Introductory Reflective Essay

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Upon acceptance to the University , I was interested to see what college level classes would be like. Because I had recently graduated from a top-level private school led by outstanding faculty, I assumed that a majority of my classes, especially English would not pose any challenges for me. However, reality set in, and I soon came to the conclusion that this is not the case. It is no secret that writing has never been a passion of mine. Math and science have always had priority in my life, as they always will. I have always had problems with writing English papers because of my constant desire to make my work perfect. My thinking process does not leave much room for analysis or interpretation, for I often despise thinking that way. Writing analytical papers that were 1000-1500 words was truly agonizing and borderline torture; however, without writing these essays, I would have had no way of expanding my thinking process and becoming more open-minded about writing. The first essay in my portfolio is an analysis of an advertisement promoting a specific brand of vodka. We were required to use a method of analysis labeled “The Method” from St. Martin’s Handbook on our ad in order to truly understand what it was insinuating: piece by piece. Although this seemed like a clear-cut way of writing an essay, I managed to stare blankly at my advertisement for hours, not knowing where to start or what to write about. After talking to my professor, I learned to write from a different approach. I understood that writing does not necessarily have to be “right.” Writing properly consists of presenting a solid argument based upon consistent evidence that validates the point being made. After editing my paper, I realized that I could have substantially improved my writing by eliminating any ambiguity and expanding upon my arguments a bit more. For the second item in my

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