D#6, HW#2 - Writing Project Reflection

To complete my research proposal, I first needed to identify a question I was interested in researching. Next, I identified my intended purpose and audience. After that, I examined my rhetorical situation. This included analyses of how the question related to myself and my audience, how/why answering this question fit in with contemporary discussions, and also what sources would be used for research. Although the steps I take in future writing projects will be slightly different in response to the context, the general steps will be the same, such as identifying a question, then analyzing purpose and audience.

I'm most proud of the coherency in this writing project. The written ideas were focused on answering the questions I needed to answer for the assignment. I am concerned that my chosen topic will yield a "debatable" point. I tried to search as many sources as possible to determine the availability of a position on this topic. If I had more time, I might change the focus of my research question.

Turnitin.com reported 0% match for my paper. This indicated to me that I had the right idea in constructing my paper. I did not revise my work based on this report.

In writing this project, I specifically focused on analyzing the rhetorical situation, including author, purpose, audience, and context. Its been a few years since I approached my writing in this way, and I feel I did well in re-learning and re-focusing those ideas. In my next writing project, I will focus on organization of information.

This assignment required that I address most of the course outcomes. In particular, writing for specific rhetorical contexts, as this paper was itself an analysis of the context for an intended future project. Organization and coherence were required (as they are in all writing), including the use of proper conventions such as grammar. I think I was successful in addressing these course outcomes as evidenced by what my peers indicate is a well-written paper.