Argumentative Essay Reflection

Shahadat Rahman
 Professor Matyakubova
English 21003
October 12, 2017
 Reflection to Argumentative Essay

Peer reviewing this paper allowed me to see the mistakes in other people’s papers. There some components of the paper that I was missing such as the abstract. Other than that, the peer review aspect was not very useful, as I did not receive many constructive comments on my paper. On the other hand, I did get to help other people with their papers and was reminded of common grammar errors that not only other people made in their papers, but that I made in my own paper.

This paper also allowed me to consider every aspect of an argument as well, from every counter claim t every claim. This became difficult when planning the structure of the paper, as it was hard to visualize a way to organize the claims and counter claims in a logical manner. I could not simply alternate between claim and counterclaim; I also had to choose which claim would precede which counterclaim in order to help my arguments flow better. By considering the global structure, this also helped me consider the local structure of each individual paragraphs. It made it easier to figure it which sequence the evidence would be in as well as how this would help transition from one piece of evidence to another, and eventually from one paragraph to the next.

This paper also helped me realize the significance of every single argument. I constantly questioned every single argument I made, trying to disprove them. Once I thought of ways I could disprove my arguments, this helped me strengthen those arguments. This way, I had succinct and powerful paragraphs that helped get my points across. This also helped me formulate counterclaims and refutations to those counterclaims.