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Free Write 3/27

Meghan Hawk

  1. Project one was more of an explanatory style essay that allowed me to argue for a certain opinion based on specific evidence that I chose to include. However, project two was extensively research based and required a greater amount of time to read, understand, and analyze my sources in order to integrate them as apart of my essay. 
  2. I preferred transforming my first draft into the final draft because with the first draft I had a sense of direction and structure so I could continue through to the final draft finishing and polishing my ideas. If it weren’t for the first draft I would’ve had a harder time writing the paper if there weren’t any drafts to begin with. 
  3. I enjoyed the first project more because I focused on two works of my personal favorite and got to dissect them for their genre conventions and how they did or did not follow these expectations. Project two made me super frustrated at times and I did not have as an easy or fun time reading the sources nor writing the essay, even if it was a topic I enjoyed. 

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  1. Project one was definitely more explaining against specific evidence, compared to project 2. I also agree that I would have had a harder time writing the paper with no prior written rough drafts.

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