Throughout the course of the semester, my ability as a writer has increased at a slight level. The semester began on a rough patch with my initial submission of assignment one, but that was quickly resolved in my revisions. Since that point, my grades have been relatively similar. I would accredit this improvement to the feedback I received on the first assignment, although some of my faults could be seen in the next assignment as well. Since that point, however, my writing has been relatively consistent. The course played an important role in how I approach prewriting, my role as a writer, how I structure my writings, and just a better idea of who I am as a writer. The preparations of my writing made the most improvement from previous years.
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I knew that teachers and the occasional peers would be viewing my works, but I had no idea how to approach that situation. As a result, I would just write as if my reader was completely oblivious to the topic I was writing about. While long run this strategy proved to be beneficial in increasing the clarity of my writing, it lacked persona. Assignment three really got me to think about this aspect of my writings. Once it was determined that the paper was going to be on trying to get people to go see a wider variety of films, I really needed to consider my audience and what persona would best suite my audience. Upon recognizing what role, I would play as a writer, everything from that point just seemed to click and run smoothly for the remaining duration of the assignment. Since that point, whenever I write this is a factor that I am always considering. Another aspect I improved was when it comes to the …show more content…
Throughout my writing career, my introductions had been consistently weak simple. Upon realizing this with assignment one, I began to consider how I might be able to capture the attention of my reader so that they would actually be interested to continue reading. Having a controversial or outrageous statement within the introduction, the audiences curiously would help promote them to continuing to read, making an introduction all the more effective. Beyond the overall format of my works, I began to consider what rhetorical strategies I use within these
I knew that teachers and the occasional peers would be viewing my works, but I had no idea how to approach that situation. As a result, I would just write as if my reader was completely oblivious to the topic I was writing about. While long run this strategy proved to be beneficial in increasing the clarity of my writing, it lacked persona. Assignment three really got me to think about this aspect of my writings. Once it was determined that the paper was going to be on trying to get people to go see a wider variety of films, I really needed to consider my audience and what persona would best suite my audience. Upon recognizing what role, I would play as a writer, everything from that point just seemed to click and run smoothly for the remaining duration of the assignment. Since that point, whenever I write this is a factor that I am always considering. Another aspect I improved was when it comes to the …show more content…
Throughout my writing career, my introductions had been consistently weak simple. Upon realizing this with assignment one, I began to consider how I might be able to capture the attention of my reader so that they would actually be interested to continue reading. Having a controversial or outrageous statement within the introduction, the audiences curiously would help promote them to continuing to read, making an introduction all the more effective. Beyond the overall format of my works, I began to consider what rhetorical strategies I use within these