Reflection Of My Literacy Narrative

The Literacy Narrative was sort of a trial and error project. I wrote the essay the best way I knew how and hoped for the best grade. I did though get to tackle a more creative aspect of my writing that needed much working on. Since this essay was based on our own experiences, it allowed me to be as creative as I would like rather than being confined to the requirements that something like a research paper would have. Despite this, I still realized that my Literacy Narrative was not my strongest paper. I left out explanations that would have concluded a point I made, thus leaving my reader lost. For example, I did not correctly conclude my ending thoughts in this paper. When stating “I was completely disappointed that I failed my first exam, …show more content…
It too allowed me to be very creative with my writing. I very much enjoyed writing that assignment. I thought outside of the box with the way I structured and organized my Open Letter. I had decided to go with a different approach since I had such a common topic, which was Black Lives Matter. At first I was very reluctant to write on this topic. Even though I am passionate about this topic, I did not want to sound like the mad black girl that people tend to not take seriously. After considering how long I could discuss this topic and not being able to think of something else, I decided to do it. Even though I have strong feeling about this topic, I have never spoken on it. This assignment helped me to release the small amount of anger I was holding in regarding my feelings about this topic. I started with “Dear Murder,” thus making the reader think what could I possibly be talking about to have started off my letter in that way. Therefore making them want to continue to read to figure out my reasoning. I also tried to describe and allude to the recipient of my letter without explicitly saying it until the very end. I personally think it is my strongest piece in this portfolio, because of it’s creative approach to that