At the start of this semester, I felt a bit of uneasiness; this quickly subsided because the assignments helped me to build confidence. Two of these assignments were the evaluation essay and the literary analysis, which were most vital to my progress in developing ideas, attributing support, and reading, reflecting, and responding to texts. The first piece, the reading response, was important to developing ideas and gather information to support my points. For my essay, I evaluated the movie Coco. Initially, I only had a vague understanding of how to prove or support points using context but through reading examples of other established authors doing exactly that from the textbook, I was able to make my own effort. For example, “Another characteristic
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Prior to this assignment, I did not have much experience in reading or analyzing poetry. I did not often think deeply about poetry and the subtlety with which poets craft their pieces, however, this was a great opportunity to fix that. “In “A Poison Tree,” William Blake employs metaphors, allusions, and rhymes to demonstrate the effects of suppressed anger and deception” (Gomez, “Anger and Deceit” 1). This was the thesis sentence written for the essay, in which, tangible and clear opinions are stated. By stating and supporting this statement with analyses such as “the metaphors in this piece contribute to its theme of anger suppression,” I exhibited writing that shows audiences that I read, reflected, and responded to the poem through the essay (Gomez, “Anger and Deceit” 2). Though much progress was made, there were also struggles. My main concerns this semester were wordiness and vagueness. Essays should be clear to precise, yet smooth and not robotic. Finding a balance between these two qualities was a challenge. Vague writing that accomplishes nothing, was another concern. Asking myself about each sentence and whether it contributed a purpose to the essay was has been one helpful method on the way to overcoming this
Prior to this assignment, I did not have much experience in reading or analyzing poetry. I did not often think deeply about poetry and the subtlety with which poets craft their pieces, however, this was a great opportunity to fix that. “In “A Poison Tree,” William Blake employs metaphors, allusions, and rhymes to demonstrate the effects of suppressed anger and deception” (Gomez, “Anger and Deceit” 1). This was the thesis sentence written for the essay, in which, tangible and clear opinions are stated. By stating and supporting this statement with analyses such as “the metaphors in this piece contribute to its theme of anger suppression,” I exhibited writing that shows audiences that I read, reflected, and responded to the poem through the essay (Gomez, “Anger and Deceit” 2). Though much progress was made, there were also struggles. My main concerns this semester were wordiness and vagueness. Essays should be clear to precise, yet smooth and not robotic. Finding a balance between these two qualities was a challenge. Vague writing that accomplishes nothing, was another concern. Asking myself about each sentence and whether it contributed a purpose to the essay was has been one helpful method on the way to overcoming this