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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 RossAde 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

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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  

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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.