Saturday, December 5, 2015

Reflective Essay Organizing Idea and Theis

Focusing on an Assignment: Through the process of writing my rhetorical analysis of a visual source, I learned how to analyze the intended audience, the occasion, and the effect of certain rhetorical strategies, and how the author uses these skills to achieve their purpose.

Comparing Experiences: When comparing experiences in English-109H with those of past english courses, my writing process is more refined in the areas of rhetorical analysis, revision, and prewriting, transforming me into a much more effective writer.

Strengths/Weaknesses: Through my experiences and growth in English-109H, I've struggled with time management and conciseness, but developed strengths in the areas of rhetorical analysis, revision, and prewriting.

Course Objectives: Though my time and experiences in English-109H, I've developed and refined important skills in the course objectives of "rhetorical awareness", "critical thinking and composing", "reflection and revision", and "conventions".

Writing Process/Self Perception: Through my experiences in English-109H, my writing process has expanded to include rhetorical situations, extensive prewriting, and beneficial revising, causing my perception of my own writing to dramatically improve.

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I believe the "Focusing on an Assignment" theme will be the most effective for my reflection because I personally connect to this one the most. After writing our second essay, something clicked in my mind and I understood the strategies we have been learning in class. This essay was a dramatic improvement over my first and I can easily highlight the differences in language and analysis to show how I have improved. I can also explain in detail how effective my paper was and how much this process taught me about rhetorical analysis.

Speaker: Me!
Occasion: A written reflection on what I have learned in English 109-H
Audience: Dr. Bell and my peers
Purpose: To convince my audience that I have improved and learned over my time in this class and demonstrate my growth
Subject: My second essay and the strategies and knowledge I used

Tone: Formal and academic, to demonstrate how seriously I took this course, which is appropriate my my audience (my professor)


1 comment:

  1. In your theses, I would avoid using contractions. Also your "Focus on Assignment" thesis is a little vague. Maybe you could give one example on how you learned how to analyze the rhetorical strategies, like SOAPSTone. Also you used singular author, but you said "their purpose," so I would fix your agreement. Other than that, nice job!

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