Project 1 Reflection

Project 1 Reflection: Project 1 was based off the Hayden Library Entrance, and some of the challenges writing this paper was having to observe every little detail and find a way to write about it. Having to immerse yourself in the detail and write paragraphs I found it to be quite tough because I haven’t written an essay in quite a while. Adapting an authors style was  difficult because I had to analyze how the author wrote in order to try to be like him when he’s writing. The strengths I had when writing this essay was being able to flow from one idea to another. I felt like it was easy to go from one part of the Hayden Library entrance to another because they were all connected to each other. Analyzing the places was another easy part for me because I enjoy looking for the deeper meaning. Having to find out what more there is than rather looking at the surface was enjoyable and meaningful for me. There were plenty of opportunities to analyze something in the area I was sitting at, the people next to me, and the area surrounding me had a ton of information for me to analyze. I learned that I need to know more vocabulary words to show my description of the area and the extra vocabulary could help me when I am trying to explain my viewpoint in an essay. I did not get to the depth of analysis that I wanted to, I found myself to be blocked because I couldn’t find the perfect words to describe what I was trying to explain. I want to improve my sentence structure for my next essays. The sentence structure helps a lot with the flow of the paper, and having a paper that is easy to read will definitely help with the grade. When people have abrupt endings or ideas that pop up out of nowhere in an essay are very hard to follow along. When someone knows how to explain their viewpoint in an essay without having any sudden changes will definitely get a better grade. This assignment taught me to analyze things around you more and learn to not look at the surface of people or your surroundings because you will definitely miss something. The use of adapting an authors style is going to help me in more writing assignments because I can learn to see how they write and add it to my paper so I can write clearer and better for the next essays that I have to write.