1) My audience was my classmates and my Professor. I wanted to use formal language for obvious reasons: it was an assignment; however, I wanted to target people who have also struggled with higher-level English courses (AP) to resonate with them more. People who have taken AP Literature or AP language: my Professor, classmates, and anyone reading this piece of work.

2) The first and foremost would be my writing skill and style, writing scientific papers for my high school career. It was challenging at first to develop another style and form that was not always in the active voice/pronouns like I or us in the paper. It was a learning curve for me. I developed analyzing skills, formatting skills, how to make my paper flow, and how to smoothly transition into ideas without slashing paragraphs. My grammar also developed; although I was somewhat proficient and confident in my grammar before, after the course, I understand the formalities of grammar and have a deeper understanding of literary composition.

3) Certain authors and their points of view stood out to me since that was the biggest learning curve, understanding to make their point of view “talk” while trying to prove your point of view/lens impacted my writing and understanding of the article or piece of writing. The context of the articles also mattered since an author may say something that supports your claim, but the statement itself wasn’t about your claim; it only unintentionally supports it. Some may then argue that the piece of evidence does not support your claim: I am assuming that they support my claim without any actual proof.

This assignment helped me understand and contextualize my experience in Germany from an educational viewpoint. It had been a while since I had written anything about my experiences with explaining the point of the text. It helped me also interpret stories to find the bigger meaning as I am used to writing/reading scientific papers and mystery books, nothing like a short story with a deeper meaning. While I am glad that it helped my writing, I wish that I could’ve been able to develop the story some more to draw readers in. My audience are those who are interested in knowing the difference between how language is taught in Germany and America. I tailored my language to have a more personal touch, to engage better with the reader. I used ethos in my favor by providing links, images and personal anecdotes to prove that I had went there and attended the school. I used pathos in an image to show how I felt about the differences between the education system in Germany and America.