1. For this journal, consider
all of the different audiences you encounter throughout the day on a weekly
basis. Who do you talk to and encounter? How do you change your approach with
each audience? Do you speak differently to friends than you do to your children?
If you have to call an insurance company, do you speak differently to the agent
on the phone than your grandmother? Describe at least two interactions and how
they are different from one another. You might want to include two interactions
that describe your life situation, like where you work or live.
Your response should be at least 200 words and should follow APA format. No
references or citations are necessary.
2. Please respond to this
prompt by reflecting upon your own writing process. You may choose to use the
guiding questions/prompts below as a way to begin your reflection; however, you
do not have to address all of the questions. The objective of this reflection
is to become better acquainted with the process that you go through when writing.
· Recalling the last correspondence that you wrote,
what was your process? For example, if the last correspondence you wrote was an
email, what was your process in writing that email?
· Do you approach each academic writing assignment in
the same way?
· What are your feelings about writing? Have you
always had these feelings?
· Do you have the same feelings about all writing or
just writing for which you will receive a grade?
· Do you begin by gathering your thoughts or by
writing down everything you know?
· Do you always follow the same process every time
you write, or does your process seem to change depending upon what you are
writing?
· How does your process change (if at all) between
writing prepared for work versus writing prepared for your academics?
· What is your best outline of your process for an
essay?
· Did you find any of the materials in Unit II about
process particularly helpful or inspirational? Why?
· Did you find the notion of “invention” as
a canon of rhetoric to be interesting or productive? Why?
· What was your process for writing this reflection?
Remember that this is a piece
of reflective writing, and while we tend to consider reflective writing to be
about “how far we have come,” it is not necessary for that to be the
case. Looking in the mirror at our reflection is not an act about the passage
of time or about growth; it is about being able to see ourselves where before
we could not. So remember to be kind to yourself. You are a beginning writer,
and this is an exercise about discovering who you are as a writer so that we
can work together to build who you will be.
Your response should be at
least 200 words and should follow APA format. No references or citations are
necessary.
