Reflective Essay On What I Learned In My Writing Class

During this semester I have learned multiple things in English 100. Learning different formatting styles, grammar, annotation styles, along with editing and revising drafts has helped me grow as a writer. I have gained new knowledge along with skills such as references, writing in MLA format, which I never knew before. I have learned new things while receiving comments from the instructor on my essays. Most of them did not have much detail and needed more.
I learned that detail is key to writing, so that readers can get a clear and full understanding of the point that you are trying to argue, or make. One example is the literacy narrative. I wrote an essay that was off topic with little detail. I learned from the instructor through comments that Literacy was not what I thought it to be, or what I was writing about. It didn’t explain how I learned something or what I learned. Therefore I wrote a new essay on moral and respect. These were things I learned in the military and as long as I had all the details about the events happening in the essay I was, finally understanding. Learning annotation styles have helped also. Using different styles allowed me to generate certain paragraphs and help with my resource
I have learned how to be more persistent and not give up so easily. I had a problem with this before knowing about the 8 Habits of mind. I am now capable of staying on top of things. Finishing my essays in a timely matter was a major achievement for me. I stuck to it and because of that I gained knowledge for every mistake I made on them. I also believe that openness and creativity from the 8 Habits of Mind will help with my future writing. I think that I will be able to structure my essays better and give more that I have this semester. Knowing all these new things that I never learned or had knowledge of will help me become a better