Davila 1
Huriel Davila
Dr. Alexis Walker
ENGL 1301-180
18 November 2021
Reflection Essay 3
The one thing I used form Essay 1 that was useful for Essay 3 was my research skills. I
was able to locate a article I was interested in easily. In Essay 1, I was able to find interesting
topics on what to write about. I implemented that in Essay 3 with the help o the school’s library.
On essay 2, I was able to implement the various sentence structures into Essay 3. I was not able
to highlight how communities and genres interacted in Essay 3 as I did in Essay 1. Essay 1 was
about how a certain community interacted with a genre, but in Essay 3 it was more about
evaluating and deconstructing an article. Compared to Essay 2, I rarely emphasized the outside
sources that construced the article in Essay 3. Foucing more on the author and his choices to
argue his claim. The most important thing I’ve learned from this essay is that I can evaluate and
determine what an article is talking about. I can use this on futiure reading and writing
assignments that consist of long reading hours. Beneficial to my future classes. One thing that
wont be applied to other courses is the highlighting of the literary devices the author uses to
constrect their article. My classes are mostly going to be about Criminal Justice.
The peer-reviewed article helped me analyze an article and focus on its main purpose.
Helped me pick out and describe how the author used certain techniques to present his argument.
The article I chose out was filled with fallacies that intertwined with the pathos, logos, and ethos
of the argument. This will help me in my future classes and help me pick out credible articles.
Based on the comments of my peers, I have problems with in-text citing. My writing strength
Davila 2
was highlighting the literary devices used in the article and how they connected to the text. The
weaknesses are different, but citing was still the main problem. I cited the source wrong in Essay
1 and 2. In Essay 3, in-text citing was confusing. My writing strengths are different. I think your
comments are gooing to be in different in a good way. Hopefullly, seeing the improvements I
have made since my first essay. I have revised and edited my essay based on your feedback
compared to my first essay which was very helpful.
The most challenging aspect of this essay was the reading and understanding of the peer-
reviewed article. Also, trying to find the right article to analyze was a struggle. Took me about a
whole week to find one. Changed it once to the current one I chose to write about. I feel my
identity as a writer is still the same, but it is being more outgoing now. Somewhat afraid to write,
but willing to put in the work to pass.
