Look back through all the writing you’ve done in WR39B so far. For each item below, choose a piece of writing that you can analyze as an example in your portfolio introduction.
As you work your way through the list, you should find that you can use a few pieces of writing to discuss multiple aspects of your writing process. These examples of your writing will be most useful for your portfolio introduction.
Your understanding of rhetorical situation (choose at least one):
- A piece of writing that illustrates your understanding of how to write to achieve a specific purpose
- A piece of writing that illustrates your understanding of how to address a specific audience
- A piece of writing that illustrates your understanding of how to write to address a specific cultural or social context
- A piece of writing that illustrates your understanding of how to construct a purposeful and effective persona (ethos)
Your understanding of genre (choose at least one):
- A piece of writing that illustrates how you follow a specific convention of travel writing to achieve a specific purpose
- A piece of writing that illustrates how you subvert a specific convention of travel writing to achieve a specific purpose
- A piece of writing that illustrates how you adopt the conventions of any genre (not travel writing) to achieve a specific purpose
- A piece of writing that illustrates your understanding of academic writing conventions
Your (ongoing) mastery of specific writing skills (choose at least one):
- A piece of writing that illustrates your ability to generate insightful claims
- A piece of writing that illustrates your ability to analyze a text
- A piece of writing that illustrates your ability to organize an argument effectively
- A piece of writing that illustrates your ability to introduce and integrate sources effectively
- A piece of writing that illustrates your ability to develop a paragraph effectively, or transition effectively between paragraphs
- A piece of writing that illustrates your ability to craft an effective sentence or choose precise, appropriate words
- A piece of writing that illustrates your struggle with a specific writing skill
Your writing process (choose at least one):
- A piece of writing that illustrates your unique voice as a writer
- A piece of writing that illustrates your note-taking strategies
- A piece of writing that illustrates your prewriting strategies
- A piece of writing that illustrates your drafting strategies
Your revision process (choose at least one):
- Two pieces of writing that illustrate a specific aspect of your writing before and after revision
- Feedback from a peer + a piece of writing that illustrates how you revised afterward
- Feedback from me (or Writing Center tutor) + a piece of writing that illustrates how you revised afterward
- Feedback you have given to one of your peers + a piece of writing that shows how you take your own advice
You should write three more pages in the first file and improve the original paper. I need at least two quotes in every paragraph, the paper you wrote two days ago. I need specific evidence, not general words. The first sentence of each paragraph I need specific analytical claim (statement of opinion) . Please remember: You need to improve the original paper (the first file.)!!!!!
