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WRT 102 Reflection

At the beginning of the semester, I had one main goal in mind for WRT 102. I wanted to improve my writing skills. I felt as though I had a strong background in writing but still needed some work. After many edits, questions, lessons, and office hour visits, I feel as though my writing skills are at their prime. I learned so many things in this course, but the thing I feel that improved my writing skills the most were the grammar lessons. Nobody has perfect grammar, but I wanted to get to the point where my grammar was near-perfect. Lesson after lesson, my grammar improved. I learned how to properly use punctuation, what words to use when, how to set up certain sentences, etc; Because of these lessons, I feel I accomplished my goal to improve my writing. Obviously, I am not the perfect writer; however, I feel like I am better than I was at the beginning of the semester. I struggled in this course with the organization of my papers. In nearly all of my papers, I had a struggle with how to organize my main points. After office hour visits, rereading my papers, and many edits, I believe I got my essays to be as organized and coherent as possible. Moving forward, I most enjoyed the rhetorical analysis. Every day I do a mini rhetorical analysis on the music I listen to. It’s almost like a habit, or even a hobby, of mine. Because of this, the rhetorical analysis came so easy to me, besides the organization of it. As for assignments I did not enjoy, I never have been a fan of research papers. I have always liked doing my own thing and having other people back me up, as opposed to other people already knowing and supplying me with information. As I move on from this course, I will use my many grammatical, syntax, and structural techniques to aid me in writing future papers. This will be especially useful when I move on to my other SBC’s that are essay-involved and my major courses in my senior year within my discipline.