I have payed extreme attention to my sentence structure and grammar this year, making my sentences flow, determining the voice, weather it is academic or informal. Learning about passive and active voice has extremely impacted my writing, dramatically improving my essays. My writing has become exceptionally better than previous years. My sentences have become better written and I now know to use sentences such as complex, compound, and dramatically short sentences. I can determine the many components of a good essay. I have learned to argue inform and tell stories and express ideas. …show more content…
I now know more about allegories, themes, and symbols in literature. Lord of the Flies taught me to search for the deeper meaning in simple objects or actions for instance the conch shell stood for law, order and power. If I had read the lord of the flies 7 months ago I would never have seen that deeper meaning. I would’ve just seen a pretty shell. 7 months ago I would’ve read about piggy’s glasses, and just seen a regular pair of glasses. Now I see that they innovation, science, advancement and