ENG 105 Reflection English 105 was a very helpful class. I hadn’t taken an English class since my first semester of senior year so it was good to brush up on my skills. The order of papers that we did was also encouraging because the farther we got in the semester, the harder the papers got. We started small and worked our way up to a 10-page paper. I didn’t believe that I would be able to write as many pages as was necessary, but my research was thorough enough that I had to cut information out. That was one of my proudest moments in this class. In English 105 I learned how to write a rhetorical analysis, a research paper, and an evaluation. Before coming to NAU, I was unfamiliar with the idea of a rhetorical analysis. I had heard of ethos, logos, and pathos before, but I never learned how to find or utilize them in a paper. At first it was a challenge picking apart an article to find the rhetorical elements, but after looking for those pieces in several works it became easier and easier. It was interesting learning how each piece is so different from each other, but they work side by side to create an intriguing paper. The structure of a rhetorical analysis is fairly simple because you are already given the prongs for your these: ethos, logos, and pathos. The hard part of the paper is dividing up what …show more content…
I learned from my peers that I am a better writer than I thought I was and that increased my confidence in my writing ability. This didn’t just teach me about myself; I learned how to write several different types of papers. I improved throughout the semester as I learned how to analyze for rhetorical appeals, research an issue, and evaluate a topic. I am glad that I was able to learn a lot from this class, as well as read my peers work. It was intriguing to see how others write and what topic are important to them. Lastly, I was proud of all my work that I accomplished in this
Rhetorical Analysis Writers always write in different styles in order to attract readers. Every piece of writing has different types of rhetorical methods. For example, “If Technology Is Making Us Stupid, It’s Not Technology’s Fault,” there are different types of techniques used to appeal to writers. In parts of the essay it has logic which is known for using logos. The writer uses very strong emotions which is known as pathos.
Authors use rhetorical strategies to express themes in their writing. Different rhetorical strategies help convey different themes with varying degrees of effectiveness. One way to measure the effectiveness is to rhetorical analyze two pieces of writing to each other and see which is best.
Longaker, Mark Garrett, and Jeffrey Walker. Rhetorical Analysis: A Brief Guide for Writers. Glenview: Longman, 2011. Print.
Performing a rhetorical analysis on an article written within my desired occupational field will unfold specialized questions that need to be asked and the necessary characteristics of rhetorical choices that are considered
The world of rhetorical criticism relies heavily upon being able to identify artifacts and analyze them in a way that provides a better understanding of those artifacts and how they operate. The way in which one goes about performing a rhetorical criticism is explained by Sonja K. Foss (2009). She states that this process includes four steps which are selecting an artifact, analyzing an artifact, formulating a research question, and writing the essay. This process is a great one to follow across numerous types of criticism. It is important to understand these different types of criticism in order to use one rather than another when critiquing a particular artifact.
Rhetorical study is the art of describing reality through language. The study of rhetoric becomes an effort to understand how humans, in various capacities and in a variety of situations, can describe reality through language. The importance of rhetoric study is that, it is a good writing tool to have in academic study that can be used to persuade others. Using rhetoric has an impact on writing for composing essays. In the use of rhetoric writers and speakers should know how to use the three modes of appeal, and know the importance of certain issues when using rhetoric in their essays or speeches. Rhetoric is commonly used when arguing rhetorical topics to persuade or to inform others about certain issues.
In both my English 101 and 102 classes I built off of so many knew writing techniques since high school. Knowing how much you love English, I wanted to update you on all the new techniques I learned, since high school English. One of them being rhetorical analysis. I know we kind of went over it in English, but I did not use it as much, as I did for my college papers. With this technique, I believe that in the future this will be assist me in my upcoming college papers. For a reminder, rhetorical analysis is analyzing what rhetorical strategies are being used in a paper. In the paper, one would search for the message, the purpose, and ethos. I used this technique to analyze professional documents and to aid me in writing my Unit 2 and 3 college
A rhetorical analysis specially focuses on some rhetorical figures of the text. Frequently, there are many deep implications that the author had used to show how the arguments try to persuade the audiences. Many writers struggle with extending their ideas through the thesis statement toward to rhetorical analysis. In “The Concept Of Discourse Community”, John Swales had explained in details the concept of what he called a “discourse community.”
In the past three months I feel like I have accomplished a great deal. As the semester comes to an end I find myself reflecting not only how I have survived the first semester but also what I have learned. The most important thing I have learned so far is how to become a better writer. I did not think it could really happen to me. I did not think I could handle all the work. I did not think I could actually become a better writer. Some how after all the hours of writing, and putting effort into the papers that I wrote this semester, I became a better writer. I did this because I concentrated on two very important areas, with the attitude of, if I could just become better in those then I would become a better writer. With help from an awesome teacher and a reliable tutor I have become a better writer by improving my skills in the areas of procrastination and content.
Throughout this semester I have learned many ways of writing through two main essays literacy narrative and comparison and contrast. These two essays have taught me how to correctly fix my comma splices, thesis statements, and capitalization. I have engaged in numerous learning material during this summer class. Many times when I thought it would be hard to work on those three developments I never gave up. I gain more positive feedback from my teacher because he pointed out most of my mistakes I made on both literacy narrative and comparison and contrast essays to help me understand what is it that I need to work on. My development as a writer became stronger.
The assignments given in English 101 were very interesting for me. I think that the course layout couldn’t have been better. There were a few assignments that I found interesting. In particular, I found the article by Malcolm Gladwell, “Offensive Play” to be really interesting. It was relatable to me because I used to play a lot of sports and now I invest a lot of time watching high contact sports such as football and it is intriguing to see the “behind the scenes” aspect of the game. However that being said, I did not really like writing the summary of this article. I found it difficul...
This class was far more intense than what I expected but I was able to make it through the semester. I learned a lot from this class that I will carry into the future and use in other classes. All of the revision and feedback I have received during the time in the class helped me in the end. I feel like I am gradually becoming a better writer. I will take everything that I have learned in this class and use it for future reference when writing papers. I overall have enjoyed this class this semester.
In summary, I had an enjoyable time in my first college English class. I pushed myself as diligently as I could and learned much more than I thought I would. In addition to, my strengths grew stronger and my weaknesses improved as well. I acknowledge I still have some techniques and skills to work on; however, I am willing to put the time in and cannot wait to take English in the future. Writing is an everlasting skill that will be an enormous asset to me; in addition to my future classes, and my career as
This semester was my very first semester as a college student. Being the first, it was probably the semester I would learn the most in. I learned the expectations for writing that I will have to live up to for the next four years of my college career. Though my high school teachers were usually demanding because I was in the Honors English section throughout high school, writing in college has still ?raised the bar? for me. Also, in high school, we would have weeks to pick a topic, create a thesis, outline the paper, write the paper, and then revise the paper. In college, the time restraints are not quite as lenient. I?ve had to learn to manage my time and be more productive with what free moments I have. Strangely enough, I?ve found the college English experience to be much more rewarding and enjoyable than in high school.
Over the course of the semester, I feel that I have grown as a writer in many ways. When I came into the class, there were skills I had that I already excelled at. During my time in class, I have come to improve on those skills even more. Before I took this class, I didn’t even realise what I was good at. This is the first class where I felt I received feedback on my writing that helped me to actually review my work to see what areas I lacked in and where I succeeded.