Read over the feedback you received from me on your first two essays and then read over your Essay 3 draft before you answer the following questions. There are 9 questions to answer. Please offer at least a complete sentence in response to each question. You can download that file, write your answers in it, resave it, and then submit it.
OVERALL COURSEWORK:
1.) How would you summarize the feedback you got from me on your first two essays for this course? What kinds of suggestions have I been making about your writing? What have I been commenting on most often when I respond to your work? According to my comments, what is the primary strength of your work so far and which area needs the most work?
2.) Which two of Kurt Vonnegut’s suggestions from the article “How to Write With Style” apply most directly to your own writing style? Why do you think so?
3.) How would you describe your work on the first two essays you submitted for this course in terms of your effort on both the draft and revision stages of the process?
4.) Where have you seen the biggest change in your writing since the beginning of the semester?
ESSAY 3:
5.) Copy the opening sentence of your Letter of Recommendation essay below. Why did you decide to begin the essay with that point or idea?
6.) Which paragraph do you think has the strongest supporting details in your draft and why?
7.) What kind of editing work will be most important when you revise? For example, do you primarily need to address incomplete sentences, run-on sentences, repetition, proofreading for grammatical/technical errors?
8.) Point to one thing you could change in your conclusion to make it more effective in terms of your topic and one thing you could change to improve the writing in the conclusion.
9.) What was the biggest challenge for you in completing a satisfactory draft of Essay 3?