Reflection
Answer the following questions in your reflection:
- Why did you choose to share these pieces? What ideas do they (2 choice pieces and personal statement) represent about you as a writer and as a human being?
- Which feature of writing (focus, structure, development, language, voice, or other) works best in the pieces of writing you’ve decided to share here? Explain and cite an example. Rate the feature on a scale of one to ten.
- Which feature of writing works least effectively in the pieces of writing you’ve decided to share here? Explain and provide an example. Rate it. Discuss how you could improve this feature.
- Your writing is breakfast food. What kind of breakfast is it and why? (It might be oatmeal: nutritious and good for your heart, but not very exciting. Or it might be Fruity Pebbles: lots of zing but little substance.) The point here is to use an analogy that captures a holistic sense of your work. There is no right or wrong answer (besides not having one).