Informative Essay Final Reflection


Informative Essay Reflection
            For my informative essay on the correlation between domestic violence and homelessness in the United States, I did constant revisions and found the same mistakes over again. In my first draft, I had some issues incorporating all the information I had, relating to my topic, into proper format. However, after dividing each paragraph, and negating any extra evidence, I was easily able to transition my topic sentences and connect them back to the thesis. For instance, all the students who edited my paper, felt that my topic sentences needed to be stronger to support my topic- “articulating a stance (objective) throughout. With the help of synonyms as well as more research, especially re-reading the entire paragraphs again, my main sentences became firm. Through this, I could write strong transitional sentences that allowed my essay to flow easily. Also, “as a result of the collaborative peer review,” I saw that my essay was too wordy and repetitive, and in some places, very subjective. To fix the problem, I had changed my style of writing, and tried my best to present both sides of the issue by doing more research.
            Overall my experience writing this paper was not overwhelming, until a peer advised me to change my introduction because it was not eye grabbing. Initially, I had three paragraphs for my introduction thus that needed to be changed because I thought I had unnecessary information.  I completely omitted one paragraph and made another one to my introduction into a body paragraph. It was challenging at first, but I was able to clarify my thesis statement, domestic violence still remaining the leading cause of homelessness in America. With that action, I had strengthened my writing by practicing including “evaluating, integrating, and analyzing.” In addition, incorporating the image aided in “summarizing, and analyzing “charts. Moreover, with this paper, I ensured to utilize proper library resources, like Academic Search and credible internet sources that made my points stronger.

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