A Reflection On My Writing And Analytical Skills

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Throughout this semester in English 102, I feel that my writing and analytical skills have improved. I have always had trouble in writing ever since I was young kid. In my essays I would have words misspelled or my sentences would not flow because I would leave words left out. This course has taught me to always revise my essay and read it out loud to check for mistakes. I have also really learned to analysis different things like advertisements, books, articles, and other things that were assigned throughout this course. The analytical skills I have gained have helped me understand what actually something is saying when I read it. It has also improved my writing skills because being able to analysis what a book is saying, I can fully explain to …show more content…

This is because the three assignments made up 65% of my entire grade excluding the annotated bibliography. These assignments would change my grade in a matter of seconds after my professor decided the grade to give me on each essay. Considering this factor I had spent most of my time writing these papers and trying to make them the best I can so I can get a good grade in the course. Another reason I would remember this aspect from English 102 is because this is where I also got feedback from my peers and professor to help improve my writing abilities. Listening to what my peers had to say on my essay and reading the comments my professor wrote on my papers finally sunk in at the end of this course. I gradually received better grades on each essay ending with a 90% on the public argument paper which was my best one. On the other hand reflecting back right now, I feel that if I had started my papers more in advance I could have started out this semester with better grades on each assignment possibly ending the year with an “A” in English

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