ENC/1102 Reflection

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During the first half of the semester for ENC 1102, I believe that my writing skills have improved from ENC 1101; some of which are getting to page length, correctly citing a source, and incorporating how a quote is related to my argument. I still have some errors within my writing that I have not quite figured out how to tackle. Some concepts that I have not gotten down to a tee must be coming up with a thesis statement, basic grammar errors, introducing quotations, and repetition. I have also learned how to distinguish the difference between a personal essay and an argumentative essay with first hand on the two types and how why my grade differed from essay one and two. During writing I run into problems with coming up with a thesis; the trouble with this is that I almost always confuse what a thesis statement is and I don’t specifically identify my stance within the essay. I do not have problems with reaching page length but with that I come across errors such as repetition. I have noticed in my writings that I repeat myself a lot, I would explain a topic/quote, but …show more content…
The first essay was mostly a personal essay where a topic was chosen then it had to be related to an essay called “Bad Feminist” by Roxane Gay using the same format Gay used. The second essay was an argumentative essay which we had to compare multiple sources, an essay called “Why Nice Guys Finish Last” by Julia Serano and two TED Talks and come up with one conclusion that ties all the sources together but still add personal views within the essay. Comparing my grades, I found that I did better on essay one than I did on essay two. I believe that I did better on essay one because it was a personal essay where I put my own thoughts into the writing. As for essay two, I believe that I struggled with creating a thesis and relying on the quotes and sources to make my essay rather than adding personal thoughts into

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