Essay #1 Reflection

Through writing we can learn about the different thoughts and ideas of each person and different approaches and views towards a certain matter. The topic of a piece of writing can be explored to the smallest issues within the topic, then telling others about your understanding of the topic so that they can understand the purpose and idea behind the writing is what I believe is necessary for a good piece of writing. Not only that, rhetorical analysis is the best factor that can improve the understanding of the essay. Secondly, finding credible information can improve the accuracy of the essay. After going through the first time of writing, I found out that it is not as simple as I thought it would be, it needs to find credible enough sources to find out its purpose from the data. And it needs clear positions and evidence to prove its arguments. However, I didn’t do well in this area. I didn’t find enough evidence to prove its theme in my first essay. And my grasp of grammar and tenses was inadequate, which was a constant concern. But with my professor’s revisions and suggestions, I learned how to write correctly about the position of the essay, and the genre of the essay, to explain specifically why they were there. All of this helped me with my writing and quickly helped me understand the main message and focus of the essay.

Comments ( 2 )

  1. Elena Yu Xu
    Hi! I agree with you that writing can help us understand the opinions and ideas of different people, and we can learn more through their experiences. After that, I have also experienced the same thing as you because as writing the first time rhetorical analysis has really helped me out to know more about the techniques and methods to look for reliable sources and understand better the topic. Next, I believe that through the processes of peer-reviewed and instructor's advice, they have helped me to improve my writing.
  2. Alexa Morales
    Hi! I agree with your point of "rhetorical analysis is the best factor that can improve the understanding of the essay". this assignment really allowed us to push ourselves into completing a writing in a way that we have probably never written before. i can also relate with not being able to find sources that were credible enough. the sources that i did want to use weren't available to me but i managed to push through and analyze them well. this assignment really did challenge us.

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