Final Portfolio Reflection

Final Portfolio Reflective Analysis

My first year of college education I choose to take English Comp 1 because I felt it would help me improve my writing skills for other classes that I may take at the college level. This class was one of my hardest classes but you have to put time and effort in for your grades. Most of my paper grades are at a B range which isn 't bad but I 'm still learning how to develop my writing. I 've learned many important skills while taking this class to better my writing and how to make it more effective. The class time we had was always helpful because we were always involved with the other students and the information for class was always announced clearly. This class has really shaped me into a better writer than

I got to observe a place that was significant to me and express that place I was in. Detail was shown a lot in this essay for example the way I showed my readers what my views looked like from my porch bench. This sentence from my snapshot essay gives you a picture of what i 'm seeing and feeling “Looking out in front of me the sky is mostly clear, the clouds are puffy scattered in the air and the trees are still bright green and the air is cool and windy.”. I could have just said “Looking out I see the sky and the clouds and trees” but that would show no detail describing the sky, clouds and trees. This is why detail is so important in writing. I learned from this essay that detail is a essential when describing something or someone. Also learned to show and not tell meaning to let your audience experience your writing through your words, actions, feeling, etc. and not tell them with a summary. This was a main concept that should be used in all different types of writing. Audience has been mentioned in this but it 's important because you have to consider things that you need to include and what 's important for your readers so they can understand. You have to remember that you and your professor are not the only readers.This can help you not leave out special information or details that you might have not mentioned.

Ive demonstrated this in my journalistic narrative by making my beginning more engaging so reader want to keep on reading. For example I began my essay like this “As I walk into the into the doors of our newly built YMCA I see the pool through the large glass composed wall. Little did I know that i 'd be starting many days off like this for next 10 years of my life.” I made these two sentences a little extra engaging because this is where i 've learned how to keep my readers attention. You 're beginning and ending can make a major difference in essay because it attracts your readers. My structure in my Open Letter is also displayed well. The paragraphs flowed all the way through with the good structure. Before English Comp 1 my essays weren 't very organized and I had trouble setting them