Reflective Essay: What I Learned In My Writing Class

I started my second semester and choose to take English 111. I was very nervous because I was not sure what I would be assigned to do. Knowing that I haven’t attending school in years I felt blind. But I knew this class would open my eyes and help me become a better writer as well as develop a better understanding to writing. My portfolio will show how I was able to open my mind to share personal experiences and tell my story on paper as well as how I did struggle but didn’t give up even when I felt defeated. I decided on the title “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” A quote by Napoleon Hill this quote for me represents that no matter how hard it gets for me I will keep pushing to the very end.

When I first

I also learned that I needed to slow down and pay more attention to the basics such as grammar. This Essay was written about my journey on how I got to Herkimer College and the struggles I faced in the process. Although there were several grammar issues it was overall a good essay. I was very surprised by how much I was able to get down on paper. In the beginning I was very worried that I wouldn’t have much to write about, but when I looked at it as if It were a freewrite it made the assignment more comfortable to

I must admit I did struggle with the MLA Formatting (Artifact 2) this style of writing was something that I was not at all familiar with. I never did works cited in high school, for me research papers where very basic, I would read up on a certain topic and write about the facts that I have learned. Having done the MLA formatting I learned that it provides a more structured and systematic approach to writing a research paper it provides a consistent format for writing papers and an organized style to referencing sources that are used for