ReverseOutlineWP1

MainPoint
CNN,theWashingtonPost,andFoxNewsall
havearticleswithcontentfocusingonthe
upcomingGOPdebate,yeteacharticlecomes
fromadifferentanglethroughtheuseof
simple,complex,orcasualtonesdepending
ontheaudienceslevelofpolitical
knowledge.
CNNisabipartisan,nationalnewssource
thatfocusesonneutrallypresentingfactsto
eventhemostuninformedaudiencemember.
TheWashingtonPostisaliberalnewsoutlet
thatusesmorecomplexlanguagetopokefun
attheRepublicanpartysincethemajorityof
theirreadersfavormoreliberalideologies.
FoxNewsisaconservativenewswebsitethat
casuallyappealstothosewhoidentifyas
Republicansthroughtheuseofrelatable
language.
Regardlessofthenewsoutlet,eacharticlehas
aninformative,interestingtitleinorderto
grabtheattentionoftheirreaders.
Subheadingsallowtheauthortodiscussthe
mostimportantaspectsofthedebateaswell
asjumparoundfromonepointtoanother
withoutseemingchoppy.
Becausearticlesfocusonveryspecifictopics
(inthiscasetheupcomingGOPdebate),there
isoftennotenoughroomtoinclude
backgroundinformation;therefore,articlesall
haveadditionalfeatureslikehyperlinksand
visualstoenhancethereadersknowledgeon
thesubject.
Thisparagraphfocusesonwhatgenrereally
isandwhyitisimportantforstudentsto
learn.

How/Whysupportsmainargument

ThisparagraphexplainsthatCNNuses
simple,neutrallanguagetoexplain
informationabouttheupcomingGOPdebate
toadiversesetofaudiencemembers.
ThisparagraphexplainsthatTheWashington
Postcapitalizesonitsmorepolitically
knowledgeable,liberalaudienceinorderto
satiricallycommentabouttheRepublican
partyandtheupcomingGOPdebate.
ThisparagraphexplainsthatFoxNewshasa
strongfollowingofConservatives;therefore,
thiswebsiteisabletousespecificlanguage
regardingtheGOPDebatetoappealtotheir
largelyRepublicanaudience.
Whenlookingateacharticlestitle
individually,itiscleartoseethatthetitles
andthetitlespurposeswerecraftedwith
eithertheliberal,conservative,orneutral
audiencememberinmind.
Thetitlesofthesubheadingsarerelatedtothe
audienceofthearticlebecauseofhowcasual
theyare,similartotheoveralltitles.
Thisparagraphfocusesontheaudience
membersandtheirpreviousknowledgeonthe
subjectthatthearticleisdiscussing.Itdoes
notdirectlyrelatetothethesisregardingthe
tone,butismoreofaspecificconventionof
variousnewsarticlesthatIthoughtshouldbe
included.
Thisparagraphdoesnotreallyrelatedbackto
thethesisstatement,butratheranswerssome
questionsthatwereaskedinthepromptabout

thegenreasawhole.
Thereisindeedaspecificsetofconventions Thisismyconcludingparagraphthat
relatingtonewssources,however,thereisno basicallyrestatesthethesisstatement.
templateforthisgenre;ratheranauthormust
establishtherelevantaudiencememberin
ordertoappealtothismemberthroughtone
andcontent.
ReverseOutlineWP2
MainPoint
Regardlessoftechnicalgenretitle,allofthese
authorsuseaparticulartoneinorderto
conveyasenseofemotiontotheiraudience
members;additionally,eachauthorishoping
toelicitanemotionalresponsefromtheir
readerthrougheitherquantitativeor
emotionalevidence.
Sincevariousgenreshavedifferentaudiences
inmind,theymustuseparticularmoves,ora
setofchoicesandtechniquesthatelicita
particularresponsefromthereader,inorder
toaccomplishtheirgoal
Scholarlyarticlessharesimilarstructural
conventionsliketitlesandreferencesto
previousstudies,aswellasaprofessional
tonethatappealstosomeoneinacademia.
Dependingonthefocusofthearticle,
scholarlypiecesarepublishedinvarious
sources;thisresultsindifferentstructural
conventionssuchassubtitlestoappealto
particularreaders.
Thebloggersconversational,vulnerabletone
elicitsanemotionalresponsefromthe
readers.
Theconversationaltoneinfluencesthe
authorsmoveswhenstructuringtheblog
throughtitlesandsubtitles.
Bothbloggersandauthorsfromacademiause

How/Whysupportsmainargument

Thisisalmostasecondintroduction
paragraphthatprovidessomebackground
informationtothereaderaboutgenreand
movesandwhyauthorsusemovesin
particular.
Thisparagraphestablishestheconventions
thatcanbefoundinascholarlyarticleand
exemplifiestheparticulartonethatauthors
useinordertoappealandrelatetotheir
academicaudience.
Thisparagraphusesexamplesofsub
headingsineachofthescholarlypiecesto
showhowscholarlypiecesattempttoappeal
emotionallytothereader.
Throughvariousexamples,theauthorusesa
setofdictionthatreaderswillperceivetobe
emotionallycompellingandcanbe
consideredtobeemotionalevidence.
Sincethesubtitlesandtitlearetypicallypart
ofstructuralconventions,itisinterestingto
noticehowtheyareeffectedbytheemotional
decisionsthattheauthorhasdetermined
throughthetoneofthepiece.
Whenlookingatstructuralmovessuchas

similarmovesinordertoaccomplishdifferent italicsandbulletpoints/charts,itis
shorttermgoals.
interestingtoseehoweachoftheseauthors
usedifferentmoveswhilemaintainingthe
samelongtermgoalofelicitinganemotional
responsefromthereader.
Thedecisiontokeepthefosterchildren
Thisparagraphexplainshowdifferentgenres
anonymousthroughtheuseofbaby#__
usedifferentevidenceeitherstatisticsor
cannotbeusedinthescholarlyarticles
storiestoelicitanemotionalresponsefrom
becausetheyarenotpersonalstories;rather, theirparticularaudiencemembers.
thescholarlyarticlesappealtotheirreaders
throughvariousstatisticsinhopesofshocking
theirreaders.
Itisimportanttorecognizethataudience
Inadditiontoauthorshavingapurpose
membersalsohaveapurposeforreading
behindwritingapiece,readerstoohavea
eitheranacademicpieceorablogpost
purposeandgoaltoreading.Thistopicis
dependingontheexperiencetheyarehoping almostanafterthoughtandthereforedoesnt
togainfromreading.
relatewiththeargumenttoodirectly.
Dependingonwhatthereaderhopestogain
Thisparagraphanswersaquestioninthe
fromreadingapiece,theywillchoosetoread promptbyusingexamplesofpathos,logos,
eitherascholarlyarticlethathasbeen
andethos;thisthenrelatesbacktotheidea
reviewedandisthereforeestablishedas
thatauthorsmustdeterminetheaudiencethey
credibleoramorecreative,artisticoutlet
wanttobereachingbeforewritingapiece.
likeablog.
Theauthormusttaketheaudienceinto
Thisparagraphsummarizesthemainpointsof
accountwhendeterminingtheirpurposeof
thepaperbyreiteratingthethesisstatement
thepiece,whichinturnrelatedtotheir
inamorecomplexandlengthy,yetclarifying
individualmovesandevidence.
way.

Ireceiveda95%onmyWP1,butafterrereadingthepaperfortheportfolioassignment,
Irealizedthatthispiecewasnowherenearperfectandthattherewasstillmuchworktobedone.
IwillcomparethisexperiencetoasimilaroneIhadnottoolongago.Whensubmittingmy
collegeessays,Ithoughttheywereallabsolutelyperfect;Ihadwrittenandrewritteneachonea
milliontimes,soIassumedtheymusthavebeenphenomenal.However,justtheotherday,I
wentbackandrereadmycollegeessayswhencompletinganapplication,andrealizedhow
draftliketheyseemed.IcouldntfathomthatIhadgottenintocompetitiveschoolswithessays
likethose.Aftercontemplatingthis,Irealizedthatwritingisaprocess,aconstantlearning
experience.WhenIinitiallyturnedinmyWP1,Ithoughtitwasperfect,butroughlysixweeks
later,Ihaveimprovedsomuchonmywritingtothepointthatmyoncefinaldraftseemstobe
nobetterthanaroughdraft.
Therefore,ImadesignificantchangestomyWP2,whichIreceivedan85%on.After
reverseoutlining,Irealizedthatmanyofmymainpointsregardingstructure,tone,audience,and
contentwereunexplainablyinavarietyofparagraphs.Iendedupcreatingabrandnew
document,andwentthroughsentencebysentencecombiningsimilarideasintotheirown
paragraphs.Thefinalproduct,Ithink,makesalotmoresensestructurallyandalsosupportsthe
thesisstatementmuchmore.Inmyopinion,thereverseoutlineisthemostbeneficialtoolwe
havelearnedinWriting2becauseitnotonlyemphasizestheimportanceofmultipledrafts,but
alsotheimportanceofstructuralrevisions.Itissoimportantforapapertohaveacohesive,
smoothstructureinordertoclearlysupportthethesisstatement,andthereverseoutlineisatool
thatprovidesextremelybeneficialinsightintothisidea.