I feel that my ability to utilize MLA format has improved quite a bit. In accordance with the chosen work examples I have selected, my writing displays all the required items of which make up this writing style (there aren’t any page numbers displayed in the work sample, but all of my project submissions have headers with my last name and the page number). I also have the proper information, such as my name, the class, the professor’s name, and the date of last revision present before the name of my article. Additionally, not only does this paper include a published source citation in my “Works Cited” section, but I have also cited two peer sources. I do this by including the name of the author, the title of their paper, the title of the page I grabbed their paper from (UNEportfolio), and the link to the website, along with the access date.

“Morrison, Finley. “Digital Worlds: Teleportation at your Fingertips.” UNEportfolio, https://miller-eng110-1.uneportfolio.org/2024/03/31/journal-20/. Accessed 5 April 2024.”

 When reflecting on the specific sentence structure edits I have made along my revision process, I feel as if I have learned to make smarter, more conscious changes to increase the flow and clarity of my writing throughout the semester. An example of this involves omitting and replacing redundant words– where one of my peers discusses how their niece seems like they are waking up from a coma after watching brain-rotting media and returning to the real world. To describe this, I initially stated in my draft: “Here, they discuss the effects that their niece’s brain-rotting media introduced through technology has had on their relationship—which presents as a detriment.” This statement seems very redundant, as the word “brain-rotting” is used twice next to each other. When going about my revision process, I noticed this repetition, and attempted to make this sentence more interesting for my final draft. “Here, Morrison discusses him and his niece’s relationship, which has been disrupted by the mindless inseparability of her technology use.” I feel like this sentence does a much better job at not only offering a synonym for “brain-rotting,” but also at providing much more clarity and readability.