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Serena Lopez

Dr. Sharity Nelson

English 1301

17 October 2022

Reflection Essay Two

Something I learned in Essay One that I utilized in Essay Two was the skill of analyzing

genre. Thanks to Essay One, I learned how to analyze genre more thoroughly. I had never done a

genre analysis before; therefore, I was somewhat confused at the start. However, I attained new

knowledge and perspective after reading my peers' essays and witnessing various examples of

how the genre is typically written. Essay One significantly contributed to my array of writing

skills and prepared me for Essay Two in the process.

Something that I did not use in Essay Two that I did use in Essay One was the ability to

interpret written genres. This expertise was ascertained helpful in Essay One; however, since the

prompt in Essay Two was to examine a piece of visual text, this skill did not come into use. This

is because visual text and written text are almost complete opposites of each other, and they each

require different abilities and capacities to be spoken about.

Something that I learned in Essay Two that can be applied to other courses is the aptness

to describe a picture or piece of visual text. This can manifest itself in my psychology class. For

example, my psychology class dissects various graphs and images of the brain. If I ever needed

to describe these pictures in great detail, I would not suffer due to the experience I acquired

during Essay Two's composition.

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Something that I cannot apply to other classes but that proved helpful in Essay Two is the

capacity to write in great detail. This would not be useful in my statistics class since little to no

writing is done, and we have never performed academic writing. Usually, in math classes,

writing is never done. It is not expected by anyone taking a course associated with the subject of

math.

Studying the visual elements of a text improved my writing remarkably. I have never

written in such detail about an image before. I was surprised at how I could describe

characteristics in great detail. This notably helps with any future writing assignments that I might

have. Almost every time I have been assigned a paper, it has asked me to describe something to

an audience. This essay expanded my proficiency in executing intricate writing and sounding

formal in the process. In addition to this, I enhanced my ability to modify my papers and

construct them in a way that is beneficial to the reader. This drastically changes my approach to

future writing assignments, as now, I can distinguish any mistakes and rectify them quickly.

From the comments made on my essay, I learned that I naturally contain the ability to

write a great essay. With all the paragraphs incorporated, the essay flows wonderfully and can

easily captivate a reader. In addition to this, my use of vocabulary satisfies my pieces of writing

immensely. However, some weaknesses I possess are the usage of run-on sentences and sounding

repetitive. I believe my weaknesses contradict each other between Essay One and Essay Two.

However, my strengths stayed the same. In Essay One, the main drawback I struggled with was

the ability to execute an academic genre analysis. The primary strength I held was my use of

vocabulary and the ability to keep someone interested in my paper.

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From the comments I received on Essay One, I believe the statements in Essay Two will

differ greatly. During the composition of Essay One, I was unaware of the correct way to use

topic sentences. In addition to this, I did not know how to use standard paragraph structure to my

capability. However, in Essay Two, I gained the skill of recognizing and formulating topic

sentences for a more apparent paragraph structure and format. I believe the critiques from Essay

One will not apply to Essay Two.

The most demanding facet of this essay was preserving a uniform paragraph structure

throughout the paper. For example, ensuring the topic sentences were correct and confirming the

concluding sentences related to the topic sentences. The least challenging part of this essay was

describing the image that was to be chosen. I found it uncomplicated to explain the elements of

the visual text, and I encountered myself writing very quickly with considerable depth.

My identity as a writer has significantly changed since writing this essay. I discovered my

strengths and weaknesses, and I also learned how to craft well-structured paragraphs and

topic/concluding sentences. I now know that if I am struggling with something I am trying to

write, simply putting in the time to research can help me learn it quickly. Thus, improving my

future writing projects.