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Vanessa Ortiz

Dr. Sharity Nelson

ENGL 1302 101

14 November 2022

Reflection Essay 3
In essay 1, I was able to learn how to analyze my citations. For example, I followed the

format where I introduced the quote and cite it. After that, I explained what the quote meant and

how it related to the topic. In essay 2, I learned how to highlight and separate the quotes I

planned to utilize in the essay. This was quite beneficial in essay 3 since it made it easy to

understand what I was going to discuss, particularly what evidence I was going to utilize to

support my thesis. I also learned how to make a good Annotated Bibliography, even though it

was not need in this essay, that helped gather evidence from each source. (Ortiz, “It’s Time to

Put An End to School Shootings” 1-7)

Essay 1 taught me how to interpret the ImRad format into it. However, in essay 3 I didn’t

have to use this. For instance, essay 1 had to deal with an experiment, so I had to break down my

sections into: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. On the other in essay 2, I learned

how to include 10 sources into my essay whereas in essay 3 I only had to use 8. In a way, the ten

sources helped with the third essay by showing me how to be organized, but overall I had already

learned that in essay 1 too. I didn’t see that knowledge as beneficial in essay 3 since I already

knew about it. (Ortiz, “Running Stimulating Productivity” 1-3) (Ortiz, “School Shootings in

America: A Literary Analysis” 1-6) (Ortiz, “It’s Time to Put An End to School Shootings” 1-7)

In the third essay I learned how to argue my stance really well. This can be used in other

course, especially in History when debating a topic. For example, in order to have a good
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argument, one must provide evidence to back it up. In my EDCI class, we were discussing

whether or not religion should be taught in school. Many people had different opinions about the

topic, but the best arguments were when someone provide factual evidence. (Ortiz, “It’s Time to

Put An End to School Shootings” 1-7)

So many of the things I learned in the third essay can be used in my other courses. It’s

really important to include citations and work cited when providing any quotes from articles or

any other source. As I stated in my last reflection the topic of the essay is also very beneficial to

me since I want to be a future educator. The topic of school shooting will always have an effect,

not just because I am a human being with feeling but because it will be a constant fear for the

rest of my life. Therefore, everything in that was learned in this essay that is applicable in other

courses. (Ortiz, “It’s Time to Put An End to School Shootings” 1-7)

The creation of an argument helped improve my writing by allowing me to see what

source I needed to gather to provide evidence for that argument. The argument is the base of the

whole essay so without it the essay would be all over the place. No one would understand what

the stance it nor the topic of the essay. For example, my thesis was, “In response, this paper

argues that stricter gun laws should be placed in the United States because it ensures the safety of

students, teachers, and schools in general.” I had to base every single section and citation around

this idea so that the audience can understand what I am trying to say. (Ortiz, “It’s Time to Put An

End to School Shootings” 1)

Based on the comments I received from my peer, I would say my writing strength in this

essay was providing good evidence to back up my claim and emphasize my topic. Since I feel

very passionate about my stance, I knew what I wanted to write from the beginning. I was able to
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provide quotes from articles that showed the audience what my stance was. I explained each

quote and gave my own knowledge on it. Overall, they believed that I did this really well.

I believe that the comments on this essay will different from the comments on essay 1

and essay 2. Essay 1 was not my best essay and it needed a lot of work. Essay 2 was much better,

but it still needed ot be polished. For this essay I think I worded all the information better and

gave concrete evidence. My work cited was also done really well. If anything, the comments

might be about small details that I might have missed. (Ortiz, “Running Stimulating

Productivity” 1-3) (Ortiz, “School Shootings in America: A Literary Analysis” 1-6) (Ortiz, “It’s

Time to Put An End to School Shootings” 1-7)

The most challenging aspect of this essay was probably the topic since it’s a difficult

thing to talk about. When it comes to talking about kids dying in school where they should be

safe, the topic is really sad. Especially majoring in the education field, it hits closer to home. The

least challenging aspect was finding the source this time around. I got two sources from my last

essay and just had to find six more so that helped alot. (Ortiz, “It’s Time to Put An End to School

Shootings” 1-7)

Works Cited
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Nelson, Sharity. “Peer-Reviewed Workshop” 7 November 2022. ENGL 1302, Texas A&M

International University, classroom activity.

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A&M International University, student paper.

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