Hao Hoang

ENGL 1301-122

Dr. Sharity Nelson

10/18/22

Visual Analysis Experience

I learned the ability to actively optimize my observation into detail from essay one genre

text analysis that I had repeatedly used in my second essay. For example, my second essay has a

part where I had to explain how the ad visual context provides a correlation back to my thesis

statement that stated, “ The ad promotes the Nintendo switch to Nintendo game enthusiasts by

providing the visual of the game console accessibility for audiences who love to travel.” I used

an example with a screen capture of the actor using the console while traveling to explain my

claim that the video's Nintendo Switch accessibility was promoted. I had to apply the ability to

optimize the observation learned in my first essay in detail to convert my observation into words

to support my argument, a skill that I did not have before the writing of my first essay.

The textual genre analysis skill that I used during my writing of the first essay was not

applied in my second essay due to the demand for visual analysis of the genre rather than textual

analysis. For example, I used my textual analysis skill in my first essay to explain the quote,

“The price of greatness is responsibility.” to explain to my audience the message that the genre is

portraying, the responsibility of one to take action for success; however, I didn’t apply this to my

second essay, but instead I used my visual analysis ability to explain to my audience the ad

display of the game “The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild” (BOTW). I explain in my

second essay that this gameplay attracted the consumer to buy the console through the game's

attractiveness since the game is exclusive only to the Nintendo Switch console; therefore, a
consumer that wants to play the game will then have to consider buying a Nintendo Switch

console. The two types of analysis are vastly different, resulting in my decision not to use the

analysis skill within the first essay because it is unnecessary.

I learned to visually analyze a genre, whether a picture or an observation within the field

of vision, and I applied this ability to the Biology 2301 lab course. Biology 2301 is a course that

covers the fundamental of human Anatomy and Physiology with a series of lab experiments and

model displays. The class requires visual analysis on every class basis since the student would be

required to observe a model and implement their observation into their comprehension of the

specific content or report on a particular lab or hypothesis; therefore, I would need the usage of

visual analysis daily, and the visual analysis has greatly helped me on this aspect.

I learned how to give an example based on my opinion in a much more detailed

description by writing my second essay, and I would have to say that I won’t be able to apply this

to any other courses. For example, History 1301, a course that gives a detailed record of the

United State History from the founding years to 1877, will never allow for an individual to be

biased in their report since a false report could entirely change a society's understanding of a

historical record and we see much time from the past; therefore, an individual bias opinion is to

allow on the report, and if a person were to report a record based on bias opinion, they would

incur a consequence.

Analyzing visual elements of a certain specific genre, subject, or object allow an

individual to gather information through their field of vision, gaining the comprehension of a

specific genre that will be a great advantage to writer approach the topic with a much better

understanding to plan out what the author wants to write. When I wrote my second essay, I had

planned out the general structure of writing for my introduction; however, I wouldn’t be able to
do that without carefully analyzing the video from a multiplier perspective, even asking another

individual opinion on what they can see in the video. I was obsessed with the visual elements of

the video to the point that I watched it at least 40 times before I even started on my introduction

since I needed a lot of information to plan out my essay through my thesis statement. If I didn’t

plan out my paper and approached it with a careless attitude, I would entirely mess up the flow

of my text, resulting in my main ideas not being fully supported by a reasonable argument. The

visual analysis also further increased my skill in writing a message that would help my main

ideas, increasing my writing credibility and detail.

My writing strength in this second essay that I received from my readers’ comment is that

the writing detail was straightforward, and I didn’t need to add any more elements for my main

ideas support; however, I had unnecessary information that I needed to omit and refine to

reinforce further my essay rather than just supporting it. The strengths and weaknesses were

different this time from my writing. I changed my strength in providing additional information to

describe my main ideas, and I tried to eliminate my mistake of giving inadequate information,

which resulted in unnecessary details. For example, In my first essay, I had multiple times

provided additional information to enhance my main ideas support; however, I was providing too

much information and ended up leading to unnecessary information. I also ran into the same

problem for my second essay, which I refined multiple times to remove unnecessary information.

I failed, however, and couldn’t completely reform my essay to one that would be free from

unnecessary information. The problem I encountered during both essays was that I wasn’t clear

about what I wanted to convey, which caused the information to be in a jumble and unnecessarily

long; therefore, I would need further practice and research to revise my writing to improve my

essay clarity.
 Dr. Nelson's comments on my essay one described my ability to refine inadequately; I

was able to convey my message fully and had all the required components for my essay;

however, it wasn’t fully refined and caused trouble in the essay clarity. I think that the comment

for my second essay might be quite similar since I was not able to refine my essay completely,

and I saw that there was unnecessary information in the essay. I know that within my essay, there

was an incomplete explanation that I would be able to complete with just a little more

explanation to refine the information that would increase the text flow.

The most challenging aspect of my second essay was the genre choice since I was

completely indecisive on the choice of the visual genre that I had wanted to write; therefore, I

wasn’t able to fully utilize the time effectively to revise my essay but rather to figure what I

wanted to write. An example of this would be the change that I had made between the first and

second draft of the essay when I entirely changed what I wanted to talk about in my thesis

statement, which at first would cause many problems; however, I took some time and research on

my essay, and I was able to be set on a certain topic and wrote about it. My least challenging

experience in writing this essay would be the conclusion of the paper since I was able to build

the decision at the end of the process after all of the essay ideas were clear. I had a clear vision of

what I wanted to write; therefore, I could effectively write the conclusion without any obstacles.

My identity as a writer was challenged during the completion of this essay. As a writer, I

have to admit my inadequacy on the subject of deciding my topic. I was indecisive and resulting

in my first draft being a complete mess. The first draft of my second essay was revised multiple

times due to the topic sentence's lack of clarity, and I had to supplement the thesis statement to

clarify my main ideas. It took me about three attempts and two days before I was able to reach a
satisfactory result, which at first glance might not be something big; however, I improved as a

writer and improved my ability to clarify my essay though it was a tiny increment.
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Nelson, Sharity Peer Review: Editing October 11, 2022. ENGL 1301, Texas A&M International

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