Reflection on Project 2

I will be reflecting on what I have done, including my writing process and my thoughts, and what I have learned from project 2 within this post. To do this, I will be answering questions from Writing Public Lives.

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1. What was specifically revised from one draft to another?

• For me, what I wanted to revise most was the amount and depth of the analysis of each rhetorical analysis. Also, after reading some peer reviews on my draft, I decided that the conclusion would be something to revise as well.

2. Point to global changes: how did you reconsider your thesis or organization?

• I never really considered my thesis more than once. However, I did want to change the wording and specifics of my thesis within my introduction. For the final draft, I wanted to make sure that what I was discussing would be stated very clearly. As for organization, I assumed that introducing the context behind the author (and why would should consider context in the first place) should be first over anything else. Next, either one of my strategies would have worked for the second paragraph, but I decided that it would make the most sense to have statistics and then how the author presents those statistics in the next paragraph. 

3. What led you to these changes? A reconsideration of audience? A shift in purpose?

• A consideration of the conventions of this type of essay led me to change my organization. However, when I realized what audience I was truly writing to, I wanted to make my thesis very clear for them.

4. How do these changes affect your credibility as an author?

• To be honest, I don't think these changes would affect my credibility at all. If anything, I wanted to assist my audience in understanding my paper so that they could analyze it for themselves. 

5. How will these changes better address the audience or venue?

• For one, my audience will now understand what the paper is truly about instead of having to assume what points I was trying to make based on what was said.

6. Point to local changes: how did you reconsider sentence structure and style?

•  After reading through the punctuation readings, I really reconsidered how I was writing. I typically write in the same style, which can get monotonous after a while. So I decided that I would change a few sentences around and overall change my style .

7. How will these changes assist your audience in understanding your purpose?

• I feel that since my essay is more interesting to read, it will keep my audience's attention and will also allow them to remember more. Also, I changed a few sentences so that they would be more clear.

8. Did you have to reconsider the conventions of the particular genre in which you are writing?

• Yes! I had to realize that this type of analysis is a little different than both literary analysis and a QRG. It was easy to realize that it is not like a QRG, but I continued to look at my article from a literary analysis background and couldn't quite get out of that style. However, after reconsidering the conventions, I understood better what I had to write.

9. Finally, how does the process of reflection help you reconsider your identity as a writer?

• I think that taking the time to reflect on my writing helps me to understand what I should try to do better next time. Through my reflection, I will be able to see what I was wrong in doing and what I was right in doing, and then base my next assignment off of what worked. 

Reflection:

I read through both Annelise and Katherine's  reflections on their respective projects. Annelise and I found this genre somewhat difficult to write in due to the fact that we can actually use personal pronouns! We also both use these reflections to think about what we can do better for our next project. With Katherine's reflection, I agreed that the purpose and audience for this project took some getting used to writing in. Usually, my audience is simply the teacher or my peers. However, I feel that writing for this audience will actually be useful for my future academic writings.