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Kevin Gonzalez

Mrs. Monica Rodriguez

ENGL 1301-171

26 September 2022

Reflection Essay 1

In my Univ class, I can use selective speaking and target my audience, the class, with

neat sentence structure and relate to the topic I am speaking about without using poor language

and stop at every 3 words I say. For example, I can tell my Univ class that I am doing very well

with my work in class with the help I am getting and the outstanding teachers that put their hard

work and sweat into every lesson they teach in class every day. This shows that essays can help

with other courses without even thinking about it and can be selected at random when you put

your mind to your selective speaking.

In my math class, I cannot use sentence structure or explain and give examples to an

answer because there is only one answer. For example, I can't give other examples of why f(x) =

x cause it’s just a straight diagonal line going across the graph, not a vertical line. There is no

opposition to why the line does not have other examples. It shows that not every subject can be

put into an aspect of writing because it does not have the same language structure.

The analysis helped me give examples that are straight to the point instead of going

off-topic. For example, One of the topics was learning what people's opinions were of new actors

in upcoming movies, like the new actress in The Little Mermaid movie. People were getting mad

about why they gave the role of a “white” mermaid to an outstanding black singer/ actress. Little

Mermaid was a fictional character created for entertainment not choosing what race she is
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supposed to be. This is improved writing I get with analyzing a community that can give me

examples that fit into my genre and topic.

One of my writing strengths is structuring my body paragraphs without going off-topic.

For example, I know I need to put my topic sentence in the first sentence of my paragraph so that

the audience knows what I'm about to give examples of. The next part is the examples that I am

getting of my genre and making them perfect examples that fit the topic sentence. Lastly is my

last sentence that combines my examples and the topic and why I gave the examples in the first

place. Furthermore, My writing weakness is giving a really understandable thesis statement.

Thesis statements can be put together with any topic but with one mistake you go off topic and

your essay is ruined. That's why I love to get examples of thesis statement structure and how

people come up with them with the minimum ideas. Writing can give people trouble with how to

structure their essays and it is alright but it can improve over time with writing essays throughout

their careers.

From the comments I received, I learned that you always have to give examples that

catch the eyes of the audience. An example that they didn't know existed with the naked eye. For

example, in the movie NOPE, people in the group Movie Talk hate this movie because of how

bland it was and that it didn’t feel like a horror movie but more like a comedy movie with all the

jokes they had in the movie.

I learned that I actually love researching and explaining the examples I give in my essay.

The essay was so precise to my liking because of how the research was put into the essay and fit

exactly with the topic sentence assigned. For example, I love researching movies cause they can

give you examples and opinions given from the community that cannot seek your attention
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without a glance at it. That is what I learned about myself after I completed my essay and

discovered that I enjoy writing them.

Genre is a topic of learning about the structure of the articles, texts, and communities that

have their own language of how to get the attention of their audience, For example, my genre

was about a Facebook group that gives opinions about movies that come out, upcoming movie

role, and etc. The community communicates with opinions of their own about movies they hate

or love. This is one of my understandings of a genre that has its own language and community

passionate about movies.

The most challenging aspect of my essay is proofreading it and getting all my sentence

structures right. Like having every comma and period right on point in every sentence I write

down in my essay. The least challenging aspect is editing my body paragraph because I knew

where to put my topic sentences and examples without mixing them up. To improve my aspects

and get them to be not so challenging is to keep on writing essays and even short essays on other

courses I am in to improve my writing and editing.

My identity has changed drastically throughout this essay because I love to edit and find

information about the topics I have fun choosing and giving the audience something they aren’t

used to reading about. For example, not many individuals write about movie genres and how

movies have changed us as human beings, and how relatable movies can be and impact us

emotionally and give us a laugh. My identity has changed and now has opened my eyes to

another world of writing and I love it.