Journal 2: Prompt

While writing project 1, I think I improved most on the actual analysis of the two genres. My first draft was basically just a summary of both movies with few comparisons such as the title or the similarities between the main characters. I wasn’t sure how to write or format the essay when I first started it, but as I wrote more and more drafts and listened to the criticisms of my peers, new ideas sparked in my mind. The most important thing I learned from this project was how to write in MLA format. As silly as it sounds, I was never exposed to specific writing formats such as MLA, APA, Chicago etc, as I did not take advanced English classes in high school. I was very confused about how to use MLA formatting in my essay, but during the peer review sessions and the teacher conference I was taught how. I say this is the most important thing I learned because I know I will have to use this style of writing and many others in the future. If I had another week to work on my essay, I would try to delve deeper into the themes of beauty and vanity, as well as the comparisons between the two genres because I know I there are deeper meanings beneath them. If I could rewrite the project prompt in the syllabus, I wouldn’t change anything. I felt that the project prompt adequately described what was expected of the genre analysis and how to properly exemplify the similarities and differences between the two genres.