A CRITICAL REFLECTION: THE POWER OF THE LITERARY SPONSOR

In my drafts, for the most part, I noticed a lot of rhythmic responses. My writing reflects the types of books I have read. When I was making reference to Bronze Age stories such as the Iliad, I would even begin to write as Achilles spoke. This is mostly due to the fact that my literacies and diction have been heavily influenced by these works, even speaking to another person using words instead of text, I make sure to guide my thoughts and statements to those that a great hero would make. 

 

I had also made a lot of mistakes in the beginning, I neglected to cite specific quotes, which I had fixed in my final essay. I had also merged some paragraphs that should not have been merged, or I separated paragraphs that should not have been separated. In the peer reviews, these mistakes had been highlighted for me, and due to that I was able to make corrections. For the sources I did cite, I had not done so in MLA format, this has also been corrected. These had been changed that I intentionally employed, and will not neglect again!

 

Finally, I believed I accomplished exactly what I had been trying to do. I wanted to make the diction of my writing reflect exactly the diction of the books I have read. In the process of dramatic storytelling, rhyming, integrating quotes with personal statements and experience, poeticism, and the painting of visual portraits; through these things had my goal been accomplished, and disregarding my lack of proper citing and format in my first two drafts, I believe my complete essay flowed well. In conclusion, through the help of my peers, manipulation of my words into the diction that reflected my readings, and introduction of visual portraits through symbolism, my goals in this essay have been accomplished quite well.