Reflective Essay: The Benefits Of Playing Football

In writing any paper I do my best to adhere to the rules and guidelines given to me in order to write the assignment as well as I can. The reason I choose to say my research paper is not exemplary is because there is always room for improvement, but I do believe my research essay over whether or not the benefits of playing football outweigh the risks is a successful paper. In my opinion my research paper felt like it stayed on topic and was easy for my audience to read, comprehend, and hopefully urge them to form their own opinion. My research paper is successful because it fulfills the course outcome requirements, analyzes my subject while supporting it with evidence, but may lack in other areas such as organization and logic. The course outcome requirements for Composition 2 expect a student to be able to use their writing skills appropriately, write a well written essay, and conduct a research paper all of which have been fulfilled in my research essay. The use of credible scholarly sources as support for my main claim is one of the requirements in having a successful paper. I …show more content…
I only have a certain amount of knowledge and I most likely don’t catch all of the errors I might have made throughout my research paper. However, with the knowledge that I do have it is clear to me that I have written a successful paper. My writing skills have drastically improved since Composition one allowing me to fulfill the requirements for the research paper to the best of my abilities. I used scholarly credible sources that provided evidence for my persuasive thesis statement, conducted a college-level research essay, and integrated quotations, paraphrases, and summaries all while being cited correctly according to MLA guidelines. However, the room that I have for improvement in my word choice, organization and logic, I believe keep me from having an exemplary grade on my research