Introduction

 I struggled this class early on cause i was adjusting to a lot of things around me but i soon got a better understanding of the things that were being taught and I started to do a lot more work. I think the most important thing that I have learned in this class was learning how to write in MLA style. It isn't hard to do but you just have to understand what you are doing. I am learning about outside sources now in high school and how to use them and when , so, this was probably the least helpful thing I am learning although it is likely useful for future purposes.

College writing is way more difficult than high school writing. You have to put in way more effort and have to understand the topic you are writing about clearly and you have to be able to explain it completely where the reader can understand what you are saying. Citing sources makes it a little more difficult as well too. According to "voice in academic writing" Youtube video, your voice is the most important thing in academic .

In Boyd's essay she is telling the reader how to get in touch with your inner detective. It was a very different approach to explain rhetoric which made it interesting. She made the reader be three things, a lawyer, a detective, and a coronor.