My Experiences As A Writer

Essay 2 was a paper I had wrote on the causes and effects of lying and by listing the pros and cons I was able to provide a clear thought. This paper taught me how to introduce a point, you could see this example in my third paragraph. In my third paragraph I talked about the then presidential candidates and how they were prime examples of the negative affects lying can create. My writing will improve more and more because of the newfound ability to catch the reader's attention thus persuading them into believing me. There are many genres to writing and the one that troubled me the most was a persuasive essay. I used to hate writing persuasive papers due to the single fact that I was not able to persuade anyone.

A semester has passed since I started college and my journey of becoming a better writer. It has been a very important semester for my future college career, and I would not be here without the things I have accomplished. The composition program has really helped me to prepare for what college writing is all about. Now standing here and looking back I could not imagine how it would be without that class. I believe my English, and my writing is better than it has ever been, and all thanks to the composition program.

The first essay allowed me to introduce myself to the teacher about why I preferred to be

The first essay was a persuasive essay on the right for gays/lesbians to marry. I believe that my first essay could have been a lot better. I think if I had based my paper on the topic sentences that I put together in the outline my paper would have been a lot better than

After receiving my results and feedback of Draft 2 I knew where I need to improve and where I have to concentrate while writing and it really made a difference in the understanding of my essay. My goal for the next essay is to overcome my

The third essay that was written was a critical argument. This assignment required me to choose two articles from the school library and write an essay stating my opinion on a particular subject. The topic I chose was medical marijuana. This topic was interesting to me, so it made the assignment fun. On this essay I had fewer mistakes than in previous essays. I continued to struggle with APA citation and the use of commas. When I looked at the feedback from this essay, it gave me confidence. I felt that I was learning and my writing skills were improving.

In my writing career, I have taken English classes throughout high school and a composition one class at my local community college. These classes have helped get me where I am today and has shaped me to become the writer I am now. There is plenty of room for improvement and I am hopeful this class will improve my knowledge. Although I have never excelled in writing, I try my hardest to do well at it.

Words: When typing my essay I made sure not to be repetitive nor use simple words. I strived to have formal diction and rarely used plain words.

Before participating in this course, I had no experience in any advanced placement English courses and had solely experienced college prep courses in my past years. I say this because this composition course meant so much more to me. I wanted to prove to myself that I was capable of writing and thinking like my fellow peers coming from the advanced courses as I previously mentioned. With this being said, I chose these particular essays because I honestly feel that they reflect the level of rhetoric writing and critical thinking I have been aiming for since the very start of the course. Now off to analysing my essays; my third one was on comparing and contrasting and it was significant for me because I expanded and gained new abilities in articulating my my position in a variety of ways. I obviously compared and contrasted different sides to a topic, but it is important to note that it wasn't just a report, but rather I needed to create and publish a clear message to the audience of my stance. I

My self-knowledge of my writing has become more evident throughout this course because I have become aware of certain patterns in my writing and I have gained tips on how to improve for future essays. I struggle with structuring my essays in a cohesive and organized manner and the input from Dr. Doss and my peers helped me produce better flow in my writing. For the second essay, I chose to do a rhetorical analysis of Mike Rose’s Why School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us because I feel more comfortable with analysis’ than a reflection, for example. After reading my peer review comments, I noticed that Adriana and Maggie both remarked that my essay would make more sense if I split up my second body paragraph into

These two assignments vastly improved upon my writing style and understanding of what makes a well written essay. Evidence that was lacking in my first essay, helped me learn about its importance and why it is necessary to support a thesis. My first narrative writing experience was overall insightful due to the fact that I had

I am very impressed on how I did on all four of my essays I 've done in class, but the second essay has to be my favorite essay. I 've always done better at argument essay than analysis, but I can tell that I 've improved on analysis. Since I know a lot about Korean wars and North Korea, it was easier for me to write the analysis essay and understand how the essay is written. I still need a lot to learn when it comes to researching and how I use them to build my claim stronger, but I believe that all the researches I used help me write an academic essay. I still need to improve on many things; nonetheless, I have made a met the student learning outcomes. I always tried to participate in class activities and be

All three essays have a lot of information. Although they contained several spelling and grammar mistakes, these essays were so scattered they did not keep a reader’s attention. I feel they were detailed, but I over thought the main topic information and included too much non-sense with the facts. As a writer, I have had to learn to stay “focused” not to venture off topic leading me to run on sentences, incomplete sentences, and etc. By staying focused, it helps with proofreading it keeps the flow rolling and helps me to know where punctuations go. If I am not overwhelmed by what I am reading I can catch simple mistakes easier. The more negative remarks I received the more I realized I needed to read and study my research and give more to the point details and not drag it out. Also, by knowing my research I am more confident in my writing, the more confident I am the more focused it keeps me. Instead of focusing on writing a 1500-word essay, I have got to read and study, so I can discuss a topic in full detail to prove my point. It is easier to write on something I know instead of trying of what I am still learning and researching, which leads me to venturing off topic. I have learned to slow down, write the same way I would have a formal face to face conversation with someone, and if I need to take a breath it should need punctuation

Out of the four essays- Arguing a Position, Proposing a Solution Justifying an Evaluation, and Analyzing Stories- I believed that Justifying an Evaluation was the easiest for me to write. Compared to the other essays, this essay did not require as much work and research as the other essays that required me to find many sources online or offline. Especially because I wrote on the film, Frozen, which was a movie I had already seen and enjoyed, it was easier for me to be more engaged in this essay. I found it a little bit more time-consuming, however, because for a film that I have already viewed many times, I had to re-watch it only now to consider and to analyze the different ways film makers made the movie. The hardest essay to write was Proposing a Solution because I felt that there was already an answer to my question and I did not bring any new points. Also, researching for this essay topic was a lot more

My first undergraduate level college writing class provided me with a great deal of knowledge not only about the multi-dimensional writer the class formed me into but also about the writer who I used to be through the various diverse assignments we completed this semester. My first essay of the semester was a personal essay about my experiences on a given day. At first, I found my first assignment somewhat challenging due to the struggle surrounding the goal of not sounding like I was just listing of my day. My goal was to be as descriptive as possible and persuade my audience into feeling like they went through my day with me rather than reading about it. Looking back onto the progression of our essays I now understand why the Personal Essay was our first. As writers we needed the basic tools of being able to write with descriptive power, active voice and structural correctness in order to excel in the next essays to follow. The first essay contributes to my future as well by engaging the importance of an active voice in writing which in turn provides a confidence for the author that will reflect in future works. The second essay over the course of the semester was the compare and contrast essay. The compare and contrast essay consist of closely examining the similarities and differences between two related podcasts and forming a clear thesis statement. This essay created a complex task for the writer in terms of organizational skills and ability to form a thesis based upon