WRA 150 Reflection
Overall in WRA 150 I believe my writing has reached a new level. In this paper I will like to reflect on my learning in this course. While providing evidence to back my claims. This course has taught me many things that I wasn’t able to learn before reaching college.
During this course I found myself being intimidated. Being a student coming from an inner city high school. I wasn’t sure what to expect, for example when it came to writing a nine page research paper, I was unsure of the process. In high school I never encountered a research paper, or even one of such length.
The process of doing research for me was like an international student coming to MSU, different. It was so different for me because I wasn’t sure how
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In the portfolio you can see two pieces of evidence that shows my development in this area. The first piece is a two page essay about who my audience is in project2.In this essay I didn’t have the correct audience for my project. Therefore I made some revisions, which is the second piece of evidence.
In class we discussed how to start a paper, transition and paragraph efficiently .First, in this discussion I learned it’s not best to start your paper writing your intro first. Only because it can mess everything up once you start writing if you don’t focus on your central claim in the intro.
Second, throughout your paper you should be able to transition smoothly like icing on a cake. The reference to cake was provided as a visual of how you put icing on different layers of cake to make it connect. I learned that when writing, if you can’t find a way to make your next paragraph connect that maybe it’s in the wrong place. When this error happens you should consider
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Like project four, I found the weirdest because it switched up the whole writing process. Although it switched everything up it helped to hone some of the first year writing outcomes for me.
Reflecting back on the course I have honed a few of the first year writing outcomes. I have written a nine page research paper, where I had to find my research and pick and choose what information to use that would be beneficial. I have engaged in reading articles and speeches, while breaking them down to understand the true meaning of what the author was trying to communicate to the audience. In addition I have written in different genres to relate to an audience.
On another note while learning all these wonderful things I also enjoyed the class as a whole. The class was interesting and but challenging. Even though we didn’t have enough time to learn more, I believe I still learned a lot of information .Each class session brought something new to learn, in an exciting way. This class helped me to think in a different way, through its class discussion, readings, and writing
From the beginning, the first writing project assigned in class, a proposal, exposed to me the essential tools a writer needs to connect to the proper audience and defend my stance on the reform proposed. Overall, the course not only stressed the importance of drafts, but of peer review and instructor feedback as well; therefore, strengthening my knowledge
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I have always had troubles writing the introduction of papers. The introduction is the base and sets the mood of the whole paper. I believe it is the most important paragraph in the paper. But once I develop the introductory paragraph, I find the rest of the paper easier to write. In order for me to better myself in writing introductory paragraphs, I just have to get more in touch with my creative side. After the rough draft, the students of the class would bring their papers to the course and would get into groups to peer review the papers. This would helpful to receive the views of our peers to help edit our assignment. After the peer review of the rough draft, the next step of the writing process was the revision. The revision was when we take the information and opinions from the groups and corporate them into our papers. Also, for the revision, you would offer work days for you to proof read our paper before we had to type our final copy. This was extremely beneficial for us to get your opinion on our paper d...
...thout any evidence. To fix this, I added more resources, evidence, and information to support these claims. My paper would not be believable if the claims were not supported with evidence. One example of where I fixed this problem was in the cheating paragraph. I added a statistic to boost my claim and give myself more credibility on what I was talking about. Another example of where I added evidence was in the paragraph about technology lowering college costs. Before, this paragraph was just statements and claims. To correct this, I added more information with evidence to show that this claim was true. Overall, I made a great deal of revision based on knowledge that I gained after writing this paper. These revisions include fixing grammatical errors, adding or removing information, removing wordiness and repetition, and adding more evidence to support my claims.
Absolutely do not start out writing the paper with the opening or ending paragraph. It is best to
Introduction Paragraph (You should have an idea of your hook, bridge and lastly your thesis statement as Letter C.)
Trying to rush to the paragraph is not the right way to begin. Take a few minutes to understand what really the argument is saying. An argument essay depends on an effective, convincing, well-developed evidence. Likewise, the argumentative essay has three major parts, the introduction, the body and the conclusion. The readers as an audience can spot you out right away after reading your first paragraph whether it is a good or bad essay. In introduction paragraph, you always need to explain the prime subject and end it with your thesis. Thesis engages your reader through your thesis statement which gives the purpose of the essay. Your thesis will be the heart of an argumentative essay which covers and give meanings to every paragraph. It should be a clear and concise to the audience where it signals and makes your reader attentive about your main points and arguments. In addition, your introduction paragraph will be the roadmap for the rest of the
In this audience analysis, I have addressed a situation in which I am called on to present quarterly sales information at an in-person meeting to a group of stakeholders, including managers, salespeople, and customers. I will explain how I will address the communication to this audience by answering the following questions: (1) What characteristics of the audience must I consider?, (2) What communication channels are appropriate? (3) What are some considerations to keep in mind given the diversity of the audience?, and (4) How would I ensure that my message is effective?
When demonstrating my growth as a writer across several pieces, there are four main learning outcomes in which I have focused on. These include writing, reading, researching and reflecting. Within these learning outcomes, there are many different conventions and ways to understand my various projects and assignments as a writer. Throughout the English 1020 class, I have been able to observe not only my previous strengths, but myself growing as a writer by improving my ability to find strong sources as well as properly citing and explaining them, forming a more logical paragraph structure, and many more conventions when writing an assignment.
In the end, ENG 3010 has taught me different strategies for writing in my discourse community. At first, it was a bit challenging because I was unfamiliar with the writing situations. However, this writing experience is something that I am grateful that I learn. With these strategies I will be able to use them in future classes and the workplace.
I am not the kind of person who talks or writes much. Putting my thoughts on papers is something I have always struggled with doing. I believe this class will help me improve on transferring my thoughts to paper, in an organized fashion. I look forward to becoming a better writer because of this class.
Also, I was able to see how arguments are sometimes so broad that you do not know what way to take them. I believe the biggest help to me through this unit was being able to see where in my writing process I have strengths like authority and logic and where my weaknesses lie like emotions. I feel showing more emotions could become a problem for me when it comes to creative writing, if a have to do it, because I am so used to the template academic and research writing styles. This course is definitely helping me to reshape my writing process and how I look at certain sources. Also how I can tell whether a source is useful in terms of logic, authority, and