final portfolio cover letter
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Collin McGraw Emre Koyuncu English 106 4-29-2012
Cover Letter
This semester I had to write multiple papers for my English 106 class, and for my
final project I was to revise two of my papers, a photo essay, and create a portfolio cover
letter. I learned quite a few things by taking this introductory writing class. Some of which
were: how to write a film critique, how to use logical fallacies, how to properly cite sources
using MLA format, and lastly I tweaked my punctuation skills. When I got to look at my
assignments, after they had been graded, I tried to find which areas I needed to work on the
most. For the assignment A2, about the movie Grizzly Man, I noticed that I for a few of my
paragraphs I was having trouble wrapping up my ideas and getting a solid transition into
the next paragraph’s argument. I went back and tried to figure out how I could keep a
smooth flow between ideas and paragraphs. Another thing I did was went back and broke
apart a lot of contractions that I used.
The next assignment was the photo essay about the diversity of student life here on
Purdue University’s campus. The way I chose to do this essay was to treat it as if it was a
picture tour of Purdue and I was the tour guide. So we got started over by Krannert School
of Management and Follett’s Book Store where there is a Purdue University sign and
worked our way Northwest through campus until we eventually reached Ross-‐Ade
stadium. The thing that I needed to fix when I got my graded essay back, was the fact that I
did not have a set introduction or conclusion. So I went back and tried to explain the
concept of my essay a little better, and included a closing statement to wrap up my project.
Hopefully I used the skills that I learned in this course properly in order to better my
papers, and with constant practice, I can continue to improve my writing.