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Effective Rhetorical Analysis

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The past two semesters were great experiences. Within this past school year my knowledge as a reader and writer has improved. It felt like it was just yesterday, when I had a lot of difficulty writing and poor reading strategies. Now, as I said before, I am an improved writer and reader. The assignments and class activities over the two semesters were great benefits to me, and helped me make progress towards the first year learning goals. The first year learning goals are what students must achieve throughout their first year in college. There are 6 goals that focus on how developed an individual has become in reading and writing. The first goal, is “to help students understand the ways readers read and writers write in and beyond the university.” …show more content…

Analyzing was never my strong suit, until we were assigned to write a rhetorical analysis. The assignment was to look at a persuasive article whether in magazines or online, and analyze how/why the author’s article was effective. With the explanation on how to properly analyze, I was able to write an effective rhetorical analysis paper. Not only did I write a strong rhetorical analysis, but I now have the knowledge on how to effectively write an analysis, which will benefit me in the future. Learning how to take a text and analyze it, helped guide me towards goal #3, which better my process of writing and thinking. Furthermore, in the second semester we also had a research assignment. Within this assignment, we had to create an auto bibliography of our resources. This was great, because it helped me know how to properly cite a resource. Knowing how to cite in APA format, was beneficial for my progression to reach goal #4 and my other courses. For example, if the course did not cover how to properly cite in APA format, I would have incorrectly cite resources for other class assignments as well. With the knowledge of how to properly cite in APA format, it will be a great use in my future college

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