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Keen Kaur

Figueroa

Senior English P3

14 May 2019

Cover Letter

As a writer, I am constantly growing and learning how to become better. It has always been one

of my favorite subjects, and one of the subjects that I am best at. Coming into senior year, I was

already a pretty strong writer because of my time at University High. Still, there was major room

for growth, which only contributed to the skills I already had. Some of these skills include

writing complex and varied sentence structures, using extensive vocabulary, providing evidence

and warrant, maintaining a good flow, tone, and answering the prompt to its fullest extent. I

learned how to write the best possible papers during my time in UH, and even when I write

papers that seem great, there is always something I can find to improve upon. My biggest and

probably only weakness is transitions and turning in my papers on time. I write spectacular

papers with weak transitions sometimes, which throws off the whole paper. Also, I cannot seem

to turn in my stuff on time which is something I promise to improve on as I enter college. I have

learned to improve this weakness as I made it through senior year. I learned a lot my senior year

through the reflections I have written, and the great constructive criticism I received from my

wonderful English teacher. Both the reflections and feedback allowed me to see the small

mistakes I was making despite how great I believed my paper were. It allowed me to see that I

am not a perfect writer, which is ok. The essay that I am most proud of is my social issue essay.

It forced me to step out of my comfort zone and do extensive research on a paper I felt strongly

about. I learned a lot about the topic and myself throughout the writing process. I understood
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both sides of the argument, declining the bias I previously had. It was when I wrote this paper

that I genuinely recognized my strengths. These strengths were great flow, tone, evidence,

warrant, and overall just a good paper. Also, I really found my style of writing this year. I

believe I turn in papers so late because it’ll bother me to the core to turn in a paper that I know

isn’t good or I’m not proud of. I feel pretty good about my entire portfolio, because I’m

confident that I put out quality content. Senior English really reignited my passion for writing

again. As much as I might’ve dreaded writing some papers this year, I enjoyed them just as

much. All of them challenged me to write a paper better than my last. Even now, I enjoy going

back to read over them. My writing accomplishments thus far will be used in the future to

continue writing exceptional papers that myself and my future professors are proud of. My

writing goals past high school are to excel past the standards I will be held to in college. I am

fully confident in myself and my potential as a writer.