What did I learn this semester?
I learned a lot of new things during this class. I think that the most important was communication with the instructor. I would get comments back on a paper that something was incorrect, and by asking how it was wrong, I learned much more than I would have if I had just taken my grade and tried to figure it out alone.
Professor Elliott’s comments on why something was wrong have allowed me to become a clearer writer. I have also become a more concise writer. As we were told at the begging of the class, “Clarity and conciseness are the mark of a good paper.” And I believe that I am now a much more concise writer now than I was at the begging of the semester.
Professor Elliott made the class enjoyable, whether through her constant allusions to crispy tacos, or her comments on a remark made by another student; this class was a joy to be in. The comments that she used for describing how a rhetoric or grammatical device worked ranged from the afore mentioned tacos, to automatic weapons.
I think the second most important thing I learned was to have fun while you write. If you can have fun while writing, even if it isn’t a topic that you enjoy, the writing gets a lot easier.
I think I will miss Professor Elliott’s’ class next semester. And I hope that I can keep what I learned this semester firmly in mind the next time I have to write a 10 page persuasive essay on the dangers of eating crispy tacos while carrying automatic weapons.
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