James Nance

Ashley Marcum
UWRT 1103
24 March 2016
Part 1: Composing Process
The composing process is a drawn-out, yet flexible process that every
writer endures while composing a work. This process includes brainstorming
ideas, writing drafts, revising, and peer review. Every aspect of the
composing process is crucial in succeeding to write a decent paper. In my
writing experience before this class, I, of course, had my fair share of
experiences with the composing process. Every paper for any course usually
follows a first-second-final draft timeline, each having added knowledge and
revisions. Peer review is a new concept for me, however. Throughout high
school, most projects and papers we completed were individual. Although
we did have group projects, the organization and work distribution was not
well thought-out. This year, being introduced to organized group review, I
actually have grown to appreciate the responses and criticism on my work.
Due to the fact that your peers are working on the same project, any
constructive criticism is helpful in making your own work perfect. Although I
may think my work is flawless, one of my peers can spot out a minor flaw in
my grammar or even suggest more information in areas that are lacking.
This is helpful for succeeding in class, and in the future. The composing
process is essential for anyone looking to work in their lifetime. In order to

complete any project, one must go through the process. Any project without
information and sources to back it up is basically incredible. All forms of
employment involve a process to which one gets work done. This is called
the Composing Process.
Part 2: Critical Reading
Critical Reading is a major part of writing in the academic world. In
order to fully accomplish an essay about a topic, you must find and use
sources in your essay that back up what you are writing about. And hey, the
internet is a pretty vast place. To make sure your sources are credible, you
must critically read through each article, book, video, and etc. and study its
rhetoric. The author of the work could have false information backing him
up, or be biased towards the topic of his work, or even be using information
that is ten or twenty years outdated. One must find these mistakes in
rhetoric by critically reading through the work. I have had my fair share of
critical reading in my academic history. I dont know about other people, but
when I write my papers, I want to be correct in what I am talking about. So,
in order to not sound unintelligent in my writing, I read every source
thoroughly to verify its credibility. Later in life, I will continue to use this skill
in order to maintain credibility in my work. In any career path, one must
have intelligent research methods and verify that each of his sources is free
of any rhetorical errors.
Part 3: SLO Reflection

For the learning outcome, Rhetorical Knowledge, the three articles

about writing with inquiry and curious writing were spot on. They
explained, in detail, what rhetorical knowledge was and how to spot rhetoric
in writing. These articles helped me distinguish the rhetoric from the
rhetor and to see how the author influences the audience by his style of
writing.
For Critical Reading, the reading guide project is very helpful for us, as
students, to practice critical reading by finding credible sources to back up
our research. We have to make sure that each source uses correct and upto-date information in its writing in order to maintain credibility in our own
work. If we cite and mention sources that nobody believes, our own work will
be seen to have false, incredible information. We must critically read each
source to look for bias, outdated facts, or false information.
Composing Process is pretty much touched on in every project in this
class, for it is the backbone of writing. Every writer has to take time to
research, brainstorm, draft, and collaborate with peers for constructive
criticism in order to compose a strong, credible piece of work. If I were to
pick a specific assignment from this class that touches on this most, I would
have to choose the literacy memoir. The whole project was basically an
extended, drawn-out composing process. This is obvious when you look at
the drafting, peer review, and revising we completed.
Knowledge of Conventions takes one deeper into the words to
understand style, organization, and mechanics of good writing. Using writing

techniques, like sentence length and structure, grammar, spelling, and etc.
can change the tone and style of your work. The Voice and Vitality reading
really helped understand how conventions impact writing. This article went
in depth about different techniques and methods of writing that can
revitalize any essay in order to make it more interesting or easier to read.
The best assignment that touches on Critical Reflection is obviously the
post-literacy memoir reflection. In this assignment we had to look back into
our composing process and reflect on our experience while writing our
memoir.
Part 4: List
Rhetorical Knowledge
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Peer Review
Readers Guide

Critical Reading
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Readings from class

Composing Process
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Every work of writing we have completed for this class

Knowledge of Conventions
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Readers Guide
Literacy Memoir

Critical Reflection
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Literacy Memoir