The last
writing assignment was the most difficult homework we had in English classes. The
first difference is of course the argumentation. It was very difficult to find
exactly what you need in sites in English and it took about 6 or 7 hours. However,
I do not regret of it because it was very useful – in future, I think, it would
be necessary for us to do such researches. The second big difference was the strict
structure of the essay – we had to use MLA format in it. In Russia we have
similar requirements. To tell the truth, I don’t understand why we have to use
it. In my opinion, it is just waste of time. The third big difference is the
spent time. I’ve spend great amount of
time writing it (over 20 hours if I’m not mistaken). Still, I don’t very like
my essay. In my opinion, essay has a lot of weaknesses. The first thing I don’t
like is its structure. Although I work on it over 20 hours and discussed with
the consultant in Writing and Communicating Center, the organization seems too
simple and too uninteresting. Also I don’t like the word choice – I think it
would be many words that wouldn’t be appropriate because I used them the first
time. Well, it had a few strengths. I
really liked my attention getter and my first two paragraphs. The ideas in
others, in my opinion, are not clearly explained.
This writing assignment was the
most difficult but the most interesting one at the same time. It is great relief that it had almost passed, but I do not mind to write one more essay just like this one.
I understand all your feelings with that argumentative essay! I spent even more than 24 hours to write it because of too long time to find suitable sources to argument my position. Moreover, it was very hard to me to issue a work cited list using MLA format. As you said, in Russian essays we have the same requirements to issue the work cited list, but for me, it is easier than in English essays.
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