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| "A Thinking Man" |
After reflecting on my experience and growth as a writer this semester in my last blog post, I will narrow those thoughts into a topic for the reflection essay. In this post, I will identify my audience and describe how I will write my essay, taking them into account.
The topic I want to discuss with my readers is my development as a writer throughout the semester. I will most likely delve into the revision process for my second essay about the #LikeAGirl Super Bowl commercial. Although the essay was daunting, I learned so much from the revisions. I want the readers to understand how these revisions, trips to the Think Tank, and input from classmates helped me think more critically about my writing.
In the prior paragraph, I mentioned that my essay is being read, but by who? The primary audience/reader of my reflective essay will be my English professor who will assign a grade for it. My professor is not my only audience. The people who will give feedback on my essay during the revision process will also be included. These people such as classmates and Think Tank tutors will serve as my secondary audience.
So far I have pinpointed my audience. Now I need to analyze what they already know or believe about how to write essays. My professor is already familiar with my writing style and so do most if not all of my classmates through the blog and class workshops. They are also familiar with the how to effectively peer review and look for places in an essay that need to be shortened, clarified, or reorganized since the class stressed those concepts.
Now that I have pinpointed my professor as my primary audience, I need to organize and develop my ideas to reflect my growth as a writer. I will primarily rely on comparison and contrast of my multiple drafts from the rhetorical analysis of #LikeAGirl (subject to change). I will explain how my drafts progressed through the revision process and compare the different drafts using appropriate quotes/sentences from each one.
Next, I will decide how to establish my ethos with my readers. Since I had more than one person review my rhetorical analysis of #LikeAGirl commercial, I can include anecdotal evidence or use comments from credible sources such as my English professor to indicate what part of my rhetorical analysis needed attention. Another possibility is using shared values since everyone in the class had to do the same project. I may also choose to use a friendly tone to open my reflection through specific word choice.
With these ideas in mind, I will be able to narrow the scope of my reflection. In my next blog, we will see how these pieces come together when I compose different thesis statements.
The topic I want to discuss with my readers is my development as a writer throughout the semester. I will most likely delve into the revision process for my second essay about the #LikeAGirl Super Bowl commercial. Although the essay was daunting, I learned so much from the revisions. I want the readers to understand how these revisions, trips to the Think Tank, and input from classmates helped me think more critically about my writing.
In the prior paragraph, I mentioned that my essay is being read, but by who? The primary audience/reader of my reflective essay will be my English professor who will assign a grade for it. My professor is not my only audience. The people who will give feedback on my essay during the revision process will also be included. These people such as classmates and Think Tank tutors will serve as my secondary audience.
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| Finger pointing: This assumes that readers of my blog are part of my audience. |
Now that I have pinpointed my professor as my primary audience, I need to organize and develop my ideas to reflect my growth as a writer. I will primarily rely on comparison and contrast of my multiple drafts from the rhetorical analysis of #LikeAGirl (subject to change). I will explain how my drafts progressed through the revision process and compare the different drafts using appropriate quotes/sentences from each one.
Next, I will decide how to establish my ethos with my readers. Since I had more than one person review my rhetorical analysis of #LikeAGirl commercial, I can include anecdotal evidence or use comments from credible sources such as my English professor to indicate what part of my rhetorical analysis needed attention. Another possibility is using shared values since everyone in the class had to do the same project. I may also choose to use a friendly tone to open my reflection through specific word choice.
With these ideas in mind, I will be able to narrow the scope of my reflection. In my next blog, we will see how these pieces come together when I compose different thesis statements.
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