Reflection On My Writing

The process I used for the rhetorical analysis essay was drafting ideas on a different document and on paper, as well as finding a subject that could ease the essay into being simple enough to talk about. I had to change subjects twice in order to find one good for the writing process. I also studied the needed points and grading criteria so I would not miss anything needed. For the summary, it was just simply understanding the main points in order through drafting, and making it polished on the official essay. The research argument needed a lot of research and arguments to support my claims.

With my written essays, I simply revised the essays as I wrote. So, I assert that this course has helped me learn to manage my writing efforts a bit

Analyzing, writing, reading, and participating are the key factors you need to be good at in order to pass an English class. As I 'm going into my freshman composition class, these skills will help me improve my writing skills. In High School, I never planned ahead of time, but this will change as I go to college. I will take steps in advance to be successful in my freshman composition class. When I was in High School one of my teachers told me that one of my problems was going off topic.

Throughout the term there has been many writing assignments —big or small— that helped reflect my writing process or the process itself. In the beginning of the course I felt like I was an “ok” writer, but lacked some skills such as: organization, sentence variety, and vocabulary. Also, I did not like to write and had a feeling of dislike when forced to write. I felt like I improved on everything I wanted and was seen throughout the semester. I know how to organize my ideas, the worksheets given in class to work on sentence variety really helped, and vocabulary was built on some level.

While I did learn some good ways to plan out my essay like for example free writing, and outlining I still feel as if they don’t work well for me. Although I have trouble getting my essays started, I still learn other ways to plan my essays from chapters in Building Writing Skills The Hands - On way textbook and also The Mindtap online homework. For example, I 've gotten many ideas like rain dropping, a simple list, and using a web. Overall, I’ve had an easier time typing writing my essays without having any problems with the new skills I learned from the book and online

Another way I could improve my writing process is by using actually books when I have to research something. I could cross- reference the information I find on the internet with what is in a book. This would help me make sure that the information I am presenting is all

This gives me more time to think about what I want to write about, jot down ideas, and write a passionate paper. Although I spend a lot of time reflecting on an essay topic after this process ends, I write and when I start writing, I continue until I finish my essay. I am able to do this because of the previous jotting down of ideas I did. After finishing my essay, I usually proofread it and in this process, I use software such as Grammarly (free version), which automatically corrects my grammar. This process is then followed by class peer review (I often aim to finish the paper before the peer review process begins so that I can get effective critiques from my peers and my professors since she also reviews our work).

Writing has always been an issue but yet interesting subject of mine. As hard as I try and write essays, and papers I just can’t get the hang of writing. But after taking this class, I did learn different writing technique and improved my writing proficiency, material body of formatting, and how to uncovering and properly use sources. Through class exams, essays, and a research paper, I was able to learn new writing skills. Although I have learned a variety of things, my writing still needs improvement.

Over the this past semester in freshman composition I have learned how to write a college level paper. Going into this class, I was a little unsure and scared that I wasn’t going to be able to do the things that were required for me to do. As the semester passed I could definitely see a change in my writing. I learned how to use the appropriate punctuation, how to write and refute an argumentation paper, which I believe is my strongest piece of writing and how to research and gather information to write a strong research paper. I knew coming into this class that I was going to struggle with my punctuations, word choice, and the overall flow of the paper.

My Writing Process Characterization is the craft element that gives my work the most impact. Characterization helps me convey information about my characters. It clearly portrays the behavior of each character either through their actions or speech. Description of the characters’ appearance and explaining their mannerism helps me built my plot. Through characterization my audience is able to know the characters and understand their impact in the development of the plot.

The comments from my instructor, the online material, my research, the online writing center and comments from other students in the discussion boards have helped me so much to improve my writing skills. In the writing process, the step that I feel I have improved a lot is editing, as I am constantly reading my writings and editing them as I finish them, over and over again before I publish them. The steps in the writing process that I like the most are finding a topic in the Pre-writing step and Drafting. I like having a lot of ideas floating around and think about which idea is the best and the most exciting topic to talk about.

My Writing Experience In previous courses, my writing skills have been mediocre or just enough to pass the class. Throughout the duration of this course, I have written a variety of papers using different techniques and skills. Previously I would write assuming that the only audience would be my instructor. This course has helped me realize that there are many steps and skills involved with writing a well-organized and easy to comprehend essay.

Coming into college, I knew the amount of writing I was going to have to do for classes and to be honest I wasn’t so psyched. For English, I took the class that was most suitable for me which was English 5A and English 5B; English 5A and English 5B is an English class that helps students transition from high school to college reading and writing over two semesters. I have never been a fan of English because I was never really good at it, so that’s why I took this certain course. Before I came into this course, I thought it was going to be another English class where I just write what the teacher wanted and I’d be done, but surprisingly it wasn’t like that at all. Over the two semesters, I learned many different strategies that have actually helped make the writing assignments less complex for me and actually helped me grow as a writer.

Writing project 3 has shown me the importance of writing something that is of interest for you, an issue that you are passionate about. I think that I have started to get somewhat better at the structuring of my writing and using outlines before I jump into a draft. I am no longer as scared and hesitant to write, as I was the first writing project. I think a good goal that I accomplished from this project was using diverse sources in my writing. I was able to utilize a magazine post, newspaper article and research journals to form my argument and provide support.

At first, I was slightly apprehensive about critiquing a fellow classmate’s written paper. The first thoughts that popped into my mind were, what if I give wrong advice on any corrections? What if my classmate gets offended by my comments? On the other hand, I had to make myself realize that the critiquing assignment was not about what was “wrong” or “correct” in their written work. However, it needed to be seen more as helping to make my classmate’s paper better.