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The Writing Center

I've gone to the Writing Center twice so far this semester, and both visits have been very successful. The first time that I went second semester was to revise a DBQ essay for World History on the causes of the French Revolution. I found this visit to be very beneficial because the writing fellow that was assisting me introduced me to knew methods of revising my paper that I had not considered before. For example, she told me that I should read my paper out loud. When I did this with her, I realized that I had several errors in my paper that I had not noticed before.

My second visit to the Writing Center this semester was today, where I got help with my revision of my literary analysis for Lord of the Flies. I found this visit to the Writing Center to be even more helpful this time. The writing fellow that worked with me this time helped me to solve a lot of the issues I was having with this paper and its revision. I also gained some general writing knowledge from this visit. For example, I learned how to write more smoother transitions and I also learned that using the word quote in a literary analysis is a "no-no" according to the writing fellow whom I worked with. I think that every time that I go to the Writing Center, I better understand what is expected to occur in every visit and I think that with every visit to the Writing Center, I have a better understanding of how to write a good paper.

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