Self-Reflection Of My Writing Career

Self-Reflection of this Year

My college writing profession started when I was in my freshman year. I have always had a difficulty with writing at a college level, but I am willing to learn. Prior to coming to Penta, I was homeschooled since the fourth grade. When I started my freshmen year, I had a college writing professor as a tutor. I achieved a majority of my college writing knowledge from my tutor over the course of two years. My writing was at a passable level, but I wanted to reach a higher step in my academic writing. I decided to take Bowling Green’s college writing course this year to gather the skills desired for me to move on. My goals this year were to widen my vocabulary and stretch my brain for critical thinking. My times in my writing course this year sprouted new

Over the time I have been writing in this class, I have realized the level of improvement in my critical thinking. I have been able to take topics from papers and twist them in a completely different way. I have learned the different ways I can logically refute or improve my own work and others. The skills I have acquired through critical thinking translate very well to making a solid counter argument. For every paper I have written in this class has always had one crucial opposite point of view to state. I believe that GSW 1110 has supported me through my decisive argument building. The “Analysing a Visual Argument” paper that was due played a major part in how I built counterarguments. The paper was about dissecting a highly controversial work of art based on what the picture speaks to you. The picture in question has multiple viewpoints that I had to address.

By writing a counterargument, I am also guiding the audience to my final conclusion based on opposing views of the genre. This semester has been a personal exercise for me to improve the way I perceive my audience and