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Mitchell Collins

Emily Litle

ENG 121001

29 April 2022

Reflection

This semester has witnessed not just a significant improvement in my overall

personality, but also a steady improvement in my writing abilities. When I was in high

school, every paper I had to write was based around a question, and I had to either answer

the question in great detail or demonstrate why the question was a horrible question, so I

never learned how to create a correct paper that would be used in many other classes.

English 121 has unquestionably provided me with the necessary skills to further my study

and create properly referenced papers in the future.

English 121's Journal 1 serves as the starting point for my writing adventure; here,

the unique thoughts that I have when it comes to writing are clearly obvious, but there is

definitely potential for development in all aspects of writing. There is a strong example of

my desire to criticize a question, similar to what I did in high school, in this paragraph. In this

diary, there are also some visible errors in my MLA formatting, which I take full

responsibility for. It surely demonstrates my capacity to write about outlandish concepts

and serves as a starting point for the subsequent development.

Paper 1 is my second artifact, and I believe it demonstrates my ability to write an in-

depth paper as well as a fundamental understanding of the rhetorical devices of Ethos,

Pathos, and Logos. This paper discussed my relationship with my family and my experience

at Marvel Stadium, and I believe I did an excellent job of relating this to my audience and
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causing them to experience similar emotions to myself. But there was one major issue I

needed to modify in this paper, and I did so. The use of the pronouns "I, me, and you"

throughout the work was a significant piece of feedback I received that helped me to

improve the general believability of my writing. In this case, it demonstrated to me that

there is still room for development in my writing, and I took the comments into

consideration in order to ensure that similar errors were not repeated in the future.

Journal 4 is artifact number 3 due to the fact that it was so closely related to my

previous paper. I thoroughly enjoyed being able to write about Marvel Stadium and my

family on a much more intimate level. In all honesty, it was a much-needed release after

learning about some health difficulties at home. It also provided an opportunity for me to

continue developing my writing skills while in another low-stress atmosphere. Writing an

extended piece as a result of this challenge allowed me to hone my writing skills while also

improving my ability to compose papers that retain meaning for longer than the average

expected length.

Paper 3 serves as an excellent demonstration of how I need to develop as a writer,

as it was my lowest-scoring paper throughout the course. This paper was severely lacking in

annotations and sources, which was my fault. This is something I was aware of when I

submitted it, but the comments I received turned this paper into a significant learning

experience for me when it comes to incorporating sources into my future writing. Paper 3

was excellent for honing my citation abilities in preparation for paper 4, in which I hoped to

achieve the highest possible mark.

Speaking of paper 4, this was by far my greatest paper this semester, as it

synthesized everything I had learned during the semester. I learned from my earlier

mistakes with the pronouns "I, me, and you," and I worked hard to break the habit as much
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as I could. I also discovered my own writing style when it came to producing papers that

were different from the more literary type essays that I had written in high school. In

addition, working on improving my inclusion of sources was beneficial because it helped me

to produce a comprehensive final paper that I am quite proud of.

As a whole, my growth in this subject was minor but significant; I had previously

gained some confidence in my writing abilities but having to learn a new writing style for a

different type of paper was difficult. I believe I was successful in my endeavour and learned

how to be the best writer possible in terms of developing research papers and putting my

ideas down on paper, among other things. Integrating sources was also something I learned

to do in this session and became really comfortable doing, thanks to the extensive practice I

received.