Reflective Essay: The Complexity Of A Writing Class

You would think a writing class would only teach you how to write papers, but not until college did I realize the complexity of a writing class where other than writing it integrates methods of research, reflection, and reading for instance I never realized the complexity of reading and what to simply look for when reading text. In high school the idea of talking to the text where writing notes on the side while reading normally gave me enough information to get by. Thus never grasping the complexity of the text because the means were unknown. It was not until I was introduced to the rhetorical situation diagram in 1020. Prior to the rhetorical situation diagram we were given an assignment where we were to interpret three different viewpoints central around a single argument about oil. From prior knowledge about how to construct an argument I was to explain how the each writer proposed and sought out their argument. From what I initially knew about how to propose an argument I only …show more content…
This jump to using different writing styles was certainly something that took more research outside of the class room and ultimately a revision of my rhetorical analysis essay, due to the vague explanations of the persuasive appeals. This was due to our rough draft days where given the opportunity to look at another person’s essay in the class allowed me to understand the structure and the message being presented. There was also a day in class where we were to present our argument for our research while the people you were partnered with would ask questions trying to stump the argument my partners or I would make. This proved useful because we were able to bounce ideas off one another allowed me as well as my partner to get another perspective on the topic as guidance to ultimately create a stronger