Summary Assignment

Describe the writing assignment: The summary assignment I picked was “College Pressures”, it was most interesting for me because I am a college student and understand some of the situations portrayed in this essay.

Describe your topic: The essay I chose to write about was titled “College Pressures” By William Zinsser.

State your thesis or your dominant and controlling idea(s): My thesis for the summary paper was stated as - College is a time for students to be exposed to new experiences and challenges, and in return are faced with troubling pressures such as economic, parental, peer, and self-induced pressures

Describe the audience for your written work: The audience for my summary was targeted to anyone who wanted to get a brief but complete understanding about the reading, and still be interested enough to read the essay by Zinsser.

Describe the writing process you used to develop this work: As I read the essay for the first time I made notes and comments in the margin of the book. The reason being is that I wanted to pull out the central ideas and point that the author William Zinsser was trying to get across to the reader.

How many drafts have you made: ___2___

Approximate time spent prewriting, planning & drafting this work: _4_____ hours

Describe the outside assistance you have received on this work (from instructor, peers, tutors & others): After completing the summary I had my essay reviewed and peer edited by my roommate who I believe is a good writer.

Describe the revisions you have made after you drafted this work: After I had completed the main draft, I went back through and added more detail to the essay, such as key quotes or phrases from the reading.

What areas of sentence structure, word choice, grammar and punctuation did you pay special attention as you proofread and edited this work?  Please describe: As I edited my paper I paid special attention to sentence structure. I wanted to make sure that I eliminated as many run - on and fragment sentences as I could.

Discuss some of the concerns you have with this work: I have two concerns with my summary. The first concern I had was to be careful of being to specific in regards to explaining the main points of my paper. The second concern I had in writing my paper was to not be repetitive.

Discuss some of the positives of this written work: A positive aspect of my summary was organization. I feel as though my main point revert back to my thesis in a well-organized manor.