I believe that I have many strengths that have grown over the school year while writing. For instance, I have learned through the personal narrative paper that I should "show," not just tell what is going on in my writing. I understand now the importance of MLA formatted citations, formatting after working with my research paper, and attempting to properly cite all of my sources. I have learned and become confident in the use of in text citations, which I did not know existed before this year.
As we went over different forms of plagiarism and how not to plagiarize, I learned how to be careful while using paraphrasing. Through my own experience as a writer, when I am unsure if something needs to be cited, I always cite it anyway. I also learned that I can plagiarize my own work, although I do not quite understand that. Overall, the explanations in class about how to avoid plagiarism have helped me write without questioning myself and have made me a better writer.
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