Before taking Freshman Composition II, I was scared that I would not meet the demanding expectations of the course or not have the necessary writing skills to do my work correctly. Now I have reached the end of the course and I feel like I have progressed a lot as a writer and overcame a few writing obstacles. The essays that I have written for this course show that I have learned how to support my main ideas with a clear thesis and I can write my essay with developed paragraphs that stay on topic; and though I have made some progress in transitions and in grammar, I still have work to do. The first strength that I consider to have as a writer is creating a clear thesis to support my main ideas. In the first critical evaluation argument essay, I gave a straightforward thesis with strong grounds in supporting my argument: “ Popchips advertisers use fallacies to manipulate consumers into purchasing their chips” (“Popping fallacies in Popchips…” 1). Following my thesis, I stated my grounds to support my argument: “ Popchips uses fallacies like hasty generalization, appeal …show more content…
In my first critical evaluation argument essay, I did not place an oxford comma where it was needed right after the word “ retailers”: “Vendors, retailers and marketers carry more information about possible consumers than ever before and use manipulative techniques to persuade American buyers to come through with their purchases (“Hidden persuaders II”, 2011, Para. 3)” (Popping fallacies in Popchips…1). I also failed to use an oxford comma in the second paragraph of my first critical analysis essay after: “ Popchips uses fallacies like hasty generalization, appeal to emotion, bandwagon approach and false analogy when claiming that their chips are healthy and won’t cause you to gain weight” (“Popping fallacies in Popchips”…1). These are small mistakes that could’ve easily been caught when reviewing my essay before I turned it
As a collegiate writer, my strength lies in my clear understanding of the fundamentals of writing, while my primary weakness is proofreading my own work. During the transition from a high school writer to a collegiate writer, my strength at understanding the basic principles of good writing has remained consistent. I grasp the fundamental structure of an argument; I believe that my thesis statements are a solid example of this fact.
he evaluation of the overall rhetorical effectiveness for intended audience was a failure starting with the ethos of having no much credibility for the author, pathos, no real connection to emotion to aid the doctor, and not being able to see the real problem, and with the lack of logos to explain how to be able to obtain aid and help the student improve. As a result, in the editorial the authors had no success in persuading all the audience. For that reason, college students should be able to see the correct way to write their essay and the effective method for them to pass class with excellent essays.
The first essay given in this course was about our whole composing process. This essay was hard to write about and I remember having several grammar mistakes. Sitting down and writing my process on paper,
The Rhetorical Analysis essay taught me how to truly understand a story and how to compare the opinions of other people. The essay involved the article “A Modest Proposal…”, which can be a difficult writing to understand, but the discussions in class and the mini questions that were given to groups helped me understand the story in a deeper level. Annotating was never my strong suit but I believe because of this essay my annotation skills have improved. The different reactions to the article also helped me understand the purpose of writing the Rhetorical Analysis; The opinions changed my thoughts on the article and
When I was first accepted into the AP Language & Composition course, I felt overwhelmed. I had always received above average grades in all subject areas, but because this was an AP course I was unsure if my English skills were up to par. During the summer, my anxiety about the course increased. I began to feel that my writing skills were inferior to the skills of my peers’. Before this course, I did not have a developed writing voice or style. I had little knowledge of what phrases or words to avoid using in writing. I started to wonder if I truly belonged in an AP course. After having completed this course, I have a better grasp of the English language and have acquired skills that have improved my writing.
English Composition II has unexpectedly improved my writing into an academic level. As I studied various English reading and writing courses, this class “English Composition II” did not immediately caught my eye. However as I researched about the concepts of this class, the decision to make was not so difficult since I was lacking in critical thinking and the interpretation of works. Also as a Business Major, it made sense that the subject of English would be of interest to me and as a career requirement. During the first weeks, I thought that I would be fully prepared for this course after taking an accelerated course in English during the spring semester. However, after attending class for about a month, I certainly did not expect to learn an entirely new process of writing
This essay will explore the authors meaning of reflection, how various reflective styles can benefit the practitioners within their settings, and how important reflection is within Early Years Practice. According to Appleby (2010, p.10), reflection is a generic term which describes various behaviours involving feelings, and thinking about thoughts and experiences, in order to examine issues and develop, new understandings and insights. Reflection within practice allows the practitioner to develop a sense of awareness around their daily activities, and helps them to evaluate how they could evolve these activities further, if the given opportunity was to arise again. Similarly, keeping a reflective journal
Throughout the semester i only learned few new things but i did improve and solidify my skill of writing. Before my first year of college my skills have always undermined by other high school english teachers and with that came disappointing grades. I am writing this paper as a reflection of the semester and the progress i have made as a writer. I now understand many things that my high school teachers have done a poor job demonstrating and i am grateful that i decided to take my own route in my education instead of their syllabus. I entered the semester with anxiety that i would perform as i did before but i clearly outdid my own expectations by receiving top grades on my essays.
Throughout this semester I have learned many ways of writing through two main essays literacy narrative and comparison and contrast. These two essays have taught me how to correctly fix my comma splices, thesis statements, and capitalization. I have engaged in numerous learning material during this summer class. Many times when I thought it would be hard to work on those three developments I never gave up. I gain more positive feedback from my teacher because he pointed out most of my mistakes I made on both literacy narrative and comparison and contrast essays to help me understand what is it that I need to work on. My development as a writer became stronger.
Weak skills that I began the class with have become strong and my strong skills have become stronger. Having the opportunity to write a variety of different essay styles has challenged me greatly to improve my writing techniques. Each essay I was required to write brought its own struggles for me. I had to draw on the information that was presented through the class as well as look to the textbook for guidance. To ensure I did well on each essay I thought about my topic, researched the topic, then began to outline what I wanted to write about. Finally, I would write the essay and submit a rough draft. English 102 has given me the skills and training I need to move on to other classes next semester that will require writing essays. I now have a confidence in my writing abilities that this class has given
The letter to the Editor was a pretty difficult assignment for me because I had a 150 word limit. With so few words to work with, I had to put my focus on cutting out as many words as I can while keeping my ideas clear. Unfortunately this led to some grammatical mistakes. Even if I did stay focused on my grammar, I would probably still have made the mistakes with...
I chose the article “How a Sexist T-shirt Harms Us All” by Chitra Ramaswamy, who believed advertisements for children’s apparel were sexist and a prime example of the sexism that surrounds us in modern society. While I partially agreed with the author, I quickly identified several flaws in her argument, however, the challenge came when I needed articulate my thoughts so others could easily understand the follies as well. This essay improved my ability to recognize faults in writing and identify both the good and bad techniques or methods used. My enjoyment of debate and pinpointing fallacies in people’s strong opinions show in this particular
My portfolio absolutely reflects my understanding of persuasive writing. Persuasive writing is the ability to use certain word choices in order to convince an audience to agree, or a least grasp, the topic that is being written about. My portfolio represents the goals and objectives of persuasive writing. The essays I have written for this course demonstrate that I have certainly developed my critical thinking skills, and also developed, or better yet, mastered my communication and personal responsibility skills; but, because terms of my lack of paraphrasing and analysis, my writing process is not perfected.
This semester I learned many new things in my English 1301 class. I took this class last year but I had to drop it because I didn’t have a professor explaining the work to me. And I really didn’t understand what I was doing. At first, I was scared to take this class. During my high school years I wasn’t that good of a writer. I thought this composition class was going to be hard since I sometimes thought it was hard in high school. My writing experience was good and sometimes bad. This semester in the composition class I had many writing strengths and weaknesses. These strengths and weaknesses is what helped me learn the errors I was making while writing essays this semester.
Overall my experience of being in Lingleville ISD was a great experience that allowed me to learn a lot not only about the students in the classroom, but also helped me learn a lot about myself. Going in to this classroom I expected to only learn things about classroom management and maybe a few strategies. After spending a few days in this room I learned many other things. I did learn about classroom management but I also learned about content, strategies, organization, lesson planning, and inclusion adaptations. I learned that an inclusion special education student can really thrive being in a mainstream classroom, not only academically but also socially. It was a wonderful learning opportunity to get to be a part of that. My mentor teacher