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About Me
Project
Description
Objective
Writing Process
“Good Writing”
Challenges
What I Learned
By Taylor Reneau | ENG110 C1| Dr.
Kimberly Wine
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My name is Taylor and I
am 19 years old.
I am a first year media
arts and entertainment
major with a minor in
journalism.
I am from Siler City, NC
and I commute to Elon
from there.
I plan to go into music
production after college.
I like going to concerts,
acting, spending time
with my friends and
family, and going bowling.
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The main goal of this project was to analyze a
scholarly article based on the rhetorical elements the
author used to get his or her point across to the
reader. It required analysis of how the writer wrote
the article and not the actual claims of the article
itself. The assignment’s main purpose was to provide
understanding of the basic structure and logic of a
scholarly article.
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While working through this project, I was able to best
meet the second objective, especially in terms of
gaining a better understanding of the relationships of
purpose, audience, and voice in terms of scholarly
writing. Being that the main goal of the assignment
was to critically analyze the rhetorical elements of a
scholarly article, purpose, audience, and voice were
very important factors that influenced the writing
process.
This paper better helped me to understand how the
purpose can be used to determine the audience and
how the writer’s purpose influences what kind of
audience will read it. The assignment also gave me a
better grasp on how the writer’s intended target
audience is a large factor in determining the purpose
of the article.
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Article
Choice
2
Note
Taking
Peer and
Professor
Review
5
Revising/Editing
3
6
Drafting
Final Paper
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This project contains a strong introduction that I
worked on for several days before I got it exactly
right, and I think that having an introduction that
draws people in is one of the most important aspects
of a paper. The critical summary is also a very strong
point as well as the thesis points. I feel that I made
them very clear, which is crucial because the thesis
points are what develop the paper as a whole.
In addition, the paper went through several revisions,
and the more editing that is done to a paper, the
stronger the paper ends up being in the end. The
conclusion ends on a strong note as well, which is
very important because it shows the reader why they
read the paper in the first place.
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initial challenge I faced when writing
this paper was that I was working several
hours and it did not leave a sufficient
amount of time for me to produce a quality
paper. When this was set aside, challenges
began to subside.
 One of the most difficult parts was grasping
how to begin the introduction in a way that
would catch the reader’s attention right from
the very start. I also had some trouble with
the critical summary because this was the
first time I had ever written one, so it took
me a try or two to get it right.
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The most important thing that this project taught me
was how important revision and editing are in producing
quality work.
I also learned that the structure of a paper is very
important in helping readers understand what is going
on.
I learned that there are many important elements that
scholars use to make their writings more effective.
They do not simply pile facts on paper without an
intended purpose or audience. They also use different
techniques, even in scholarly writing, which I previously
did not realize.
Overall, I learned how important it is to look for
elements in other scholarly writings to better
understand how to use them for my own benefits in
papers I write myself.
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