learned how to use dashes, semicolons, and hyphens effectively, which has expanded my writing skills. I have become more confident in my writing due to learning about artistic sentence variety. Following the first grammatical classification quiz, I realized I did not know much about it. After learning more about it and how to incorporate it into my writing, I have notably improved my essays, emails, and assignments. Learning about grammatical classification has helped me to add variety to my sentences. Using the things I have learned about sentence variety and grammatical classification will significantly help me in college and after.
After being introduced to grammatical classification and learning about sentence-style variations, I realize now that my old writing was really plain and repetitive; it was definitely subpar, and I'm actually a bit embarrassed. At the beginning of the year, I found it difficult to add sentence structure variety into my essays, I think I was mostly writing simple and compound sentences. When I would finish an essay, I would have to go back multiple times to add variety in my sentence structures and other required criteria. However, now as I am writing my causal essay, I am beginning to write more interesting sentences without even trying. This class has taught me how to actually interpret and use grammatical classification, stuff that I didn't learn as well in any other English class. Learning about stylized, artistic sentences has greatly improved my writing, and I am feeling confident as I look towards the future.
Since the start of this year, I have seen my writing style improve tremendously. I realized that what I was writing before was plain and sounded the same throughout that essay. Even in my first essay in this class, you can see my writing improve in that essay. I can now classify what I am writing on my own rather than countless examples of what I am trying to write. After the first essays, I have learned that there are different ways to write the same thing. I am starting to see which forms fit with others and which methods don't work at all. I am beginning to become more confident in what I am writing and realize that I have learned a lot more about it than I initially thought. What I have learned will help me when I get to college and help me when I enter the world of work.
After starting this class the stylistic nature of writing has increased dramatically. Seeing my peer's different ideas about sentence structure has helped me change my own. I have learned to link sentences in a different way and not continuously use the same words. Along with this, my use of vocabulary has changed. I have learned to use different words that allow my writing to be less repetitive. My use of the grammatical classification is still lackluster but has increased since I first started working on it. The classification has allowed me to better understand the structure and the flow of each sentence. This has allowed me to further understand the style of writing and meaning that each author is trying to convey. The old writing style that I was using was boring and at times very vague. Now I feel confident that I am able to understand and convey a clear message.
I think my writing and understanding of sentence structure has improved a lot since this class began. When this class first started, I had no idea what sentence structure even was. I thought there was only one type of sentence; the idea that there were different types was foreign to me. Now that I know how to use different sentence types, my writing seems a lot more professional. I even enjoy writing a bit more, because it's less repetitive and I'm aware of what I'm putting on the paper. I don't even have to try to write interesting sentences anymore; I do it automatically. Sometimes, I'll even catch myself doing it when I'm texting or writing an e-mail. I am very grateful I was able to learn how to style my sentences and make them more interesting, because my writing before this class was not good...at all.
Speaking on behalf of my writing style, I think that it has improved a great amount. In the past, I used the same sort of sentences and style time after time. Having learned a great amount from being in Composition one, I have found out how to switch up and style my sentences better and with more skill. I have learned many different types of sentence styles and incorporate them into my essays to maximize my grade. By using these I sound much more intelligent than before. Since I'll be attending college next year, having a variety of different sentences will be very helpful and rewarding. I will also have to take Compostition two so I'll most certainly need to know how to write and incorporate different and unique sentence styles into my essays. We're only one quarter into the school year and I've already improved a tremendous amount. I know that there is much more improvement to come in the near future.
In the past, I never have really focused on my sentence style or variety. I just wrote what I wrote and submitted it to my teacher and hoped for the best. This made the first few grammatical classification tests very difficult for me and it seemed like something that I would never be able to understand. However, now that I have learned how grammatical classification works, I am actually able to write artistic sentences that keep my reader engaged. I feel a lot more comfortable in my writing now that I understand the structure of my sentences. I also feel like my ideas are more easily portrayed and flow out of me more now that I can organize my words in different styles. Studying my grammatical classification has given me a lot more confidence to head off into college where I will need to write papers more on a regular basis.
Grammatical Classification can be sort of confusing when you are just starting. An important tool that has helped everyone in the class so far is the grammatical classification chart. Without that chart, people would find it difficult to fully understand the requirements for each sentence and how they differ from each other. Personally, my writing technique has improved because of this and I appear to be a stronger writer. By differentiating the styles of sentences I use and the length that they are can make the paper flow better. This is so the paper is less choppy, robotic, and can seem more appealing to the reader. I have also become a better writer because of the Term Tuesdays that we have. Those days keep us learning about new types and styles of sentences and with those new sentences we can show off our intelligence. This is why I also like that we are forced to use the terms in our writing because it makes us challenge ourselves, so eventually, we will create these amazing sentences without even trying.
Before composition 1 I never really wrote essays for classes. Here and there we would for my English classes but other than that the assignments would be one to two paragraphs. Taking this class has definitely improved my writing style. I feel way more confident now while writing essays. I feel like I am ready for essays in college. Before I took composition 1 I also had very a boring sentence structure. Every sentence would start with a subject and then usually followed by a verb. Versus now I can start with a gerund or even an infinitive to start a sentence. When writing I feel like it looks more presentable and professional than it used to. If you were to compare an essay I wrote during my junior year of high school to now just my senior year it is insane. I hated writing essays before because I feel like I didn't know what I was doing but now that I know how to style my sentence I feel a lot more comfortable.
Before taking this class I did not consciously focus on my grammatical classification variety often or even know much about it at all. After learning about it and taking the time to practice it, I feel like my writing skills have advanced drastically. It has become fairly easy for me to create interesting and diverse sentences with minimal thought. Without even trying, I find myself writing much more advanced sentences that sound much less monotonous than previous works. It is only now that I look back on my past essays and realize how plain and boring they were compared to what I am now capable of. I not only feel much more confident in my writing prowess, but also in my knowledge of the subject, which in turn has helped me to try different approaches and produce more heterogeneity in my writing. It used to be a grueling task to write an essay but it is now becoming much easier for me to compose my thoughts in a lucid manner. I have definitely learned a lot more over the course of a few short weeks, and I am looking forward to improving even more.
At the beginning of this school year, just one glance at the example essays provided for us made me nervous. Each essay seemed so well written for a high school student, and I was worried that I would be unable to compare. However, after being provided the grammatical classification chart and stylized sentences document, I realized that the advanced level that these students wrote at is completely achievable. I have always loved writing, but now I possess the tools and capabilities to take my writing to the next level. Before this class, I felt that my writing abilities had plateaued—I had felt no noticeable improvement in my writing skills throughout high school. However, now I feel like I have not only improved my writing skills but have retained the information I have learned. When I first began writing my essays, I relied on the art of styling sentences document; however, I am now able to create stylized sentences without referencing these documents. I have also noticed that I am able to easily recognize the grammatical classification of sentences without referencing the chart. Because of this class, I have noticed my writing skills improve dramatically, through an increased variety of sentence structure, and a widened understanding of stylized sentences.
Grammatical classification has helped me enhance my writing by giving me the knowledge and capability to know how to structure a sentence and make it more precise. I have learned a lot about styling sentences as well and I know how to write to inform, by deleting the unnecessary information can make your sentences more interesting. This will help me write better essays. My artistic sentence variety has improved a lot. I have started incorporating more ‘colorful’ words in my sentences if you would like to say. I do not rely on the simple words as much as I used to, I now create sentences with bigger vocabulary thus making my sentences stand out more. Before this year I did not pay attention to the way I wrote my sentences and I didn’t even know to classify them. I am glad I am growing and becoming a better writer by using more variety in my sentences and by knowing to grammatically classify them.
Grammatical classification and artistically styled sentences have significantly improved my writing. Previously, my writing was concise and bland, rather than elaborative and riveting. I have found new ways to go about my writing so that I may draw in my readers. Using different punctuation, sentence structures, and intense verbiage have spiced up my writing significantly. I have found that using these specific writing tools has helped me better understand my style of writing—-allowing me to truly express my thought processes through composition. I have noticed that certain sentence structures are my forte while others I struggle with. Being able to recognize this has allowed me to focus on my weaknesses as a writer. Overall, learning these things has better equipped me not just as a writer but also an all-around student. Showing true passion, and emotion in writing can be difficult without these tools. Having been educated on the importance of such things, my writing has flourished from subpar to a work in progress---hopeful to achieve a great writing ability.
I feel as though I have greatly improved my usage of grammatical sentence variety so far in this course. Before, I did not know that there are so many kinds of different sentences and styles, nonetheless how they all contribute to one another to create a specific tone. Now that I understand how individual sentences play into each other to create a whole paper, I give much more attention to my writing, style, and structure. Furthering my knowledge of these concepts allows me to understand deeper meanings in texts and literature of all kinds. Not only that, but I feel much more confident and intentional in my writing now that I can look further into ways of improving in specific fields of my own literary work. From my new experience and improvements in writing, I can further my knowledge exponentially in order to obtain what I want from this world through diplomacy and compelling writing.
I have developed my writing technique with the use of varying grammatical classifications and stylized sentences. By shifting from one grammatical classification to another, I can make my writing more intriguing. Stylizing sentences is the second key part of further distinguishing each sentence from the last. By utilizing these two methods, you write more captivatingly, and your work will have more readers enthralled.
Understanding grammatical classification is essential to understanding your writing and improving on it. I like to write simple sentences with plenty of extra phrases added on; however, this can make your writing dull to the reader. Thus, I have begun to switch some into complex and compound sentences to prevent monotony.
Stylizing sentences, while more complicated to achieve, can be an even more impactful technique to improve your writing. Instead of you only holding the five types of sentences from grammatical classification, stylizing sentences allows you to create numerous more. I often use a delayed subject, whether it is a preposition or a participle phrase.
The structure of my writing has dramatically developed since starting Composition. Originally I was overwhelmed with the vast variety of styles that can be utilized when writing; now I understand the importance of them and find them helpful to make my writing stand out. Another aspect in which sentence variation has helped me is through punctuation. The use of commas, hyphens, colons, and other punctuations show maturity in writing. I have finally learned how to use these properly. Using correct forms of punctuation has helped me with the ACT and understanding how to answer questions involving independent and dependent clauses along with simplicity. I've learned that adding more words isn't always better. Writing my first essay was daunting; having to include different formats of sentences while using proper punctuation proved to be a challenge. As of now, I am very confident in my writing and I hope my essays reflect that.
I thought writing was always my strong suit. Writing, in the beginning, felt like it came pretty easy compared to my peers so I never thought I needed much improvement. This year with learning about sentence styling and grammatical classification it has definitely challenged me to become a better writer. There is a lot to learn with these new concepts especially when wanting to utilize them. However, I believe that learning this new way of writing will help me a lot in becoming a college-level writer. One thing that I have really enjoyed about learning grammatical classification is that there were a lot of simple points that I overlook and this made me focus on it more. Using commas, colons, and knowing the difference between a hyphen and a dash, all have had a new light shown on them. I feel like I actually know how to use them efficiently now.
My grammatical classification variety and my stylized, artistic sentence varieties have improved very much since the beginning of the year. Writing stories is a fun pastime for me, so my artistic writing styles seemed very large, compared to most of the people that I saw type. However, Composition has not only given me a much larger vocabulary but now it has also given me a huge assortment of sentence styles and tricks that I can use to draw readers into my stories better. I never really thought about using compound-complex sentences in my writing, when I could just use a period, but now I understand how useful and powerful that sentence style is. Some of the tricks that I learned about I have been using for a while, and others I have been completely using them wrong. I think that I am beginning to get a grasp on how to write better and how to draw readers in.
Going into this class, my writing was not up to par. The more we use grammatical classification, the more I realize that sentences do not have to sound the same. Writing is a way to get your point across. New techniques have allowed me to thoroughly express what I am writing, however; I realize that I do not push myself far enough. I know that I can do better. Is it easy to write simple sentences? Yes. It is hard to continue to push yourself with writing but I feel that this class allows for achievement and failure. Writing every day allows us to get into the habit of creating new ways to write the same thing. I believe that grammatical classification has helped me significantly because now when I apply for scholarships I know that I will stand apart from other applicants. This class has also helped me pick and learn stronger verbs that will enhance my writing and allow me to sound intelligent.
My use of grammatical classification is so much better than it was at the beginning of the semester. I know how it works and that helps greatly. It was not that I wasn’t using different types of sentences, I just didn’t know the difference between most of them. Actually having to point them out in my papers helped because it forced me to learn and know how I needed to write and what I had to look for in the sentence to properly identify it. It also helped me fix the errors I would make in sentences. I feel as though my writing is not only more interesting, but it also makes more sense from a grammatical point of view. I know more about how and where to use grammatical structures. My writing is still mine, just better worded and fancier. I hope I can use the skills I learned now and use them in university.
Before taking this class, I found that I didn't know how to add variety and interesting sentence starters into my essay. After studying and reviewing different ways to organize independent and dependent clauses, my essay has a more dynamic feel rather than a repetitive pattern of the same simple and complex sentences. In addition, adding stylized sentences has also improved my essay and has taught me how to better understand literature. Knowing when and how to use a dash and parentheses has changed the way that I and interpret literature as well as when it is important to incorporate these ideas into my essay. An example of this would be learning to place a dash before something important. Before having this clear knowledge, I hardly ever used this tool in my essays. Overall, knowing how to better organize independent and dependent clauses has helped me to create a more diverse essay, and stylizing my sentences has helped me to better understand how literature should be read and when it is important to use this in my own writing.
Before taking this class I felt like all of my sentences were repetitive and not interesting. Many of my sentences would start the same way. I feel like after learning more about the stylization of sentences—more interesting, my sentences became. I now know how to add in interesting information with parentheses, commas, and dashes. Finding new ways to start sentences, make them less repetitive. I will be able to make my essays sound more educated and make colleges want me and help others want to give me money for college. I now also know how authors write more interesting sentences and can appreciate their writing more. That is just a few things I learned from stylizing my sentences.
Personally, I have become a lot more conscious about the types of sentences I write as well as additional phrases that I could add to my writing to make it flow better. I also add these new additions to my essays because it makes me seem smarter; no one wants to read an essay that looks like it was put together by a toddler so if you add parallelism to your writing or more advanced vocabulary you seem smarter. I have also realized that I did not use simple sentences as commonly as I thought I did. I thought that my writing was elementary and basic with simple sentence after simple sentence. Now looking back and reading through my writing looking to categorize those things I have seen that I feel more inclined to use compound or complex sentences rather than simple ones. When I am looking through my essay sometimes I notice that I do not even have a simple sentence anywhere within my writing.
My use of grammatical classification variety has grown very much since being in this class. My writing still flows pretty freely, but now I remember to switch up how I say things, and not keep all my sentences in the same variety. I mix in longer sentences with shorter sentences, ones that say a lot, and ones that say little. I also inherited using lists as full sentences which I think adds a lot of information while not taking up as much space. I have become much more conscious about throwing in different varieties of not only sentences but words. I have very much limited my use of bland words and phrases like "there is" and "it is". Using better verbs makes my story sound better and can make it flow tremendously better. Changing up my sentence variety has made me an astronomically better writer. It is easier for the reader to read, and flows so much better, and is more connected as one thought throughout the essay.
Since I have started talking English Composition, I have learned a lot about grammatical classification and the variety of stylization methods that you can implement in an essay. The most important thing I learned relating to grammar was identifying types of sentences and understanding the differences between simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, and fragmented sentences. Now I can understand whether the sentence I am constructing falls into either of these five characters and how important some of the more complicated (compound-complex) sentences really are. In relation to stylizing sentences, I learned a lot as well. I've been using dashes more often as they're a cool stylistic choice and look better than parentheses in my opinion. Other interesting concepts that I learned to add to my sentences include hypophoras, anadiplosis', and an introductory set of appositives. I'll be using these concepts more as I write essays and formal papers in college and even when I'm just writing in general. These concepts make your writing more interesting and inspired and should always be considered when constructing an essay.
At the start of the year, I would have said my writing had a good amount of style. As we delve into the grammatical classifications and styles of writing, I realize I was very wrong. Using different terms or starting a sentence with something other than the subject really switches up the way a sentence sounds. Going into the year I had no idea that there were five different types of sentences. In my mind, everything was just a sentence. No simple or compound it was either a long or short sentence. After delving into the writing and really looking at what makes stories great, I realize how wrong I was. Styling a sentence gives the reader so much more excitement and interest in the story. Looking back at some of my old writing I’ve seen great improvement to my style. I’ve seen more detail in explaining and different starts of sentences.
I have always used grammatical classification and different varieties of styling my sentences; however, in the short time period in which I have spent time in this class, I really expanded my knowledge and use of styling my sentences. There are terms that I have never heard of, before this year. Being able to learn new terms and use them in my writing really matures and appropriates my writing to an increasing extent. Learning the right way to use SWABI’s and FANBOY’s to make an independent clause or dependent clause is one of the biggest takeaways from the Grammatical Classification quizzes that we have been taking. My essays have been better than ever with being able to incorporate simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences wherever I see fit. I really enjoy the kahoots that people tend to put up during term tuesdays; I learn the material after getting an idea of how everything works by answering the questions.
Before joining Composition 101 this year, my writing style frustrated me. I felt like my intentions were not properly portrayed in my writing. I would mean to say one thing but my writing would not reflect what I meant. Writing has always intrigued me but I was never the best at it. This year we have actually learned about styles of sentences that we had only brushed over in past classes. I've also had an aspiration to improve and build on my vocabulary but never seemed to retain the words I read and skimmed over. Composing, however, and incorporating our vocab words has helped me retain the words and understand them better. The Grammatical Classification quizzes have also taught me about the styles of sentences and how to use them correctly; however, I am still learning so it's not perfect. I hope to improve further, more than I already have this year, and work towards my goals in writing.
Going into high school, I had never used variety in sentences. Instead of writing bland simple sentences, grammatical classification has helped me write more complex sentences. Because they are more complex, they are less boring to read. When I used to write essays, I would not take the time to think about what I am writing. Now, because of the amount of time we get, I can check these essays for boring sentence structure. My essays have been drastically changed from what they used to be. Sophomore year was the last time I had to write a real essay; I remember that it was pretty awful and I did not get a good grade on it now. I still do not think my essays are good, but they have really improved since then. Recently, I took the ACT. I chose to take the writing portion of it solely to learn where my writing skills are at. I believe that the only reason I got a decent score, instead of a below-average score, was because of what I have been doing with my essays this year.
My grammatical classification variety and artistic sentence variety has varied a little from the beginning of the year. It is hard to change when the majority of the concepts like to go over my head. At the beginning of the year, it was easier to write essays than it is now. I feel that is because I have to think about it more so which means I have to keep myself focused for longer in order to go in-depth with it. This is not a bad thing because it means what I do end up writing is more in-depth when I have the time to think about it. I am still not confident writing anything but this class has given me a grasp on what good writing with variety should look like. This will be a useful skill when it comes to college essays and other future opportunities that deal with writing.
In my experience, I didn't try to make my sentences more stylish because it didn't matter as much to me. But by constantly studying and seeing the different styling techniques in different novels, I started to unconsciously do it more and more. It is still nowhere near a high level, in my opinion, but it has improved greatly from writing what could be called dollar store sentences. Even as simple as making a word change from excited to ecstatic can make your sentence better without any grammar changes, but by using both, you are able to achieve an even higher level of writing than you had previously
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My grammatical classification variety and my stylized artistic sentence variety, in my opinion, has grown greatly due to this class. Before, this class it was hard for me to understand how sentence structure worked. But since I have seen examples of sentence variety in use in other people’s essays it has made it possible for me to create my own sentences based on these examples. This has lead me to better comprehend how these sentences change the tone of the essay and how it affects the readers. The grammatical classification variety has helped me limit the extra words in my essay and get straight to the point while still giving the reader some variety in my sentence styles. Without either of these two things, my essays would not have had grown and they would not have been as entertaining and my points of the essay may have gotten lost quicker.
As we learn more about variation in sentence style and grammatical classification, I realize how plain and repetitive my old writing style must seem. At the beginning of this class, it was hard for me in early essays to write with variety, but in my causal essay, the classification and variety seemed to be more natural. I now notice myself automatically changing my sentence structure and style to improve my writing. I do not have to think about using appositives, it just happens. Sentence styling is now natural in my writing, as I notice that I am carrying a variety into writing that I do for other classes as well. The grammatical classification was hard for me at the beginning, but now I write sentences knowing which classification they are. Understanding the different classifications of sentences helped me to create a larger variety of sentence styles that adds more to my essays; making them better to read. Understanding how classification works helps the writer to compose sentences that read easier while still providing adequate information.
Grammatical classification is extremely important for everyone to be educated on. This year, grammatical classification has helped my writing sound smarter and more mature. My writing before this year was subpar, maybe even worse, but this class has made me think more about what I am writing and helped me get to the point with less irrelevant wording. Understanding grammatical classification makes writing a little easier as well, when you know how to write everything flows better. Grammatical classification helps to make the essay easier to read. The grammatical classification has also allowed my writing to have variety instead of being dry and uninteresting. Humor is how I like to write my essays and with grammatical classification, I can still do that and sound somewhat smart. Using Grammatical classification will stick with my writing from now on, hopefully, and it will help in college and be super useful.
In the last few months, my writing structure has improved steadily. Realizing that writing can, in fact, be an art form, I have begun to put more thought into the words and phrases I am using to create interesting, factual sentences. I am invested in increasing my ability to effectively portray my thoughts and emotions in writing. Before taking this class, I thought my writing was mediocre. I knew where to put punctuation and sometimes I used a semicolon or an appositive phrase, but never intentionally. Sloppy, unfocused, and thoughtless—it was not mediocre. Now, every part of my writing must be intentional and precise. Writing this way is much more difficult; the result is much more meaningful. I will be proud of the essays, blog posts, and emails I write. I acknowledge that my sentence variation skills will not dramatically progress after one essay. Composing numerous essays will enhance my plain writing, and I will develop a style of writing that is unique and confounding.
After being in my composition class for a couple of months now, I have learned and improved my writing skills. Before, I would just write my essays short and sweet; to the point. There was no flavor added to my writings. But now that I am more experienced with artistic sentences and have improved my grammatical classification, I am more familiar with the way I write. I am now more comfortable when I am given an essay to write. Knowing my style of writing has helped me make my writings more interesting and enjoyable. Being able to add artistic style to your sentences will also benefit you especially if you are writing to a college you want to get into. They will think that you are no ordinary person and that you use your styled art as an advantage in your writing. The grammatical classification has also helped me in ways of identifying how each sentence is written. It also gives me ideas of what I can apply in writing.
Throughout the beginning months of this school year, I have excelled greatly in sentence style and structure. Prior to this class, I struggled mightily with anything grammar-related. I can now conclude that while I am still not an expert I have become a much better writer. The artistic variety that I have begun to use in my essays make me think outside the box and allows me to become creative. This is a breath of fresh air for me as most of the time I find grammar and writing to be repetitive and boring. Constantly trying to think about things to improve on has led me to become more engaged and involved in what I am writing and how my essays look and sound to my audience. Using grammatical classification has allowed me to limit the amount of “filler words” that are included in my essay. This allows me to get to a point quicker and validate this point with points of reason. With the newfound speed, I can get to my point and describe it with more reason since the essay doesn’t become drawn out and boring to the reader.
My stylized, artistic sentence variety has improved a ton since the beginning of the school year. I have always known the basics of styling sentences; I made sure to use various conjunctions, not to start every sentence with a subject, to implement more grandiose vocabulary, and to make my writing flow, so to speak. I never really learned the specifics of styling sentences, though. I was never aware of what I was doing when forming and modifying sentences. After being in this class for a quarter, I have realized something about all of my past English education. Grammatical accuracy and colorful sentence structure were never really paired with writing in the English classes I took up to this point. The two sides have always been separated in my experience, and even though I always understood English, the separation probably did not help my classmates much. What is the point of learning how to use prepositional phrases, semicolons, infinitives, or subordinate clauses if you will not use them in your writing? Now that I am required to incorporate stylized sentences into my writing, I understand the specifics of what I am doing when making my essay more colorful. I now know how to intentionally use artistic sentences in essays, which I will be writing many of in the years after high school. It is that link between grammar and writing that needs to be repaired in many lower-level English courses. I think this will help many students improve their writing just as it helped me.
I have always thought of myself as a pretty decent writer, but my writing skills have increased dramatically this year thanks to the things that we have studied this year. One of the most helpful tools that I have taken advantage of is the Art of Styling Sentences document, which has assisted me in changing the format of the majority of my sentences. I have learned about completely new ways to implement punctuation that I have never used regularly before, particularly dashes and semicolons. I have also never thought about the various types of grammatical classification prior to taking this class; however, now I analyze which types of grammatical classifications I am using in each of my essays and other writing assignments. Perhaps the biggest writing epiphany that I have had all year so far is how to revise correctly. In prior years, I have written sentences and then never touched them again. Once a sentence was written, it was set in stone how it was or it was completely erased or replaced by a completely different sentence. This year, I have been able to write basic sentences and then go back to them and revise the punctuation, vocabulary, and structure to make them better sentences while maintaining the same overall idea.
My use of grammatical classification as well as artistic sentence variety has come along way from the beginning of the year. I am obviously no expert when it comes to writing; however, compared to where I began I have improved plenty. To be brutally honest, before this class I gave my sentences roughly zero thought. I didn't take the time to think out my essays. I had plenty of run-on sentences mixed with terrible grammar. My essays were rampant with redundancy. Fortunately, I decided to take Composition this year. I have found that my essays have a flow that I have never seen before. My essays no longer drag along. Rather, they excite the reader and motivate you to push on. Looking towards my future I know that sentence variety, as well as my knowledge of grammatical classification, will matter greatly. Sentence variety could be what gets you that scholarship over one of your fellow classmates. Not only will this help in scholarship essays, but this may become useful in my career one day.
Grammatical Classification has helped my writing a lot in these last couple of months. I could always write but it never had all the sentence structures that truly change your writing. Using grammatical classification can change your writing from mediocre to excellent by just changing your writing style a little. It makes you think more about your writing and finding alternative sentences that amplify it. Using this classification will enhance your writing for the better. It makes you sound highly educated when you can write a great structured essay. In the near future, we will have to write essays for colleges. We want to be using the classification so we can write to the best of our ability. The colleges will not want to read essays that are like middle school writing. We will be able to use all the things we have learned this year to aid our writing overall. One thing that I have really learned this year was to look for all the terms in my writing. Looking for these terms makes me realize that I write them without even thinking. I can also go back and change sentences to use other terms that will just help my essay sound better.
As we continue this school year, I notice myself using more varieties of sentence starters and structure. To be honest, I have never considered my writing to be particularly boring or repetitive, but now I would probably interpret my past writings as such. This class has taught me how to actually use writing techniques far more than any other English class. Reading what I have written now and comparing it to what I wrote just last year makes me realize just how much this is true. The repeating structures, redundant sentence starters, and overuse of weak verbs blandly discourage the reader from enjoying the essay. I certainly believe that my writing has improved now, yet it is possible that I will also look back on the essays I am writing now with the same thoughts. After having been endowed with knowledge, our hindsight is always perfect. Writing properly and sounding professional is useful in every career setting, and I look forward to continuing to improve my personal style as time goes on.
From the very first writing assignment you receive in elementary school, you are told to “write better”. But what exactly do teachers mean when they tell you to “write better”? Well, with the assistance of The Art of Styling Sentences alongside grammatical classification skills, writing becomes composition—an art form rather than an assignment. Approaching writing as an art form changes how you prepare yourself before composing; a new perspective can also provide motivation to gain more knowledge about the area. Access to resources such as The Art of Styling Sentences allowed me to develop my compositional skills even further by adding flair, pizazz, and flamboyance to my compositions. The variation in sentence structure adds reader-ethos by demonstrating my knowledge and education in writing; the ability to classify these sentences enhances my composition through awareness, too. By being aware of what I am composing, I can compose essays with more impact on the reader through the decisions I make regarding the composition of sentences. Along with sentence variation, other literary-device factors such as diction and imagery add to the composition and make an essay more memorable to the reader. By utilizing all the skills developed through different English classes, I have matured and improved my writing ability while also gaining more knowledge on the topic of composition.
Having improved my use of grammatical classification variety, the art of styling sentences has helped immensely. I have found that when I used to write essays, I used the same sentence structure over and over resulting in boring essays. There was nothing included in the essays that made it interesting because I did not focus on changing the structure up. I also have realized that the writing prompts that we have this year are very interesting and different. I think that since we were prompted to think about topics we have never really written about, it led me to observe other everyday things more closely. Lots of details are poured into essays that were never really thought about before. This way of writing can inspire other people to write in different ways as well because it is more interesting and it can explain things people don't normally think about. The combination of many documents giving us ideas on how to spice up sentences and interesting prompts results in better writing.
In my opinion, my grammatical style and sentence-style are not even comparable to what it was at the beginning of the school year. I know more about grammar now than I have in my last 3 years of high school combined. Learning how to use better grammatical tools has improved my writing drastically by giving me a greater knowledge of all the tools that I can use. I can write essays and add so many new styling tips to keep it interesting and sophisticated for my readers. I have finally learned how to properly use semicolons and colons which have always just been symbols to me. I can now use things like appositive phrases and gerunds in my writing and know what they mean and that I use them correctly. By learning how to correctly use dashes and hyphens, I can now explain them to other people and use them more and more in my essays and everyday writings. By expanding my knowledge of grammar tools I am able to create my essays with style and make them flow with more knowledge and better writing skills than I ever have before. I hope to continue learning more and more grammar tools at my disposal. I can use this knowledge to impress college professors and coaches when emailing them or even texting.
My writing style, as compared to the beginning of the year, has improved greatly. Before this class, my writing was bland and repetitive. I now know how to use various writing styles/techniques to make what I am writing about more interesting and not make it boring for the reader. I feel as though I never really understood how sentence structure worked. I just put words together and hoped they made sense. Now I know that each word has a purpose. After seeing various examples of different writing styles I can incorporate them into my own writing. The class has opened my eyes to how different sentences have different meanings. I have learned how to fully explain and represent what I am writing about instead of being short and explaining my whole point in less than a paragraph. I was able to elongate my essays by using different sentence styles.
Has my grammatical classification variety improved this year? Yes. Has my stylized, artistic sentence variety improved? The answer is also yes. The last sentences you just read were both hypophoras and short, simple sentences. If it weren’t for this class, I would most likely not have been able to think of writing them. Because of this class, my writing has improved greatly. I have used grammatical classification to change up my sentence structure. By using it, my essays are a lot more interesting. Now all of my sentences are not only not simple sentences but they also don’t all start with a subject. The previous sentence used paired construction. Since I have started using the document “Art of Styling Sentences 101”, my sentences are more creative, my essays are more fun to read, I know how to prevent unwanted repetition. The last sentence used a series without the usual conjunction. I have learned many new ways to rewrite my sentences, many of which I have labeled in this paragraph.
Before the school year started, I was a little nervous about taking this class because I was not the biggest fan of writing essays, but now I actually really enjoy it! I personally feel that this class has helped me grow exponentially as a writer. If I were to compare my letters from the beginning of the semester to my causal essay, I would definitely see major change in not only my sentence styling but also my word choice. I have become much more aware of my vocabulary and trying not to overuse words, especially if they're pretty basic (these, has, have, etc). Learning the differences between simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences has given me leverage in terms of giving my writing variation and length—which has shown to be beneficial in getting to the five-page mark. I certainly will be taking the knowledge from this class on how to style sentences and use it when writing essays in college.
If you compare my grammatical classification skills from now from middle school or even just last year you will see a vast improvement in both the quality and the quantity of my variety. Why is this do you think? I owe it to the loads of practice that I've had from this year (also that was a hypophora right there). Due to the fact that I am able to practice constantly with how I compose I am able to vastly improve the skills that I have by a large amount. I have learned about words that shouldn't be used like contractions such as don't or can't instead you should use do not or can not. Or expletives like there are or it is which add nothing to the sentence except for extra words which bore the reader. All of these things have made reading not only easier but also enjoyable for me.
When I first started my senior year of high school, I didn't feel very confident in my writing. One thing this class has helped me do is to have a better sentence variety in my writing. I understood the concept of not making all your sentences the same, but I feel like this class has really outlined a large number of methods for creating different sentences, thus helping me integrate it into my writing more. Now, I purposefully try to create differences in my sentences with length and how I start them. This class has also shown me how to use things like hyphens to make my writing more interesting for the reader. In my paper now, I try to keep myself from using the same type of sentences over and over again for each paragraph. I think that I have also improved on using more vivid verbs in my sentence and using fewer expletives.
At the beginning of the year, my sentences did not have much variety at all. I've always liked writing about things I'm interested in, but now I can do so in a more educated way. I started off the year writing sentences with a lot of expletives– which I never had thought about as being a bad thing. This class made me realize that my writing up to this point has been quite repetitive and uninteresting. Now, my essays flow much better, and I am more confident in my writing. Learning different sentence structures this year has been very helpful for me because I don't just type the first thing that comes to mind like I would have before. Writing should be natural, but I also have to know when a sentence just isn't needed or doesn't flow well. Readers are much more interested in reading something when it is well written. This will carry over to college where they definitely won't want to read bad essays. I'm really glad that I'm taking this class because it has been a challenge, but it has been worth it so far.
Years prior, my writing has not been the greatest because I did not like grammar or writing essays. Ever since I started this class I can not say I enjoy essays more but as a writer, each essay is better than the last. If I were to look back at my letter essay I bet I would see ways I could make it sound better, or make it seem like a better letter than I did. Looking at the "Art of Styling Sentences 101" helps make my essays seem interesting because it helps me identify sentence types and add different kinds of sentences into my essay. I am also beginning to use fewer expletives meaning instead of using there is or there are or it is, I am instead using precise verbs to add more detail and to give the reader something more enjoyable to look at. This class is really helping me out when it comes to different kinds of essays and different types of sentences.
When I first started this class I had no idea that sentences could be classified. For all, I knew there were just dependent and independent clauses. I had never been taught compound-complex sentences, that was unknown territory to me. Ever since we started writing my sentences have had so much variation to them, they are no longer boring sentences that are all the same length. In the past, my biggest problem was run-on sentences... Now I try my hardest to stray away from those. The grammatical classification has improved my writing tremendously. I purposely add a fragment here or there because the style of my sentences needs to have variety. When I am composing I feel a lot more educated and thus my writing beings to sound better and better. Without my knowledge of grammatical classification, my writing would be so incredibly boring, but now I hope having style in my writing can make it bearable.
Since the beginning of the year, my writing has improved tremendously. Before this class, I would only look at the minimum amount of words or pages I had to write. And when I was typing these sentences, I did not think about them or look at their context closely. Now that I have learned about grammatical classification, I know that I should have a great amount of variety in my sentence length and my sentence structure. After reading my most recent essay, comparison-contrast essay, I am very impressed with the complexity of my writing. Using grammatical classification, I can implement new vocabulary into my writing using my own writer's voice. I did not enjoy writing very much before this class, but now I know how much I can improve in my own writing; this makes me want to find out how much more I can improve along with how many people I could potentially influence after I compose.
I try to use a large variety of grammatical classification to make my essay increasingly complex and thereby more interesting to the reader. It is important to do otherwise the reader may start to zone out or you may lose their attention. It is vitally important to vary the beginning words and not use the same term or words over and over again. Doing this can make the essay bland and it will not keep people's interest for the entire duration of the paper you are writing. Using semicolons and conjunctions can help to combine sentences that have a similar topic or idea. Bringing complexity into your writing will make readers more devoted to what they are reading, and they will get a better understanding of the material you wrote. Lastly, do not write your essay with the bland structure that I used. If you write it like this it will be more bland and boring than a handful of dry saltless wheat crackers.
I have continued to use more and more grammatical classification variation in my writings. There were several times while writing my causal essay that I would write a sentence and then recognize what kind of a sentence I just wrote. A good example of me doing this was when I used an appositive phrase at the beginning of a sentence. I have also found myself being drawn towards the use of dashes and other things of those sorts in my response questions for my other classes. For example, in my Intro to Ethics class, I used a dash in one of my responses to a question. We were asked to write a 500 word summary of a certain essay and in my response, I used dashes, commas, and semicolons. At the beginning of the year, I would never have written sentences that have an appositive phrase at the beginning of the sentence.
My grammatical classification knowledge has increased exponentially since I started this class. Coming from a regular English 10 class, we never used semi-colons or dashes; it seemed bizarre to me that people use them so often. I have learned how to vary the start of my sentences to make them more appealing to read since it is no longer repetitive. These few pieces of advice have made writing essays much easier and much more enjoyable. I no longer have to sit and think about what I want to say. Now I can use the vast amount of terms we have learned to write a compelling essay. Another huge part of grammatical classification that I learned about this year was the use of simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, and fragment sentences. These are different lengths of sentences that go a long way to vary the types of sentence structure within my essay.
English has and probably always will be my worst subject. I have accepted that. Going into this year I knew that I was not very good at grammar and I would struggle for a while in this class. The improvement I have made so far has in my opinion been very good. I definitely learned a more about grammar, and you can see that in my improvement from the first to the second grammatical classification quizzes. Before this class I would not be able to tell you how many independent and how many dependent clauses there were in a sentence. I have also learned about new things that are in the final exam terms. I can say I know how to use ellipses and hypophora's in my essays correctly. I know the differences between hyphen and a dash. I know lots of things that I just did not know before this class. All of these things prove that I have learned something this year and there is an improvement in my ability to write and use proper english.
As I learn to write with style, flavor, and diversity, I realize that my previous style was most likely a bore. I consistently used the same sentence style, structure, and design. I have noticed that I genuinely use new styles in my writing. Sometimes, putting variation in my writing comes without a thought. In particular, I have noticed that I use dashes—anywhere and everywhere. As I continue to grow in my composing capabilities, I feel like I continuously want more out of it. I've gotten tired of the same types of variation. I've grown weary of using a prepositional phrase at the beginning of a sentence, so I try to do something else like using an emphatic appositive after a colon. I like learning new variations, and I am grateful that I have several options. In addition, I feel like I allow myself to be more creative when using artistic sentences. I let myself write down anything that I want. That, in my opinion, is what is making my writing better. Using different sentence styles makes me a better writer in so many ways.
Throughout this semester, the quality of my writing has increased dramatically. Through learning about grammatical classification variety and ways to stylize sentences, I have been able to make my writing more intriguing and interesting. Writing multiple essays using this variety has made it more natural for me. As I look back on my writing before taking this class, I was bored with the repetitiveness of sentence starters and the structure of my sentences. When writing my classification essay, I found myself researching the different sentence variation terms in order to effectively incorporate them in my essay. Now, I don't even have to think about it nearly as much because it comes naturally. Learning the differences between simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, and fragment sentences has allowed be to add variation and length to my essays. As the semester goes on, I will strive to improve the use of grammatical classification variety and sentence variation in my writing.
My use of grammatical classification and sentence variety has improved immensely throughout the last few months. I think that both of these things are very beneficial for a student and writer to learn. After learning more about grammatical classification, grammar as a whole makes a lot more sense. Sentence style and using a variety of sentences in my essays have made me a much better and more entertaining writer. I think that as the year goes on, I will continue to improve in these categories. I think that grammatical classification is a learned skill that I will be able to apply throughout my college career, and hopefully throughout the rest of my life. Not only does adding variety and using correct grammar make you a better writer, but it also makes you appear more educated and well rounded.
Before this class, I thought I had grasped a decent understanding on how to make words and sentences flow. However, I felt that my writing wasn't academically advanced enough for my age/grade. I was entering into a college level English class and I felt that my writing skills were not adquate enough. Now, I do not feel that way anymore. Before, I was unaware of the specific names for the sentence structures and artitic styles of sentences. Now that I am aware of the names, it helps me decide what sentence structures I have used, so that I can avoid repeting the same structure in the following sentence. In addition, I have learned how to effectively—and accurately—utilize scholarly punctuation in my writing such as semicolons, colons, and dashes, to name a few. Using grammatical classfication and artistic sentence variety makes my writing more advanced, which gives me more ethos.
I would have said before this class I was confident in my ability to add style to my writing, but boy was I wrong. Grammatical Classification has greatly increased my ability to add variety throughout my essay. Knowing the different types of sentences such as simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, and fragment has helped a lot. Also, things such as dashes have also given me more variety as a writer. Before I understood all of this I was continually writing the same style of sentences over and over and over. Because of this, my writing had a very bland tone. All of this combined has greatly enhanced my ability to write with more style and variety.
Grammatical Classification has helped my writing drastically. I think I have learned a lot about the different ways that you can change sentence structure to make it more exciting to read. Before knowing these different structures of sentences, I never thought about my writing. I would just write the same boring sentences and not try to change up the writing. Using the Art of Styling sentences can really amplify how your essays sound. It makes you sound smarter and others will be more interested in what you are saying. Learning how to write better will definitely help in college writing. We will have to write a lot more essays in life and these different styles of sentences will make it easier to write more advanced essays. Changing how you start different sentences makes it less boring and repetitive. I definitely will continue to use different styles of writing in my essays from now on.
Grammatical Classification has helped me improve my writing in a lot of ways. This year I am finally able to see why the use of these bigger sentences is a lot better than just using simple sentences and not really care how many independent or dependent clauses are in my essays. This year I have been able to add variety to my sentences and essays so they are not as boring and seem as if I do not ramble. Also, I am able to use the Art of Styling sentences to create sentences I did not know even existed. I am learning more and more by writing essays and I am increasing my variety in my sentences by using grammatical classification and Art of styling sentences. All these different techniques allow me to change up my sentence structure changing up the variety in my essay making it flow a lot better.
Throughout the first couple of months of this school year, my writing skills have improved greatly. I did not really enjoy English class because I would struggle with writing. I have been able to write my sentences in great style and structure. Before taking composition class, my sentences would have no flavor. I would not put much thought into my sentences. They would be short and simple. I struggled with writing and anything grammar related. When I am assigned an essay to write I feel more comfortable in how I structure my sentences. It makes writing essays less stressful and more interesting. I have now learned how to add flavor and style to my writing to make my sentences sound more interesting. Using grammatical classification can help your sentences go from being okay to more professional. I hope to continue to learn more about grammatical classification throughout the semester. I will definitely be taking my knowledge about grammatical classification to college to help with my writing.
The improvement of my understanding of grammatical classification has started to reflect in my writing and even my speech patterns. Comprehending how different types of sentences can indicate different meanings interest me greatly and I think that interest drives me to know more and try it more in my writing. When a new essay is assigned, I feel much more comfortable and confident in my ability to use different types of grammatical classification in my essay. I can use it in many different ways, including evoking different types of styles in my writing. I think that the comprehension of grammatical classification will help my future essays and future writing exponentially. I truly believe that having a variety of sentences in my writing will separate myself from other applicants for jobs, scholarships, and other opportunities in my future. I am glad that I had struggled through some of the quizzes regarding grammatical classification. That struggle allowed me to dig deep and fight to learn about it. Fortunately, that hard work will help me write better in the future.
I believe that since I have started this class my writing skills have improved drastically. I feel like I just have more flow in my writing. Everything just feels like it falls into place once I am on a roll. Whereas before this class I struggled to write any type of essay. Now I am able to write multiple pages about a single topic. It is not just that I am able to write a lot about a topic, now I am able to make that topic sound more interesting with all of the sentence styling that I have learned. I never knew that there could be so many different ways to write a single sentence. This is what leads me to write more because once I read it and I like the way it sounds good and I want to write more like that. Not to mention that this will be a big boost for me in college. Going into college knowing how to write like this will help immensely.
Since the beginning of this semester, I believe that I have increased my writing skills drastically compared to previous years. Before this class, my essays did not flow very well at all. Even though it is not perfect yet, my writing flow has improved a lot. Part of that is because of how consistently we are writing in this class. In years past, I would only write around two or three essays throughout the entire year. Now, we are writing essays all the time it seems. Like most things, writing improves with practice. My time in this class has also provided me with new writing tools and techniques to use. I have learned different sentence styles to use in essays. When you use varying sentence styles, your essays will be a much better read that when you use all very similar sentence styles. With all of these new skills, I have found it much easier to write.
If a person asked me to write different types of styled sentences before taking this class, I would not have known what to do. Before this class, I was not great at identifying different types of sentences. Not only has composition improved my writing capabilities, but it has also helped me expand my artistic sentence variety. Wanting to start more of my sentences with gerunds and other descriptive adjectives, I now have a better understanding of how to express my thoughts onto a page. Constantly thinking of ways to better my writing technique, learning different sentence styles and new vocabulary words have really enhanced my essays. After studying how amazing different sentence structures are, I have not wanted to stop producing amazing sentences. Like this one: For example, I have perfected the art of using the colon—and have also taken an interest in the dash. Overall, by taking the time to learn about the various kinds of grammatical classification I have become a better writer.
I personally believe that my grammatical classification variety in my writing has improved immensely. I think this because now I not only have a clear understanding of how to identify the different types of grammatical classifications, but I also know when and how to use them. If I feel I need something extra to spice up my writing I will look to add a specific type of grammatical classification to switch things up. From learning about grammatical classifications I have realized that my writing before was very plain and boring. Having this new and improved understanding has helped to make my writing more interesting and get my points across much easier. While doing this I am still able to add my own spin on things. This means that I might sound a bit smarter and advanced due to the way I write things, but through it all I still have a very present sense of my writing style.
Prior to this class, my writing was probably only slightly above average compared to any other high schooler in any English class. My sentence variety was never intentional, I would use simple things such as starting sentences with prepositions and use semicolons in the right area but this was almost never intentional. My writing was very repetitive before because I would constantly reuse things such as "that is" and "there are" but now my style of writing is improving to the point where I no longer need to repeat myself. With this being said I put much more effort and time into my writing in an attempt to better it. Comparing my current essays to the ones I wrote last year and especially to the ones I wrote when I was a freshman the more evident that this is. As this year goes on and as I move into college I am sure that I will look back and compare stuff from this year and think the same thing.
Throughout this school year, I think that my stylized artistic sentence structures have improved a great deal because of this class. Before my sentences would all have the same sentence structure but now they have a variety. Leading me to have better ideas on how to write essays and writing assignments; by having sentence variety to make what is being read easier and more enjoyable. It has also helped me to be able to get a better understanding of the sentence structure so that I can play around with it to know the rules and change things up to give my writing piece a boost. This class helped me to realize the true beauty of writing and how much thought can go into writing a masterpiece. This class has helped me with my grammatical classification by showing me ways that I can write to make myself sound smarter and make it so the reader can understand what is happening easier.
The Grammatical Classification knowledge that I have now compared to before school started is a big difference. Before, I struggled with writing in general because I would ramble all over the place and talk about unneccessary things, using unnecessary words. However, once we continued to write and study more about grammar, it seems that I can pick out my own mistakes from my previous writing assignments. Once I realized that I do not need certain words or to talk about certain things, my writing assignments have been much more smooth and much less confusing to read. It also seems that the grammar and terms we study in class correlates to my essay without even knowing it. Once I was introduced to many of these classifications, it feels that I am able to write more comfortably and smoother. Opposing to the old way I used to write, which was sloppy and all over the place.
I think that my use of sentence variety has greatly improved during my time in composition. I know that my writing has somewhat improved because of the grades on my essays and how my second essay had a better grade. The more variety I use the more my essays looks different and unique because I’m not starting them all the same way. I believe that this class has taught me how to properly use grammatical classification and how to identify some of those types of sentences. In past years my essays have been ok but when I got to this class it bettered them through the different sentence styles we use and grammatical structures. Before my sentences used to have blatant breaks between sentences but now it flows smoothly from one sentence to another and one paragraph to another. I want to continue to learn more ways to start sentences and ways to make my essays look more difficult than before.
My grammatical classification variety has grown from the beginning of the year. I notice more now when I put more variation in my sentences; I also have learned to put more style into my sentences with different ways to have a sentence. It takes a lot of practice. I could still be better at having my sentences more artistic, with how I write them. I also could say I grew with grammatical classification by looking at my test scores they have gone up since the first test we took; meaning I have improved on recognizing when it is a compound or simple sentence. Making more sentences and recognizing the artistic sentence variety might help me to get better at putting them in. I have gotten better at the artistic sentence variety but I feel I could still be better at noticing it more and putting it in my essays more.
Throughout this class, thus far, I have realized I have taken a much more conscious approach in stylizing my sentences, and writing as a whole, as compared to previous years. Being in Composition 1 has taught me I can form my sentences to portray not only the information within my writing but also portray the words as an artistic work as well. Having to pay such close attention to my grammatical classification variety has allowed me to keep my writing engaging and unique. I now actively strive to use different modes of styling sentences to keep my writing from becoming stagnant and boring. Seeing the various examples of stylized sentences in both document guides and other’s works has helped me to utilize creativity within my own writing. If I find myself writing too plainly, I immediately use my improving knowledge of grammatical classification and sentence stylization to correct my sentence structure.
This class has greatly improved my use of grammatical classification and sentence structure and variety. Before, I have always had a problem with writing, especially stringing together sentences in an essay format. Learning about grammatical classification has greatly improved how I write sentences and essays. Looking back, I find that my essays are often times bland and the sentences are not very interesting at all. It is usually loaded full with simple sentences that add nothing to the overall essay. Combining sentences with commas, semicolons, etc. greatly improves my writing and makes my sentences and essays look better. The art of styling sentences has also helped my writing. I have quickly found that the art of styling sentences has given me an almost template for how I write my essays. Each type of sentence in the document spices up my essays and makes it look much different in terms of how it interesting it looks and the essay is styled overall.
If you asked me this same question three months ago, I would look at you and ask, "what?". I didn't really think about grammatical classification ever before this class. Sure I have found different types of sentences in an English packet and labeled this or that. But to actually dive into sentence structure and apply it to my writing has been totally new. I have now started adding fragments on purpose and that is something I would never do. I always thought that fragments were a big red flag and that my writing would deteriorate because of it. I have also learned that although a sentence can be very long and wordy, it can still be a simple sentence. The classification of a sentence is merely based on the number of clauses. A clause is made up of a noun plus a verb.
If you asked me this same question three months ago, I would look at you and ask, "what?". I didn't really think about grammatical classification ever before this class. Sure I have found different types of sentences in an English packet and labeled this or that. But to actually dive into sentence structure and apply it to my writing has been totally new. I have now started adding fragments on purpose and that is something I would never do. I always thought that fragments were a big red flag and that my writing would deteriorate because of it. I have also learned that although a sentence can be very long and wordy, it can still be a simple sentence. The classification of a sentence is merely based on the number of clauses. A clause is made up of a noun plus a verb.
My variety of grammatical classification and stylized, artistic sentences has improved greatly so far this year. I never really paid attention to the grammatical structure of sentences at all until this year and now I can see how it can do a lot to make your writings more interesting and less repetitive. Before this class, I think that I just wrote a bunch of simple and compound sentences without really thinking too much of it and I was told to never write fragments so that's what I did. The more I write and try to incorporate these various different grammatical structures and different sentence styles and terms, the easier it is for me to include these without really even trying. Even just comparing my first essay in this class to the one I am currently working on is crazy. In my first essay, I had to go back in the end and change a ton of sentences to include all the required terms, sentence structures, and vocab. But with this essay I'm working on now, I finished and only had to go back and change four or five sentences in order to match the same criteria.
The use of grammatical classification for me has helped me improve in english and writing ability. Grammatical classification has helped me greatly in sentence style. I would have never been using hyphens, semicolons, dashes before I understood grammatical classification. Once I found out what are the sentences and what you can do with them in certain categories. Once I got to that point it helped me when wondering how to make my sentence sound better. I was able to come up with new ideas for sentences instead of just subject-noun-verb sentences. When trying to sound educated or smart you are able to do that through the knowledge of grammatical classification. Grammatical classification made me also want to use higher vocab to sound even smarter. But overall the understanding of sentence structure helps all around. You are able to think more structurally by looking at the problems from a different perspective. Grammatical classification has all around made me think in new ways and helped with style and structure.
Learning about grammatical classification and how to style sentences has helped me improve my writing. I am very thankful for this class due to the fact that it has helped me realize that writing will help you in so many different ways. Previously, I would never insert a semicolon, dash, or hyphen. While using those, I have expanded my writing and increased the variety of my sentences. This class should be incorporated, somehow, in younger grades. Learning all these tools and using them in my writing, makes me sound like I know what I am talking about, rather than sounding monotone and not really understanding what truly is going on in the writing. Styling sentences has changed my writing tremendously, I have manipulated my words and phrases in so many beneficial ways to the point where I feel confident in what I am talking about. Overall, I see a huge change in how I portray my writing.
I think that my grammatical classification variety has widened significantly since the beginning of the year. I have learned many different sentence styles from class and have started to add more variety to my essays as a result. The different styles I have learned in class and have used in my essays are very different from the writing style I have used in the past. I also think that I have started identifying the different sentence styles that I use in my essays much faster and seeing them more often now that I know they are a certain sentence-style. I have also started to realize that I tend to use certain sentence styles more often than others. I believe that the added variety in sentence structure makes me sound smarter and more believable to anybody who reads my essays. Overall, I believe that my essay writing has greatly improved with the new variety in sentence style.
Madeleine Pearce
My use of variety in my grammatical and sentence styling has grown tremendously since the beginning of the school year. I believe when we started this year, most of my sentence styling was very bland and did not have much content to it. Now, I can tell that my sentences have been flowing smoother and that I have grown as a writer. The tips and tricks that you have provided us with has helped to better our writing and make it flow smoother. Not only has my writing style improved, but my use of varying verbage and sentence styling have helped improve my speaking abilities. Now I take pauses where I normally wouldn't, thinking about what form of punctuation would go there. My knowledge of using semicolons and other punctuation and terms has improved greatly and I thank you for that Mr. Christensen. Sentence styling was not a very easy thing for me to understand but with your help, it has been so much easier.
Since August, my grammatical classification skills are much better. I learned that my sentence styles not only make me a better author, but grammatical classification variety also adds flavor and voice to my essays. I believe that because of grammatical classification and sentence styling, my writing in speeches, emails, and scholarship essays sounds much more rehearsed and put together. My oral interp event requires me to write a persuasive speech and because of my newfound vocabulary, sentence styling, and grammatical organization—my judges give me better ranks in comments than they have in the last three years. Through pathos, logos, and ethos, my speeches really drive the point forward and make me the best competitor in the round. At first, I felt my writing sounded robotic and kind of like a politician, but now, I know that I stand out amongst my competitors because my writing is just so much better. Overall, sentence styling and grammatical classification have given me the strength to become a better writer and gives me a headstart in the professional world.
Before taking Composition, I thought I knew how to write impressively structured sentences. However, through practice and use of “The Art of Styling Sentences” document, I have realized that I did not previously know much about sentence structure at all. I feel that my writing is improving a lot due to more creative use of sentence structure, and I still have more to improve upon. Creating more unique sentences in my essay has made writing overall a lot more enjoyable. Artistic sentence variety can do a lot of things in aiding my essay. First of all, I have found it makes my essay more enjoyable and easy to read. If all sentences were the same, my essay would quickly bore the reader. Artistic sentence variety also can help involve the reader in the essay more. For example, using a hypophora engages the reader, as they feel like they directly have been asked a question. Another use of creative sentence structure is better informing the reader. Devices such as appositives, the use of dashes, and many other things can help further clarify things that the reader may otherwise find hard to understand. Overall, artistic sentence variety has helped improve my writing, as well as make the writing process more enjoyable. I have also been able to apply these writing skills to my writing outside of composition, escaping from the repetitive nature of my old writing style.
Variety has always been a trouble spot for me. Not only in just my writing. It is hard to learn to do things differently. So far this year I have had to adjust my writing technique to include many new things. Who knew switching to only use one space between sentences would be so difficult? However, my writing has also improved so much. For example, I no longer start all of my sentences in the same few ways. Good sentence variety is important and that is something that I have learned this semester. Although I am still not confident with the rules for using different punctuation, I now know that they are options. The greatest improvement I have seen in myself is the ability to pick out different types of sentences. I think it is cool to be able to look at a particular sentence and see the effort put into it. Not only to get the point across but to do it in the most sensible way possible.
Before I was in my composition class I did not know there was such a wide variety of grammatical classifications I could use while writing. Using and understanding different grammatical classifications has helped my writing (I think) drastically. I had always thought I was a good writer before this class, once I learned how to write properly I realized how much I could improve. Also realizing how many mistakes I was making in my writing, including; conjunctions, repetitive one-word usage (ex: you), wrong placement of commas, colons, and semicolons, and more. Learning grammatical classifications can enhance one’s writing style and I think that everyone would exponentially benefit them. Using a good variety of sentence styling techniques can help one get really good scholarships for college, can make one look more intelligent, and understand what they are talking about. From now on, anything I write will have a variety of grammatical classifications. I am very thankful for learning these techniques to enhance how I write.
I would say that my grammatical classification variety has greatly improved over the course of this year. At the beginning of the year, and years previous, sentence style or variety was never something I thought about or changed. This year I have learned a lot about different sentence layouts and styles;thus, in my essays, the sentence variety has increased. I would say because of what I have learned over this past quarter my essays have changed juristically. I would also say that I am able to identify what type of sentence is and how to change a sentence to make it more understandable and more interesting. I have also started to realize that I drift to some sentence styles more than others. I don't know if it's because I find them easier or not, but I do like the way my writing has improved since learning these new techniques. I even dare to say that because I have been using new grammatical classification variety, my sentences seem more believable and that I might sound as if I know what I'm talking about. In conclusion, I would say that over the course of this past quarter and over these past few essays, my grammatical classification variety has improved greatly.
Grammatical classification is a very important piece of writing that makes writing more interesting and has a better flow. Throughout this first semester of Comp with the grammatical classification tests and lessons given by Mr.C, my writing has improved. With these lessons, my writing has gotten better because I can switch the flow or simply sound smarter. Now that I have learned what I should include and what I should not include in my writing, my essays are getting better grades and make more sense. Before the grammatical classification lessons I would not think about the sentences I am writing I would just throw done whatever is on my mind, now I think about the structure and what I could add to catch the readers attention. Some examples of things I do not do anymore: starting sentences with the same boring "them and they" I instead find different words for the subjects or start with a prepositional phrase instead.
Grammatical classification is essential and my use of such classification has been improving rapidly. Through learning many terms and techniques of classification I can improve my writing tremendously. Easy sentences are boring but also great to write. While improving our grammatical classification skills we find that writing complex and entertaining sentences become a breeze. I have made ample use of the many documents available to us through google drive and other alternate resources. As the year goes on I hope to improve my use of grammatical classification even more. I am working on my causal essay currently and I have a firm grasp of how to write strong sentences. Improving your variety on sentences is very simple. You just need to take a look at the "Art of Styling Sentences" document. Or a look at the 101 final exam terms list. In closing, my grammatical classification is getting better and better the more I write.
This class has truly helped to shape my writing ability. In a very short period of time having written almost 4 essays, my writing has become much more professional. I take my time to think about what I am writing and how to make it sound the best it possibly can. In years past, I have just typed whatever popped into my head and have just submitted it without much thought about what I was writing. This class, however, has shaped my writing to be more artistic and has helped me learn how to make an essay flow. Similarly to the 4th-grade essays we just read, I used to write kinda blocky and chunky and overall not very well. This class has really changed that for me and is helping me to become a better writer which will help me for the rest of my life as I go onto college and then the workforce this professionality in my writing will come in very helpful as I go and for that, I will be very thankful.
My use of grammatical classification I believe has increased greatly since the start of the year. It helps me add variety and sophistication to my essay. Grammatical classification is a great way to show how great of a writer you are by using a variety of styles and adding in intentional fragments throughout your essay. I feel that at the beginning of the year I felt that I would not need to use this in my essays in college but now I will use them to show sophistication and variety in my essays from now on. Essays need the variety otherwise readers will get bored and stop paying attention to what you are talking about. So in college essays to get good grades you are going to need to use a variety of styles throughout the essay to keep your professor intrigued so that he will give the best grade possible.
With each quiz and lesson we have about grammatical classification, I grow closer to mastering the skill of the use of grammatical classification. I have learned to use a tally system to determine the amount of independent and dependent clauses a sentence contains. This has improved my skill at classifying sentences greatly. As each week comes and goes a term Tuesday is given and provides me with knowledge of how to improve stylizing my sentences. My writing has become a lot more interesting read due to having more practice on previous essays, blog tasks, etc with stylizing sentences. Knowledge of key terms such as colons, semicolons, or dashes has been acquired and put to use in my essay. Confidence was lacking in my writing before I began Composition 101. I would hardly ever include a variety of punctuations in my essay because I did not know how to use them correctly. If I did end up including a semicolon or a dash, for example, I wasn't very confident if I used them correctly or not.
My writing style has significantly improved since the beginning of this class. Before taking this class, I simply just wrote what came to mind without thinking about sentence structure and how to add variety in my writing. Additionally, I did not know how to use grammatical terms such as semicolons, dashes, and many more. This class has taught me to analyze what I am writing and how to make it sound more professional by using different grammatical classification structure to add sentence variety to my essay. I have also learned about many different grammatical terms and have learned how to implement them into my essays. Not only have I learned how to use punctuation such as semicolons and dashes but I also learned how to implement more complex ideas such as the paired conjunction in this sentence. These new writing skills allow my writing to flow easier and sound better.
Having been in Composition I for a little over a quarter now, I have most definitely seen an improvement in my sentence variety. Term Tuesdays are a big thank you for this because just being able to see examples of different sentence styles helps to understand and think of different styles so my text does not get boring and repetitive. Another thing that my improvement in sentence variety has helped is my confidence in my own writing. Knowing that I have the knowledge and capability of different structures gives me confidence in my writing because I know it is not going to be relative and boring to read because I have different sentence structures. I am excited to see what my writing will look like at the end of the semester because by then I will have more confidence in my writing and hopefully know more different sentence structures.
I think my writing style has changed quite a bit since starting composition. In English 11, we did the ACT practice testing and I had no idea how dashes or semicolons work. Now I use them in my regular writing. Before this class, I had used some of the techniques without knowing what they are called. Now I can identify what I am saying and realize how it impacts the tone of my sentence and readability of the sentence. Being forced to use different styles of sentences has helped me develop more variety in my essays. At the start of the semester, I had to manually go back after writing my essay to add the different sentence styles, but now I only have to go back and identify the styles that I have already written. I have ceased starting sentences in the same what every time. I now start them with infinitives, prepositional phrases, gerunds, and many other techniques.
I love having the opportunity to improve my use of grammatical classification and vary my sentence style because it helps me expand my vocabulary and show that I am capable of portraying my thoughts in a clear, logical order. However, it has been a bit difficult because I am tired and it is easier to write simpler sentences, but that results in boring work. With this in mind, I try my hardest to spice up my writing style because this would keep my readers enthralled and entertained. I have noticed, though, that my preferred writing style is the use of dashes, appositives, and modifiers in no particular order. It is also important to improve because it forces my brain to think and expand, making it easier to learn other new things. It also shows my dedication and perseverance, my willingness to work when I continue to try to change the style in which I write.
Composition has really helped my writing by making my writing feel less robotic. When writing my essays I am now able to use dashes to their full potential when before I had no idea how to use them. My writing now also contains little to no expletives whereas before they would appear every other sentence. My writing has also evolved in which the beginning of my sentences never consistently start with the same thing (subject, gerund, etc.). I have also learned how to quote properly and as well as using logos, pathos, and ethos in my writing. I am now capable of using different punctuation such as semicolons, colons, etc. Lastly I am more confident in my writing because of what I am learned in composition.
As we learn more about variation in sentence style and grammatical classification, I realize how plain and repetitive my old writing style was. I use to type a lot of the same words repeatedly—word phrases known as expletives. Using those types of phrases repetitive in my sentences are not impressive and are make my writing seem very unprofessional. Also, I have been doing a better job at styling my sentences. What do I mean by this? Before I took this class I would always follow the same guideline: subject + verb followed by a direct object. But, this class has really taught me how much better sentences and the flow of essays are when I change up the format of the sentence. I have learned I can start changing the order of operations of the sentences. I have also learned how to use dashes, hyphens, semi-colons, and colons properly in a sentence. Learning all these new things about how to write a professional essay has definitely made me more confident as I write more and more essays.
My writing style and skills have greatly improved since the beginning of this class. Prior to taking this class, my sentences were repetitive and boring. Adding artistic sentence variety to my essays makes them flow better and sound more intelligent. With the variety in my sentences, my essays are more engaging and interesting. I have also learned how to use dashes, semicolons, and hyphens effectively, which has expanded my writing skills. I have become more confident in my writing due to learning about artistic sentence variety. Following the first grammatical classification quiz, I realized I did not know much about it. After learning more about it and how to incorporate it into my writing, I have notably improved my essays, emails, and assignments. Learning about grammatical classification has helped me to add variety to my sentences. Using the things I have learned about sentence variety and grammatical classification will significantly help me in college and after.
After being introduced to grammatical classification and learning about sentence-style variations, I realize now that my old writing was really plain and repetitive; it was definitely subpar, and I'm actually a bit embarrassed. At the beginning of the year, I found it difficult to add sentence structure variety into my essays, I think I was mostly writing simple and compound sentences. When I would finish an essay, I would have to go back multiple times to add variety in my sentence structures and other required criteria. However, now as I am writing my causal essay, I am beginning to write more interesting sentences without even trying. This class has taught me how to actually interpret and use grammatical classification, stuff that I didn't learn as well in any other English class. Learning about stylized, artistic sentences has greatly improved my writing, and I am feeling confident as I look towards the future.
Since the start of this year, I have seen my writing style improve tremendously. I realized that what I was writing before was plain and sounded the same throughout that essay. Even in my first essay in this class, you can see my writing improve in that essay. I can now classify what I am writing on my own rather than countless examples of what I am trying to write. After the first essays, I have learned that there are different ways to write the same thing. I am starting to see which forms fit with others and which methods don't work at all. I am beginning to become more confident in what I am writing and realize that I have learned a lot more about it than I initially thought. What I have learned will help me when I get to college and help me when I enter the world of work.
After starting this class the stylistic nature of writing has increased dramatically. Seeing my peer's different ideas about sentence structure has helped me change my own. I have learned to link sentences in a different way and not continuously use the same words. Along with this, my use of vocabulary has changed. I have learned to use different words that allow my writing to be less repetitive. My use of the grammatical classification is still lackluster but has increased since I first started working on it. The classification has allowed me to better understand the structure and the flow of each sentence. This has allowed me to further understand the style of writing and meaning that each author is trying to convey. The old writing style that I was using was boring and at times very vague. Now I feel confident that I am able to understand and convey a clear message.
I think my writing and understanding of sentence structure has improved a lot since this class began. When this class first started, I had no idea what sentence structure even was. I thought there was only one type of sentence; the idea that there were different types was foreign to me. Now that I know how to use different sentence types, my writing seems a lot more professional. I even enjoy writing a bit more, because it's less repetitive and I'm aware of what I'm putting on the paper. I don't even have to try to write interesting sentences anymore; I do it automatically. Sometimes, I'll even catch myself doing it when I'm texting or writing an e-mail. I am very grateful I was able to learn how to style my sentences and make them more interesting, because my writing before this class was not good...at all.
Speaking on behalf of my writing style, I think that it has improved a great amount. In the past, I used the same sort of sentences and style time after time. Having learned a great amount from being in Composition one, I have found out how to switch up and style my sentences better and with more skill. I have learned many different types of sentence styles and incorporate them into my essays to maximize my grade. By using these I sound much more intelligent than before. Since I'll be attending college next year, having a variety of different sentences will be very helpful and rewarding. I will also have to take Compostition two so I'll most certainly need to know how to write and incorporate different and unique sentence styles into my essays. We're only one quarter into the school year and I've already improved a tremendous amount. I know that there is much more improvement to come in the near future.
In the past, I never have really focused on my sentence style or variety. I just wrote what I wrote and submitted it to my teacher and hoped for the best. This made the first few grammatical classification tests very difficult for me and it seemed like something that I would never be able to understand. However, now that I have learned how grammatical classification works, I am actually able to write artistic sentences that keep my reader engaged. I feel a lot more comfortable in my writing now that I understand the structure of my sentences. I also feel like my ideas are more easily portrayed and flow out of me more now that I can organize my words in different styles. Studying my grammatical classification has given me a lot more confidence to head off into college where I will need to write papers more on a regular basis.
Grammatical Classification can be sort of confusing when you are just starting. An important tool that has helped everyone in the class so far is the grammatical classification chart. Without that chart, people would find it difficult to fully understand the requirements for each sentence and how they differ from each other. Personally, my writing technique has improved because of this and I appear to be a stronger writer. By differentiating the styles of sentences I use and the length that they are can make the paper flow better. This is so the paper is less choppy, robotic, and can seem more appealing to the reader. I have also become a better writer because of the Term Tuesdays that we have. Those days keep us learning about new types and styles of sentences and with those new sentences we can show off our intelligence. This is why I also like that we are forced to use the terms in our writing because it makes us challenge ourselves, so eventually, we will create these amazing sentences without even trying.
Before composition 1 I never really wrote essays for classes. Here and there we would for my English classes but other than that the assignments would be one to two paragraphs. Taking this class has definitely improved my writing style. I feel way more confident now while writing essays. I feel like I am ready for essays in college. Before I took composition 1 I also had very a boring sentence structure. Every sentence would start with a subject and then usually followed by a verb. Versus now I can start with a gerund or even an infinitive to start a sentence. When writing I feel like it looks more presentable and professional than it used to. If you were to compare an essay I wrote during my junior year of high school to now just my senior year it is insane. I hated writing essays before because I feel like I didn't know what I was doing but now that I know how to style my sentence I feel a lot more comfortable.
Before taking this class I did not consciously focus on my grammatical classification variety often or even know much about it at all. After learning about it and taking the time to practice it, I feel like my writing skills have advanced drastically. It has become fairly easy for me to create interesting and diverse sentences with minimal thought. Without even trying, I find myself writing much more advanced sentences that sound much less monotonous than previous works. It is only now that I look back on my past essays and realize how plain and boring they were compared to what I am now capable of. I not only feel much more confident in my writing prowess, but also in my knowledge of the subject, which in turn has helped me to try different approaches and produce more heterogeneity in my writing. It used to be a grueling task to write an essay but it is now becoming much easier for me to compose my thoughts in a lucid manner. I have definitely learned a lot more over the course of a few short weeks, and I am looking forward to improving even more.
At the beginning of this school year, just one glance at the example essays provided for us made me nervous. Each essay seemed so well written for a high school student, and I was worried that I would be unable to compare. However, after being provided the grammatical classification chart and stylized sentences document, I realized that the advanced level that these students wrote at is completely achievable. I have always loved writing, but now I possess the tools and capabilities to take my writing to the next level. Before this class, I felt that my writing abilities had plateaued—I had felt no noticeable improvement in my writing skills throughout high school. However, now I feel like I have not only improved my writing skills but have retained the information I have learned. When I first began writing my essays, I relied on the art of styling sentences document; however, I am now able to create stylized sentences without referencing these documents. I have also noticed that I am able to easily recognize the grammatical classification of sentences without referencing the chart. Because of this class, I have noticed my writing skills improve dramatically, through an increased variety of sentence structure, and a widened understanding of stylized sentences.
Grammatical classification has helped me enhance my writing by giving me the knowledge and capability to know how to structure a sentence and make it more precise. I have learned a lot about styling sentences as well and I know how to write to inform, by deleting the unnecessary information can make your sentences more interesting. This will help me write better essays. My artistic sentence variety has improved a lot. I have started incorporating more ‘colorful’ words in my sentences if you would like to say. I do not rely on the simple words as much as I used to, I now create sentences with bigger vocabulary thus making my sentences stand out more. Before this year I did not pay attention to the way I wrote my sentences and I didn’t even know to classify them. I am glad I am growing and becoming a better writer by using more variety in my sentences and by knowing to grammatically classify them.
Grammatical classification and artistically styled sentences have significantly improved my writing. Previously, my writing was concise and bland, rather than elaborative and riveting. I have found new ways to go about my writing so that I may draw in my readers. Using different punctuation, sentence structures, and intense verbiage have spiced up my writing significantly. I have found that using these specific writing tools has helped me better understand my style of writing—-allowing me to truly express my thought processes through composition. I have noticed that certain sentence structures are my forte while others I struggle with. Being able to recognize this has allowed me to focus on my weaknesses as a writer. Overall, learning these things has better equipped me not just as a writer but also an all-around student. Showing true passion, and emotion in writing can be difficult without these tools. Having been educated on the importance of such things, my writing has flourished from subpar to a work in progress---hopeful to achieve a great writing ability.
I feel as though I have greatly improved my usage of grammatical sentence variety so far in this course. Before, I did not know that there are so many kinds of different sentences and styles, nonetheless how they all contribute to one another to create a specific tone. Now that I understand how individual sentences play into each other to create a whole paper, I give much more attention to my writing, style, and structure. Furthering my knowledge of these concepts allows me to understand deeper meanings in texts and literature of all kinds. Not only that, but I feel much more confident and intentional in my writing now that I can look further into ways of improving in specific fields of my own literary work. From my new experience and improvements in writing, I can further my knowledge exponentially in order to obtain what I want from this world through diplomacy and compelling writing.
I have developed my writing technique with the use of varying grammatical classifications and stylized sentences. By shifting from one grammatical classification to another, I can make my writing more intriguing. Stylizing sentences is the second key part of further distinguishing each sentence from the last. By utilizing these two methods, you write more captivatingly, and your work will have more readers enthralled.
Understanding grammatical classification is essential to understanding your writing and improving on it. I like to write simple sentences with plenty of extra phrases added on; however, this can make your writing dull to the reader. Thus, I have begun to switch some into complex and compound sentences to prevent monotony.
Stylizing sentences, while more complicated to achieve, can be an even more impactful technique to improve your writing. Instead of you only holding the five types of sentences from grammatical classification, stylizing sentences allows you to create numerous more. I often use a delayed subject, whether it is a preposition or a participle phrase.
The structure of my writing has dramatically developed since starting Composition. Originally I was overwhelmed with the vast variety of styles that can be utilized when writing; now I understand the importance of them and find them helpful to make my writing stand out. Another aspect in which sentence variation has helped me is through punctuation. The use of commas, hyphens, colons, and other punctuations show maturity in writing. I have finally learned how to use these properly. Using correct forms of punctuation has helped me with the ACT and understanding how to answer questions involving independent and dependent clauses along with simplicity. I've learned that adding more words isn't always better. Writing my first essay was daunting; having to include different formats of sentences while using proper punctuation proved to be a challenge. As of now, I am very confident in my writing and I hope my essays reflect that.
I thought writing was always my strong suit. Writing, in the beginning, felt like it came pretty easy compared to my peers so I never thought I needed much improvement. This year with learning about sentence styling and grammatical classification it has definitely challenged me to become a better writer. There is a lot to learn with these new concepts especially when wanting to utilize them. However, I believe that learning this new way of writing will help me a lot in becoming a college-level writer. One thing that I have really enjoyed about learning grammatical classification is that there were a lot of simple points that I overlook and this made me focus on it more. Using commas, colons, and knowing the difference between a hyphen and a dash, all have had a new light shown on them. I feel like I actually know how to use them efficiently now.
My grammatical classification variety and my stylized, artistic sentence varieties have improved very much since the beginning of the year. Writing stories is a fun pastime for me, so my artistic writing styles seemed very large, compared to most of the people that I saw type. However, Composition has not only given me a much larger vocabulary but now it has also given me a huge assortment of sentence styles and tricks that I can use to draw readers into my stories better. I never really thought about using compound-complex sentences in my writing, when I could just use a period, but now I understand how useful and powerful that sentence style is. Some of the tricks that I learned about I have been using for a while, and others I have been completely using them wrong. I think that I am beginning to get a grasp on how to write better and how to draw readers in.
Going into this class, my writing was not up to par. The more we use grammatical classification, the more I realize that sentences do not have to sound the same. Writing is a way to get your point across. New techniques have allowed me to thoroughly express what I am writing, however; I realize that I do not push myself far enough. I know that I can do better. Is it easy to write simple sentences? Yes. It is hard to continue to push yourself with writing but I feel that this class allows for achievement and failure. Writing every day allows us to get into the habit of creating new ways to write the same thing. I believe that grammatical classification has helped me significantly because now when I apply for scholarships I know that I will stand apart from other applicants. This class has also helped me pick and learn stronger verbs that will enhance my writing and allow me to sound intelligent.
My use of grammatical classification is so much better than it was at the beginning of the semester. I know how it works and that helps greatly. It was not that I wasn’t using different types of sentences, I just didn’t know the difference between most of them. Actually having to point them out in my papers helped because it forced me to learn and know how I needed to write and what I had to look for in the sentence to properly identify it. It also helped me fix the errors I would make in sentences. I feel as though my writing is not only more interesting, but it also makes more sense from a grammatical point of view. I know more about how and where to use grammatical structures. My writing is still mine, just better worded and fancier. I hope I can use the skills I learned now and use them in university.
Before taking this class, I found that I didn't know how to add variety and interesting sentence starters into my essay. After studying and reviewing different ways to organize independent and dependent clauses, my essay has a more dynamic feel rather than a repetitive pattern of the same simple and complex sentences. In addition, adding stylized sentences has also improved my essay and has taught me how to better understand literature. Knowing when and how to use a dash and parentheses has changed the way that I and interpret literature as well as when it is important to incorporate these ideas into my essay. An example of this would be learning to place a dash before something important. Before having this clear knowledge, I hardly ever used this tool in my essays. Overall, knowing how to better organize independent and dependent clauses has helped me to create a more diverse essay, and stylizing my sentences has helped me to better understand how literature should be read and when it is important to use this in my own writing.
Before taking this class I felt like all of my sentences were repetitive and not interesting. Many of my sentences would start the same way. I feel like after learning more about the stylization of sentences—more interesting, my sentences became. I now know how to add in interesting information with parentheses, commas, and dashes. Finding new ways to start sentences, make them less repetitive. I will be able to make my essays sound more educated and make colleges want me and help others want to give me money for college. I now also know how authors write more interesting sentences and can appreciate their writing more. That is just a few things I learned from stylizing my sentences.
Personally, I have become a lot more conscious about the types of sentences I write as well as additional phrases that I could add to my writing to make it flow better. I also add these new additions to my essays because it makes me seem smarter; no one wants to read an essay that looks like it was put together by a toddler so if you add parallelism to your writing or more advanced vocabulary you seem smarter. I have also realized that I did not use simple sentences as commonly as I thought I did. I thought that my writing was elementary and basic with simple sentence after simple sentence. Now looking back and reading through my writing looking to categorize those things I have seen that I feel more inclined to use compound or complex sentences rather than simple ones. When I am looking through my essay sometimes I notice that I do not even have a simple sentence anywhere within my writing.
My use of grammatical classification variety has grown very much since being in this class. My writing still flows pretty freely, but now I remember to switch up how I say things, and not keep all my sentences in the same variety. I mix in longer sentences with shorter sentences, ones that say a lot, and ones that say little. I also inherited using lists as full sentences which I think adds a lot of information while not taking up as much space. I have become much more conscious about throwing in different varieties of not only sentences but words. I have very much limited my use of bland words and phrases like "there is" and "it is". Using better verbs makes my story sound better and can make it flow tremendously better. Changing up my sentence variety has made me an astronomically better writer. It is easier for the reader to read, and flows so much better, and is more connected as one thought throughout the essay.
Since I have started talking English Composition, I have learned a lot about grammatical classification and the variety of stylization methods that you can implement in an essay. The most important thing I learned relating to grammar was identifying types of sentences and understanding the differences between simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, and fragmented sentences. Now I can understand whether the sentence I am constructing falls into either of these five characters and how important some of the more complicated (compound-complex) sentences really are. In relation to stylizing sentences, I learned a lot as well. I've been using dashes more often as they're a cool stylistic choice and look better than parentheses in my opinion. Other interesting concepts that I learned to add to my sentences include hypophoras, anadiplosis', and an introductory set of appositives. I'll be using these concepts more as I write essays and formal papers in college and even when I'm just writing in general. These concepts make your writing more interesting and inspired and should always be considered when constructing an essay.
At the start of the year, I would have said my writing had a good amount of style. As we delve into the grammatical classifications and styles of writing, I realize I was very wrong. Using different terms or starting a sentence with something other than the subject really switches up the way a sentence sounds. Going into the year I had no idea that there were five different types of sentences. In my mind, everything was just a sentence. No simple or compound it was either a long or short sentence. After delving into the writing and really looking at what makes stories great, I realize how wrong I was. Styling a sentence gives the reader so much more excitement and interest in the story. Looking back at some of my old writing I’ve seen great improvement to my style. I’ve seen more detail in explaining and different starts of sentences.
I have always used grammatical classification and different varieties of styling my sentences; however, in the short time period in which I have spent time in this class, I really expanded my knowledge and use of styling my sentences. There are terms that I have never heard of, before this year. Being able to learn new terms and use them in my writing really matures and appropriates my writing to an increasing extent. Learning the right way to use SWABI’s and FANBOY’s to make an independent clause or dependent clause is one of the biggest takeaways from the Grammatical Classification quizzes that we have been taking. My essays have been better than ever with being able to incorporate simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences wherever I see fit. I really enjoy the kahoots that people tend to put up during term tuesdays; I learn the material after getting an idea of how everything works by answering the questions.
Before joining Composition 101 this year, my writing style frustrated me. I felt like my intentions were not properly portrayed in my writing. I would mean to say one thing but my writing would not reflect what I meant. Writing has always intrigued me but I was never the best at it. This year we have actually learned about styles of sentences that we had only brushed over in past classes. I've also had an aspiration to improve and build on my vocabulary but never seemed to retain the words I read and skimmed over. Composing, however, and incorporating our vocab words has helped me retain the words and understand them better. The Grammatical Classification quizzes have also taught me about the styles of sentences and how to use them correctly; however, I am still learning so it's not perfect. I hope to improve further, more than I already have this year, and work towards my goals in writing.
Going into high school, I had never used variety in sentences. Instead of writing bland simple sentences, grammatical classification has helped me write more complex sentences. Because they are more complex, they are less boring to read. When I used to write essays, I would not take the time to think about what I am writing. Now, because of the amount of time we get, I can check these essays for boring sentence structure. My essays have been drastically changed from what they used to be. Sophomore year was the last time I had to write a real essay; I remember that it was pretty awful and I did not get a good grade on it now. I still do not think my essays are good, but they have really improved since then. Recently, I took the ACT. I chose to take the writing portion of it solely to learn where my writing skills are at. I believe that the only reason I got a decent score, instead of a below-average score, was because of what I have been doing with my essays this year.
My grammatical classification variety and artistic sentence variety has varied a little from the beginning of the year. It is hard to change when the majority of the concepts like to go over my head. At the beginning of the year, it was easier to write essays than it is now. I feel that is because I have to think about it more so which means I have to keep myself focused for longer in order to go in-depth with it. This is not a bad thing because it means what I do end up writing is more in-depth when I have the time to think about it. I am still not confident writing anything but this class has given me a grasp on what good writing with variety should look like. This will be a useful skill when it comes to college essays and other future opportunities that deal with writing.
In my experience, I didn't try to make my sentences more stylish because it didn't matter as much to me. But by constantly studying and seeing the different styling techniques in different novels, I started to unconsciously do it more and more. It is still nowhere near a high level, in my opinion, but it has improved greatly from writing what could be called dollar store sentences. Even as simple as making a word change from excited to ecstatic can make your sentence better without any grammar changes, but by using both, you are able to achieve an even higher level of writing than you had previously
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