Dear Dr.

Bruce,
My writing has improved due to the materials Dr. Bruce supplemented and the class
Student Learning Outcomes (SLO). Beginning the course, I wanted to improve my public
writing skills that would assist in future professional scenarios. In order to demonstrate this
achievement, I have included my resume, my team’s group charter, and a writer’s notebook entry
to which all satisfy one or more of the Student Learning Outcomes.
My resume was not strong nor persuasive, now it is more persuasive through rhetorical
focus supported by organization and language. I structured my resume and its language in a way
that displayed my education because my audience was Dr. Bruce, an educator. I implemented
short descriptive examples because my best strengths could be easily identified and convenient
for my audience. This use of SLOs to support my rhetorical focus allows for a more persuasive
document.
My team’s charter exemplifies use of ethical citations, collaboration, language, and
rhetorical focus. Collaboration, through google documents, is presented with my team charter is
how we reviewed our and each other’s work. I reevaluated the language and design I used
because my audience not only consisted of Dr. Bruce but included Ifixit and my teammates. I
adjusted my language and design to be more inclusive and formal, for example, I switched from
bullet points to paragraphs. Being the Research Manager, use of ethical citations can be
identified at the end of the group charter and its use in the Resolving Conflict. I used APA
format which is why I cited with the authors name instead of directly referencing or using
quotes.
I included a writer’s notebook (WNB) for two important reasons. First, I included the
WNB because it exemplifies an informal document that uses rhetorical focus, organization, and
language. Secondly and more importantly, I included this WNB because it allows for a
reconstructive analysis of myself as a writer. This informal method of discussing my growth
allows for me to not only show my conscious reasoning, but use in my portfolio to address my
audience
Lastly, this cover letter exemplifies my knowledge and use of SLOs to persuade using
rhetorical focus, organization, and language. The entire structure reflects my rhetorical focus
because some documents assist where other documents lack SLOs, for example my writer’s
notebook is my informal document. I organized my cover letter last because this allows all my
proceeding paragraphs to justify this paragraph. My language forms to a more formal and
concrete way of speaking because I am persuading my audience and writing for an important
document.
The Student Learning Outcomes have left me a stronger writer but not perfect. There is
always room for improvement and the further use of the SLO will help assist in that growth. I
have a stronger foundation when writing for an out of class scenario and is what I wanted from
the class the most. My wishes are that this cover letter assist in you assessment of my growths.
Sincerely, Michael Gonzalez