Proper citations and MLA formatting are crucial to an exemplary essay. The 1200-word draft and the final draft of project #3 demonstrates noticeable growth in my ability to both cite sources using MLA guidelines and to make local revisions that address my common sentence-level errors. In the early draft, I struggled with integrating quotes smoothly and formatting in-text citations correctly. As seen in screenshot #1, in the first draft every introduction to the quotes started with “He writes” or “She writes”. This was a local error that, when not attended to, caused the overall paper to become repetitive and mundane to the reader. However, in screenshot #2 I looked to use more robust and attractive introductory terms in my final draft. It can be seen in my early draft that my citation style was inconsistent, which was a major issue I focused on improving. Focusing on screenshot #3, while the source was cited, I did not follow the MLA requirement for punctuation around the parentheses. After class discussions about MLA formatting and peer review comments, I revised this passage in my final draft to reflect what is shown in screenshot #4. This revision not only aligns with MLA guidelines but also ensures that there is a smoother integration of the quote into my paper. Additionally, I made several revisions to correct sentence level errors that I had throughout my early draft. For example, I had a sentence that read: Lately, this is seen heavily in younger generations. The high technological usage in the younger generations is discussed in Anderon’s article. After I had edited the paper, I revised this sentence in my final draft to: This is seen heavily in younger generations, as discussed in Anderson’s article. This local revision was made up of combing the two sentences into one for better flow and clarity and correcting “Anderon” to “Anderson. These changes reflect my growing attention to sentence structure, specifically paying attention to flow and simplicity. Overall, the comparison between my 1200-word draft and my final draft of project #3 illustrates my improvement in applying MLA citation standards more consistently and addressing my typical errors at the sentence level. By revising my drafts based on class discussions and feedback from peer reviews, I feel more confident in my ability to produce clearer, and more professional writing.  

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