This morning in class you will plan and draft a short reflective essay that documents your writing process and includes at least one relevant quotation from one of the sections of Writing Analytically devoted to analysis.
Sample Works Cited Entries for Writing Analytically
Rosenwasser, David and Jill Stephen. “Analysis Does More than Break a Subject into Its Parts.” Writing Analytically, 8th edition. Wadsworth/Cengage, 2019. pp. 4-5.
—. “Distinguishing Analysis from Summary, Expressive Writing, and Argument.” Writing Analytically, 8th edition. Wadsworth/Cengage, 2019. pp. 5-8.
Questions to Consider in Your Reflection
- What aspect of the writing seemed the most challenging? Choosing your topic? Deciding which text would serve as your subject? Determining your thesis? Identifying details to support your claims? Organizing the body of the essay? Composing the conclusion? Why did that aspect of the writing seem the most challenging?
- Did the subject of your analysis change? If so, what was your original subject, and what did you change it to?
- What do you consider the strongest element of your analysis?
- At what point in the process did you decide on a title? Did you change the title during the writing process? If so, what was the original title?
- What image that documents part of your writing process away from the screen did you include in your blog post? Why did you choose that particular image?
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