Sarah Mitzel
Self-Assessment Essay
December 11, 2000
I feel that my essay was fairly good. I made it clear in my thesis statement
which side of the issue I chose. As the introduction continued, I stated my main
points. A lot of this essay came from personal experience and some from my
mother’s as well. It seems as though a lot of people like to see how other people
are living their lives, so I tried to incorporate that into the introduction in hopes
that it would grab the reader’s attention. One thing that I didn’t do well was
document a works cited entry throughout the paper. I did the reference at the end
of the essay but I failed to put them within the paragraphs after I used the
information directly. I’ll have to go back through my essay and fix that. Despite
the lack of documentation, I was able to present my argument in a logical manner.
I made an outline to help me decide which points I wanted to use and in which
order to use them. The outline was very helpful in my thought process and I think
that came across in my essay. I also had correct punctuation and grammar.