The Writing Process Analysis
After reading “The Writing Process” in chapter 2, I learned the major aspects to writing a well-developed essay. The methods in developing an essay are: finding a focus, developing a thesis statement, drafting, and editing. Firstly, finding a focus plays a crucial part because when there are many ideas in mind people tend to have trouble focusing on one topic. After settling on a topic, the next step would be to create a thesis statement. The thesis is a statement that relates to all the ideas and the essay should be centered on the statement. Likewise, drafting brings in a lot of ideas for a paper. Drafting essays allows plenty of editing time. While editing essays, one might come across grammatical errors. Identifying errors and correcting them will make the essays sharp and to the point.
As I have mentioned before …show more content…
in the journal one entry, English was not my strongest subject in high school. There was never a time where I received an A in an essay. Hopefully that will change as I learn to write effectively in English 111. Although I use all of the three methods written above to write an essay, I never master it well. I think my biggest problem for not writing well is the fact that I do not read any books, articles, or literature. My lack of reading lacks my critical thinking skills as I come short of ideas. I hope to change that by starting to read newspapers and magazines. I also am going to bring changes on my way of constructing essays. Mostly, I write about any idea I have in my mind which is not the best decision to write effective papers. I would need to limit the ideas to only focus on the ones that relate to my topic and thesis statement.
Rosie Anaya’s essay in chapter 2 portrays the major aspects in a developed essay.
Out of the many aspects, Anaya’s thesis statement is well crafted. Her thesis statement has an opinion and is focused in an idea. She writes that people with mental illness suffer the most: “At the same time, another group—those with mental illness—has come to suffer even worse representation” (J. Aaron, D. Kennedy, X. Kennedy, and E. Repetto 53). This view point of hers can be argued by another person who might think that people with diseases suffer more than the ones with mental illness. Another major aspect needed in an essay that Anaya has is examples. She inserted examples in her paragraphs to support her ideas, opinions, and topics. For instance, Anaya writes an example about the media on mental illness. She states that the “descriptions of mental illness also go beyond Maria’s concerns, because the media actually exploit it” (54). This example relates back to her main focus in the thesis statement. Rosie Anaya’s essay is an encouragement for me and all other students reading it to improve on the writing skills. It obtains clarity, effectiveness, and is error
free.
As I have mentioned before …show more content…
in the journal one entry, English was not my strongest subject in high school. There was never a time where I received an A in an essay. Hopefully that will change as I learn to write effectively in English 111. Although I use all of the three methods written above to write an essay, I never master it well. I think my biggest problem for not writing well is the fact that I do not read any books, articles, or literature. My lack of reading lacks my critical thinking skills as I come short of ideas. I hope to change that by starting to read newspapers and magazines. I also am going to bring changes on my way of constructing essays. Mostly, I write about any idea I have in my mind which is not the best decision to write effective papers. I would need to limit the ideas to only focus on the ones that relate to my topic and thesis statement.
Rosie Anaya’s essay in chapter 2 portrays the major aspects in a developed essay.
Out of the many aspects, Anaya’s thesis statement is well crafted. Her thesis statement has an opinion and is focused in an idea. She writes that people with mental illness suffer the most: “At the same time, another group—those with mental illness—has come to suffer even worse representation” (J. Aaron, D. Kennedy, X. Kennedy, and E. Repetto 53). This view point of hers can be argued by another person who might think that people with diseases suffer more than the ones with mental illness. Another major aspect needed in an essay that Anaya has is examples. She inserted examples in her paragraphs to support her ideas, opinions, and topics. For instance, Anaya writes an example about the media on mental illness. She states that the “descriptions of mental illness also go beyond Maria’s concerns, because the media actually exploit it” (54). This example relates back to her main focus in the thesis statement. Rosie Anaya’s essay is an encouragement for me and all other students reading it to improve on the writing skills. It obtains clarity, effectiveness, and is error
free.