OP Reflection Essay

In my second OP I had many ideas I wanted to express, and put a lot of thought into the topic I chose to write about, but I also failed to focus my writing, and didn’t expand on certain ideas. When I did go into detail about certain topics I was able utilize good imagery, but at the end of my paper I had to rush to include ideas at the end and didn’t do them the proper justice. At the beginning of the OP I used thorough detail to set the scene of my bedroom and describe the situation which sparked the entire story, by saying
“Annoyed, I reached across my desk, disregarding the unreasonable amount of clutter covering it. With a crash, and an explosion of color, an unidentified object fell to the ground, breaking apart and flying in every direction.” While this part of the paper was important, it was much less thought provoking than the second part of …show more content…
This resulted in a missed opportunity to drive home the main point in a more emphatic way.

In my fifth OP, I paced out the ideas which I presented in a more thought out way, and didn’t have to rush to include any extra points at the end. I also used more natural transitions to create a narrative and keep the reader’s interest. However at times the way I articulated my arguments wasn’t clear enough. I started the essay off with a brief but strong, lead, saying
“When I was first asked to coach a group of ten-year-olds in soccer, I wasn’t sure what to think.” In this one sentence, I set the stage for the rest for the rest of the OP, while also drawing in the reader’s attention and leaving room to expand on my ideas in the rest of the paper. The intro was just as effective as the ones in my early OPs, but didn’t dwell on unnecessary details.
While I did leave plenty of room in my essay to explore different ideas, sometimes I didn’t articulate these thoughts effectively enough,