Times New Roman font, size 12. Double-spaced with one-inch margins. 1000-1200 words. The Work Cited page is not included in the word count. Use MLA style formatting, including headings and citation.
Reflective Response
In this next assignment, a Reflective Response, you will interact on a more personal level, reflecting on how a text affects you personally, connects with your own experiences, or challenges your own values or beliefs. Reflective strong responses are more open-form, and may engage storytelling, chronological transitions, and more visual, illustrative language (low on the “ladder of abstraction”).
You will need to choose a different article than the one you analyzed in the Rhetorical Critique. All seven Articles for Analysis and Synthesis fit a common theme, wrestling with questions of what makes good writing. By writing reflectively on this topic, you will be able to develop awareness of your own relationship with writing, what your strengths are, and how your perception of writing compares with other professional writers and other students. As you reflect, consider both negative and positive memories; many of the most interesting and most rewarding stories are born out of conflict and trouble. But don’t let the events speak for themselves. Reflect on them and connect them to the text you’re responding to.
Objectives
Getting in touch with your own experiences with composing, drafting, and revising is an important step for developing your skills as a writer, in any setting. This includes the remaining required papers for this class, writing throughout your college career, and writing that will be required of you later on in your professional life. The Reflective Response essay should give you the opportunity to explore a new side of your personal relationship with writing. The remaining papers for this semester will continue to build on the skills you develop in writing this paper.
Requirements:
Appropriate blend of open- and closed-form prose that demonstrates a logical progression and organization of thoughts
Use of specific language (descriptive, figurative, with attention paid to word choice)
A clear presentation of the original article by summarizing the major arguments and presenting the writer’s position in a fair and reasonable manner
Reflect on the theme of writing: demonstrating awareness of your own relationship with writing, connecting the article with your own personal experiences, beliefs, or values
Respond to the article showing meaningful engagement and interaction with the text
Purposefully incorporated textual examples into your own writing, cited appropriately according to MLA guidelines
Smooth transitions between ideas/paragraphs and clear style
Use of appropriate college-level spelling, grammar and mechanics
Appropriately formatted Works Cited page