As I reflect on this class over the past three months, I think about one of our first assignments, a prompt asking what we hope to accomplish in our first semester. I remember writing that I wanted to approve my writing skills, or rather, to gain more confidence in writing, especially from a non-academic standpoint. While I have partaken in upper-level writing courses in high school, these assignments were more on analyses of books and stories we read, and analyzed rhetorical devices to explain the reasoning for author's decisions. It was good prep,and I enjoyed analytical arguments, but when it came to analysis, I lacked that same enthusiasm and confidence. This probably explains why I felt that the second and third essays came easiest to me.
That being said, this class was helpful towards allowing me to gain the same confidence of writing less analytical and more personal, descriptive narratives. I remember in my first assignment that getting out of my comfort zone in writing involves me writing what I am uncomfortable with. This class gave me the opportunity to do so, and despite my insecurities with my drafts, I have always had my classmates and/or the professor to assist with later development.
So in a way, I am thankful for my opportunity to take this class, and I will apply any skills devoted towards writing, whether analytical or otherwise, to any of my future classes.
I feel the same way; the analysis of several of the things we looked at, the graffiti and advertisements especially, was new to me and difficult to grasp. I feel that it was important to me personally, however, because it was something new and it got the ball rolling; hopefully one day it will turn into something bigger and better than it is now.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with how you feel about the analysis skills we developed this semester. I too lacked the enthusiasm and confidence in analysis writing before this class. Personally, I feel that analysis writing was never covered properly for me in high school. I remember writing analyses for science projects and that was always my weakest part of the entire project. I don't think it was because my actual writing skills were weak, but back then I really didn't know how to analyze important details and explain them in a manner that would benefit my writing overall.
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