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Exploring Your Own Writing Process

I usually write in my room in the quiet. I write my outline in pencil, so I can erase when I edit it. Then I type my rough and final draft, because it's easy to fix your mistakes on the computer, it's legible, and looks better then it being hand-written. The conditions I write in is in the quiet, so I can concentrate on what I am writing about. Invention strategies I use is to first brainstorm ideas then put those ideas in an organized outline. Then for the drafting process I elaborate on those ideas by typing a first rough draft, then edit the first rough draft so it flows better and is more organized. Then I usually have someone else read and critic my paper, and then I edit it again, and write my final. Revisions play an important role in my writing process because my first rough draft is just a bunch of unorganized ideas that probably wouldn't make sense to anyone. But I keep revising my paper to get to my final draft, which is organized, flows well, and makes sense. My ideal writing circumstances are to write about a topic that I choose that interest me. My paper would probably be better because I would enjoy what I am writing about, since i chose it, and it would show through my paper. My workshop and peer review experiences in the past have just been peer editing with other students in my English class.

Workshop Draft/Essay R Feedback

1. What does a workshop draft (as a genre) look like?
A workshop draft looks like a bunch of ideas that are not well organized yet. It is in between an out-line and rough draft.
2. What's its purpose/audience?
Its purpose is to lay-out your ideas so when it comes time to write the rough and final copy you have your ideas there, you just need to organize them. The audience depends on the genre.
3. How does purpose/audience differ from a finished draft?
The finished draft is well organized and the ideas flow, and the point of the paper is clear to the audience

Essay R Feedback
To improve this Essay I would talk more about the 80s, since the paper was supposed to be comparing and contrasting wrestling from the 80s to now. The author didn't talk about how wrestling was back in the 80s, he just said that wrestling has changed, and said how the sport was now. Also he didn't say any similarities between wrestling from the 80s and now, he only focused on the changes, and I think he should have mentioned a few similarities. I think he should have given more detail too. There were a lot of places that he could have elaborated but didn't, such as he could have talked specifically about the wrestlers diets and then compared and contrast the wrestlers diets from 80s and the wrestlers now. Another thing I think the author could improve is he could have added background information on wrestling for those who read his paper and don't know a lot about the sport. Last, I think the author should have used more sources and got more information. On the other hand, I thought the author's opening paragraph was very good because it grabs the readers attention. Also another positive of the Essay was he used facts and numbers from a cited source for support.

Essay R

Essay R

I would give this paper a C+ because he had some really good information and facts cited in his paper, but the assignment was to compare and contrast and he did state a lot of how wrestling has changed, but he didnt really say any simillarities. Also I think he should have cited more from other sources rather then just using one source. I think he should have included more info in some parts, like when he was talking about diets and exercises he could have mentioned some of the exercises and gave more detail in their diets, and then said how its different from the wrestlers back in the 80s. However, I do like how he started his paper with the opening paragraph because it grabs your attention. So therefore overall I would give this paper a C+.

Chapter 2.h

1. I believe the rhetorical situation to which this text is a responce to is that the author, Gabriel Mcvey, that wrote, "Do not be fooled by the Clinton's again." is not persuasive. The writer's main purpose is to prove that Gabriel McVey was not very persuasive when trying to convince his audience that they should not vote for Hilary Clinton in the upcoming election. His audience is college students. I can tell by his diction and also since the article was posted in a college news paper.
2. The genre conventions I recgonize in the text is persuasive. I have written one paper in this genre in high school, and i was trying to persude against censorship.
3. Another genre the author could have used and achieved the same purpose for the same audience is a documentary. The advantages of a documentary is it would grab more college students attention rather then the text. A disadvantage of a documentary is that it might only show one side, and it would be to bias.
4. Another genre the writer might use to commicate his purpose to a different audience is a debate. Therefore both sides could be represented and argued, and this could be presented to an older audience. The writer would need to adapt his persuasive appeals by taking about issues that effect the age group he is addressing.
5. A genre that might also apply to a teacher is persusaive. A social worker would use the genre non-fiction because they would present all the facts, and a scientist would use data and charts gathered from polls for the election to present his opion.