Blog Post Reflectiton

Overall my blog responses have shown growth in my writing since I started responding to the essays just two weeks ago.  As I writer I feel that based on my own reflection and Mr. Marshall's analysis that my main area of weakness lies in my repetitive tendency to make the scope of my posts to broad, rather than picking one area of interest or literary feature and focusing in on that aspect.  In order to fix this problem I need to pick out a device that stands out to me in relation to the theme and fully develop that device through my writing rather than trying to point out several features on a shallow level.  I also feel that my writing could improve if I were to not only read the essay but to gain outside knowledge through my own research about the author of the essay in order to properly understand their intended message and why they might have this perspective.  As far as what I have done right in my writings,  I feel that I have been successful in finding unique rhetorical devices in the essays and that I have been successful in relating these devices to the overall development of the author's intended theme.  I also feel based on mine and Mr. Marshall's reflection of my writings that I have been successful in clearly expressing my thoughts and ideas.