The Bluest Eye Reflective Essay
After reviewing my grade on The Bluest Eye essay, I can honestly say that I did a great job considering I got 83% on the previous essay. I was more prepared and I took my time to write it. Going over the notes on the book as well as doing a little bit of research gave me the information I needed to write my essay. I noticed that my writing has improved significantly compared to where I started at the beginning of the year. On this particular essay I demonstrated several strengths in my paper as well as some weaknesses when it came to my essay as a whole.
I had no difficulty writing out the essay because of the numerous different drafts I typed out. I went over my ideas and organized my work through the outline you gave us which helped a lot when writing the essay. I gave myself enough time to skim through my book to find sufficient quotes that would help me answer the prompt and help support my evidence. The outline alone helped me organize my paper because it split up several parts of the paper through: quotes, claims, warrants, and the thesis statement. The different activities we did during class with our papers helped …show more content…
The weaknesses in my paper I demonstrated were punctuation errors, weak claims, and repetitive ideas. After rereading the punctuation errors were minor comma and semicolon issues. My sentence style and fluency was weak which made it hard for me to transition to new ideas. One of the biggest issues was my claims. The claims in my paper affected my introductions to my subtopic ideas in my thesis. I didn't introduce them correctly and I didn't add enough context to them. I noticed as well in my paper that I would restate some of the same points I made previously in different paragraphs. I focused too much on trying to connect my evidence back to my thesis that in the process I restated some of the same ideas which became
I had no difficulty writing out the essay because of the numerous different drafts I typed out. I went over my ideas and organized my work through the outline you gave us which helped a lot when writing the essay. I gave myself enough time to skim through my book to find sufficient quotes that would help me answer the prompt and help support my evidence. The outline alone helped me organize my paper because it split up several parts of the paper through: quotes, claims, warrants, and the thesis statement. The different activities we did during class with our papers helped …show more content…
The weaknesses in my paper I demonstrated were punctuation errors, weak claims, and repetitive ideas. After rereading the punctuation errors were minor comma and semicolon issues. My sentence style and fluency was weak which made it hard for me to transition to new ideas. One of the biggest issues was my claims. The claims in my paper affected my introductions to my subtopic ideas in my thesis. I didn't introduce them correctly and I didn't add enough context to them. I noticed as well in my paper that I would restate some of the same points I made previously in different paragraphs. I focused too much on trying to connect my evidence back to my thesis that in the process I restated some of the same ideas which became