Analysis Of Thesis Statement: Coming Into English 101

In the past two months i fell like i have accomplished a great deal. As i focus on it more i realize i have become a better reader. I did this by concentrating on my readings and take my time to read them. With the help of my professor and classmates i began to analyze what i read.

1. The American city was changed drastically in the first half of the 20th century with the beginnings of the industrial revolution and the ongoing flow of foreigners into an already crowded United States.

Don’t be fooled, even though the title of my English 1101 course was “Let’s Make a Game” I do not enjoy designing or constructing games. What I learned from making them however, has already changed the way I write and communicate. In high school, every essay or piece of literary work was typed in Times New Roman 12-point black and white font. Most of the time these assignments were boring five paragraph essays written in the third person where I would try to prove a thesis statement. Throughout this course I have learned that the real world does not work in this manner. The best pieces of work are multimodal with design, color, pictures, and many other electronic aspects. If Facebook was just a compilation of black

This semester from being in ENG 101 I have learned to develop better thesis for my essays as well as putting together an essay. The previous semester if I was asked to make a thesis statement I would most likely look crazy and have a poorly written thesis statement. This semester I can say that my project 5 thesis was better to me than any

Personally, from the class of English 1101, I have learned on how to use the writing processes effectively, where the first step is to have a pre-write, which focuses on brainstorming ideas form either the group or from individuals’ brain for the required topic. The second phase of the process is the thesis statement, which is the primary idea of the entire essay. I discovered that the thesis statement should be persuasive and truthful. The third step is on developing drafts, where it showed me on how to focus on content, organization, and style. Again, I noted that I must ask myself who is my audience, and what do they want or need to hear.

     As writers, many students write to the expectations of their professors and not to their fullest potential. Throughout English 101 I had been writing only to please my professor or to fill the basic requirement to pass English. I always felt that my writing ability was never enough for my professors throughout the previous years. They always wanted clear and concise essays, which for some reason was unreachable by me. However, starting college and taking English 101 helped me with my weaknesses and changed my technique of writing essays. My experience in English 101 taught me to write to my fullest potential and to write what I felt; rather then writing what was required.

Actually I learned many things from this class. First of all I learned how to write a thesis statement and the topic sentences. Then I got the idea about the hook sentences. I learned to add the transition sentences so that I could connect every paragraphs which makes the flow in the every paragraph. We also did the assignment of the rhetorical analysis about the advertisement which helped me to analyze the advertisement. In that assignment I learned about the ethos, pathos and logos. I knew how to bring the main idea of the essay into the body paragraphs. I learned to connect the sentences with each other’s. It helped to find my weakness and work on them.

Since the beginning of this semester, English 101 has helped me realize both my strengths and weaknesses as a writer. One weakness that I have realized about myself is my tendency to not fully plan out my essays before I start writing the rough drafts. This is one thing that English 101 has helped me to improve, by creating well-planned out outlines before starting to write. A strength that I have is writing strong commentary that supports the provided quote and shows why the quote is relevant to the essay’s overall thesis.

The best meeting I attend where I felt most satisfied was about getting families organized for an upcoming deployment for senior spouses. The reasons I felt satisfied was partly because you could tell the speaker used the three-part analysis. He knew his listeners, military family members. He understood we already know the basic about the army and readiness for deployment. He understood that we were a diverse group that had been through deployments and that we wanted to know what was different about this one. The speaker’s thesis statement was excellent as it keyed in on exactly what he was there to talk about. According to the course text, “The thesis statement —sometimes called the central idea or key idea —is a single sentence that summarizes your message.” (Elmhorst, Adler, & Lucas, 2013, p. 259)

I learned how to write an essay. I took that information you gave to me and I ran with it, and I can now write a powerful essay. From the first draft to the final one, and every mile between, I have retained all the information and can now show you. We discussed the thesis statement. The thesis statement is the sentence that states the main idea of your whole writing assignment, and how if you have an inadequate thesis statement, the whole backbone of the paper is lost.

The scenario I chose for my formal speech assignment was “Should SCSU require SAT/ACT for Admission?” I chose that topic because I believe that SCSU should not require SAT/ACT for admission. For my thesis statement I said that, “Saint Cloud State University should no longer have the ACT or SAT scores as a part of their admissions requirements.” In our textbook the author goes into great detail about how it is very important when giving a formal speech to choose a topic that is relevant to your audience, “When you’re speaking at a particular event, topic choice must be appropriate to the occasion” (Rothwell 351). I personally feel that my topic choice and thesis statement are both appropriate for my formal speech. I also believe that I can achieve

In writing an essay I also struggle with incorporating clear topic sentences and connecting my paragraphs ideas back to my thesis statement. This struggle is based on last years’ experience with writing essays. This struggle can be improved upon by concentrating on what exactly my thesis is stating and building my sentences to relate and explain the thesis further. Improving on this will allow my writing ability to increase and help me become a more successful writer.

Indeed, there are lots of experiences that I learned throughout the whole process. From the first one which is introduction, until to the final draft. Confusion, depression, and insecure are always there when I submitted each of the assignments. I am so scared not to get my desire score, and it makes me feel really sick. I always tried my best for the past assignments, so that I could satisfy my desire score. Moreover, there are two things that are vitals toward my essay. Clear thesis statements and answer the question correctly are the most two things that I am lack at. For thesis statement, I do consume a lot of time to produce the thesis, and it has been an extremely hard job for me. The second one, I am a type person that is really careless.

In my high school English, we worked with the writing process and spent some time on thesis statements. I have a pretty good understanding that thesis statement should be telling the reader your perspective on a topic, and sum up your main points. Writing the introduction to papers is one of my favorite parts, I like to start them with an attention getting device, and then lead into the thesis and main points. To compose my papers I like to make an outline, and follow that when I type to make the paper come together better. I mostly struggle with conclusions, because I do not like to repeat things I have stated earlier in the paper. I always try to make the conclusion a little different. Lastly I really need to improve my paragraph coherence, I find it more difficult to get my sentences to flow and fit together like a proper paper

When I was set on majoring in English I knew that I had given myself a variety of career choices to choose from. During my last semester in college, I thought about how I would transfer my English degree into a career that I would love just as much as I did English. I knew that I wanted to own my own business, work flexible hours and be out with people on a regular basis which is why I choose Real Estate. I can say with confidence my English degree plays a big role in my career.