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Anthony Blakely
November 6, 2013
Reflective Essay
English 132
Reflective Essay Before I took composition II I knew how to write an essay in MLA format, but I did not know how to cite my work or type a paper in APA format. My expectation for the class before taking it, to be honest, was not to have a 2-4 page paper due every week. I knew we were going to have papers due just not as many. During the course of the semester there were a few hard assignments that had to be done and those were the research paper, and APA, MLA work cite paper. The research paper was the most challenging to me simply because I really don’t like to type papers and that goes for writing them as well. It’s not like I don’t know how to it’s just that I seem to lose interest and motivation in doing it. On top of that I have to type up 6-8 pages and a lot of time I can’t really just free type that well. The work cited was difficult to me because it was really my first time learning how to construct an APA and MLA cite page. In the beginning it really wasn’t clicking in my head as to how it’s supposed to be done, like how to add in the online cite and where to add it in. Everyone knows the easiest assignment was the memo. I’m sure everyone already had a resume typed up and saved. I learned how to put one of those together in my high school English class. The memo was easy as well, all it was is typing up a letter to your school president and it didn’t have to be more than a good healthy paragraph. Oh and must I not forget about the movie review which at first I was having a bit of a struggle with but I finally managed to get it together picking a movie both the teacher and I both enjoy. The book review on the other hand should have been in the paragraph right above this one. That paper we had to do about an experience on something was easy along with the rest because it was about me running track. I mean that’s something I could write an autobiography about. The two research papers
November 6, 2013
Reflective Essay
English 132
Reflective Essay Before I took composition II I knew how to write an essay in MLA format, but I did not know how to cite my work or type a paper in APA format. My expectation for the class before taking it, to be honest, was not to have a 2-4 page paper due every week. I knew we were going to have papers due just not as many. During the course of the semester there were a few hard assignments that had to be done and those were the research paper, and APA, MLA work cite paper. The research paper was the most challenging to me simply because I really don’t like to type papers and that goes for writing them as well. It’s not like I don’t know how to it’s just that I seem to lose interest and motivation in doing it. On top of that I have to type up 6-8 pages and a lot of time I can’t really just free type that well. The work cited was difficult to me because it was really my first time learning how to construct an APA and MLA cite page. In the beginning it really wasn’t clicking in my head as to how it’s supposed to be done, like how to add in the online cite and where to add it in. Everyone knows the easiest assignment was the memo. I’m sure everyone already had a resume typed up and saved. I learned how to put one of those together in my high school English class. The memo was easy as well, all it was is typing up a letter to your school president and it didn’t have to be more than a good healthy paragraph. Oh and must I not forget about the movie review which at first I was having a bit of a struggle with but I finally managed to get it together picking a movie both the teacher and I both enjoy. The book review on the other hand should have been in the paragraph right above this one. That paper we had to do about an experience on something was easy along with the rest because it was about me running track. I mean that’s something I could write an autobiography about. The two research papers