Audience
Who, specifically is going to be reading this essay? Who am I trying to reach with my argument?
Since I am writing my quick reference guide for the purpose of my English class, the main audience that is going to be reading this is my peers. I am trying to make the information available for them from both sides in order for them to decide which they most believe in.
What are their values and expectations? Am I adequately meeting those expectations?
I think my peers expect me to have put a considerable amount of effort and time into my quick reference guide. They want to be able to understand all the material and then draw their own opinion from that without having to look anywhere else. I believe I am doing a fine job so far of representing both sides equally with as much information as possible.
How much information do I need to give to my audience? How much background information or context should I provide for them without insulting their expertise?
I think most people are really unaware of the Creative Writing MFA so I do have to explain a lot in order to make sense. Most of the details I provide are pretty relevant to the argument. There needs to be enough background information in order to truly grasp the argument of which side is saying.
What kind of language is suitable for this audience?
While the language is supposed to be professional and polished, it is not supposed to be academic writing. Rather, it is more journalism writing than anything. Quick, concise sentences with as much detail as possible in all of them without being too confusing.
What tone should I use with my audience? Do I Use this tone consistently throughout my draft?
I adopt a neutral tone in my quick reference guide because I am not supporting one argument more than the other. Thus, I choose to write in third person instead of first person because it is a lot easier to sound impartial that way.
Context
What are the formatting requirements of the assignment? Do I meet them?
The formatting requirements are making important decisions about the font, titles, margins, images and visuals because that is what will draw your reader in. I tried to make my QRG very polished with a minimalistic design because that is the easiest to read without being too boring. Use of color and images are very important. I think I have done a good job of accomplishing this.
What are the content requirements for the assignment? Do I meet them?
You must cover the entire controversy. So in mine I made sure to cover both sides of the argument with equal amounts of evidence. After reading my peers comments I think I could divide them into more subtopics to make it even clearer. Obviously some people's will be shorter or longer depending on the amount of information they have to share.
Does my draft reflect knowledge or skills gained in class in addition to my own ideas and voice?
Yes, I've adequately cited all my images - something I didn't know I had to do or even knew how to do before I started this class. I also learned more about formatting, which is reflected in the major title along with subtitles.
Have I addressed any grammatical issues that my teacher highlighted in class or in my previously-graded assignments?
As always, I try to make sure to follow the rules of English language and grammar to the best of my ability. I feel like it would be especially embarrassing to have some errors in my QRG because it's about English graduate programs. I followed the rules of titles and opening introductions, as well as short but concise sentences. My peers did make a couple comments on my QRG on some verb tenses I need to fix so I should probably fix those.
 |
| Mummelgrummel. "Student writing takes many shapes in Freshman writing classes; including handwritten freewriting and notetaking." 02/08/13 via Wikipedia. Creative Commons License. |
No comments:
Post a Comment