Kenny Ramirez Mr. Casey Essays (583 words) - DraftNoah Cronbaugh

Kenny Ramirez Mr. Casey Self-Assessment There are many qualities to a good writer, and many aspects to good writing. Some people have a hard time writing short stories, and formal essays. Some are also talented in writing poetry, which is fine if you're not good at writing stories. Overall I would give myself 2 out of 10 in writing. Categorizing writing I would say I have many weaknesses and very little strengths. In creative writing I would give myself an 8. I would say it's one of my strengths because poetry is very easy for me to come up with. Rhymes come in and out of my head, for most of the time at least. At times I sit back in my room and start jotting down some of the rhymes that go thru my head, while the rest of the world keeps spinning. I feel like I'm stuck in my own time when I'm in that type of environment. I would say I'm also good at coming up with short stories, I mean I feel like we all should. A short story can be anything that happens throughout the day with whatever people just alter the story or scenario up with some spice from the fictional world. I've never had a diary or a journal at times I'll jot down my rhymes and dreams but nothing further than that, so in journal writing I would give myself an 4. I have a lot of improvement that can be made in my creative writing. Writing formal essays is (depending on the subject and the crowd listening) can be very easy. It's breaking something down thru your eyes, voicing it to the crowd, and persuades to get the crowd or a person reading it to see things the same way you did. When I was in participation in government I would talk back and forth about history and the world and try to get them to see, or look at my opinions the way I look at them. A critical lens essay, I would say is something I can improve by a lot, just knowing all the background information is almost the entire essay, I would give myself a 3 in both. I'm not very interested in these kinds of essays, and I'm not very good at them I'm okay, but I would say persuading whatever audience you have shouldn't be too difficult. In mechanics and convections I would say I give myself a 6. Having a structured sentence and putting detail is what I lose points from my teacher over. My punctuation is also something I need to improve; I always forget where to put commas and semi-colon. On some occasions I forget to put the apostrophe on some words. My writing process I would say I am good on. I come up with stories very quickly, and I come up with what will happen in the beginning, middle, and end at the same time. When coming up with a story I feel like I add a little bit too much detail. Writing is something that I've struggle with, but always got by. I need to work on punctuation the most; and get better with writing. I sit back and read most of the time, which should hopefully help me. Once I hit college level courses I feel that I will prosper and overcome these minuscule set backs that I go thru in English class.