Though I don't really enjoy writing essays, I did think that all of mine this year turned out well. My research paper came out especially well and I was actually proud of it. I felt like working on it for so long and so thoroughly was boring but ended up good for the paper because I knew my information so well. I also thought that the personal narrative was a strong suit of mine but I don't know how that could have been super difficult seeing as it's your own story. I also enjoy some blog posts, like reading responses because I feel like I can really choose the direction of those while also having a clear direction for the post.
What I felt wasn't my strong suit, however, was the literary analysis. I had a hard time coming up with my thesis and what I wanted to get out of the paper, and it was kind of a struggle for me all the way through. Once I started writing with my topic it wasn't too bad, but I constantly worried if I had too much plot information. I also felt like the statements that we had to write during the poetry unit were iffy. I felt like it was all opinion based and I don't generally like that. I like facts so those statements were difficult for me to write and assume that I had interpreted the poems correctly.
I would agree that writing essays was very difficult and not fun! I also my research paper was my best because it seemed familiar. Good post!
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