English Reflection Paper

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As the semester comes to an end, I have realized that English 101 has taught me to appreciate the amount of sincerity and hard work that goes into writing. The endless hours writers spend to coherently express their thoughts has never been brought to my attention until now. Feedback from professors and peers have inspired me to learn from my mistakes and move on. However, I still struggle to make relevant connections through my writing, but the more I write, the better I get. Although I have repeated my mistakes, positive comments from professors support my efforts in voicing a position. These efforts can be stated through critical thought and relevant details, demonstrating facility with grammar and mechanic and assessing my own writing progress …show more content…

In regards to my Cause & Effect essay titled, “Attributes of Racial Stereotyping and its Influences: Heritage, Music, and Prejudices,” feedback has given me reassurance. When peer review was assigned in class, the many pointers I received helped me make adequate connections in my essay. My peer was asked to list one way my essay could be improved, in which she replied, “Maybe having better transition sentences as opposed to jumping right into the points.” Since I took her advice into consideration I was fortunate to receive a complement from my professor, which states, “Good use of transition words!” However, although my progress has improved, I still struggle with making relevant connections as a source of firm support. In fact, my instructor suggests that I “Be sure to only include relevant examples/information.” This suggestion provides helpful feedback for working on this issue and developing appropriate sentence connections. Moreover, making my points relative and drawing clear connections is an area I struggle with, but I have successfully succeeded at providing excellent feedback to my arguments, such as using great examples, or even good …show more content…

Since the Persuasive essay titled “Where to Spend Your Break This Year: The Happiest Country in the World” I wrote was the first to be assigned, many grammatical mistakes were made. For example, I made a run-on mistake in one of my paragraphs by stating, “Entertainment is never restricted to loud, toxic environments that increase your adrenaline, it can also be derived from being deeply captivated by nature, a natural remedy used to bring clarity and healing; above all, it’s all free of charge!” Thankfully, my instructor noted that I refer to Rules for Writers handbook section 20 to assist myself in revising run-on sentences and misuse of punctuation. Fortunately, by the third essay I had no run-on sentence mistakes and minor punctuation errors. Grammar and Mechanics is the area where I made the most mistakes, yet, I made the most dramatic

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