Heena Dulull

UWRT 1102
Final Reflection
A song that represents my experience in this class would be Stressed out by
Twenty one pilots. This song is about the transition from childhood to adulthood, Tyler
and Josh revisit their childhood homes and families to ride kids 3 wheelers and perform
in their old bedrooms. I chose this song to explain my experience this year in uwrt 1102.
It took me awhile to think of the best song, so I decided to play all my favorite songs and
this one made me smile. I feel like my writing has improved tremendously since the
beginning of the semester and I feel like Ive grown so much as a writer.

If I were teaching this class: I would put extra emphasis on expressing your
thoughts and ideas. I think thats one of the most important things to teach in a writing
class. Some kids, such as myself have a hard time transferring their thoughts onto paper. I
would also emphasize the importance of organization. Before this class, my ideas would
be all over the place and sometimes in places they didnt belong. Creating an organization
chart before starting to write can help a lot. Sometimes I get stuck in the middle of their
papers and Im not sure how to continue. Having a map can save that from happening and
I would make having one required. Being original is also important. I would require a
reflection at the end of every paper to see where the idea stemmed from and also what the
author.

Rhetorical knowledge is the ability to analyze and act on understandings of

audiences, purposes and contexts in texts. My understanding of rhetorical knowledge

has changed over the course of this semester. While writing I was more focused on
the purpose, that way I was more focused on the topic. Its important to
provide examples in your writing because it then makes it clear and easy to
understand for your audience. By having a purpose in your writing, youre
writing towards a goal the entire time. If the purpose is clear the audience will
more likely understand. In this class, we practiced writing towards an
expected argument. For example my topic was on college students dating
while in college, so my audience was mostly targeted towards young college
students in relationships. But in this class we also focused on how others that
may not be dating feel about this topic and if they would be able to relate.
Making it easy to understand and relatable for any audience is also a good
strategy I learned in this class.

Critical reading is the process of reading that goes beyond just understand a text,
it involves carefully understanding the readings strength and weaknesses and also why
the author might feel the way they do. The most success in writing Ive had was
mostly in understanding what it is I am reading and why it was written in a
certain tone. Many times we might read a paper and not like how negative
the author is being towards a certain topic, but sometimes there is a much
deeper meaning behind why the author might feel the need to say some
things. But I have noticed when writing its okay to talk about your own
writing sometimes, because everyone isnt always going to feel the same as
you, so sometimes while wring you might have to target other audiences and
also be more positive while writing.

My composing processes came from both additional research while revising and
also peer review. Peer review helped me tremendously while writing my paper because I
was given feedback on my paper and also an audience. I was able to go back a fix the
mistakes in my paper and notice the reactions of others. My inquiry proposal was
probably the most challenging, I was worried about grabbing the readers attention. Peer
review allows a diversity of opinions to be brought to the table other than my own. Its
also a judgment free zone, your writing will not be perfect at peer review so the feedback
youre receiving back from your classmates will only benefit your paper.
Knowledge of conventions are formal rules and guidelines that help shape the
paper. Depending on genre, writing can look quite different. For example writing a letter
and writing a paper have two completely different outlines. You cant format a writing
paper the same way you do a letter. It is important when using other peoples' ideas that
you show in your work whose ideas they are. I practiced this in my writing projects,
where, for each of my sources, there is an entry in the works cited area of the paper.
These citations are in the MLA format. It is important to have a consistent format for
citations so that people know what the information means. It is also important that any
direct quotes from other writers are surrounded by quotations. Otherwise, the use of other
writers' words could be considered plagiarism.

Critical reflection is the reasoning process to make meaning of an experience, is a

writer's ability to articulate what theyre thinking and why. Peer review has helped me so
much this semester. In high school it was more one persons point of view, the teachers.
It was nice hearing from my peers on how they felt on the subject and what I needed to
improve on it. There is always room for improvement.