Semester 2 Reflection
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Dear Reader, Throughout this semester in English 114B we have written many assignments that have helped us improve our writing skills overtime. In this portfolio I have included my essay two: Family Affairs: Marriage in Flux, which regards to how the media depicts families that are nontraditional and how that affects our way of treating these families and essay three: Project Text: Research Paper, which discusses the topic of Rape and how it is a societal issue and what we can do to stop this. I believe these two works best show how I have matured in my writing. To start off with the strengths of both my essays it is shown that I am strong in making claims and having a good argument. I also know how to use specific examples in order to support my arguments. For example, In my essay number two “Filters Make everything More Beautiful” I speak about how the media filters non traditional marriages in order to make it easier for society to accept rather than showing non traditional marriages in its true form. In order to support this claim I included a quote from Guillermo AvilaSaavedra, an Assistant Professor of Communications at Salem State College who explains how and why this is so. Additionally in essay two “Slut shame Or Shame on Society?” I also included many different sources in order to support my thesis on how victim blaming is unjust and should be stopped because it creates greater issues in the long run for both the victim and society. I include one of the quotes from Maxine Hong Kingston’s story “No Name Woman” in order to depict the negative effects of victim blaming based on the victim's perspective. I would have to say that my analysis is still a weakness but many aspect from this semester helped me improve drastically; it is still a work in progress.
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Transcript of Semester 2 Reflection
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DearReader,
ThroughoutthissemesterinEnglish114Bwehavewrittenmanyassignmentsthat
havehelpedusimproveourwritingskillsovertime.InthisportfolioIhaveincludedmyessay
two:FamilyAffairs:MarriageinFlux,whichregardstohowthemediadepictsfamiliesthatare
nontraditionalandhowthataffectsourwayoftreatingthesefamiliesandessaythree:Project
Text:ResearchPaper,whichdiscussesthetopicofRapeandhowitisasocietalissueandwhat
wecandotostopthis.IbelievethesetwoworksbestshowhowIhavematuredinmywriting.
TostartoffwiththestrengthsofbothmyessaysitisshownthatIamstronginmaking
claimsandhavingagoodargument.Ialsoknowhowtousespecificexamplesinorderto
supportmyarguments.Forexample,InmyessaynumbertwoFiltersMakeeverythingMore
BeautifulIspeakabouthowthemediafiltersnontraditionalmarriagesinordertomakeiteasier
forsocietytoacceptratherthanshowingnontraditionalmarriagesinitstrueform.Inorderto
supportthisclaimIincludedaquotefromGuillermoAvilaSaavedra,anAssistantProfessorof
CommunicationsatSalemStateCollegewhoexplainshowandwhythisisso.Additionallyin
essaytwoSlutshameOrShameonSociety?Ialsoincludedmanydifferentsourcesinorderto
supportmythesisonhowvictimblamingisunjustandshouldbestoppedbecauseitcreates
greaterissuesinthelongrunforboththevictimandsociety.Iincludeoneofthequotesfrom
MaxineHongKingstonsstoryNoNameWomaninordertodepictthenegativeeffectsof
victimblamingbasedonthevictim'sperspective.Iwouldhavetosaythatmyanalysisisstilla
weaknessbutmanyaspectfromthissemesterhelpedmeimprovedrasticallyitisstillaworkin
progress.
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WhilereadingthevarioustextsfromthisclassIlearnedthatitisveryimportantto
questiontheauthorofthetextandnotaccepteverythingthatissaid.Thiswasoneofmy
weaknesseslastsemesterandnowIhaveimproved.Thispushedmeintothinkingbeyondthe
textandincorporateotheraspectsthatrelate.Additionallythishelpedmeinmyanalysisformy
essays.AlthoughitstillneedsworkIhaveimprovedmuchfromlastsemester.Ireallyenjoyed
readingAnzalduas"Borderlands,Baldwins"Sonny'sBlues"andSaroyans"ThePomegranate
Trees"becauseagain,ithelpedmeanalyzethetextandalsobecauseitincorporatedmessages
fromdifferentracesandethnicities.Thediversitywasenjoyableandkeptitinteresting.Ididnot
likereadingMaxineHongKingstonsTheWomanWarriorbecauseIhadalreadyreaditin
highschoolandIstruggledwiththelanguageofthetextandhowitwasuptothereaderto
determineofthestorywasactuallytrueorfantasy.Ifeltasifitwasallovertheplacebutwhen
discussingitandanalyzingitasaclasswithProfessorMakarosyanitwasmuchmoreclearwhat
theauthorwasdiscussingsamewithalltheothertexts.
IfitwerenotforEnglish114Iwouldstillprobablybeturningindraftsasfinalessays
andnotreceivingthegradesIhavebeenreceivingonmywork.Thisclasstaughtmethe
importanceofrevisingandanalyzing.InowenjoygoingtotheLRCforrevisingandgetting
feedbacktoimprovemypapers.BeforeIwouldhatecriticismonmyworkbutIlearnedto
acceptitandenjoyit.TheessayIlikedwritingthemostwasessaynumbertwowhichwas
FamilyAffairs:MarriageinFlux.ThereasonwhyIenjoyedwritingthisessaysomuchwas
becauseitbroughtmeintoamindsetthatIhadnotyetexperiencedwhenwritingwhichiswhyI
choseitforoneofmypiecestoinclude.Ilearnedsomuchwhilewritingthisessay.Ididnot
thinkthisessaywasgoingtobeasenjoyableasitcameouttobe.Althoughthisessaychallenged
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mebecauseofhowcomplexthistopicwas,organizingthematerialhelpedmewithmy
organizationanditallowedmetogrowasawriter.Themostdifficultessaywasessaynumber
onewhichwasProjectText.ThereasonwhyIfounditthemostdifficultisbecauseitgaveusa
lotoffreedomandIwasnotusedtothatbutitwasstillgoodtoexperiencethatfreedom.
SomeadviceIwouldgiveincomingEnglish114studentswouldbetorevise,revise,
revise!Revisionwasreallyimportantformethroughoutthissemesterbecauseitallowedmeto
raisemygradesandimproveasawriter,aspreviouslymentioned.Althoughitmayfeellikea
longandtediousprocessrevisinghelpsonebecomeastrongerwriterbyviewingone'smistakes
andlearninghowtofixthem.
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