Growing Up Analysis
English 1101
Growing Up Georgia State University was my destination the fall of 2005. I was a starting freshman for the class of 2009. Everything seemed to be going perfect because I had graduated high school with a high grade point average. I thought I was the ready for every class especially English 1101 because I felt that my former high school teachers had taught me everything I need for college, little did I know that I had no clue how to write like a good writer. I lacked the grammar skills I need in order to present the message I need to convey to my audience in my essays, I did not know how to have sentence variety, and last but not least I thought it was not an important thing to back up my statements with real examples. My first writing assignment grade proves that I had a lot to learn my freshman semester at Georgia State University. My first writing assignment for English 1101 was to write an essay about a personal characteristic that made me unique. It sounded like an easy assignment so I foolishly procrastinate to begin writing my assignment but a day or a couple of hours before the assignment was due I could not think of a quality that was genuine for me. With the help of in class writing assignments, I decide to write about how my Hispanic heritage had …show more content…
Throughout this essay, my ideas were clearly stated and consistently supported the topic, thesis, and audience for the paper. I allow the audience to comprehend that like Andre Aciman, I too have items which hold sentimental value and that represent a milestone in my life. In this essay, I parallel my attachment to certain clothing to Aciman attachment and love for the scent of lavender. I back up my statement by describing the fact that a sweater, which was given to me by my grandmother at a very young age, brings me comfort and feelings full of happiness, like the scent of Aciman’s dad’s lavender cologne brings to
Growing Up Georgia State University was my destination the fall of 2005. I was a starting freshman for the class of 2009. Everything seemed to be going perfect because I had graduated high school with a high grade point average. I thought I was the ready for every class especially English 1101 because I felt that my former high school teachers had taught me everything I need for college, little did I know that I had no clue how to write like a good writer. I lacked the grammar skills I need in order to present the message I need to convey to my audience in my essays, I did not know how to have sentence variety, and last but not least I thought it was not an important thing to back up my statements with real examples. My first writing assignment grade proves that I had a lot to learn my freshman semester at Georgia State University. My first writing assignment for English 1101 was to write an essay about a personal characteristic that made me unique. It sounded like an easy assignment so I foolishly procrastinate to begin writing my assignment but a day or a couple of hours before the assignment was due I could not think of a quality that was genuine for me. With the help of in class writing assignments, I decide to write about how my Hispanic heritage had …show more content…
Throughout this essay, my ideas were clearly stated and consistently supported the topic, thesis, and audience for the paper. I allow the audience to comprehend that like Andre Aciman, I too have items which hold sentimental value and that represent a milestone in my life. In this essay, I parallel my attachment to certain clothing to Aciman attachment and love for the scent of lavender. I back up my statement by describing the fact that a sweater, which was given to me by my grandmother at a very young age, brings me comfort and feelings full of happiness, like the scent of Aciman’s dad’s lavender cologne brings to