My Strengths and Weaknesses

During this semester, I have learned to better understand my strengths and weaknesses. One of my strengths is subject/verb agreement. I learned when and when not to use the letter s in my sentences. One of the things that I need work on is comma splices. I have a hard time figuring out when to place commas in my sentences, but by taking this class this semester, I learned not to use a comma unless when separating two complete sentences. One thing I need to work on is when using conjunctions, if it is not two complete sentences, do not use a comma. This particular error is the one that I tend to make the most. Another strength that I have is using present tense in an analysis paper. Before I took this class, I did not realize that the way that I was wording my papers had both past and present tense in them. I now can analyze an essay using only one tense. As far as literary analysis goes, I think my biggest strength is developing my main points. I have learned to focus on one aspect of a literary work and talk about only that particular point. One of my weaknesses in analyzing is developing a thesis. This has been the greatest challenge for me this semester. My literary skills have improved greatly during this semester.