Johnnie R. Norman Jr.

3 December 2014
ENGL 2010, (11am-11: 50am)
Professor: Joshua A. Terry
(Rhetorical Rationale)
Rhetorical Rationale
This fall semester, in English 2010 I have learned many essential writing skills.
One particular writing skill was utilizing rhetoric elements. This allowed me to analyze
several things in relation to rhetoric elements such as rogerian arguments, multimedia,
writing from sources, and public writing.
At the start of the semester my main target audience was the professor. However,
I began to rewrite more to my peers to get a sense of how the reader thinks and analyzes
critical information. By utilizing those elements of public writing, writing from sources,
and multimedia improved my thoughts and arguments within my writing. For example, in
the Proposal assignment for Cell Phones my process analysis, I focused on the use of
work cited material and research and an overall sense of a stand on the issue. Having
concrete solutions and answering the so what questions. The revision and rewriting of
these papers allowed me to reorganize my thoughts and have the paper flow better and
providing an in depth analysis and providing the reader with a suggested solution.
However, if you look closer the original paper lacked any sort of these rhetorical
elements.
In the Proposal analysis, I wrote the paper geared towards people that are
interested in cellphones and what the negative effects were on the population of users. I

emphasized how interpersonal skills have greatly effected how the user interacts with
other people, the importance of conversation, and communication to the reader I felt was
critical for suggesting a solution.
In these last two assignments, my rough drafts have been written in one whole
piece, I find that getting my thoughts on paper is important first, before any editing,
grammar, spelling or proofreading are fixed. However, Im currently finding was to
improve on the editing and proofreading process.
In my revision of Profile, my focus was not as clear as I perceived it to be. So, I
added clarifying sentences throughout to emphasize my point as well as identifying the
character. In Role Model I needed to fix the reading rhythm, summary, and add a
clearer thesis statement. Peer reviews were extremely helpful in the process of editing
and creating a complete revised draft. I was able to look at different perspectives of my
writing and use it to my benefit.
English has always been an enjoyable subject for me. My writing reflects my
ideas, and my thoughts, conveying successfully what I hope to get across to my audience
and myself as a person. My life has been full of experiences that have matured my ideas
about who my target audience is. Developing my own voice in writing, has allowed me
to reflect throughout my writing.