Freshman Composition Analysis

Our first essay of Freshman Composition was to write a narrative about something that impacted our lives. I didn’t really know what to expect from this assignment. I knew I could write about my car wreck and give precise details about every little moment. When I started writing, I created a mind map to organize all the details. However, I was worried about my writing skills. I didn’t know what my instructor was expecting from me in this paper. I have never been a strong writer and that really concerned me when it came time to receive a grade. When I turned in the assignment I knew I had a strong detailed and easy to imagine story. However, I knew I was weak with my word choices and grammar. Grammar is the biggest thing that drags me down when I write papers for important classes even though I know my information. Because I knew that before going to write this paper, I looked for resources to help me. I found a website that points out your grammar and spelling mistakes for free. I know you can’t rely on the internet so I would read over it on different days to see if I found something new to correct. This helped in the end because I got a good grade on the paper and did well on grammar.
I failed to spell out numbers, capitalize the car’s name, indent one of my paragraphs, and the use of present tense in a sentence when the narrative was past tense. These comments made me realize how easy it is to mess up on the small details. I also learned that you’re supposed to spell out numbers under ten. That is something I didn’t know before essay number one. The positive comments were also helpful with showing me where my strengths are. For example, the title of my paper and the opening sentence. On the grading scale, I got a twenty-nine out of thirty, missing a point for my grammar. I had good qualities in the paper but after reading my paper, I would change some details to make the paper have better