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Let me start off by saying how much i despised writing before this class. My past teachers always taught me to write using a super specific formula and it left me feeling like i didn't have a voice in my writing. In this class, i feel like i started to "find my voice" in my writing. I think this came about from learning about rhetoricity. i remember when we first were introduced to the concept of rhetoricity we watched a weird video and soul stared. i vividly remember thinking to myself "what the hell is going on". but eventually i think i got what it was. to me, rhetoricity was about how we communicate, that everything we do from body language, words, even just presents, sends a message. I think my best example of how i understood this is in my rhetoricity paper i wrote, which is linked here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DBqKEzTFQKOV0DO7mkjgTVDm_XaYwYsZSaBZUlW-_K4/edit. Another good example that show my comprehension of rhetorical knowledge would probably be my micro theme paper. i found this paper initially very difficult to write, because i feel very passionately about the subject and as a result, my initial drafts were very long and riddled with biases. but eventually, i realized how to just write it as a dialogue and not as an accusation. it is linked here  https://docs.google.com/document/d/110hNWZUs9zW6c_4Ni9W17FWUF8cEXH9IjGkl5DM_uxU/edit. ultimately the biggest thing i took from this class, is write early and revise often. i remember hearing this and thinking it was ridiculous. but by the end of the semester, i had fallen behind on my work a bit and oh boy did i wish i had written and revised earlier. procrastination was the biggest enemy of mine this semester and this mantra was exactly what i needed to do to succeed. it is not a mistake i intend to repeat.