Reflective Essay - This semester in this class I have learned that I most definitely like personal narrative style of writing the best

The first 200 words of this essay...

Maggie McDonald

ENGL 251- The Essay

MJ Iuppa

December 9, 2001

Reflective Essay

This semester in this class I have learned that I most definitely like personal narrative style of writing the best. I actually learned that between this class and my Intro to Creative Writing class because between these two classes, I have written every type of writing that there possibly is. I wrote everything from an informational essay, to an analytical essay, to a monologue, to fiction pieces this semester. I can find my "writers voice" most easily when I am writing a personal narrative. They're more fun for me and I am able to get into them more and really give great detail so that the reader can really understand what I'm trying to say.

I think that the reason for all the different type of things that we did in class, such as the readings, discussions and writing exercises, were to not only benefit our writing, but to expand our minds. We wrote about a lot of things that you don't normally think of to write about. Such as writing about how to make a peanut butter and