Essay On Personal Narrative

Personal Narrative English was always tough for me personally, since the first grade. I had always struggle to get through the classes. It partially was due to my negative thinking of the class. My thoughts on the subject were that I was not skilled in writing. With this mentality, I never really applied myself, but coming to college dramatically changed this. My goal was to get better than a C, which I had all four years in high school. It was not because of my writing skills I got a C it was partly due to my engagement and my enthusiasm my teachers like about me. This year had to be different. I believe it was because the right teacher knew how to reach into me and pull the best out of me. With the end of the semester here, I am looking …show more content…
I could no longer do the one size fits all. Some of the papers required more work and thought to be put into it. While others, I was just analyzing and putting my thoughts about the subject. For example, I learned for the advertisement to use emotional appeals like ethos, pathos, and logos. This help me greatly in that paper. It allowed me to form an emotional argument that leaded many to consider the effects of drinking and driving, while being professional. Another example of learning a new strategy for each genre would be for the argument synthesis. The strategy which was use was to have hours of research behind. The research not only help me form my own opinion, but it allowed me to present facts and convince others in an educational way. When, I speak on the topic I am not some random person stating my opinion, but some one of credibility. The sources I used were scholarly and accredit for the argument synthesis which had great effects on convincing people. Next, I did to run into some bumps in the road. For example the rhetorical analysis was the hardest for me. It was the toughest for many reason. I could not get myself interested into the topic. With the lack of self interest it was torturous to try to push through. Also, timing played a role. At that point of the semester, I was already mentally exhausted like many others. So, the combination of these factors made it hard for