Elaine Briones

Professor William Nolen

ENGL 1301 123

19 November 2021

Essay 3 Reflection Questions

What I learned in Essay 1 that I used for Essay 3 was when I was providing my evidence:

for the first essay, I put the works cited but did not use the citing in the essay but compared to the

third essay, I made sure to put the citations in the paragraphs that provided evidence. With what I

learned from essay 2, it’s helped me work on figuring out which evidence should be discussed

and why those details help build a strong thesis, which helped me get a better understanding of

my thesis for the third essay as well as being able to give sufficient information to help the reader

comprehend why the article was important and its purpose for being spoken about. Although

what I had learned from the first essay that I couldn’t apply to the third essay was that for the

first essay, I didn’t follow the instructions by going off on a different topic that had nothing to do

with the essay. So for the third essay, I made sure to follow instructions carefully as well as

asking myself the three questions to help determine if I was doing my essay correctly (Did I do

what I said I would do, why was this information important, and what did I want my audience to

with this information?). By following these questions, I was able to form my third essay in a

structure that was to help the reader understand the background but get right back on track to

what the point of the argument was. For the third essay, I talked about radiology nursing moral

distress and went from talking a little bit of a background history to help the reader understand

how nursing ethics came to be for radiology nursing to help cope with moral distress.
 What I learned from Essay 3 that can be applied to other courses is by researching as

much information as possible to comprehend the topic better and as well get sufficient support

for any evidence I may use for future courses. By sufficient support, I mean to get strong

evidence/information that can help prove what I’m trying to state. For example, for essay 3, as I

was gathering information on the article, I went back to the citations that the author used herself

and checked her resources to see if it was beneficial as well as trustworthy. The peer reviewed

article helped me improve my writing by making sure I find reliable resources and which

information should be used to help stand strong with my thesis. These peer-reviewed articles can

also help me when writing for future essays or writing tasks by following steps on how to

provide my evidence as well as finding ways to help the reader understand how the article is

useful and why it is being discussed in the first place.

The comments I had received from my peers discussed that my writing strengths are

having a great introduction and claiming a thesis that is clear and direct. Another writing strength

of mine is being able to provide information that the readers may not have known before reading

my essay and not going off track of the purpose. A writing weakness of mine that has been

observed is that during my conclusions, I don’t have a strong suit in coming back in a circle,

meaning that I don’t turn back to the point of thesis and usually give a summary of the whole

essay instead of explaining the three questions I was supposed to follow. These strengths were

new as I had learned from my mistakes in the first and second essay, but my weaknesses had

stayed the same since my first and second essay. My weaknesses stayed the same because I

wasn’t able to explain in the first essay the importance of why the discussion was taking place

and as for the second essay, I didn’t ask myself what the use of the information for the reader
was. As for the writing strengths of mine, I made an improvement by being able to be clear and

thorough with my introduction and evidence during my third essay compared to the first two.

I think the comments I’ll receive from my professor is definitely about making sure I

have a strong thesis and having a strong ending with my conclusion to make sure there are no

loose ends that may leave the reader wondering about any information that was read. For my

second essay, the comments I had received from my professor explained that my conclusion

wasn’t solid as it seemed it was put together the last minute with no effort. From that comment, I

think it helped me conclude a better conclusion that wasn’t so simple.

The most challenging part of this essay was actually understanding the article. When

writing about an article and depicting it from detail to detail, one evidence to another, it seems

like there is a lot of information that can be talked about and seem useful for a thesis, but it’s

about figuring out what evidence can make a stronger argument. For instance, when I discussed

the tool that was being used for radiology nurses to measure out moral distress, it was hard to

understand the material and how this evidence was beneficial for my thesis. Another part that

was challenging was figuring out whether or not my argument was valid enough to write about

because so much could be discussed and proven. My identity as a writer has changed with this

essay by helping me become better at finding strong evidence as well as being able to determine

which information is necessary for the reader to read.