This has been one school year that I will never forget.

The majority of the reason

goes to Mama Kath for giving me a very….. unique English class. If nothing else
she taught me stays, A.P.T. will always stay. Audience, purpose, and tone really
helped me with all of the writing components that were assigned. For my creative
piece I chose the “Happiest Memory” essay. I chose that essay because I feel like
the edited version really showed I paid attention to my audience. My audience
consisted of teenagers and one slightly crazy teacher. I felt as if some could relate
and use my essay as a way to communicate with me. The purpose of the essay was
to go into advanced detail about your happiest memory. The details are what made
my essay my favorite because each detail had a significance to me. The tone of the
prompt matched with the diction of it. Each word gave off an emotion that
connected the reader and the writer as one. My tone of the essay portrayed what
criteria needed to be met in order to excel on the assignment.

My weakness in this essay was that I made it to personal and it could make the
reader uncomfortable. My fault came when I focused so much on the details and
emotion, that I didn’t pay attention to grammar, spelling, and mechanics. The first
time around my essay was filled with red lines under the words, and incorrect
grammar marks. I used what I learned this year to edit Page 95, and make it
acceptable as much as I could. In page 95 I wrote sentences that were
grammatically incorrect. “Anyone who didn’t know Scar would assume that she
didn’t care. But I knew. I knew better than anyone.” At least two of those
sentences could have been combined together. When they weren’t combined it
sounded choppy, and it wasn’t correct English wise. I improved this piece by really
taking the time to read it, analyze what needed to be corrected, and still put
emotion into it. This time around, I kept the emotion and the details, but I focused
more on topics and transitions.

As a reader, I cried reading this over and over because I felt the raw emotion the
piece gave off. As a writer, I refused to shed any tears because I know, if I cried I
wouldn’t be strong enough to write this piece. I kept in mind who my audience was
and what the purpose of the assignment was. Thinking back to this assignment, I
know I could never do it again because I like privacy and being closed off. I felt
vulnerable writing, and I hated it. I also felt a little relief because it gave a chance
to really think more in depth about some things.