Brooke Peterson

Mrs. Griffin

English 1010 B2

24 May 2017

Course Evaluation

Before I took this course, I knew that I was decent at writing, but I didnt like it at all.

The only writing training I had was either petotry or persuasive essays. Persuading is all I really

knew about so I thought that I liked it the best when in reality, I hadnt been introduced to

different forms of writing. I'd always just assumed that persuading was the most important, but

its not. This course opened my eyes to narratives, observational essays, and rhetorical analyses. I

did not even know what the words rhetorical really meant in a writing standpoint. I now

understand that there are many components of building a good rhetorical piece. I have come to

realize that opinion is not crucial nor needed in many different forms of writing. Sometimes,

some of the best writing is done from an objective standpoint.

The assignments that changed my views the most about writing during this course were

the practice essays and the final essays and the whole process in between. Those pieces made me

realize that I liked to write objectively as I observe. This class has helped me for the future

because I will see other assignments in a new way. Ive improved in many ways. Ive become a

better editor due to peer editing. I have also improved on embedded quotations due to the chapter

7 help of phrasing, summary, etc..

My biggest accomplishment in this course was my Final rhetorical analysis. It was a very

hard and long process but after days of editing, I feel like I completed an essay that was decent. I

had never rhetorically analyzed a paper before so I feel good about myself being able to do so.
 All of the pieces that I submitted to the Portfolio were those that I feel confident. I

mastered the skills of editing and composing an essay that is worth a good grade. It was a great

course and it helped me a lot. It made me like writing a little bit more.