1. What was specifically revised from one draft to another?
I specifically wanted to revise how I addressed what rhetorical strategies the author used. I thought the article was especially well crafted in this regard. I realized in my first couple drafts I provided more summary than I did analysis so in my final draft I really attempted to narrow in on analysis.
2. Point to global changes? A reconsideration of audience? A shift in purpose?
I shifted in purpose in that I wanted to provide more analysis on why the author chose those rhetorical strategies over other ones.
3. What led you to these changes? A reconsideration of audience? A shift in purpose?
I actually re-read the article and then evaluated how I felt about it and then deemed what I thought was successful that the author used.
4. How does these changes affect your credibility as an author?
I think I wrote it in a way that is more understandable and clearer to the audience so they will be able to understand what I am saying more thoroughly. Through this they are better able to understand stand my argument and form their own opinion about the matter.
5. How will these changes better address the audience or venue?
The reader will better able to understand what I am saying and what Schwartz was saying his article. They will also understand more the rhetorical strategies he used because I broke it down for them with analysis.
6. Point to local changes: how did you reconsider sentence structure and style?
I reformatted my essay in such a way that I immediately went into analysis of the two rhetorical strategies and then I shifted into a more theoretical analysis. This way it is more clearer what I am writing about right off the bat.
7. How will these changes assist your audience in understanding your purpose?
I think they will understand more of what the article was talking about without having actually read it since I tried to do a lot more of analysis of major quotes throughout the essay.
8. Did you have to reconsider the conventions of the particular genre in which you are writing?
I had to go back a couple times and re-evaluate how I was writing and who I was writing for. I think it helped a lot to read some of my classmates essays to see how they were formatting it so I could better format mine.
9. Finally, how does the process of reflection help you reconsider your identity as a writer?
I think this has helped me grow as a writer because instead of presenting an argument myself, I analyzed how someone else presented one and then deconstructed it which was super helpful in developing my analytical skills.
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EDIT:
I read Isaac's and Swati's reflections. I agreed with both of them on multiple ideas. Isaac and I both were able to develop our ideas further from draft to draft. This was helpful because I was able to expand on ideas and make them much more complex than I originally had them which helped the reader understand my essay better. Swati and I went through a similar experience where we wrote our essays in more of a QRG style than in this style so we had to spend some time revising.
You had a pretty different experience going from rough to final draft than me. It seems like the body paragraphs were more of what you had to focus on improving, while your intro and conclusion were more solid to begin with. For me, I felt my body paragraphs were well constructed, while my introduction and conclusion were weak and needed revision. Either way, we're both done now and that's pretty sweet!
ReplyDeleteWe had a pretty similar experience with revising for the audience. I also realized that my body paragraphs needed a lot of restructuring so that they really matched my thesis. I found my thesis to be pretty solid, so it was a lot easier revising with both the thesis and the audience in mind. I'm glad we had such a specific audience, as it was definitely a good revising/learning experience.
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