Instruction of Reflection
Final Rhetorical Reflection
This final reflection will detail your academic writing process; it will showcase your understanding of the rhetorical context, terms, and strategies; and, it will discuss how rhetorical analysis influences your composition of texts.
Specifically, the reflection should:
Discuss the writing process you engaged in for the different papers you created in this class, using specific rhetorical vocabulary (4-5 rhetorical terms) to explain it;
use evidence (quote yourself!) from your paper plans and drafts to support your claims;
make comparisons between the different papers you have written;
explain how your writing process has changed over the course of the semester, what aspects of writing you think you do well, and which ones you will continue to work on.
Remember these items as you write:
Purpose: Your purpose is to produce an entertaining and informative reflection that demonstrates your understanding of your own writing process, strengths, and challenges. As well, the reflection will also showcase your knowledge of rhetorical context and rhetorical vocabulary (rhetorical terms, Toulmin, Aristotle’s Appeals, etc.).
Medium: You can use any medium you want to produce this project: MS Word, Prezi, YouTube, PowerPoint, pen and paper, typewriter, a series of memes, Powtoons, smart draw, etc. It does not need to take the form of an essay.
Genre: You may follow any form and style you would like. It can be personal and narrative or objective and quantitative. It can follow an existing genre or create a new one.
Audience: You are writing specifically for your professor and your classmates.
Stance: You are a thoughtful and successful college student who understands their own work and rhetorical terms and concepts. Your slant should reflect this authority.
