How well do you think you express your ideas through writing?What are your strengths?What are your weaknesses?

Consider who you were as a write in September and who you are as a writer now in December, three months and many assignments later.

To help you reflect, respond to the following 4 questions in a loose essay form:

1. How well do you think you express your ideas through writing?
What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses?

2. What kind of writer are you? What do you think is your writing style?
Have fun. Compare yourself to an animal or a color or the weather or a person or think of another way to describe your writing style.

3. Describe your unique drafting process. What exactly do you do? How do you draft, move from draft #1 to draft #2. What are your plans for draft #3?

4. What surprised you about your writing this semester? What disappointed you?

Encourage you to be creative! What sound do your fingers make on the keyboard as you type? What color ink do you use to freewrite or annotate? What sounds occur around you when you try to write–is it a loud kitchen full of bustle and voices, a quiet bedroom with blue flowered wallpaper, or what? Use details and narrative to tell your story as a writer.

Explain how the two lenses contrast with each other in relation to your topic.What are the differences?

Similarities and difference

Describe the two lenses you have selected for your analysis.

Compare the two lenses in relation to your topic. What are the similarities?

Explain how the two lenses contrast with each other in relation to your topic.What are the differences?

Reflect on the benefits of the research process. Consider the following:

What have you gained by looking at your topic through the lenses so far?

What might be some of the benefits of further research?

Guidelines for Submission

Your submission should be a Word document, one to two pages in length, with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Any sources should be cited according to APA style. Consult the APA Style Guide available through the Shapiro Library for more information on citations.

Module Six Short Answer Rubric
Criteria Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Lens Description Describes the two lenses selected Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include a more detailed description of the two lenses selected Does not attempt criterion 22.5
Lens Comparison Compares the two lenses in relation to the topic Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include greater analysis in the comparison of the two lenses in relation to the topic Does not attempt criterion 22.5
Lens Contrast Explains how the two lenses contrast with each other in relation to the topic Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include a more detailed explanation of how the two lenses contrast with each other in relation to the topic Does not attempt criterion 22.5
Research Process Reflects on the benefits of the research process Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include a more thorough reflection on the benefits of the research process Does not attempt criterion 22.5
Articulation of Response Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purpose Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readability Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas 10
Total: 100%

Explain the importance of developing information literacy skills.

Explain the importance of developing information literacy skills.

How have your information literacy skills changed as a result of the resources in this module?
From the module resources, identify the sources of information that were the most impactful to you.
How might having strong information literacy skills impact your academic or professional career?

Guidelines for Submission

Your submission should be a Word document, one to two pages in length, with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Any sources should be cited according to APA style. Consult the APA Style Guide available through the Shapiro Library for more information on citations.

Module One Short Answer Assignment Guidelines and Rubric

Criteria Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Importance of Information Literacy Skills Explains the importance of developing information literacy skills Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include more detail in explaining the importance of developing information literacy skills Does not attempt criterion 22.5

Information Literacy and Module Resources Evaluates how information literacy skills changed as a result of module resources Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include more detail in evaluation of how information literacy skills changed as a result of evaluating the module resources Does not attempt criterion 22.5

Identify Sources of Information Identifies the sources of information that were most impactful Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include more detail about the sources that were most impactful Does not attempt criterion 22.5
Impact on Academic or Professional Career Explains how having strong information literacy skills impacts academic or professional career Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include more detail in explaining how having strong information literacy skills impacts own academic or professional career Does not attempt criterion 22.5
Articulation of Response Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purpose Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readability Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas 10
Total: 100%

Has there been a time when you’ve had a long-cherished or accepted belief challenged?How did you respond?How did the challenge affect your beliefs?

Has there been a time when you’ve had a long-cherished or accepted belief challenged?How did you respond?How did the challenge affect your beliefs?

This is a college essay and can be from 500 – 650 words long. The question is typed above in the Paper title section. There is a rough draft attached. It is too lengthy and in very rough form. This essay is for application to the University of Texas at Austin. If in your opinion this essay is to bland, feel free to add to it or request more interesting and relevant info.

What were the texture,Sempo,dyanmies,rhythm,meter hiod/goality,lyrical texture syllabie/melismatic,vocal texture?

Suggestive

Describe the music using vocabulary from the introduction chapter.

What were the texture,Sempo,dyanmies,rhythm,meter hiod/goality,lyrical texture syllabie/melismatic,vocal texture?

Suggestive refers to the subject of the paragraph. You may choose to include other ideas or you can rearrange the order of ideas.

The number of paragraphs will vary, but no less than four.

Identify and explain the role rhetorical appeals and the rhetorical triangle can play in non-fiction print and/or multimodal texts.

How environmental background affects financial stability

1. Identify and explain the role rhetorical appeals and the rhetorical triangle can play in non-fiction print and/or multimodal texts.

2. Locate, accurately cite (through summary, paraphrasing, and quoting) and critically evaluate primary and secondary sources.

3. Demonstrate knowledge of writing as a process, including consideration of peer and/or instructor feedback, in one or more pieces of writing from initial draft to final revision.

So far, we have discussed and analyzed rhetorical appeals in the context of both textual and visual rhetoric. This essay asks you to apply those skills to two argumentative texts of your choosing about your research topic, and to make an argument about how your selected texts communicate rhetorically to appeal to their intended audiences. Not only will this assignment help you hone your analytical and close reading skills, but it will also help you think about the importance of considering context and audience in your own writing. One of the first major steps in building on your skills as a writer is becoming conscious and aware of how arguments are made and what makes them persuasive. This will help you improve your ability to deliberately incorporate effective rhetoric into your own writing.

For this 1000-1250-word assignment, choose two argumentative pieces of rhetoric relevant to your research question. One source should be a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article and one source should be a long-form magazine article (e.g. an article published in the Atlantic or a New York Times editorial). Analyze how well their components work together to persuade or move their audiences. Rather than engaging heavily with the content of the chosen pieces, this assignment asks you to focus on how the authors are making the arguments. To successfully complete this task, please use the following questions as your guidance:

Think about the rhetorical situation of the articles: What is the rhetorical situation of each piece? Where is it published? What audiences are addressed?
Think about the argument in each piece: Are the arguments timely and exigent? What rhetorical appeals are used (ethos, logos, and pathos)?
After considering these questions, compose a thesis-based argument in which you discuss how the authors make the arguments and whether they are persuasive/effective for the audience(s) you have identified.

The audience for this piece is, at the same time, similar to and different from your previous assignment. While your text will be read by your classmates and the instructor for feedback and learning purposes, you should also picture your essay as a part of an academic conversation, which means it will be of interest to other participants in that conversation. Your academic audience is interested not only in the issue addressed by your chosen texts, but also in the implications of the rhetorical strategies used by individuals who argue about that issue. As academics, they value close, insightful analysis. Additionally, while they expect a certain level of formality and structure, they are interested in reading lively, personable essays.

Double spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins on all sides. Save the file as your last name and the assignment title (i.e. McDuffieReflection.docx) and submit as a Word file.

information that is not your own (including language from your chosen text) must be cited within the text of your paper and the Works Cited. Quotation marks should be used any time you are using language that is copied from your sources. Information should be cited according to MLA or APA style (or another style guide approved by the instructor).

This essay will be assessed based on how well it achieves its intended goals pertaining to rhetorical analysis, including audience evaluation, rhetorical appeals, rhetorical strategies, and thesis statements. See the essay rubric for details on the evaluation categories.

What are the three specific and most important takeaways for you and why?

Prompts you may wish to consider and respond to include:

What did the Freedman book teach you about writing?

What impressed you and why?

What lessons or examples were new and prompted you to think how you could use those tactics in your own writing?

What are the three specific and most important takeaways for you and why?

Make this essay thoughtful; be analytical of your own work.

Cite specific pages in your essay.

What do you most want to remember and apply in your own writing?

Remember: Freedman is particularly good at writing about the use of people, keeping things simple, the suitcase theory, and the rule of threes. Those can be prompts for your essay, but be sure to add others of your own selection.

Do not simply praise or criticize the book—this is not a book report.

Do not waste a single word writing the title or Freedman’s name.

Be thoughtful and insightful about your own writing, and tell us what you think you learned.

Double-space your work.
Use paragraphs to organize your thoughts or you will earn a “D: