Dear Jane,

I want to start off by saying that it was not until recently that I realized that this class was not a requirement towards my Psychology degree; as I am pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree and not Science. Aside from that late realization I will however say that this class in fact turned out beneficial for me as a student and writer. Over the course of the semester, I will admit the writing prompts/assignments and readings allowed to gain exposure to different styles of writing, and I would say most importantly becoming comfortable with writing.

The course objectives very much served as a guide in understanding the progress of my writings. Beginning with my classmates’ and my own language differences, this in particular was not entirely difficult as reading their work I would adopt a perspective on their style or writing and try to cater to that in helping them to improve their writing where necessary. When it came to my own writing of course I did my best in trying to make it flexible in terms of vocabulary, transition depending on who my audience is, that I am writing for. My writing goals include of being able to effectively use an outside source/quote that I find relevant to a point I am making and establishing a strong connection between the two. Another goal was being able to remain consistent in my writing from beginning to end, as I know how sometimes I find trouble in beginning or my endings might sometimes not align too much with what I am saying in the beginning.

Rhetorical Situation as I define is, the way in which the context you are writing is being presented.  Tone is the manner in which the author is asserting their claim, essentially the mood which they want to resonate with the reader. Genre, is the format of writing that the author is doing, it can be a letter like what I am doing here, a questionnaire or even a full blown essay. Stance, as it sounds is your position on something, specifically a certain topic. With all these writing assignments came collaborating with classmates to get an idea from them on what they think is working well and where improvement may be needed within the writing. This process I did enjoy certainly because when working on my own paper I may sometimes not find a mistake in understand something as I know the context behind it, however someone else might get lost in trying to understand so getting an opinion from others is helpful.The different genres I practiced to explore strong writing were essays, letters, short writing prompts and questionnaires. For several of these writings the CCNY library database was much of a help whether it was the purpose of brief research or an ample amount to meet the criteria of scholarly articles used.