My Rhetorical Analysis

Reflection
This semester has been full of ups and downs in all aspects of school, but English has created a challenge and reward all its own. I found this class to be relatively laid back and smooth going especially compared to General Chemistry. My biggest accomplishment in English 110, in my opinion, was writing my Rhetorical Analysis. I was required to write many different papers in many different ways in high school, but I never had to judge another author on their effectiveness of writing. After I wrote my analysis, turned it in, and read it for myself I was fairly happy. I thought that I did very poorly on it, but I did fairly well for my first analysis. I took what I thought I was suppose write, put my own spin on it, and it worked.

Areas to improve upon are finding reliable evidence, staying within the word count, and writing on evasive topics. My three essays in this portfolio are not my favorite works ever, but I think that I did alright transitioning from high school to college in English. There was one paper that I wanted to expand on and one that I wanted to shorten and I was not able to because I was restricted by the word count. I did not put in my persuasive paper about recycling at Maryville College because I could not find enough information on Maryville College or Knoxville recycling. Also, after I spoke on recycling I thought that it was more of a topic for speaking, rather than writing. I think that my writing has grown this semester because I learned to write with a purpose without knowing exactly what the instructor wanted. Also, I have learned how to create my own questions to write from rather than writing straight from a prompt.