{"id":18,"date":"2015-12-15T21:28:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T02:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/utopias10\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2015-12-15T21:40:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T02:40:34","slug":"midterm-reflection-paper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/utopias10\/midterm-reflection-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Midterm Reflection Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyle Sheehan<\/span><\/p>\n<p>FYS 100 Section 50 &#8211; Social Utopias<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Watts<\/p>\n<p>October 18, 2015<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assignment: Self Reflection<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While looking through the papers I have written this semester thus far, I found <\/span><\/p>\n<p>multiple strengths, weaknesses, and changes in my writing style and technique. I would<\/p>\n<p>consider the greatest weakness in my writing to be my topic sentences. My greatest<\/p>\n<p>strength as well as my biggest change throughout my writings lies in my ability to<\/p>\n<p>analyze the text. I can attribute this new found skill to what I have learned from our first<\/p>\n<p>year seminar class.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout my papers, I have noticed a pattern of weak topic sentences to start<\/p>\n<p>my paragraphs. Topic sentences should accurately and effectively represent what will<\/p>\n<p>be included in the paragraph to follow. In a few of my writings, my topic sentences failed<\/p>\n<p>to explain the paragraph they precede. In one of my earlier response papers I began a<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">paragraph with \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justice is by far the most prominent discussion point spoken about in<\/span><\/p>\n<p>the republic\u201d (Response Paper 2 p1 line5). This sentence is despite its relation to the<\/p>\n<p>thesis and paper, did not in anyway roadmap the paragraph that follows it. This flaw in<\/p>\n<p>my writing technique was first pointed out to me in the one-on-one meetings to review.<\/p>\n<p>After looking through and analyzing my other works, I have noticed it occurring multiple<\/p>\n<p>times throughout my response papers and essay. This is definitely something I intend to<\/p>\n<p>improve upon over the rest of this semester as well as my next writing assignment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The greatest improvement in my writing is in my ability to analyze the text. In my <\/span><\/p>\n<p>earlier response papers and writing assignments from this semester, many of my<\/p>\n<p>citations were simply general interpretations of the text. However, as my writing and my<\/p>\n<p>ability to analyze the readings progressed, my citations became more detailed and<\/p>\n<p>stronger. Instead of citing pages and interpreting the idea in a general sense, I began<\/p>\n<p>citing sentences and breaking down the text on a sentence to sentence basis. This<\/p>\n<p>allows for a deeper understanding of the text. I feel that the first real essay, my latest<\/p>\n<p>writing assignment, was my strongest in terms of analyzing the text. Most citations were<\/p>\n<p>citing a couple of lines as opposed to a paragraph or full page. Another improvement I<\/p>\n<p>have noticed in my writing style is my ability to introduce quotes. In my earlier response<\/p>\n<p>papers some quotes seemed out of place and poorly related to the rest of the paragraph<\/p>\n<p>or sentence such as the block quote in my third response paper. However, in my more<\/p>\n<p>recent essay and response papers, the quotes are all introduced smoothly and relate<\/p>\n<p>well to the rest of the sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Sheehan FYS 100 Section 50 &#8211; Social Utopias Dr. Watts October 18, 2015 &nbsp; Assignment: Self Reflection &nbsp; While looking through the papers I have written this semester thus far, I found multiple strengths, weaknesses, and changes in my writing style and technique. 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