My Writing Reflection

When I first signed up for English Comp. I did not realize the high standards my writing would be put up against. The different types of essays we were taught to write really helped me grow as a writer I believe. With the ad analysis, comparative essay, narrative essay, and the argumentative essay I learned many new and different skills. The first essay we wrote was the ad analysis. For this essay we did five paragraphs analyzing an ad we had to find ourselves. After scanning through multiple magazines and seeing possible contenders, I found the perfect ad for me, Revlon’s Ultra HD Lipstick in Seventeen Magazine. This ad to me gave a clear message it wanted out for its target audience, which I saw as a strength to write this essay. Though once I received my grade for the essay I saw that my biggest writing weakness brought my essay …show more content…
In this essay we did six body paragraphs having an introduction, three body paragraphs on our main argumentative points, a counter-claim paragraph and a conclusion. To decide our topics the class was given a list of debatable topics that you could either be for or against. I decided to do mine about the need for harsher laws against texting and driving. My strength with writing this essay was the fact that I am really good at seeing both sides to situations so I did not let myself get very biased, but at the same time I get very passionate about the side I am on. Unfortunately, my greatest weakness grammar got me again; even though I finally remembered to not put any contractions I forgot to be as attentive with the placements of commas. Hopefully with this essay the comma lesson will stick. One thing I know I learned that will stick with me is to remember to always put page numbers after all my quotes from books or articles. This essay helped me grow as a writer by letting me get a real taste doing a research-based paper which I know will benefit me greatly when I get into