Reflection In My English Composition 1 Class

Throughout English Composition 1 class, I am proud to say I have made progress. This could refer to mental progress as well. In the beginning, I thought writing a paragraph in 30 minutes was a difficult task. Now though, I am confident enough to whip out an essay in a few hours. Getting from writing one paragraph in a class to writing an essay in the class took a lot of work, but we went slow and broke the work down into simpler steps along the way. We began class working on a word that I was beyond unfamiliar with. The word was cohesion, and I had no idea what it meant. Slowly, we started to define it and make charts of what it is or is not. After this we started out first major paper. This paper was a narrative from our lives, and we needed …show more content…
Although it sounds simple, it took a bit of time to fully understand and achieve. Achieving that objective was well worth it because proper transitioning is a vital part of writing. If the thesis statement is the spine of the paper, transitions would be the muscle twined around the bones. Thus, transitions help everything work smoothly and hold the paper together. In my writing I have used different transition strategies. During our first major essay, the narrative, I dedicated a whole paragraph to just transitioning from one moment in time to the next “This point in time all I really wanted to do was call my mom and vent to her about all of the issues happening back home. On the other hand, I did not want to have her worrying about me while she is over in Spain. Plus, I knew that was not possible though because when it was 4pm here, it was 11pm over there.” This transition shows a change in time and a change in subject where I transition from talking about myself to talking about my mom. Transitions help my work become more cohesive and improve the paper quality …show more content…
Also referred to as learning objective 2e, write introductory and concluding sections that reinforce the compositions overall cohesiveness and coherence. On a scale of importance when it comes to writing, this objective would definitely be near the top. The introduction and conclusion are very important parts of the paper, they start and finish it. Without those two pieces of the writing, the reader would be confused and the paper would have no cohesion. When writing, I normally like to begin with an anecdote because I like the reader to be able to picture the scene I am describing. Recently in my cause and effect essay, I being with an anecdote talking about a teenager named Jim Bob. Along with that, I describe a situation which is later explained in the essay. Then, I end talking about Jim Bob and the effects of his situation. Because I have an extended example that carries throughout the paragraphs and in the conclusion, the paper has cohesion. There are many different objectives that lead to a great paper, and cohesion has proved to be one of