Please free-write for 15 minutes on the drafting process.
- What did you find easy to write?
- What did you find challenging?
- If you had to pick one or two things you want guidance on before you enter into your final draft, what would they be?
- Post those thoughts here.
I think to find the evidence to supports main argue is easy to me. Because the main argue is very obvious in the text. The challenging for me is that rhetorical analysis. I was not very good on rhetorical analysis. I would like guidance on rhetorical analysis and summary of the text.
What I found challenging was explaining the rhetorical situation of the essay. I found that challenging, because it was hard to figure out to put together the thesis and evidence and figure out the big picture. I found it easy to provide the evidence to back up the claim. I think I also need some help on the flow of my essay.
1) I find easy to write is hook, text context, mainly my introduction, because othertime, I find difficultities to start my introduction. But this time I find it easy, maybe because I feel connect myself with the text deefly. Also, it was easy for to me write conclusion.
2) The challegening part was writing solid thesis. Also, it was hard to find rathorical devices from the text, and support the rethorical devices with valid information. The most difficult part is to persuade the audience with claim, purpose, and evidence.
3) They would be working on thesis and and my grammer.
4) Because I think my thesis is not strong enough that’s what I think, and I have to look at my sentence structure.
Overall, my experience writing my first rhetorical essay draft went pretty smooth. The thing that went best for me was picking out the rhetorical strategies used to prove the author’s argument and further connecting it as to how it emphasizes her argument. I feel like the evidence I picked out was strong in demonstrating the type of rhetorical strategy that it was as well as to the way it connects to my thesis statement. Before moving on to the next stage, I think I need to further work ion my conclusions. I think it would be much stronger in the sense of summarizing what I had wrote to nicely tie it up.
-What I found easy to write was the thesis statement since I’ve known how to write one for years and this time it wasn’t any different.
-What I found to be the most difficult about writing this was my rhetorical analysis. this is because this is first time i have worked on rhetorical analysis and i still need more practice with it.
-what i want more guidance on is writing my rhetorical analysis part of the essay because i feel like mine could be way better. i want it to feel like i know exactly how to write one when i submit my final draft.
What I found easy to write was the introduction because it is mainly just about introducing the author and her essay “Mother Tongue” plus what it is about. What I found challenging was showing how Tan rhetorically presents her ideas. I also found writing the thesis challenging. I think what I would want guidance on before entering the final draft is to know if my essay meets the criteria of Rhetorical Analysis Essay and what it is supposed to be.
Personally I found the introduction, summary and conclusion as the easiest to write. I found the thesis and rhetorical analysis section to be challenging. Overall I found that these sections are weaker than the others. I would want guidance on being more concise and coherent in the structuring of the rhetorical analysis section. I need to make my writing flow better with transitions that introduce each respective topic.
Within the drafting process, I found that writing the composition of the essay (i.e: The body paragraphs on rhetorical appeals/strategies) to be very easy to write. Since we’ve worked on various handouts that aided in our collection of these rhetorical strategies throughout the readings we’ve chosen, it was quite simple to connect our thoughts and ideas together into paragraph form for further analysis. However, one thing that I found challenging, for myself, was in writing a thesis that was short and effective. Personally, I had felt that I was over reaching with my thesis, as I had written more about it than what I had initially planned to. Thus, it seems to me as if I have dragged my thesis out a bit too much. If I had to pick one thing that I wished to receive guidance upon, it would be to refine my thesis to the point where it is short, sweet, and to the point.
I did find that the introduction and the summary is easy to write because we had been working on it for some time. I did find that writing and figuring out the logos, ethos, and pathos of the text is challenging. I want guidance on distinguish and understanding the logos, ethos, and pathos.
I found it easy to analyze the text and find the author’s argument. It was very clear about what they were talking about and their position on the topic. What I found challenging would be finding rhethorical devices throughout the poem. It is a very short poem but rhetorical devices and stratigies in a poem is different than what you would find in a narrative. For example, the use of alliteration isn’t normally found in narratives. I would like to know if my analysis has both a summary and analysis or does it lean mostly on one side.
I found it easy to write and analysis the text using ethos, pathos, and logos. Because I had already analyzed the text on previous worksheets I just had to elaborate on my points. I found it hard to organize my essay.
The drafting process was not that difficult. I had already written most of my essay in our “notes” version of the essay. I found it easy to write about the different examples of rhetoric that June Jordan presented in her text. I found it somewhat challenging to begin and end my essay. I also struggled with making it a full two pages. I felt like maybe I wasn’t writing enough and that my analysis wasn’t good enough because my essay was so short. My introduction and conclusion are basically the same sentences. If I had to pick one thing that I want guidance on it would be how to end my essay without repeating myself too much.
What I found easy to write were the parts of the assignment prompt that I already did in previous assignments such as including the summery and stating the rhetorical points used in the text.
What I found challenging was constructing my thesis and discussing about the rhetorical points from the text in depth.
I mostly want guidance on improving my thesis because I found it challenging to develop a strong thesis.
The drafting process for me was a mix of both difficult and manageable. The easiest part to write in my opinion was writing the summary of the article since we had already done activities and homework involved with creating a summary of the article we chose to write about. I found the rhetorical analysis part of the draft to be alittle more challenging. I would like some guidance on that part of the essay.
It was easy to write the the analysis part of the essay. However I did struggle to write an introduction. Having guidance for the start of a literary analysis would be helpful. Just maybe an example of one.
I found this essay harder to write than the narrative essay we had before. I found myself overthinking too much on how to get a great thesis statement while making sure I get perfect paragraphs supporting it. I found this essay harder to write than usual in my honest opinion. I would want guidance on my thesis statement and my rhetorical paragraph section. Writing a hook was not challenging and overall in a way summarizing the text was either but i found myself caught up a lot.
While writing, it was fairly easy for me to find rhetorical devices within the text to write about. There is a lot that Amy Tan uses that can be analyzed, so I did not struggle with determining those. I did have issues with actually backing up my claims. I often struggle with incorporating examples into my essays and properly explaining my viewpoints. There isn’t any particular thing I would like to receive guidance on, I would just like those reading over it to let me know how comprehensible the essay is as a whole, and let me know how I can better incorporate examples.
I found getting the intro and the context, and claim of the author, and putting it on paper to be fairly easy. I do have some difficulty with organizing the main body paragraphs, as it seems sometimes like I am rambling about the topics, with no real clear direction in my writing. I am not sure if this is true, but it does feel that way somehow. Id like some guidance on maybe how I could better organize my paragraphs, as right now I have it ordered by the 3 rhetoric appeals. I think I may just have to go back and spend some time re writing it to make it a more clear as to what I try to show in the paragraphs.
For my draft, I found the body paragraphs to be easy to write about since basically it was evaluating and restating what Saleem in the video said. It was also easy to write about because it was fun to write about, trying to convey what he verbally stated into a different medium. I found the conclusion and last paragraph of my draft (so far) to be challenging because I’m unsure as to how to end off the draft. I did include my personal experience in the conclusion but it feels like a quick impulse that doesn’t let the momentum carry itself long enough. If I had to choose one or two things I want guidance on, it would be the conclusion and the last paragraph. Granted I didn’t get to put that much time and effort into them so they’re more in the drafting process (as the rest of the essay).
I didn’t really find anything easy since I ended up going back and changing most of what I initially wrote. I found the rhetorical analysis paragraph a bit challenging because I was trying my best to connect it to a rhetorical situation. I would like guidance on my summary and rhetorical analysis paragraphs.
Honestly, I’m not finding the drafting process easy. I feel like my introduction doesn’t have a hook that can catch a reader’s attention. I don’t feel too confident in my summary either. Sometimes I second guess what should actually go in my summary because I think everything is important so I tend to make it wordy. I think my summary is okay right now, but can be improved slightly. However, the challenging part to me is analyzing. In some parts of my analysis, it felt repetitive so I think I would have to rewatch the Saleem TedTalk at least one more time before I can finalize my analysis. I understand the structure of the analysis with the help of the rhetorical analysis example. I just feel that I can analyze Saleem’s words a little more.
The advice I received earlier helped me target parts of my writing that I needed to work on. At the same time, though I felt like I needed to review a lot of my writing and I didn’t get around to fixing everything I wanted to fix. I had a hard time with not sounding repetitive. When I explained citations from the text, I felt like I was being repetitive. I would want guidance on whether my essay was effective at analyzing and which parts were repetitive.
What I found easy to write was to find evidence in the text to support my thesis because it was easier for me to analyze how each backs up a rhetorical device I used. Although I wouldn’t say it was easy, it wasn’t challenging because it was up to me to decide what I wanted to use in my essay. What I did find challenging was trying to formulate my thoughts because I feel like my thoughts were all over the place and it was hard trying to sum everything up so I ended up repeating some phrases. If I would choose some things that I would be working on would be the structure of my essay and how well my thesis is developed.