I think the process of writing two essays and working on them simultaneously was the most rewarding aspect of this class. The reason being we had to seriously think about the argument and relate it to textual evidence and the relating part for me was quite challenging. In high school I would write four pages in a matter of hours but in high school we didn't have to dig down so deep into research to prove our claims. I think that writing these two essays was definitely a wake up call for me to understand a meaning of writing a paper rather than barfing a paper that is lengthy but not exactly accurate. The four page requirement was hard for me to maintain because when I want to argue something I could write a 20 page essay for all that matters. So limiting myself to four pages was very difficult but at the same time due to the page limit you are able to stick to what is important for the essay and eliminate the extra fluff.
As far as critical thinking, I felt I was thinking critically throughout the entire quarter because argumentative papers really require you to think. We had to think critically about our resources and how they prove our claims, we had to think critically on how to incorporate quotes from those resources and we also had to think critically about how to generally make this paper the best it can be through the various draft processes. So there was a lot of thinking going on for my part. Critical thinking and writing an argumentative essay go hand in hand and I think this course definitely taught me how to be good at doing both.
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