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Hung Ngo
Professor: Vasilka Maslanka
English 122
03 August, 2013
Metawriting
Throughout this 8-week semester, I have been learning how to write argumentative essays using the provided articles as well as the ones I find on my own to help support my arguments. I like how the first three papers are designed as a step by step teaching tool. For example, paper one teaches me how to read and summarize the articles and to give a short response to each article. This is very helpful, because without having a deep understanding of the issue being discussed, I would not be able to generate my opinion and present it to the audience. The second paper requires more than reading and summarizing. This paper actually introduces me to argumentative research essays by asking me to find one additional resource to support my arguments. The third paper, which is also the biggest research paper, requires me to have a well-broad understanding of the complexity of the topic and to be able to utilize three to four resources to effectively support my position. Thus, instead of throwing all the class material to me all at once, this class has taught me how to develop an argumentative paper step by step and provided me with a much stronger knowledge base about argumentative essays. However, writing argumentative essay is a challenging process. It requires a lot of thinking, researching and organization in order to create a well written paper. To me, the most challenging part of writing is organization. Since the purpose of this class is to write an argumentative research essay based on the issue presented in the articles, the first step is for me to have a general idea of what the issue is about. However, most of the time after reading the articles, I feel as if I am overloaded with information; to the point that I don’t even know what I should and should not include in my paper. This is when I find summarizing the articles to be helpful at guiding me to find the main points to
Professor: Vasilka Maslanka
English 122
03 August, 2013
Metawriting
Throughout this 8-week semester, I have been learning how to write argumentative essays using the provided articles as well as the ones I find on my own to help support my arguments. I like how the first three papers are designed as a step by step teaching tool. For example, paper one teaches me how to read and summarize the articles and to give a short response to each article. This is very helpful, because without having a deep understanding of the issue being discussed, I would not be able to generate my opinion and present it to the audience. The second paper requires more than reading and summarizing. This paper actually introduces me to argumentative research essays by asking me to find one additional resource to support my arguments. The third paper, which is also the biggest research paper, requires me to have a well-broad understanding of the complexity of the topic and to be able to utilize three to four resources to effectively support my position. Thus, instead of throwing all the class material to me all at once, this class has taught me how to develop an argumentative paper step by step and provided me with a much stronger knowledge base about argumentative essays. However, writing argumentative essay is a challenging process. It requires a lot of thinking, researching and organization in order to create a well written paper. To me, the most challenging part of writing is organization. Since the purpose of this class is to write an argumentative research essay based on the issue presented in the articles, the first step is for me to have a general idea of what the issue is about. However, most of the time after reading the articles, I feel as if I am overloaded with information; to the point that I don’t even know what I should and should not include in my paper. This is when I find summarizing the articles to be helpful at guiding me to find the main points to