The appointment to writing center

I went to the writing center this Tuesday during extra help and found Ms. Swift to give me some advices basically on the topic sentences. I was confused with the topic sentences before and it’s hard for me to think of something to start my paragraphs. Also, since I used different ways to organize my work, it seemed to be a little bit different and messed up. After I went to the writing center, the problems surrounded by my brain did get solved somehow.

When I went to writing center, I found Leo was there as well, and he had some same questions with me. Then, after a short conversation with Ms. Swift, I understand that a topic sentence should be broad but it needed to be a sign about the following sentences in the paragraph. A good topic sentence can be catchy and it should also tell the readers about the organizing of the whole essay. For example, in the third paragraph, which is the second paragraph in my written course assignment, I was analyzing the lines and my performance in the first balcony scene and I talked about the settings in the second paragraph. Then I could say, “In addition to focus on the objects and settings of act 2 scene 1, I also used the tone of the lines to show how Romeo and Juliet loved each other at first”. For this topic sentence, I connected the aim of the last paragraph and also introduced the topic that I wanted to show in the following sentences. Then, it become a clearer sign of my theme than “In the start of the scene, the two lovers showed as their love was much more important than everything, such as their identity and their family” because this one was too specific and less connected to my topic (Written coursework). For other paragraphs, I also came up with some ideas to change and fix the slack connecting topic sentences. I would treat them as the signs in the sides of the road that they could lead my essays easily. Also, I would try to write a topic sentence after writing the whole paragraph next time so that I can summarize or introduce the paragraph better.

On the other hand, I have some parts that lack of details. For example, in the second paragraph, I told a lot about the settings, such as the table, the window and the flowers there. However, I just labeled them out instead of really talking about what were they used for or what were they represented. So, during the following revising of the work, I’m going to giving more details to support my thesis. For the conclusion, I’m also going to restate my thesis and summarize and flashback to the performance that I have done to tell my effort.

To conclude, I never found that the writing center in our school could help me a lot. I think the writing center can help me to fix my confusion and come up with some ideas well. I’m thinking about getting more helps from the writing center for the questions with essays in the following year.

"Written Coursework." Cherrie's Lit. And Performance Blog. N.p., 14 Nov. 2015. Web. 18 Nov. 2015.