Brooklyn Menefee

Composition II

Mrs. Wines

24 april 2019

Recflection

For the multimodal project we chose a magazine but I personally consider it more

of a portfolio of change. We chose this route because it seemed like the easiest way to

have all of our topics be both individual and apart of the bigger picture or core of what

we were going for. We chose to include what we’are basic summaries of the topic and

what we have been writing about this semester thus far. Including only a few point so

the reader wasn’t overwhelmed with all of the new information. Excluding things we felt

weren’t as important or were straying from the topic because it needed to be

condensed. For our rhetorical appeals we chose to use mostly logos. We used mostly

logos because we felt that it was the best way to reach and connect to the readers

because most people go off of logic.

The overall quality of the project was good. Not just because I exported them as

large files and in max quality from photoshop but also because it’s different. We didn’t

do the run of the mill google slideshow, we made it and designed it fully ourselves. Also

because we found a way to keep all of our topics how they were and add in how they

connected.For the roles played I played the role of the designer so to speak. My

strengths aligned with the designing part of this project. With what I learned thus far in

Graphic Design we were able to make something outside of those premade typical
online templates or the same old slideshow presentation everyone does. My weakness

has and always be writing because words get boring and I constantly feel like I’m saying

the same thing. Amelia’s strengths included grammar and work cited pages. She did a

really good job at putting together the work cited page full of our individual sources and

images we used. She also did a good job of giving me a layout of what she wanted for

her page. Jacobs strengths included helping to check grammar. His weaknesses were

pretty much he just didn’t really know what he wanted for his page creatively. A overall

strength for both group members was they got their work done with enough time for me

to put it into Photoshop which is always good. I mean we all did our part, got it done,

and turned it in on time without huss or fuss. For Jacob a easy A. For Amelia a easy A

as well.

The understanding rhetoric for me has grown a lot since the beginning of the

year. I now understand that by using rhetoric in writing improves it drastically. It helps a

writer cater their writing better to the people them are writing for. You could use one or a

mix of the three pieces of the rhetorical triangle to fit best to what you want to convey.

It's a great tool for persuasion in not only writing but in other media forms as well.

Another thing I learned in Composition I & II was more about argumentative writing.

With being in a college class I expected to learn the same stuff but I actually learned a

lot more. For one I learned how to use rhetoric to help argumentation. The use of

rhetoric in argumentation help improve my argumentative writing. Another thing we did

in class was use primary resources and conduct primary data.Turns out that conducting

primary research is a lot harder than it seems. A lot goes into it from the questions to
trying to collect all of the data. As far as using primary research it felt a lot easier

because the questions being asked were exactly what I needed for my paper. My view

of myself as a writer has changed a lot because going into this class I thought it would

be a breeze. I got A’s in my other english classes so far but it turns out writing is a lot

more than just words. I know more now so I see myself as a little bit better of a writer

but I feel like I understand how to write better. More so now than at the beginning of

these composition courses the use and understanding of rhetoric in different means is

definitely more of a strength than a weakness. My weaknesses as a writer I feel will

always be sticking to and straying from my topic.To maintain my strengths is to educate

myself more on how to write. As for improving my weaknesses i’ll make more of a

attempt to try to stick to my topic, it’ll be a long battle for change.