Reflective Essay

Before I started English 1020 I thought that the way I had been writing was good. I didn’t think that I needed a title or when I was writing a paper I would have to use in text citations. I felt that I was a good writer but by being in this class I honestly can trace my development in writing. I feel that I have grown in my writing with my word selection and the way I place my paper and also using my academic voice. I have changed the way I read other article during this class, as well as the way I reread my own essays and papers. I have adapted to the comments that I get back from the people I get help from because they have my best interest at hand. My personal life would have been the biggest influence on most of all of my writings. I say that because I tried to use things that I have been throw or seen in my life to have a connection with the writing that I had to do. As I wrote all of my papers I learned that I would try to find a way to relate to the topic. I also learned that if I was interested in the topic I found myself more engaged into the writing. My strengths and weaknesses come into play when I see if I can relate to the topic or if I am unable to have a person intake on the subject. My strengths are being able to have an option to convey and having an open mind about what it is I have to write about. My weakness most of the time was lack of information. If I could not relate to the information I found myself trying to find good sources of information. I think that my strongest writing I have done would have to be the Music and Self essay. I feel that this is my strongest writing because it described me and because it was about I related so much to this one essay. I feel that the Music and Self essay was something that I could show my true informal writing skills through. I would have to say that my weakest writing is the Diagnostic essay. During the writing of this paper I was unable to find a way to relate to the story. I felt at a lack of knowledge and experience to the topic. I do feel that this is a strong paper for me only because I did not fully find interest in the subject. As the essays changed the purpose, audience, and voice changed before the class audience to me meant the people who reads your writing or whom you may present you paper to. My vie on audience is still the same as before. Purpose to me is the reason why you have wrote, to whom does this paper effect. My view of purpose has not changed, I just added more to the definition such as the purpose being to inform of educate someone about something. the use of voice in a paper to me has been me putting my thoughts and placing them on paper for some one to read. In this class my view of voice has remained the same although I have found that there are different ways to use your voice such as your academic voice. My view on the world did change just through this class. In the class we did a lot of social justice writing which opened my eyes to a lot of things that was going on here in the world.