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Rhetorical Knowledge
A good writer uses rhetorical knowledge when they know who and what they are writing for.

They know how to form their own writing based on the rhetorical situation. This includes

knowing the purpose for why you are writing the piece originally and your audience you want to

look at and read your piece. It’s like formulating your language to fit someone else’s

understanding.

I tried to tie my own life with my inquiry question so people would understand why I chose this and what
it means. Pulling an experience from real life would help with someone else connect with what I’m
saying.

I was using the questions so readers would get a picture of what I want to talk about in their heads. They
could they see what I'm imagining for my paper before even reading the first page.

In both examples, I wanted the reader to be able to picture what I pictured. By asking these

questions or putting things about my personal life, I figured me and the reader would connect

more without even knowing or being around each other. That’s what my goal was with the both
the examples. I think finding a path to connect to a reader is important in any genre. That path

would be the rhetorical situation.

2.Critical Reading
An articulate writer uses critical reading by being able to look deeper into information and find

what are the facts and what are the opinions. They use this to see if they can use a source and see

if it fits perfectly into their point or attacking their point to fill in gaps.

In "They Say, I Say", it has really helped me throughout the semester with understanding how my writing
should be and shaping it to fit me. This example helped me figure out how to properly put quotes in my
writing.
I was originally going to use this as a source in my inquiry paper, but I felt like there wasn't enough
detail, information, and/or statistics to go behind the pro and con claims they were making. (Even though
it is a .org source)

The first example I used to show what helped me know how to write my way. The “They Say, I

Say”, has really helped me throughout the semester build my confidence with writing. It helped

me relax coming into this class, even with the idea of it that I already had prior to coming into

class. With the second example, I used it because I was going to use it as a source in my paper,

but I decided that there weren’t enough statistics to back it up, even with it being a .org source.

3.Knowledge of Conventions
An experienced writer uses knowledge of conventions by knowing where to put the write

punctuation and grammar so that the reader will clearly understand without hesitation. Also a

writer being aware there are different types of ways to go about grammar and punctuation.

I was using the quotations and ellipsis so the reader could understand that's what some people would say.
I used italics so the reader will understand that I'm referring to a book.

I put "hard or not" in parenthesis because it interrupted the sentence it was in, but I still wanted to add it
in so the reader would know.

In the first example, I used quotations and ellipsis so the reader could understand that I was

quoting what some people would say. In the second example, I used quotations and italics so the

reader would know I was referring to a book or source. In the last example, I put “hard or not” in

parenthesis because it interrupts the sentence that I put it in. So I used parenthesis to get my point

in there without confusing the reader.

4.Composing Processes
An efficient writer uses composing processes by knowing how to organize research and work it

into their piece. Even with utilizing the rhetorical situations they can use the information they

found to shape and form it into how they want their reader to understand the information.
These 3 examples are from input I got from my peers and professor on my inquiry. I tried to see

the revisions in both ways, how I originally stated it and the input. Then I decide if I want to

change it to the input or to another way that can make it sound better.

5.Critical Reflection
A good writer uses critical reflection by knowing how to put what they are thinking down into

words for the reader to understand where they are coming from. They also know how to go about

revising their work after feedback from a reader.

I reflected not only over my writing but with my life with this chapter. I always assumed that if something
someone else said is different from mine then it means it's wrong. But with writing this out I knew that I
was wrong for assuming that originally.

In the first example, I was reflecting on my life as well as my writing. I always assumed that if

someone said something that was different from what I said that it was wrong. But who am I to

say that something is wrong? I reflected on that in that example. In the second example, I read
the article and reflected over it with a question. This made me reflect to find something to write

about that I was passionate about just as that writer was for her topic.