Salazar 1

Task 1 Reflection

The main corrections I made to my Autoethnography consisted of adding specific details

to some sections. For instance, I specified who my community of roommates consisted of in my

introduction. I also moved the paragraph about literacy sponsors to be earlier in the essay, as it

connects better with the ideas following that section. With this placement, our mannerisms and

ideas are much clearer as it was stated why they are what they are earlier in the paper. The

changes were made to be more specific thus incrementing the clarity of the essay. I understand

how in some parts; the essay was confusing because I was not specific enough about what I was

talking about. Another big edit I made was about my writing process. During the composition of

the final draft of this paper, I was still not sure of what I was meant to include in this section.

Because my roommates do not really affect the way I write, it seemed like the section was out of

place. I tried my best with being more specific about my process and emphasized how I am still

working on it, but I was still not able to make it fit with the paper as a whole. This is considering

how I specified earlier on that my community did not affect my writing process at all. Overall, I

found that I still struggle somewhat with revising properly. It felt too easy to add commas or

periods, and I really tried to look at my paper as a whole. This was difficult. However, this is a

skill that I will improve with practice, and I believe that by the end of this class I will have a

much easier time revising any of my writing assignments.