Essay 3 Reflection

My experience as I was writing this essay, although I never learned my lesson on

procrastination, was overall refreshing. I really enjoyed writing this essay and utilizing what I
have learned in my previous writing experiences with Essay 1 and Essay 2. More specifically in
Essay one that I applied to this essay was the use of extensive research. And as for Essay 2, I
was able to apply the tool of closely analyzing details. In this essay it was important to pay
attention to small details that the authors would mention because it all had meaning when trying
to find the rhetorical devices being used. Personally, I think this essay will be a very helpful tool
to use later on in different courses, especially since in this essay I was able to understand how
to do certain things more in depth. For example, in text citations, mla format, and correctly
completing the works cited page.
Some things that I have learned in my past two essays that were not necessary in the
completion of this essay were mainly from the second essay. This is due to the fact that that
essay required a more personal interpretation of an image and in this case that is not at all
applicable. This is because in that essay we chose an image we were meant to analyze and
make an assumption about what it could possibly represent. In this essay this method can not
be used, since the article is providing you with all the information you should need to complete
the essay. I definitely think that there is nothing that I learned from this experience that I will not
need in future courses, since this essay was based on a journal article it is not something that
will not be seen in future courses. The analysis of a peer-reviewed article was a challenging
process that I was able to thankfully figure out, but what I found most helpful from it was the fact
that we know the credibility of the article. According to my peers who commented on all three of
my essays one reoccurring flaw that I noticed they commented on was my overuse of the
dictionary. By this I mean that I often tend to write and look for words to make my essay sound
more formal, which at times made my writing too wordy. At the same time this was a strength in
my writing using all these words, but with mediation did elevate my writing which was also
something noted by my peers.
My identity as a writer I personally believe has definitely improved throughout the
semester and I can see some improvement even as I go back and read my first essay and find
errors in my writing that I don't make as often currently in my new assignments. For example, in
my first essay draft, I was too focused on finding appealing words rather than the point of the
essay and now I have improved immensely from before. Overall, the entire semester I have
been working toward the goal of improving my writing and being able to see the improvement
happen. From what I have learned and going back through my previous work I notice the quality
of my writing has changed and I feel like even the style of writing has changed from what it used
to be.