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Saad Thomas

      I have learned more about my strengths and weaknesses in writing throughout the school year. For some of my strengths, I found that I could write more easily on longer and more thought out papers. For example, I spent a lot of time on the research paper, which allowed me to find an interest in the subject, and I could use that to make my writing more interesting.       The shorter writing assignments are hard for me. I have a hard time finding the right words to piece together each sentence the way I want it in a short time. I can also get distracted and rush to finish these assignments, which damages the quality of my writing greatly.

      Throughout the year, I have had very different experiences with the writing assignments. The pieces of writing I enjoyed the most were the personal narrative and the research paper. For these papers, being able to choose a topic or event to go off of allowed me to write about something I found interesting, and it helped me keep motivated while writing. The long period of time we got to write them also helped me find time to focus on and revise my paper.       For the pieces of writing I struggled with, blog post and some poems were difficult for me. These assignments were difficult because they were the opposite of what I just described. Having to write on forced ideas can give me major writing block. Also, the short amount of time we had to write did not help with my struggles with writing during the year.