I wrote a technical description of a Church Bell. Although I am a future electrical engineer, I chose a device that is not powered by electricity. This was because I thought of something simple that can be described in an effective way. However, I did mention that the Church Bell can be evolved using electricity by implementing clappers that move by means of electric current. Writing the technical description was enjoyable because I like to break apart things and think about their purpose. It was fairly simple to break apart a church bell and research the different parts of it. Therefore, I strengthened my source use practices by quoting and paraphrasing online sources.

Additionally, I wrote a technical poem of a Church Bell. Before this course, I was not comfortable writing poems because I could ever fully understand them. However, after writing the technical poem of a Church Bell, I realized that several devices used in poetry, such as metaphors, come naturally in my descriptions. Now, I enjoy writing poems and hope to create technical poems of future innovations involving electricity. Writing the poem itself took time and thinking, like any other poem. I imagined that I was a Church Bell and I wanted to express how I felt about being that object. Therefore, I personalized the bell and gave it a voice that hints the reader toward determining what object I am. Thus, I have explored poems as an effective writing strategy. I am disappointed that I might not use this strategy in my future engineering courses.