My understanding of writing has increased tremendously. For example, I can now tell whether I am summarizing or analyzing a paper because of the lessons taught early on in this course, which included examples and information on the differences between a summary and an analysis. Also, we summarized one narrative and one research …show more content…
I learned the definition of style, how word choice can affect your writing, how to use passive or active voice, and I now understand how to determine the structure of sentences and paragraphs. Learning all of the factors that go into style really contributed to the 1,000-word auto ethnography paper and both of the summaries I wrote. I feel like I chose words that made my writings flow smoothly, I was able to stick to either a passive voice or an active voice, and I made sure to structure my sentences and paragraphs in the most logical way possible. I was able to do this because I now understand style.
Additionally, I feel that this module has prepared me to write better in future writing courses. I know that I will have to write summaries, as well as papers in my future. I know that I will be able to write logically because I understand style and I now know how to summarize correctly. I believe the skills I learned will further my understanding of writing because I will be able to look further and deeper into my papers and summaries. I will also be able to focus on learning other topics, now that I have learned two very important topics