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Academic Writing Reflection

Ava Kumar reflects on the skills she gained in her academic writing course. She learned to properly integrate sources into her writing, be courteous, demonstrate creativity, and give effective peer reviews. The course also improved her grammar, mechanics, comprehension of MLA style, and ability to target her audience and use persuasive elements. A key benefit was gaining feedback from peers and instructors that helped her view her essays differently and continue improving her writing.

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Academic Writing Reflection

Ava Kumar reflects on the skills she gained in her academic writing course. She learned to properly integrate sources into her writing, be courteous, demonstrate creativity, and give effective peer reviews. The course also improved her grammar, mechanics, comprehension of MLA style, and ability to target her audience and use persuasive elements. A key benefit was gaining feedback from peers and instructors that helped her view her essays differently and continue improving her writing.

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Academic Writing Reflection

Ava Kumar

I have demonstrated many skills through my work in this academic writing course. I

have shown authorship as I integrated sources into my paper and gave credit where

credit was due. I also represented myself in an excellent manner as I made sure to

consistently be courteous in my writing. I aimed to demonstrate creativity and

originality in my work and was naturally curious throughout the research process.

Furthermore, this course broadened my comprehension regarding grammar and

mechanics. This was extremely useful because by eliminating errors from my paper, my

writing would appear more credible to readers. A final skill I gained from this course

was giving effective peer reviews. I learned how to write helpful, useful comments that

would push my classmates into revising their writing to make it even stronger.

Ultimately, the knowledge I took away from Duke Academic Writing enhanced the

clarity and validity of my writing. Such skills relate to my own goals as I aim to maintain

a stellar GPA throughout high school and beyond, and a key part of successful grades

is successful essays. Although the individual items in my portfolio serve different

purposes, they are all connected. Each assignment has taught me the importance of

effective persuasion by using elements such as reliable sources, proper grammar, and

appropriate formatting. Comments from my peers and instructors have deeply aided
my work as they revealed aspects in my text that I was previously blinded by. Their

feedback enabled me to view my essay in a different light. Moreover, the suggestions

from fellow readers helped me better target my audience. My work has definitely

improved upon the course. My comprehension of MLA, grammar and mechanics, and

persuasive elements have all flourished. However, writing is always a work in progress,

thus I will continue to nurture these skills. The items in my portfolio that truly show my

improvement as a writer are the Argument Essay and the discussion post. I put a lot of

effort into these two assignments, as I wanted them to shine as much as possible.

Indeed, distance from such pieces has given me more clarity regarding my work, and

new insights have risen. This is one of the beauties of writing. Ultimately, my major

takeaway from Duke Academic Writing is that although writing is complex, successful

writing emerges when one both acquires the skills to write effectively and then works

diligently and consistently on this process.

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