Metacognitive Analysis

Julia Gonzalez

English 114 B

Professor Pessin

22 Apr 2013

Metacognitive Analysis

    When I first heard about writing a hybrid essay I was a little confused on what I had to do. It was the first time I ever heard of it. But, as I read a couple of hybrid essays the sooner I realized what they were and that is that they are just different meshes of writing or any form of media that tell their own unique story. These essays can include photos, any source of media, poems or anything that will help you get through your audience. You can include media to your essay to help your audience better understand your story. It helps them paint a better picture and intrigue them more to your story.  Hybrid essay can vary from different lengths it all depends on how long you want it and how long it takes you to get through your audience.

     When first writing this essay I was really lost because although I knew what I wanted to say I didn’t know how to incorporate them into words for my essay. I had to make sure I included my experience writing the blog and learning about Project media and how to use it.  I had to ensure I talked about what I learned through all my process of writing my blog and my experience with electronic writing. I made sure I included as much detail as possible on what I learned. In my hybrid essay I ended with a poem that I hope helped my audience better understand what I was trying to get through my essay. I used the same technique as Cheyenne Nimes because that way you better understand what your whole argument or discussion was about.

     Overall, my experience on  writing a hybrid essay was okay I can neither complain nor say I had a wonderful experience. This experience was challenging but it helped me learn a new way of writing and that’s always useful in the writing world. I’m so used to original essays that learning you can add some sort of extra component like a photo , video or poem to write  your essay brought something new into essay writing instead of the usual boring same old same old essay writing. I in the other hand prefer just going the old fashion way of writing because although pictures and poems may be more attention grabbing I believe that what should matter in an essay is your writing style and content you add to it.  If you get your point across just by using persuasive words than that my friends takes a whole lot of skill and makes you a great writer. I didn’t fully understand how to write the hybrid essay in the first place so I tried my best to follow the rubric that was handed to me. Although this writing style is nice, flashy and new I don’t think I would use this method quite often. Hybrid essays may be interesting but like I said the old fashioned way is just easier and is something I’m more comfortable with.