Paragraph Analysis

In this blog post, I will include a copy of my QRG draft with a paragraph analysis. I will be analyzing how well I focus and develop the main point, organize internally within paragraphs, link ideas coherently, and provide smooth transitions.

I will also include a short reflection, referring to my paragraph analysis, in this blog post.

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After conducting my paragraph analysis, I realized I have a few strengths and many weaknesses that reoccur in my writing.

Strengths:

• I am good at writing introductions, and presenting a new topic. 
• I can organize paragraphs well, internally.
• I can provide context that seems natural in a paragraph.

Weaknesses:

• I forget to write or include conclusions.
• My conclusions that I do write are not strong enough.
• I tend to summarize and not provide enough specific evidence (especially in this genre.)
• paragraphs are not well organized together
• work on transitions into new topics and paragraphs
• need to work on overall structure and sequence of paragraphs and QRG

Overall, I think I have a lot more work to do, but I feel confident in knowing exactly what I have to revise. I have never done a paragraph analysis before, but this has been very helpful. I liked how I was instructed to go paragraph by paragraph, making me stop and look at my writing in a new light.

--Jenny Bello