Memo

TO: Bryant Lytle

FROM: Hannah Klenk
DATE: 3/30/2016
RE: metacognitive reflection

The rhetorical situation and purpose of my paper is to inform the

reader of the importance that color plays in Graphic Design. Without an
understanding of color, the artist isnt going to succeed with making
art that appeals to people. My topic was to the color theory and
perception of color. What I didnt know before starting this project is
how we really dont see color in objects. The color that a person sees is
the light that is not absorbed by the object and is reflected back. The
optical nerve of the eye is responsible for a person being able to see
colors. Color is everything in the field of Art and Graphic Design. When
studying the elements of art and principles of design, color is one of
the elements listed.
The potential audience of my paper is my classmates, and others
that want to learn more about color theory. They can even be people
that are studying to get an art degree. The annotated bibliography
helped me by forcing me to reading through my sources and get a
grasp of the information that was provided. It made me contemplate
what information that I was going to use. I used books, online
databases like JSTOR, and websites to get the information I needed to
write this project. These sources gave me more perspectives when it
came time to write this paper.
I had to organize the information that I was going to present in a
way that used both what the reader would know and then present new
information in the same sentence. In one of my writing classes, we
were taught that when it comes to writing the reader should be
presented with new information after the old information to refresh
their short term memory. I also presented the information in a manner
that separated the problem, introduction, and conclusion.
I was able to design the document to the standards of APA, with
clear headlines that separated the text blocks. I also used a title page
and a reference page to show what sources I used. My peer group gave

me feedback which was relevant to being able to go back and edit the
paper in a way that was more cohesive. I attended to the conventions
of APA with the type of heading and subheadings I used. I also used
APA for in paper citations of my information, for the title page, and how
the reference page was set up. I forget to use APA at the beginning of
the project, because I was not used to using this format. But I quickly
learned how to use it. I have become more in-depth in being able to
write and plan how I was going to write a paper. It gave me push to
think of how I could present information in a paper without making it
seem like old news.