College Writing Class Reflection

Going into this college writing class, I did not know what to expect. All I anticipated about this class was that it is a general education class, that was required to graduate. I figured there was essays, but I did not expect how much. This class has taught me good information that can further help with my writing career. I said at the beginning of the year that I might want to do a fashion blog. With the material, I learned in this class I can make it be persuasive, professional, and fun. There were many good things about this class and some not so good things but overall, it was a helpful experience.
Analyzing my audience did affect my writing in many ways. When I find out the type of audience I am writing to, I have to change phrases around in my essay so that my specific audience can interpret what I am saying. For example, in my Critical Review essay my target audience was young adults, while persuading them to read The Great Gatsby. When I talked about the book I do not talk …show more content…
My strengths as a writer are coming up with good topics to write about. I also find really good evidence to support my claims. I tries to utilize my strengths as much as I could in my papers, the only one where my strengths strived the most is my Rhetorical Analysis essay. That was my favorite essay to write because finding evidence was easy to find because it was right there in the article. I also felt I could be more expressive in paper. I have learned in this class that you need to proofread. Proofreading is a necessary tool that every writer should use because it gives you a chance to get a last read of your paper and helps you know when you are not hitting the mark in your writing. I plan to use this skill by proofreading all my papers for a specific class Christian Formation because even though these are opinion papers but I need to make sure they make