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Adeline Nzeribe
Professor Collins
ENGL 1301
19 March 2017
Reflective Essay
This spring in 2017, I took English Composition 1 with Professor Haley Collins, the funniest
English professor I have ever known. I learned that writing is not easy at all but, taking this class
has made me understand the true meaning of writing an essay and what my teacher expects from
me. I took three classes including this class while working a full time job as well as being a wife
and a mom to my husband and son. This class quickly made me realized that writing in British
English is quite different from writing in American English. This was a challenge. I have always
been a thinker, but throughout this class I have improved my ability to research effectively, write
a report while remaining unbiased, establish credibility, and most importantly increasing my
ability to analyze. Writing is not one of my strengths, but I took on this challenge courageously
and I have continued to persevere because my ultimate goal for this class is to make a good
grade. This semester, I learned the importance of diction, establishing credibility, reporting while
remaining unbiased, and effective research through the library orientation and study guides for
The importance of diction is a lesson I learned in this class. Diction is a crucial part of content
writing. Choosing the right words helped me increase the impact of and explain the controversial
topic I was reporting on in essay two to the reader. It also helped create a vivid picture in the
readers mind and appeal to their senses. Finding synonyms that are dynamic helped uncovered
other words that I may not have considered. My ability to choose the right words has improved
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This class taught me how to establish credibility and its overall importance to my essay
writing. Establishing credibility is giving credit to someones work that may have been
referenced while writing. It portrays to the reader that I have researched my topic and how I
came to know about the information that I reported on in essay two. Establishing credibility is
important in avoiding plagiarism which is important in any writing especially content writing.
Professor Collins taught me how to report while remaining unbiased this semester. Reporting
without bias is setting my opinions aside while I assess and weigh the facts collected without
misinterpreting or suppressing another groups opinion even when it does not suit a preconceived
stance. Reporting on the controversial topic I had written on in essay 2 involved facts while my
views on the topic was set aside. I also understand that this type of reporting takes practice but
my skill at reporting without bias or prejudice has greatly improved and this can be seen in my
This class taught me the importance of effective research by scheduling a session with Mr.
Roger Bell, the technical services librarian. Effective research built my knowledge on the essay
two topic I had chosen, expanded my viewpoints, created room for more facts, and provided
different ways of understanding my topic. I learned how to properly research my essay two topic
Importance of diction , establishing credibility , reporting without bias, and effective research
helped with the essays I wrote in other classes and it will help me be successful in future reports