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Katie OCoyne

Mrs. Scharf

ERWC P.6

23 February 2017

Reflection Essay

The assignment I am most proud of throughout my four years of high school at Great Oak

is an analysis essay from my Junior year on the poem Siren Song by Margaret Atwood.The

assignment was to discuss how the author uses poetic devices to convey the meaning of her

poem. I am most proud of this assignment because I believe it to be one of my most successful

and well developed essay throughout my four years at Great Oak. I believe this essay to be

successful because I elaborately analyzed the poem and the devices used to portray Atwoods

meaning of her poem by not only listing but also addressing the effects of the devices in the

poem as a whole in rich, complex detail. I wrote the essay in well-developed, organized, and

insightful manner which portrayed my clear understanding of the poem in an effective and

sophisticated essay.

Over the last four years, looking back at my essays and assignments from English and

looking at transcripts I have greatly improved my techniques in English. I have learned to expand

on my vocabulary as I have learned new diction over the years. I have also improved the flow of

my paragraphs, such as towards the beginning of high school I frequently would be repetitive in

my use of language and learned to better integrate quotes into my assignments. I have learned to

expand on my context giving more insight into my understanding of assignments and provide a

more well-developed essay.

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Looking back at my transcripts and assignments over my years at Great Oak also shows

me there are still areas that I need to improve on. I still need to better learn to transition my

paragraph when discussing new ideas as well grow in elaborate my commentary

to make to the essays flow better. I also need to expand on using diction and phrases to better

connect my claims and reasons to major section of the text. I can also improve on better

analyzing and evaluating an authors argument or meaning of a text to better improve my skills

as a writer.

My four years of high school at Great Oak has greatly prepared my for my next step into

college through its courses and classes especially through English. The classes I have taken for

English over the years has taught me not only how to become a better writer but also how to use

that in other part of my work and life. My expanded vocabulary and use of diction, as well as

other skills earned, helps me to better portray my ideas into my writing as well into other

subjects I will be studying over the next few years at college.