Reflection In The Tragedy Of Hamlet And Germanna Community College

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This past semester I was enrolled in DE English 112 at both Brooke Point High School and Germanna Community College. In the span of a few months, I accomplished the following essays: an annotated bibliography, a summary and response, an argumentative essay, a literary analysis, and a multi-genre essay. The argumentative essay and the literary analysis were submitted to Smarthinking, a Germanna sponsored writing center, where professors critiqued each essay in categories such as main idea/thesis, content development, grammar and mechanics, organization, and word choice. All other essays were critiqued by my peers. With the help of
Mrs. Miller, the Smarthinking e-structors, and my peers, I feel that I have improved the quality of my writing greatly …show more content…

One of my more pronounced weaknesses would be my struggle of hooking my audience and keeping them engaged in the introductory paragraph. I believe that I have improved in this area, but not to the point where I could consider it a strength yet. For example, in my literary analysis essay I open with “Shakespeare’s famous quote ‘there is something rotten in the state of Denmark’ (I.iv.90) comes from his renowned play The Tragedy of Hamlet: The Prince of Denmark.” By beginning my essay with a quote from Shakespeare, I have automatically handed off my defining moment to another author and taken the submissive role before I have even had the opportunity to state my claim. Although my e-structor specifically pointed out how using a quote from Shakespeare was a great way to hook my audience, I have to disagree because it was not my personal hook, but someone else’s. I also struggle with adding new ideas into my concluding paragraph, which is something that I noted in my last reflection, but I am beginning to learn to morph that new idea into a statement that explains the purpose and the intent behind my paper instead of simply a floating idea. With some more time and practice, I know that I will master the art of concluding my

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