1Hello!! Today, I am going to talk about the things I have learned throughout the year in my english class and also, how I believe I improved as a writer.
1.." Through F. Scott Fitzgerald's use of language on The Great Gatsby, including the appeal to repetition, pathos, ethos, and imagery, which makes it fair to admit the presence of a covered depressed society behind all the parties and cheerful described people portrayed on his writing and bringing us to think about the idea of happiness compared to the 1920’s."
This excerpt was taken from one of my first essays in AP English, I decided to use this due to the fact that I believe it portays my development throughout the course as a writer. I believe that the thesis statement cited above is good but it could have been more specific, this was one of my challenges throughout the year, mantaining the essay balanced between objective and specific.
2. "There is evidence within Oscar Wilde's claim that portrays disobedience as an action that leads people to succeed and promotes social progress due to the fact that it encourages people to be different, standing up for their beliefs."
Considering the excerpt from one of my last essays, I believe to have improved my the problem of being specific and also I improved my vocabulary since we had so many vocab quizzes and AP Practice Tests. My writing did grow as a whole and I believe that I still have to practice a lot, specially for synthesys and argument ones, but the point is that I consider myself able to write fancy letters or a nice essay in the future.
3. Writing + Test Log
1/23 AP TEST #1 55% strengths: rhetorical
2/12 AP TEST #2 45% strengths: direct questions
3/5 AP TEST #3 58% strengths: objective questions and analysis
3/19 AP TEST #4 43% strengths: rhetorical
4/9 AP TEST #5 37% strengths: objective and purpose questions
4/23 AP TEST #6 60% strengths: rhetorical
5/1 AP TEST #7 54% strengths: definition questions
5/9 AP TEST #8 48% strengths: definition questions
5/10 AP TEST #9 50% strengths: rhetorical devices used
5/19 AP TEST #10 63% strengths: definition questions
Writing
2/1 First AP Essay 26/30 good and objective but weak thesis
3/1 Argument/ Synthesis 24/30 needs to be + specific
3/13 Emerson Short Response 13/15
3/22 Creativity 26/30 weak analysis
4/16 2nd Full AP Essay 24/30 good and objective but needs to be more specific
4/21 Sustainable Eating 26/30 good thesis and good argument
4/30 DiCaprio Analysis 26/30 specific and good argument but need more examples
5/8 Disobedience 24/30 need to be more specific/ text does not flow
4. I believe I grew a lot during the year as a student and as a writer. I learned several rhetorical devices that I can later use in order to appeal to my audience on my future essays. Also, I learned how to be objective when writing and the importance of addressing fancy vocabulary words in my speech and in my writing. In the beginning of the year, I felt challenged when writing my thesis statement due to the fact that I had to summarize my main argument and at the same time make it objective. I am proud of the writer I became, and I hope to keep moving forward in order to deserve the best score on my essays and so that people can see who I am through my speech.
Bye Bye AP English and thank you for all the improvements!!
1.." Through F. Scott Fitzgerald's use of language on The Great Gatsby, including the appeal to repetition, pathos, ethos, and imagery, which makes it fair to admit the presence of a covered depressed society behind all the parties and cheerful described people portrayed on his writing and bringing us to think about the idea of happiness compared to the 1920’s."
This excerpt was taken from one of my first essays in AP English, I decided to use this due to the fact that I believe it portays my development throughout the course as a writer. I believe that the thesis statement cited above is good but it could have been more specific, this was one of my challenges throughout the year, mantaining the essay balanced between objective and specific.
2. "There is evidence within Oscar Wilde's claim that portrays disobedience as an action that leads people to succeed and promotes social progress due to the fact that it encourages people to be different, standing up for their beliefs."
Considering the excerpt from one of my last essays, I believe to have improved my the problem of being specific and also I improved my vocabulary since we had so many vocab quizzes and AP Practice Tests. My writing did grow as a whole and I believe that I still have to practice a lot, specially for synthesys and argument ones, but the point is that I consider myself able to write fancy letters or a nice essay in the future.
3. Writing + Test Log
1/23 AP TEST #1 55% strengths: rhetorical
2/12 AP TEST #2 45% strengths: direct questions
3/5 AP TEST #3 58% strengths: objective questions and analysis
3/19 AP TEST #4 43% strengths: rhetorical
4/9 AP TEST #5 37% strengths: objective and purpose questions
4/23 AP TEST #6 60% strengths: rhetorical
5/1 AP TEST #7 54% strengths: definition questions
5/9 AP TEST #8 48% strengths: definition questions
5/10 AP TEST #9 50% strengths: rhetorical devices used
5/19 AP TEST #10 63% strengths: definition questions
Writing
2/1 First AP Essay 26/30 good and objective but weak thesis
3/1 Argument/ Synthesis 24/30 needs to be + specific
3/13 Emerson Short Response 13/15
3/22 Creativity 26/30 weak analysis
4/16 2nd Full AP Essay 24/30 good and objective but needs to be more specific
4/21 Sustainable Eating 26/30 good thesis and good argument
4/30 DiCaprio Analysis 26/30 specific and good argument but need more examples
5/8 Disobedience 24/30 need to be more specific/ text does not flow
4. I believe I grew a lot during the year as a student and as a writer. I learned several rhetorical devices that I can later use in order to appeal to my audience on my future essays. Also, I learned how to be objective when writing and the importance of addressing fancy vocabulary words in my speech and in my writing. In the beginning of the year, I felt challenged when writing my thesis statement due to the fact that I had to summarize my main argument and at the same time make it objective. I am proud of the writer I became, and I hope to keep moving forward in order to deserve the best score on my essays and so that people can see who I am through my speech.
Bye Bye AP English and thank you for all the improvements!!
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