Brush Stroke Reflection

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Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, ‘’ When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on.’’ Those words were practically my motivation and expectation during this semester of my first year in college. As a recent graduate from high school I knew I didn’t have all the material I needed to proceed as a college student; however, I wanted to take the advantage of my education. It was a eerie feeling the first weeks of college. Being in this class I expected to grasp the information and develop an enormous package of study habits. I felt as though I didn’t fit in this class because english was always my strongest subject throughout my years of school. But I just used this class as inspiration to work hard and pursue my efforts for a higher …show more content…
This class taught me what I did not know. I literally had to learn how to brainstorm, research, and write differently. Now whenever I write, I brainstorm before. I also learned that I start paragraphs better with a question or a quote. Writing 3-2-8’s helped me give more evidence and explanations. Brush stroke were very helpful also. This was the first year I ever heard of a brush stroke. Now I developed a understanding of brush strokes, I use them when I am trying to paint a image with my words. There are more than one brush stroke. Figurative language has always been a accolade I’ll use in my essays because it was easy to …show more content…
I discovered flash cards, study blue, group studying, and summarizing my stories in sixty words or less. In my english class there was an assignment that was called minute sketches. We had to draw a picture, the word, its meaning and the word part twice. That was very helpful because I am a auditorial and visual learner. I mainly focus on understanding, and organizing facts. The way I learn information is by steps. It has to make sense for me to understand. I want to know how you got it, from who, when and why is it important for me to know. My studying habits changed drastically due to the assignments of my college

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