English 112

For the most part, I am practicing the writing processes that the authors of our textbooks suggest.  I do use their steps on revising my essays.   I think the steps are extremely helpful and really help me strengthen my essay.  I also use many of the writing techniques that the authors suggest, such as annotating, summarizing, and synthesizing.  These are all very important when writing an essay and I follow the steps listed in the book to ensure that I am doing them correctly.  One thing that I do not do that the authors suggest is to form issue-based questions.  I do not do this and formulate my ideas from reading and annotating the text.  One more part of my writing process that I use that the authors suggest is the different types of thesis and how to formulate the thesis.  The textbook is really helpful when is comes to writing a thesis and I really rely on it.