During this summer session of ENGL101A, I have learned multiple ways to express myself through my writing. In fact, before signing up for this class, I did not know the proper way to compose an academic essay for a particular audience, and how to properly cite my sources. Nevertheless, after the short summer session, I am able to define my purpose and audience, analyze critically any piece of information, and write with proper citations and fewer grammatical errors with confidence.
Through the short time of 5 weeks, I learned how to focus on my audience as well as how to define the purpose of my papers as academically as possible. One key factor that helped my writing development was the five intensive papers that we wrote through the progress …show more content…
A clear example of this is my definition paper. In my definition paper I was prompted to define the meaning of happiness using two videos, two articles, and a report. Nevertheless, I had to convey my own definition, and I was required to support my opinion with at least three different sources. Yes I struggled in that part, but our professor taught us to ask ourselves “why,” and “so what” whenever we are reading or watching something. This little tip helped me to sharpen my critical analytical skills. Now that I am constantly asking myself similar questions as to those of my professor, I am able to break every piece of writing into small topics. Thus, I can grasp the main idea of every writer easily. Not only I learned how to read critically, but I also learned how to identify different writing styles. To clarify, whenever I am in the process of breaking the information into small pieces, I have identified that certain authors have the same patterns in their writings. Their patterns help me make connections between my ideas and theirs. Besides, I have taken my writing to a new level because I can relate their own insights, and compare them with other authors who share the same pattern in their writings. I greatly improved my critical skills based on just one definition
Through the short time of 5 weeks, I learned how to focus on my audience as well as how to define the purpose of my papers as academically as possible. One key factor that helped my writing development was the five intensive papers that we wrote through the progress …show more content…
A clear example of this is my definition paper. In my definition paper I was prompted to define the meaning of happiness using two videos, two articles, and a report. Nevertheless, I had to convey my own definition, and I was required to support my opinion with at least three different sources. Yes I struggled in that part, but our professor taught us to ask ourselves “why,” and “so what” whenever we are reading or watching something. This little tip helped me to sharpen my critical analytical skills. Now that I am constantly asking myself similar questions as to those of my professor, I am able to break every piece of writing into small topics. Thus, I can grasp the main idea of every writer easily. Not only I learned how to read critically, but I also learned how to identify different writing styles. To clarify, whenever I am in the process of breaking the information into small pieces, I have identified that certain authors have the same patterns in their writings. Their patterns help me make connections between my ideas and theirs. Besides, I have taken my writing to a new level because I can relate their own insights, and compare them with other authors who share the same pattern in their writings. I greatly improved my critical skills based on just one definition