Priya Gandhi

Barbara Presnell

24 April 2017

UWRT 1104

Studio 10

Rhetorical Knowledge

These two pieces of previous writings are very different. The purpose of both of these

rights are completely different. For my first writing piece, the purpose was to explain how

talking in person is more valuable than texting someone. The point of the article reflection was

to confess my opinion that talking face-to-face with someone is not only more understanding,

but I appreciate it more. The purpose of my second piece of writing, the Dear Barbara letter,

was to tell you more about myself. I was explaining what makes me who I am. The audience of

both writings was you. The genre for the first writing was more present-day news, because the

article was written recently. The genre of the second one was a biography. The context of the

first one was formal rather than the informal second piece of writing. Lastly, both topics were

completely different. The first topic was me giving my opinion on present day issues. The

second writings topic was my personal information.

First Writing

Second Writing
Critical Knowledge

This piece of writing was in my Evaluated Works Cited. What makes this one source so

unique is because not only did it have an opinion written within the report but it also was a

research report. What made this report so intriguing besides the different contexts within it,

was the references to historical events. These references backed up Greene and Smiths point

of view, as well as their research. When analyzing this report, I saw myself reflecting on how

this topic started. I want my reader to know I did not choose this report purely because of its

relevance to my topic, I chose the report because of its point of view.

Knowledge Conventions

In all three of these writing pieces I am showing appropriate uses of conventions. Within

the first piece of writing has multiple forms of conventions. The first one is the caption

underneath the picture. The caption is in italics and describes the picture without taking away

from the essay. Also, within the first writing piece, I used a couple commas. I mainly used it

when introducing an idea. In the second piece of writing I used many uses of commas and semi-

colons. Especially in the last sentence, I wanted to give it more meaning by giving it dramatic

pauses. Hence the commas. Commas can tend to drag out paragraphs and sentences, but I

think commas give your mind a slight break to quickly gather thoughts. Obviously this is not the

proper use of commas. Lastly, in the third piece of writing, I used a header to introduce my

topic. My header was short and simple, to give the reader a gist of what they are about to read.

Writing #1
Writing #2

Writing #3
Composing Process

Throughout my writing process this whole semester I have many ups and downs.

Sometimes I would be able to mark through my own work and make a few minor changes, and

other times I would wipe my whole essay and restart. In the first example, I have my own

analyzation of my writing. You can see where I marked through in red. The red symbolizes ideas

I would either take out or reword. In order for my statements to make more sense. In the other

pictures I am showing another form of my draft in the eyes of my peers. My peers gave me

comments on what they like and dislike about my paper, which is another draft in itself. I am

calling the second and third pictures a draft as well because it is still a piece of information I am

incorporating into my final draft.

Critical Reflection

In this part of my Evaluated Works Cited I do believe that I gained insight and expressed

my opinion on this article in a new way. The article itself had a completely new perspective

than my previous articles for my inquiry project. So, I was able to add more interesting

information within my project because of the expressed ideas portrayed in the following article.

I was able to tell my viewers that not all people believe one gender is being discriminated

against, all genders are equally discriminated when it comes to gender bias within the

workplace. I was really happy when I found this article, because without it I thought my inquiry

paper was going to be bland and one-sided. It added some spice to my topic, as well as opened

my eyes to other issues occurring.

Creative Writing

In this piece, where I reflected from an experiment, I believe I was extremely creative.

First off, I found this experiment article in the beginning of my inquiry project. I did not intend

on finding this article, I just stumbled across it. I have never been more interested in any of my

other writings compared to this one. I thought the experiment was so interesting, and the fact

that it was actually conducted with real people made it even more intriguing. My creativity

definitely came from my extreme interest in the article. Every time I look back at my writings, I

am always the proudest of this one. This one piece of writing is not even good, grammatically.

However, the fact I put the most amount of interest into this one writing makes it my favorite.