English 111 Reflection

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When I signed up to take English 111, I only took the class for the dual enrollment credits. I was in close competition for valedictorian and salutatorian positions of my class and my guidance counselor informed me if I did not take the class I would lose my class rank. I have never really favored English and I loathed writing essays. When I was in middle school I use to enjoy writing in a journal to eliminate the stress of the day, but it was a habit I ended in high school for a multitude of reasons. When I began writing something other than the horrid five paragraph essays we were forced to suffer through until this class, I found myself rediscovering the passion I once had for writing. I still did not like writing essays, but I would fit poetic phrases into all of my essays. I would try to connect each one of my essays to a personal experience of mine. …show more content…
This was the hardest essay for me to write, but I learned the most about myself and writing from it. At first I had no idea what I was going to write about, but someone in the class mentioned forgiveness. With it being our senior year, I felt like it was finally time to forgive those who had done wrong to me so many years ago. I decided to write about my sexual assault in eighth grade. This paper helped me realize you don’t have to hold your experiences and emotions in. Even though the entire class failed the paper, we all had beautiful content which was passing to

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My biggest improvements in English 111 was the process of constructing my essays, and my progress in research writing essays. The class has taught me a tremendous amount of information on how to start an essay, what the essay consists of and how to set up the essay. I came into English 111 not knowing half the terms we went over, or how to use them. Since the class, I now know the meaning and the proper way to incorporate them in my essays. The environment that I am surrounded in while learning is…

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