Entry #11: Metacognitive Analysis

Metacognitive Analysis 

         Write Academic writings have been a tricky challenge, due to the fact that I had never done something similar before. Throughout the year, I have made my best effort in expressing myself on paper. Undoubtedly, I have learned a variety of writing elements and principles to guide my writings. Even though I still need more practice, currently I can consider myself a more effective writer, able to cover a number of different styles of writing. I have not only a clear idea about the steps to follow for each style of essay but also I am aware of the importance of the Genre. 

        After grappling with difficult topics and, being discouraged by some failures in the learning process, I have reached to the conclusion that writing is not just taking notes of thoughts that you have in your mind as a brainstorm of ideas. On the contrary, you need to take the suitable time to think about the ideas you will include in your writing, concentrate on the paragraph structures, topic sentences, supporting ideas, the writing process itself, and the final edit of your work .Lastly, the creation of a clear, cohesive, coherent and thoughtful writing.

1-Discouraged: to make somebody feel less confident or enthusiastic about doing something

 • Discourage somebody: don’t be discouraged by the first failure—try again!

 • Discourage somebody from doing something: the weather discouraged people from attending.

 2-Thoughtful: showing signs of careful thought

 • player who has a thoughtful approach to the game 

3-Grappling:  1- to take a firm hold of somebody/something and struggle with them. 

• Grapple (with somebody/something. Passers-by grappled with the man after the attack.

• Grapple somebody/something (+ adverb/preposition). They managed to grapple him to the ground.

                  2- To try hard to find a solution to a problem 

• Grapple with something. The new government has yet to grapple with the problem of air pollution. 

• Grapple to do something. I was grappling to find an answer to his question. 

4-Undoubtedly: Used to emphasize that something exists or is definitely true.

 • She has an undoubted talent as an organizer. 

• Adverb: There is undoubtedly a great deal of truth in what he says. 

 5-Effective: Producing the result that is wanted or intended; producing a successful result 

• Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 

• Aspirin is a simple but highly effective treatment. 

• Drugs that are effective against cancer

 • Some people believe that violence is an effective way of protesting. 

• I admire the effective use of colour in her paintings.

Source:

Word Reference. http://www.wordreference.com/. Web. 14 Sept. 2013