Personal Reflective Essay

Throughout this semester here at CSU I have learned a lot of different material, but I think I this class have taught me the most valuable information. As an English major it is very important that I do my best at writing and thanks to my Intro to Writing Studies class I feel even more confident as a writer. The Trimble book was my most valuable source this semester. Not only was this book helpful for this course, but I used it for my other courses as well and I also plan on using it in the near future. This semester in this course has not only taught me new ideas, but has refreshed my memory on material that I have covered once before and have forgotten as the years went by. I found the Trimble book so amazing; although it was very small

I agree with Trimble here, not everyone would agree would your thesis as a writer, you should prove yourself right and have supporting details that will prove the point you are trying to make. It is always important that you have vital information to support your thesis, if not your information is insufficient. Although I found the Trimble book very helpful in this course I was able to use other sources to aide me as well. I often found myself visiting the Purdue OWL website often to refresh my memory on a lot of things that I needed to get more information about. This website was also very helpful and it is something that I plan on using in my future. When focusing on thesis statements the authors of this site say, “An argumentative or persuasive piece of writing must begin with a debatable thesis or claim. In other words, the thesis must be something that people could reasonably have differing opinions on. If your thesis is something that is generally agreed upon or accepted as fact then there is no reason to try to persuade people.” (Weida and Stolley). This is very similar to Trimble argument about thesis statements, and I agree that your thesis should persuade your readers and give them something to think