My Dracula essay in Mr. Jensen’s British Literature class was the first time I truly understood how to write an academic essay. Throughout my highschool career, starting with Mr. Pilla’s Advanced English class in the 9th grade, I could never quite grasp the concept of writing an essay, or more specifically the thesis of an essay. Working on my theses throughout AP American Literature and Composition, I figured out the thesis situation, but I found theses writing was not the reason I had never gotten above a B- on an essay. I had another problem to face: I had no idea how to analyse and explain the quotes I was using. This proved to be quite the predicament, seeing as Mr. Jensen only gave A’s to those who had phenomenal analysis for each quote. I worked at my analysis and eventually learned to fit both pieces together in order to “write [an] academic [essay] with [a] clear, focused [thesis] supported by evidence from texts” (Outcomes 101). Beginning British Literature I was a bit on edge because I knew the only step up from that class for me was College English, which was a big step considering I had gotten C’s on all of Mr. Jensen’s previous essay. Then, for some reason, it just clicked in my mind and I started getting A’s and B’s on my essays, which eased my mind about my preparedness for College
My Dracula essay in Mr. Jensen’s British Literature class was the first time I truly understood how to write an academic essay. Throughout my highschool career, starting with Mr. Pilla’s Advanced English class in the 9th grade, I could never quite grasp the concept of writing an essay, or more specifically the thesis of an essay. Working on my theses throughout AP American Literature and Composition, I figured out the thesis situation, but I found theses writing was not the reason I had never gotten above a B- on an essay. I had another problem to face: I had no idea how to analyse and explain the quotes I was using. This proved to be quite the predicament, seeing as Mr. Jensen only gave A’s to those who had phenomenal analysis for each quote. I worked at my analysis and eventually learned to fit both pieces together in order to “write [an] academic [essay] with [a] clear, focused [thesis] supported by evidence from texts” (Outcomes 101). Beginning British Literature I was a bit on edge because I knew the only step up from that class for me was College English, which was a big step considering I had gotten C’s on all of Mr. Jensen’s previous essay. Then, for some reason, it just clicked in my mind and I started getting A’s and B’s on my essays, which eased my mind about my preparedness for College