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Unit 2 Reflection

My second college paper showed a lot more improvements than my first. I had a clear set of ideas about what I was going to write about and the organization throughout the paper was better. I still need to improve on developing a strong claim and sticking to it without trailing off to other topics. Also, revisions and more revisions are essential. In my paper I still had a lot of distractions caused by diction, grammar and repetitiveness of words that I could have caught during a revision process. I also learned that it is very important to have direct quotes from the author that one is writing about. Not only is it important to include the quotes, insert them into the proper place in the essay and citing it correctly, making sure there is enough detail and support to back up the quote. Also to make sure that the quote is direct to the point or issue in the claim that you are trying to adress. I hope that my unit three paper shows that I improved on the issues I had in my unit two. I used many citations and references hopefully it was enough to improve on my prior mistakes. I feel that revisions was my problem and probably still is a problem for me because somehow I always have something to correct that can distract the reader and take points off in my essay.