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Reflection Essay
Reflection Essay
Amber Boyette
ENC 1101
Professor S. C. McGriff
Looking Back
Throughout this course, I have faced challenges, learned new skills, and am now prepared
to use these skills outside of the classroom. Using in-text citations and quotes in the argument
essay was tricky for me. I have always used the APA format, so I needed help from The Little
Seagull Handbook to format my citations correctly using MLA. I also struggled writing
conclusions for my essays that weren’t redundant. I received a lot of good feedback during the
workshops we did in class. The argument essay was the hardest for me because of the Rogerian
theory. It’s not easy to find common ground with a topic you disagree with. Writing the goal
essay taught me how to outline and structure an essay. I learned that I am more of a visual
learner because I grasped these concepts better when drawn on the board. Incorporating the
senses in the descriptive paragraph prepared me on how to keep the reader involved when I was
writing the narration essay. One thing I will take from this class is the use of time management
and meeting deadlines, which was crucial in meeting course due dates. Also, writing the
narration essay has prepped me with better teamwork skills, which I will always need in my
professional and personal life. Learning to write structured, organized papers is going to benefit
me when I need to write resume. My confidence in my own ability has increased tremendously
since the beginning of this course and I no longer feel dread towards writing.
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