English Composition Analysis

English Composition Honors 1010 set out to instruct and improve on the writing skills on its students focusing of five learning outcomes. Here is my story. This semester my writing has evolved due to my understanding of context in relation to writing format and styles. Through my own self-evaluation of my own papers, this passed semester I’ve overcome stagnation as a writer. I’ve moved on from my algorithmic method of churning out essays, which often leads to writer’s block. Since then, I have begun to adopt more heuristic techniques. These flexible guidelines have made writing essays that support my thesis easier, for I’m not constrained to a rigid blueprint. Along with this new found flexibility, adaption in tone and style has been made immensely …show more content…
The context and tone will determine whether a bold statement comes across as satirical or crass. I explored this idea in my research paper titled Contextual Relation of Writing. I theorized that the words written mean little compared to the context in which stated in. The results from my experiment and interview affirmed my hypothesis. Words alone only function to partial efficacy unless in the proper context. For example in a dramatic scene, “words can be used to evoke an emotional response if they build on top of each other to set up their own framework and then deliver a trigger word that conveys the intended response” (pg. 16). If no context is applied the words aren’t as powerful. Establishing this desired context was where I struggled. My papers regardless of the topic all held the same straight forward factual tone. However, it wasn’t until the first several in class writing assignments that I realized this fact, and from there I knew the changes …show more content…
I don’t have the heuristic practice or experience to properly determine when to end paragraphs and start the next one. This issue extends into my revision process, for I analyze the paper and lack a framework to compare the content to. I need more experience working with this new heuristic method of writing. Currently, I’m not using a true heuristic writing form. I’m just writing without a framework of any kind. I believe a middle ground between my logarithmic writing style and this new freeform style would be the most beneficial in developing a truly heuristic writing style. The important thing for my growth as a writer revolves around the continued learning and adaption, for eventually I’ll grasp the new skills and settle into my own preferred writing style, format, and tone. Once that point has been reached, I may need to revert back to logarithmic writing to find which works best for me, then from there I can focus on the next phase for improving as a