Brayan Barreto

FIQWS 10115 JPOE

Reflection assignment # 5

12/19/19

 

In this research I learn that finding resources to prove your point takes a while. For instance, when you gather information from a source, you have to read the source in order to understand whether the source back up your point. Also, the sources may be false information and sometime the source isn’t fully related able to your topic. First of all, cuny library take a while to adjust since there’s many format on what to search for, like there’s multiple format of searching information. In the cuny library there is tons of information about slavery but you have to be specific of what you are going to choice or looked up to. The cuny library you had to be more specific, otherwise what you search might lead to something else. Finding a piece of evidence that could be analysis easily and related to your thesis is another issue which is why time managing is important in a research essay. These articles that you may be reading could either boost up your topic or not may the audience feel influence in any sort of way. 

    Making my introduction was difficult because I didn’t really focus on what I was going to write. I had made three changes about which question to answer in the assignment sheet. The thesis made me really think about the novel and how I was going to prove the reader what I learn by convey information that is unique, relevant, and deals with today’s society politics. 

Coming up with an argument statement was challenging at first because the author of the essay have to really find a way to connect his ideas with the thesis and novel. Also, look at the reader perspective based on what I jot down in order to make the audience get an understanding of my ideas. 

    What got me surprise is my citation of my sources. By this I mean the way of punctuating my title and citing sources. I’m still forgetting certain parts of the mla format. I had trouble on whether the last name of the author goes first or the first name but I figured out the situation. 

    The book isn’t something great but it’s interesting. I personally don’t like reading but for some reason this author of The Underground Railroad highlights the slaves circumstance that they have to face in order to gain freedom. Also, the book did a great job on revealing the emotion or feeling that this enslave african people have been through. 

Overall, the semester of FIQWS 10115 was great because the class made me see my area of weakness and understand where to improve. This class push the concept of me correcting my grammar and brainstorming a topic before handling the final version of the assignments. This class got me to understand what’s college professor expecting and the drill of giving your assignments on time or else this late work doesn’t really matter. At the end of the semester, the class really put me through some uncomfortable situation and made me changed in a certain way of thinking. The transition of highschool was also a huge impact on me because the teacher seems to take a step back and let the student deal with solving or coming up with their essay topic.