What I Have Learned - Eric

I have learned a lot this semester about how to write different types of essays. In the past I have just written summary style essays and have never really been challenged to put a whole lot of thought into what I was writing. My favorite essay that I wrote in this class was the image analysis essay. I enjoyed looking at how different advertisements would entice consumers to buy their products. I chose to analyze AXE Body Spray and TAG Body Spray. I felt that the product itself was not actually being advertised. The products themselves were nowhere to be seen in the advertisements. The main goal of the advertisement was to show that the product will help attract women if you wear it. It became interesting to me that these products sell well just because the advertisers show in a commercial that they attract women. I have never had an essay that was more difficult to write than the synthesis essay. I put a lot of thought into how I would create a new idea from the two articles. I think that I grew more as a thinker on this assignment than on any assignment that I have had in the past. I am glad that I know how to write a synthesis essay now. I hope that the knowledge that I have gained in this class will go on to benfit me in my other classes at IUPUI.