Portfolio: Evolution of English

In the beginning of this semester I was not sure what to expect of this class, I imagined it to be like any other writing class. Assignments to be done without much meaning to go along with them. When the idea of weekly blogs came along, I felt much more comfortable sharing my voice and stories. The blogs not only made it easier to open up, but it made me more comfortable in the larger graded assignments to add in my own rhetoric. I loved all the ways Dr. Kyburz explained these assignments, making sure we can generate our own ideas, pushing our writing potentials. By the end of the semester I became even more confident in my writing style, gained creativity in the formatting of essays, and grew a new appreciation for writing in my every day life.

Writing to me is an expression of  my thoughts, input, and emotion. Depending on the goal or purpose of the writing, one must include certain sources to support the claims by provide correct and valuable information about the topic. Writing is an art form because of the many wonderful topics there are to choose from and the ideas you have implanted in your brain can create something beautiful that most people would not have even thought of until you shed light upon it. The art of writing includes the complexity of how topics can make one question their own thoughts, but it leads to further knowledge and experience. I experienced the of process of rhetoric and mechanical knowledge in my exploratory essay, Time to  Move Out . This topic was foreign to me because I have never been completely independent to manage money constructively. I had to conduct valuable and great research for this paper and attach my own narrative glue creating a consistent flow. In my first few drafts I...