Reflective Essay: Rhetorical Analysis Of My Writing

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I wanted to include this piece as it is the first non-rhetorical analysis timed writing that I have written. This means that this was the first essay that I had to write in AP English without consulting any outside source (such as a poem or letter for which I would have to analyze rhetorical strategies), so my arguments were entirely based on my knowledge. This DCQ allowed me to display my raw argumentative skills. I included this essay also to look on my style of writing in the beginning of the year. I seemed to use passive voice in many of my sentences. Also, my diction appears underdeveloped in this essay, as I used “common” words (such as messed up, many, most) in place of more “educated” words. My transitions seemed sort of choppy as well. Overall, this piece was most representative of my writing ability at the beginning of the year.

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It is clear from this essay that I did not know how to unify examples as well as I should have been able to at this point in the school year. I thoroughly discussed each story, which did aid my argument, but I did not talk about how the …show more content…

I used plenty of second-hand sources, as the prompt requires, yet I seemed to rely too heavily on the evidence and not enough on how that contributed to my personal argument. I noticed while looking over this essay that I had a small obsession with short sentence structure, as nearly half of all my sentences were short in length, with only one “long” sentence present. My vocabulary was decent, but undeveloped in this essay. My argument about a scholarly issue could be strengthened with stronger diction. My transitions were sound in this essay, and the essay read smoothly. In this essay, my conclusive skills are displayed as I correctly wrap up my argument, and reiterate the main points of the prior

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