Reflection Final

As the semester comes to an end this assignment provides an excellent opportunity to look back on my experiences in this class. My experience in English with Professor Fucaloro has helped me grow a substantial amount as a writer. I have gotten more and more comfortable as a writer as the semester went on. As a person, it is important to stand for something and have views on controversial issues, which is exactly what Professor Fucaloro encouraged me to do. One of my main papers, the Literacy Narrative, really allowed me to open and become vulnerable to expressing myself. Before this class, I tended to avoid social and political conflicts. I tried to remain as neutral as possible on all subjects in an effort to not anger anyone I was interacting with. However, after a few discussions in this class, I quickly formed views on things and opinions that I felt rather strongly about. In addition, the Free Writes also gave me an opportunity to let my thoughts flow free. Professor Fucaloro encouraged her students to let loose and express our thoughts without any fears. Another one of my favorite class activity’s were our free writes. Our free writes gave me the opportunity to express whatever feelings I had in the moment. My favorite free write was one where Professor Fucaloro instructed us to not stop writing. At first, I was worried I would run out of things to say, but I quickly realized that I had alot more to say then I thought.

Overall, this English class really opened my eyes to what I can accomplish in writing an effective essay/assignment. Writing effectively takes a lot of practice and we got to practice by revising our essays and our classmate’s essays through peer editing. I am open to people commenting on my assignments and papers, whether it is positive or negative. I have also learned to correct other classmate’s essays, and what things to look for within an essay. In addition, I have acquired the skills to make my writing more detailed and interesting by using rhetoric. Rhetoric played a big role in the writing process of this semester. The goal of using rhetoric in your writing is to use language effectively and persuasively. My writing after I incorporated rhetoric was a lot more effective and helped me persuade my readers to consider topics from different perspectives through including logic, emotional appeal, and credibility. To conclude this reflective response, I have learned a lot from this class and what to expect from other professors on their papers/essays. This semester has been a very eye-opening experience for me and I plan to take everything I have learned in the past fifteen weeks and apply it to my future writing.