Reflection:Crucible Essay and Lizzy II

The Crucible essay was about John Proctor, a main character in the play. In my essay I compared John to a rope because I feel that a rope symbolizes John. To start off i made a list of the similarities and differences in the rope and John and from there i wrote my essay. The main similarity was strength. Throughout the play Johns strength stood out to me so when i was told to choose something that symbolizes John I chose the rope. This was a good piece to use similes and metaphors to compare the character and his symbol.

At the beginning of the year we had to write a memoir so I chose to write about our best friend Lizzy and her visit this summer. I really enjoyed writing this piece. I liked the fact that we could choose what we wanted to write about and you got to reflect about a memory. In my essay i basically just told all about Lizzy's visit and what we did everyday. This is by far my favorite piece we have had to write.

So far in this class I have learned a lot about writing. I have learned how to use similes and meataphors in a paper and making them connect to my topicl. I have also learned about the brushstrokes or writing, and i was able to use this when writing my memoir. By writing the Crucible essay i learned how to take and everyday object and figure out a way it symbolizes characters we read about. All of these things have really helped me so far in this class.

Part 2:

When I went back and revised these pieces I added in more details and fixed places to make the paper flow better. In my Crucible essay i went back and made my comparisons more elaborate by explaining more about how a rope symbolizes John. In my memoir i went back and fixed the rough spots in the paper such as grammer errors and I added in details that i left out. Revising these pieces taught me how to make my papers better and ways to fix little things without having to change everything.

Part 3:

I think the most important things I have learned from writing these essays is that you have to have fun when writing and be really creative. Not only that but making good comparisons by using similes and metaphors helps make a paper better.