Hey Tylasha, here is a good tip to improve Role-play. Please, stop disturbing people who are RPing by ganking them. I have witnessed you all evening doing it. Around the Cathedral square and Lion’s Rest. You’ve carried this on long enough even well before your forced name change, have some respect for RPers.
It might actually be better to follow the spirit of the thread, if not the OP’s own. Yeah they’ve been called out and now we know, but genuine advice threads are always handy; rather than peeing on her (and each other…).
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Two pieces of advice I have that might be a bit more time consuming, but are very simple in the end…
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Read. Books, graphic novels, even comic books or fanfics. Try to see how the authors characterize their protagonists, how they write action, how they write dialogue. Can you take something as inspiration and use in your own emotes? Maybe you learnt a new word that you can put into use? Maybe you’ll read the WoW novels - you’ll learn the lore on top! This is especially helpful if you’re not a native speaker - I found reading in English to help my own learning of the language tremendously. (I say this second guessing every sentence I write.)
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Write. Not only your own emotes, but stories. Have your character go on a journey of any kind, what will they encounter, what will they feel? How do they react to a problem? If your character is a blanker slate, this might be a nice way of having certain memories be more vivid when you need to reference them in RP. You can also include new words you’ve learnt in the stories to work them into your vocabulary.
You get a better feel of the character you’re playing after you’ve written a story for them, because often you’ll have to think of everything yourself, instead of half-reactionary types of writing you tend to do in RP. You’ll perhaps even develop your own style of writing that can also be shown in your own emotes that’ll make you stand out. And if not, at least it’ll be a character study.
It’s also great when you’re still learning English and decide to try out RPing - you’ll end up practising the language through reading and writing. Perhaps you’re still in school and might not receive the best education there is - this can certainly help (on top of RP on its own). Though, with some practise writing, RP itself will then become less daunting as well.
And finally, just RP a lot yourself. Practise makes perfect - and in the end, most of RP is reading and writing anyway.
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Something that I struggle with from time to time is that I subconsciously try to steer where the story or social status of my character is going. This tendency is not something I want to have, but I notice myself doing it every now and then.
And the advice I can give to others, and a reminder to myself, is that try to let your vision of your character go and let the roleplay take you on the journey. It’s better to go with the current than fight against it and get upset when you don’t feel satisfied with where your character ended up.
Of course, there are very broad and general paths you can still cling to, such as “I want my character to eventually become a Druid” or “One day my character will learn a horrible truth about his family” but what I feel just breeds disappointment and sometimes even bitterness is when you set expectations such as “This character is going to be the wisest of my guild that everyone will flock to for knowledge,” or “My TRP states that my warrior is a big hulking pile of muscles, everyone needs to be afraid of me!” But when you start to roleplay with people that have met hundreds of sage, old scholars and care little for elder’s wisdom, or how strong and tall you are, the should be understandable and okay. Take it as it comes instead, and then come to accept the role your character was given naturally. There one constant factor is the human behind the other character, and they will perceive you differently than you want to be perceived, let them, and don’t force your vision on others.
Go with the flow. Don’t fight it. 
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IF you sit there worrying over and over and over about how you can get people to like you OOC through your RP (and playing an “i love everyone” character) then you need to seriously reconsider your priorities.
Don’t talk so much OOC about your roleplay. Just stick to the IC and roll with it. You get more immersive roleplay and more genuine reactions.
Try to service others. It’s been said before, but I’ll say it again. And don’t make your character have a flat arc, unless said character is attached at conception to another player, (e.g. as a bodyguard). Otherwise, things tend to get old fast.
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