Journal #35

We wrote a blog way back in September about the Declaration of Independence, and the faulty logic that was included in the document. And today, we just turned in a discussion post about Walt Whitman's search for Self. If I compared both of my writing styles from the beginning of the year to now, I believe that I have definetly improved. Although my Declaration of Independence blog post was rather good, I remember spending a lot of time one it (It is five whole paragraphs! basically an essay!), and my Search for Self one was not as good as my previous one about Emily Dickinson's poems, I can still see a lot of improvement. I noticed that I have gotten a lot better with using quotes as an additive to proving my point, not just slapping a quote in the middle of a paragraph and hoping it makes sense with the rest of the paragraph. I can now weave a quote into my paragraph without it sticking up like a sore thumb. I also think that I have gotten better in using the formal writing style in each of my writings. My writing seems more professional now than it did in September, this is probably because we have written so much more this year than I did in all of last year, and practice makes any writing better, and sound more formal. I fell like I have gotten better at interpreting what I am writing about, I am now able to write more in depth on each topic we are assigned. I do not just skim the surface of a topic, but I can now actually make arguments about poems, and essays that I was not previously able to do. My analyzing while reading skills have also gotten better too. I am more confident in understanding what I am reading now, then I was in the beginning of the year. All in all, I believe that I am a better writer, and that my skills will continue to improve.