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Academic Writing Growth Reflection

The student discusses how their writing skills have improved over the course of the semester in their English 1301 class. Two particular essay assignments, a report on the arguments for and against circumcision and a visual rhetorical analysis of an advertisement about banning abortion, helped develop their research, analysis, and creative thinking abilities. For both essays, extensive research was required to understand both sides of the complex issues. While the circumcision report focused on an unbiased analysis and the abortion advertisement was more straightforward visual analysis, both assignments required creative thinking to develop the required length. Through these challenging assignments and classroom learning, the student feels they have grown in locating credible sources and analyzing other works, and their communication skills will help in future courses.

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Academic Writing Growth Reflection

The student discusses how their writing skills have improved over the course of the semester in their English 1301 class. Two particular essay assignments, a report on the arguments for and against circumcision and a visual rhetorical analysis of an advertisement about banning abortion, helped develop their research, analysis, and creative thinking abilities. For both essays, extensive research was required to understand both sides of the complex issues. While the circumcision report focused on an unbiased analysis and the abortion advertisement was more straightforward visual analysis, both assignments required creative thinking to develop the required length. Through these challenging assignments and classroom learning, the student feels they have grown in locating credible sources and analyzing other works, and their communication skills will help in future courses.

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Lysa Britt

Professor Collins

ENGL 1301

29 November 2017

Composing Words Out of Thin Air

Before entering this semester, I did not have much knowledge on communicating through

writing academically other than a remedial English course. This semester I have vastly improved

on research, analysis and creative thinking through writing. The two essay assignments that

assisted with my improvement are essay 2 and essay 3. If I were to take this class again I would

research the topics itself, it would further assist my writing drastically. By researching the topic, I

was able to decide which one would have more credible content and if I could relate to it, by doing

so writing the assignment would be easier to construct.

Essay 2 was written about a report of the procedure of circumcision on male newborns and

represent either side fairly. I researched through dozens of scholarly reports, medical journals, and

news articles. I had to analyze both sides of the argument and present my findings. The purpose of

the assignment was to form an unbiased report. Upon researching the argument of circumcision, I

came to the realization most people are not going to be easily persuaded if their argument is based

on their faith. Due to the purpose of the essay being a report, I was not able to express my emotions

on the topic I had to utilize my creative thinking. This essay required countless hours of reading,

locating appropriate evidence from both arguments and developing a summary.

One of my last assignments happen to be the most challenging, essay 3 was a visual

rhetorical analysis. I choose the advertisement on the effects of banning abortion, it was created

by the Guttmacher Institute. I immediately went to the website and other websites to research the
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facts stated in the advertisement. I learned through research that abortion had a generous amount

of information on both sides of the argument. Analyzing for this advertisement was simple since

it was something I could look at and see. The issue I struggled with this assignment was the creative

thinking, I thought to myself how could I come up with 950-1300 words for this assignment. After

an astounding amount of determination, listening in class, going to a tutor and reading my English

book, amazingly I was able to produce a 1000-word essay.

During this semester I was able to grow my communication skills through academic

writing. English 1301 has taught me how to locate credible sources, and what pathos, ethos, and

symbolism entail for academic writing. I have learned how to effectively analyze other published

documents and form a summarization of what was written. Also, during this time, I have been

working on my creative thinking by opening my mind to other viewpoints. I may not be as well

versed as most but most definitely more so I linguistics skills have grown which makes me proud

of myself. Henceforward, the knowledge I come to have accumulated from this course will assist

myself to lay the foundation of any assignment that will be appointed in my upcoming courses.

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