Reflective Statement — Ilovebees

Posted on April 21, 2024 by ilovebeesss

Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development.

I think I always had a problem starting a draft. Seeing the blank page, in this case, my Google document is terrifying. There is so much to say and not knowing how to start makes it even more complicated. But this fear began to diminish when I understood that a first draft does not have to be perfect a first draft is ideal when it is imperfect and needs to be reviewed. In the Definition/Categorical Argument, I allowed myself to write according to what came to mind. I still had trouble starting to write, but every time I felt that my argument was not meeting expectations, or that perhaps I had forgotten what it was about, I always went to check the work that my classmates had posted. I read them and tried to decipher the strategies they had used to meet the expectations of the argument. Another thing that helped me a lot was reading and listening to Prof. David’s feedback. Our lectures and class talks helped me go from looking at revisions as tedious to spending 3 hours revising my Definition/Categorical Argument until it was as clear as possible.

Core Value 2. My work demonstrates that I read critically, and that I placed texts into conversation with one another to create meaning by synthesizing ideas from various discourse communities. 

My thesis for this class was how tears can be therapeutic. I began writing this thesis by defining and categorizing different types of tears, that is, tears of anger, tears of sadness, tears of joy, etc. But when I got to my Causal Argument, I realized that there are not certain tears focused on a single emotion, so we cannot categorize them and call them angry tears if they are not just caused by anger. After understanding this, I asked myself: how will I find sources that agree or at least prove that my argument makes some sense? After doing an extensive search for sources that at least mentioned this topic, I found some that somehow seemed to understand the perspective of my argument. So I read and studied them and was able to put them into conversation with each other. Even though they weren’t 100% based on my argument or had the same purpose as my argument, I found a way to add the parts where they agreed with me enough as evidence and support for my argument.

Core Value 3. My work demonstrates that I rhetorically analyzed the purpose, audience, and contexts of my own writing and other texts and visual arguments.

The assignment I was most able to demonstrate my Core Value 3 was the Visual Rhetoric Assignment. This assignment required a thorough rhetorical analysis of an advertisement, along with the ability to articulate my observations effectively. I not only needed to describe the visual elements of the ad but also delve deeper into the intended message and impact. This involved scrutinizing the characters portrayed, discerning their motivations, and carefully analyzing the context in which they were placed within the advertisement. In addressing these aspects, my goal was not only to provide a superficial overview but also to delve deeper into the underlying strategies employed by the advertiser to convey their effective message.

Core Value 4: My work demonstrates that I have met the expectations of academic writing by locating, evaluating, and incorporating illustrations and evidence to support my own ideas and interpretations.

I think my Core 4 skills were best reflected in my Rebuttal Argument. The purpose of this assignment was to dismantle or provide arguments against our best opponent. In my case, my best opponents were those people who claimed that tears could be classified according to a singular emotion. Despite not having many sources to support my counterargument, that is, tears are the result of a combination of complex emotions, I was able to find some that supported my arguments in some way. Letting this task challenge me on multiple fronts: first, dismantling the arguments of my formidable opponent; second, locating sources that support my position; and finally, seamlessly integrating these sources into the discourse while maintaining my own voice.

Core Value 5. My work demonstrates that I respect my ethical responsibility to represent complex ideas fairly and to the sources of my information with appropriate citation. 

Overall, I feel confident about my performance in properly citing and acknowledging the authors throughout all my assignments. I think this can be seen better reflected in my Bibliography (Proposal +5). In this assignment, I not only gave credit to the authors I actively cited in my other arguments but also to those who gave me ideas and taught me a little more about my argument. Furthermore, another assignment that reflects this in the same way is my Research Argument. In this assignment, I included three different arguments with multiple references and citations that not only supported my arguments but also provided merit to my argument.

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Reflective – breakingbad45

Posted on April 21, 2024 by BreakingBad45

Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development.

I think for the most part my way of demonstrating my work to a variety of practices would have to be my Research paper. In that article I used a variety of ways to push my agenda and to see how much I could research and write on a topic but it was not something that was done overnight but needed trial and error to complete. At first I originally thought my writing was good but not perfect and could potentially get some work. With the interaction of people giving opinions and help on writing it truly helps and pushes me to be a much stronger writer as whole. Now I have begun to be more confident in my writing.

Core Value 2. My work demonstrates that I read critically, and that I placed texts into conversation with one another to create meaning by synthesizing ideas from various discourse communities. 

In my next value I can say I very much demonstrated this idea by adding in evidence from other articles in my causal argument. In my article I was using a good amount of quotes that were good for the article but I was having trouble originally trying to mention them in the correct manner. I learned the correct form in which to credit the authors or sources I located the information from and learned from my mistakes. As I continued on I was able to add quotations in the right manner to keep my writers engaged and focused on my writing. With this I am able to make my writing much more efficient and better all around.

Core Value 3. My work demonstrates that I rhetorically analyzed the purpose, audience, and contexts of my own writing and other texts and visual arguments.

In this way I demonstrate my analyzing and writing skills, the best example I could give would be my visual rewrite where I precisely picked out every detail in the video. In the paper we needed to analyze a 30 second commercial and talk word for word about what we are visualizing. The thing that made the task much more interesting was that every second mattered in the footage as you needed to talk about each part of it. This assignment helped me be much more intricate and detailed about my papers and helped me be able to better express that. Now with this assignment my readers will carry a better understanding of the paper.


Core Value 4: My work demonstrates that I have met the expectations of academic writing by locating, evaluating, and incorporating illustrations and evidence to support my own ideas and interpretations.



The next assignment in which I demonstrated this version of the core value would have to be from my Definition Categorical Argument assignment. In this paper, I used an array of sources to imply my stance and argument and in the assignment I mentioned the different people being affected by this problem. I was able to take out important people that are valuable to the problem and I was able to add their perspectives and issues in the stories. In that I was able to express the many sides to writing that deal with opinions and stances. This value showed me how to incorporate other people’s ideas into creating a self evaluating opinion.

Core Value 5. My work demonstrates that I respect my ethical responsibility to represent complex ideas fairly and to the sources of my information with appropriate citation. 

For my final value I was able to use an example as well from my causal argument. In the article I used a variety of sources to make a certain point in my paper and it was much more useful to create ideas with sources and examples. I was able to make sure these authors were cited in the proper manner so there would be no stolen information from articles or sources that were not given the right credit. This value is very important because it helps people to avoid people from stealing and cheating on articles and gives students the chance to reference sources in order to help the students out.

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causal rewrite — gymrat

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Gymrat

Adolescents Ruining their Self-Image with Social Media

Adolescent self-image around the world keeps deteriorating because of social media. Over time with the growing influence social media has been having on adolescents today and even the younger generation who have been growing up with phones, it has been seen that those kids have a huge struggle with hating their bodies. With this continuing and the younger generation being born with phones, society will start depending on the false reality of what they are meant to look like; as well as increasing mental health disorders.

The adolescent stage of a person’s life is the most vulnerable. With social media now being a part of the everyday world and society it has made it easier for adolescents to gain body image issues. One of the problems with this is the amount being consumed. The article, Reducing Social Media Use Significantly Improves Body Image in Teens, Young Adults stated, “Youth are spending, on average, between six to eight hours per day on screens, much of it on social media.” Constant scrolling for hours leads people to see those whom they follow, “celebrities and fashion or fitness models, which we know leads to an internalization of beauty ideals that are unattainable for almost everyone.” Not only are adolescents getting pounded on a day-to-day basis with seeing these people on their social media and wanting to look like them, but it is also feeding into delusions, deteriorating the mental health of the adolescents. This is what leads to mental health issues and eating disorders.

Social media first has to affect the brain to start affecting the teenager’s body image, which is why mental health and body image have a strong correlation. The article, Influence of Social Media on Teenagers’ Body Image, talks about how social media has “the added pressure…on influencing body image for adolescents heightened by the content.” The pressure comes from the “influencers” teenagers watch and see the way they look and live and want the lifestyle. Body image dissatisfaction can range from extreme thinness, large breasts, V shapes, 6 packs, toned arms, and so much more. Teenagers are basically prayed upon by social media because they continue to scroll with the desire of wanting to look like their idol still being present. Often times with unrealistic bodies that are nowhere near healthy but because it looks “good” it becomes a desire.

Growing up in a day and age where social media is accessible to anyone no matter the age is already going to take a big toll on people’s appearance. An article published by Psych Central, How Does Social Media Affect Body Image, states another big issue comparison and competition, when in reality it is all fake. The article states, “Many people tend to post only their best photos, which may not be representative of their everyday appearance.” Which is true a majority of the time. Photoshop, filter, posing, and lighting all play a huge role in how a picture will look and make your body look. This leads people to start believing in unrealistic beauty standards, without realizing the pictures are not even natural. A huge example of this is content creator Danielle who shared her pictures of expectations v reality, where she compared a photo that was edited on Instagram and the real photo posted next. With this she got extreme praise because it was embracing, but at what cost because it is still the first I’m age that everyone wants to look like.

There are “positives” that come with social media and body image as well. Recently there has been seen a lot of health and fitness inspiration. Psychcentral states, “Social media can provide inspiration for leading a healthy and active lifestyle.” Having community, support, and body positivity groups. community and support are groups for “people working through body image disorders.” A great way to find others who are like you in the sense of not loving the body you have and learning to love yourself. Body positivity groups lead to more self-love and acceptance as well. With the groups, there was a study done in 0221 where 233 females participated and found that “Participants who observed positive social media either with or without caption experienced improvements in body satisfaction.” This itself can all be seen as a positive because of the sound of it, but it comes with negatives. Health and fitness inspiration could lead to people with leaner builds being dissatisfied with their bodies because they do not eat or look like those who are more physically active. With community and support it can be a positive for the people to meet others like them, but also a negative because people tend to feed off of one another. If one person shares their disorder another person does and there is a bonding experience with the disorder. Nothing in reality is being done there is just more of an understanding and acceptance of how there is no self-love to potentially lead to self-love. Body-positive groups sound great until the wrong person gets access to the post and becomes greatly critical of their body.

Adolescents should not be spending six to eight hours of their day mindlessly scrolling; just to end up in a worse position from where they started. Posts deceive everyone, not everything seen on social media is real. everyone posts the best pictures of themselves because it is the best version. Social media is deteriorating teenagers’ minds by crushing their body image slowly. Even though there are some things seen as positive it all depends on perception. However, we want to see something that will be seen from our point of view. Looking at mental health and the usage of social media it can be seen that social media does not have a positive outlook.

References

Goldfield, Gary. (2023). Reducing social media use significantly improves body image in teens, young adults. Retrieved from https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2023/02/social-media-body-image

Nierengarten, M. B., M.A. (2017). Influence of social media on teenagers’ body image. Contemporary Pediatrics, 34(10), 21-22. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.rowan.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarly-journals%2Finfluence-social-media-on-teenagers-body-image%2Fdocview%2F2017969955%2Fse-2%3Faccountid%3D13605

Pedersen, T. (2023). Social media and body image: What’s the link? Retrieved from https://psychcentral.com/health/how-the-media-affects-body-image#postive-effects

Hudspith, J. (2022, September 13). Fitness influencer hailed for body positive “Instagram vs reality” post. Daily Star. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/diet-fitness/fitness-influencer-hailed-body-positive-27980279

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Reflective – NatureChild

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Naturechild101

Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development.

The thesis of my paper never went through a vigorous competition of thought, I chose to talk about the sun because why not? Before submitting my finalized thesis, I did start to have wavering thoughts about alternative ideas that would be easier to carry on. However, as I continued my research to find supportive sources to fit the said theory, I realized something. To be able to fully back up my claims, I would have to expand my sources and take things on a broader scale. A solution to wanting expansion, I thought talking about the negative effects of the sun moving forward and backward out of equilibrium. Choosing to talk about the various negative effects of imbalance opened up new opportunities to further drive my desperation for research. My work showed the various explorations that occurred to further develop my argument.

N.C | Research Paper

Core Value 2. My work demonstrates that I read critically, and that I placed texts into conversation with one another to create meaning by synthesizing ideas from various discourse communities. 

Because of the broadness necessary to complete this paper, I was able to critically read through each article explaining the negative effects of change in the sun’s position. Along with broadness, repetition evolved. This trained my mind to critically focus on important differentiating factors to present in the paper. I was not only able to brush up on new information about the sun, but I was also able to get a close understanding of why the change in position could cause so many varying effects. Having to analyze data for the further development of this paper has given me an idea as to why things would slowly or rapidly change as a result of position change. I was able to continue my discussion with all the extensive reading and evaluation that occurred.

N.C | Causal Argument

Core Value 3. My work demonstrates that I rhetorically analyzed the purpose, audience, and contexts of my own writing and other texts and visual arguments.

My created definitional argument supported the core number 3. With my topic, A slight change in the sun’s position could affect how the planet Earth continues, I bring up the historical aspects of how important the sun is to the psychological and physical well-being of the inhabitants of the world. Besides the heat and light, the sun provides people with healing, understanding, and natural vitamins to survive. Because I was able to prove this with the researched evidence, I was able to provide relevance to my thesis. The Sun provides life-sustaining properties that are necessary for life on Earth to continue. With the sun being so important, if the position even slightly changed, horrible repercussions would follow as a result. My audience is the individuals who recognize the importance of balance and that change from that would mean big trouble.

N.C | Definition

Core Value 4: My work demonstrates that I have met the expectations of academic writing by locating, evaluating, and incorporating illustrations and evidence to support my own ideas and interpretations.

For this stone money assignment, I demonstrated an understanding of the topic and the real relevance of money. I did this by evaluating the perspectives, Consequences, and goals of the topic. During this assignment, I quickly recognized how “devalued” currency truly was by referring to the podcast that we were given to watch. I underwent extensive research to understand various perspectives. It allowed me to understand that money is just an object of stature that visually represents where people are in life and their well-being. With this new information, I was able to gather enough supportive references that helped me incorporate the core value number four. The podcast helped me advance my writing by discovering, evaluating, and verbally illustrating my own ideas and interpretations on the topic.

N.C | Stone Money

Core Value 5. My work demonstrates that I respect my ethical responsibility to represent complex ideas fairly and to the sources of my information with appropriate citations. 

In this assignment, I had to recognize and dispute the strongest argument against my thesis that if the sun were to have a slight change in position, the Earth would suffer. I had to thoroughly search the internet to find a relative argument that both piqued my interest and was worthy enough to become an opponent. After some futile attempts while looking, I found an intriguing article that challenged my thesis and influenced me to create my rebuttal argument. I was a bit confused about how to properly construct the argument to adequately represent both sides of each argument but with guidance, I found the “light”. I started off with a considerably average argument but with time, I was able to pull the best parts out of them to create efficient results.

N.C |Rebuttal Argument

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Reflective-ravensfan

Posted on April 21, 2024 by ravensfan8

Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development.

For the first core value my rebuttal argument helps demonstrate the use of interactive practices and social. I was not sure what people take on my topic because it is pretty straight forward. I thought that there were not going to be people who were mostly on my side. This was obviously not true and asked around and found on social media that people only believe that exercising helped someone physically. This helped develop my rebuttal argument because it led me in a direction that I could defend my topic. I could then gather more information from sources that are on the topic that my opposition believes. 

Core Value 2. My work demonstrates that I read critically, and that I placed texts into conversation with one another to create meaning by synthesizing ideas from various discourse communities.

My causal argument demonstrates core value two in multiple ways. I used a lot of sources because I needed to back up my stance and make the reader understand the topic more. There were a bunch of different sources that were used that I went back and changed so that it made more sense while the person is reading. There were a few sources that made sense to change because it did not fully make sense to my topic. So I researched and found studies that backed up my argument and made it stronger. I placed these quotes in specific spots to help the reader understand my statement before or after it was said.

Core Value 3. My work demonstrates that I rhetorically analyzed the purpose, audience, and contexts of my own writing and other texts and visual arguments.

My Visual Rhetoric demonstrates core value three the most. The Visual Rhetoric made me understand my audience and who I was writing to. I had to understand that my readers were basically deaf while reading my work. They had to react to the video with no noise, just watch and understand what was happening through my writing. So I made sure to be descriptive and used words that made sense to someone who was viewing that could not hear. Made sure that I grabbed my audience. Being descriptive and making sure I used certain words to let the reader know that something specific was happening.

Core Value 4: My work demonstrates that I have met the expectations of academic writing by locating, evaluating, and incorporating illustrations and evidence to support my own ideas and interpretations.

My rebuttal argument demonstrates core value four well. In my rebuttal argument I made sure to do heavy research into the information I was consuming and using. This is so that my opposition could respect my argument and not think that I was pulling random things. I made sure to state a specific study that was done over multiple years and that was proved to be right. This took time because I had to make sure the research was accurate. I feel like the information from the study was huge in backing up my argument.

Core Value 5. My work demonstrates that I respect my ethical responsibility to represent complex ideas fairly and to the sources of my information with appropriate citation. 

My definition argument shows core value five the most. In my definition argument I had to make I was giving all the information that I have found in my research process. I also had to make sure that I was citing the research from the hard working authors who published it. I made sure to citing properly and respect everyone’s perspective on the topic and exercising can not only help one physically but mentally. I showed ethical ways of bringing these opinions into my writing and making sure I was not repeating anything.

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reflective-doglover

Posted on April 21, 2024 by doglover7025

Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development.

Writing wasn’t something that I excelled at in high school, or really even college. It didn’t take me one day to figure everything out… everything meaning my sources/outlines etc. This class did challenge me. When writing these papers, as my professor said… “it’s not a linear path”. This process was multiple stages. I was exploring and finding new sources and ideas even later in my process. It wasn’t like “oh I found 5 sources in the beginning, this is it”. No, I was finding articles when writing my rebuttal(my rebuttal was on freedom of speech). An argument that I made that demonstrates the “multiple stages” was my rebuttal argument. I had to explore not only my topic(social media hate, but explore the opposite side. My topic was about “social media banning mechanism for users who are mean to other users, and my rebuttal was on “freedom of speech”. I discovered that there were multiple counter arguments that I could’ve used, freedom of speech and the effectiveness of banning.  I had to form a strong supporting argument, and I developed all of that into a paper with the hypothesis of “Instagram should include a mechanism for banning users who are mean to other users if the number of complaints lodged against them is credible and sufficient.”

Core Value 2. My work demonstrates that I read critically, and that I placed texts into conversation with one another to create meaning by synthesizing ideas from various discourse communities. 

Core value 2 was something that was really important throughout the year with writing. When It came to our assignments (stone money, definition/causal/rebuttal), you really had to think critically and connect texts from articles to discussions.  An example that I think embodied Core value 2 was Stone Money. Personally, I really had to read into all the articles and podcasts given, and it was slightly difficult. I had to critically think about all of the information and try to formulate it into 1000 words. You had to make 1000 words out of more than one resource, the three part podcast, and the article.

Core Value 3. My work demonstrates that I rhetorically analyzed the purpose, audience, and contexts of my own writing and other texts and visual arguments.

When writing I had to figure out my audience. My professor touched on this a ton during our class discussions, and It really made me realize who our ideal readers are and what they look for in a way. My visual rewrite is something that demonstrates CV 3. The visual assignment was where we had to watch a 30-sec video and describe it without sound, second by second. According to my professor, “everything’s an argument”, and that video was a visual argument. I had to show what it was saying, and describe what the whole video was. It’s like showing it to my audience who doesn’t know much about my topic. The purpose of my writing was to voice my argument to my audience.

Core Value 4: My work demonstrates that I have met the expectations of academic writing by locating, evaluating, and incorporating illustrations and evidence to support my own ideas and interpretations.

This core value was something I demonstrated in all of my arguments, but if I had to pick a specific one it would probably be my definition argument.  The whole point of each person’s hypothesis was that it is something that is not only your idea, but is something that is important to us. My topic about social media hate was important. This hypothesis was important to me, and because of that I put a lot of effort into finding evidence and sources/illustrations. So, with the beginning states of our hypothesis we have to do a lot of research to write a definition argugment. I evaluated a lot of sources, researching to see which sources would work for my papers. I also grabbed sources that would support my rebuttal arguement. I had to find specific examples about celebs who have experienced hate/hate speech on social media, and I found a lot of and a couple of those sources did make it to my paper.

Core Value 5. My work demonstrates that I respect my ethical responsibility to represent complex ideas fairly and to the sources of my information with appropriate citation. 

Throughout my papers I made sure that it was important to cite my sources. Ethically, it’s not fair to not cite your sources in your papers because that’s practically saying that you said those quotes from those articles, when you really didn’t. An example that demonstrates this is my final research paper. I had to gather resources and cite them in my articles. All of my quotes in the paper are from the cited sources down on the reference list.

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Reflective-Eaglesfan

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Brandon Sigall

Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development.

My rebuttal argument demonstrates a variety of social and interactive practices. My topic throughout these three arguments was about the pitch clock in the MLB. The rebuttal was an argument in which I knew I was probably going to need a lot of sources and quality ones at that especially since there were not going to be a lot because the rules just started in 2023. I looked up multiple articles and couldn’t really find anything good. The articles were just not giving enough information on the pitch clock and they weren’t displaying any useful information or how defense/pitching was getting better which is what I needed to know. When I finally found a good article about comments players made on the pitch clock I was able to make a good argument. I used Blake Snell’s comments to show how even a player who doesn’t like the rules is actually doing pretty good with them.

Core Value 2. My work demonstrates that I read critically, and that I placed texts into conversation with one another to create meaning by synthesizing ideas from various discourse communities. 

My Causal argument showed my core value 2 being used the most. At first I didn’t put quotes at the right spots about the pitch clock and the idea weren’t really flowing at and didn’t create any meanings. When I talked about the rules first then incorporated the quote is when I found success. I was able to show what I wrote about batting routines not being able to be as long might hurt the batter and the quote after that now proved that it could be the case. My argument was able to substantially improve with content after I found the sources I did in this argument. I was able to then use this to connect to my next paragraph and how with batters getting their routines disrupted they might not be ready as a result of that. Those batters needed and liked their routines for a reason, because it helepd them to prepare for the pitcher.

Core Value 3. My work demonstrates that I rhetorically analyzed the purpose, audience, and contexts of my own writing and other texts and visual arguments.

My visual rewrite showed my ability to rhetorically analyze the purpose. The visual rewrite had me really thinking into what I should write down. My visual rewrite was on an ad about pre retirement.I spent a lot of time on just a thirty second ad trying to be as descriptive and as accurate as I could be on what I was seeing. I looked at the ad frame by frame trying to think of all the meaning within each frame. Whether that was based off a characters facial expressions or objects shown on the screen and the meanings all of it had. At one point a monster appeared on the screen and rhetorically I realized if a monster is on screen they are most likely bad and I ended up being correct. I think breaking down the video in rhetoric helped to improve my three arguments on the pitch clock. Those arguments got better as I was able to use a rhetoric type breakdown to really explain my arguments and correct them.

Core Value 4: My work demonstrates that I have met the expectations of academic writing by locating, evaluating, and incorporating illustrations and evidence to support my own ideas and interpretations.

My definition argument helped with core value 4. Throughout this argument I used multiple pieces of evidence that helped to support my ideas. I explained in this argument the different types of players who were struggling or doing good because of the pitch clock. I used multiple sources to help provide evidence in why my argument was correct. I used a article that gave Chris Bassit’s thoughts on the pitch clock and I used that to show how starting pitchers may actually be thinking of new ways to pitch and adapt to the pitch clock and the rules that go along with it. I used another article to show how sluggers aren’t liking the rules including using Aaron Judge’s comments on the matter and how he feels the rules aren’t fair to him and other batters. This evidence supported my ideas that it is actually the batters or sluggers who aren’t doing well but starting pitchers are actually the ones doing better under the pitch clock.

Core Value 5. My work demonstrates that I respect my ethical responsibility to represent complex ideas fairly and to the sources of my information with appropriate citation. 

My rebuttal argument showed core value 5 well. The argument against me from a worthy opponent was pitchers are getting worse and defense behind them is also getting worse because of the pitch clock. I fairly and firstly acknowledged that as the argument against my own. I then used multiple examples of how their argument would be wrong. I used stats as no one is really able to argue stats. I also used quotes from players themselves and how they think defense is actually better then it ever has been because they don’t have time to mess around or play in the field while they are waiting. They are always on their toes now because of the pitch clock. I showed responsibility by citing each of these sources I used to prove the other argument wrong in the end of the argument as well as citing them in the argument so that if a reader wanted to make sure I was correct they could view the information as they are reading to make sure I was correct and to understand the argument better.

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Reflective – Ilovemydog

Posted on April 21, 2024 by ilovemydog

Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development.

I believe that this core value can be seen throughout the majority of my writing. However, I feel that it can be seen in my research paper for this course. A lot of my posts were posted under the feedback please category and I did utilize that option a lot. I relied on the feedback given to me to further my writing. My research paper included everything that I had written so far and most of the feedback that was given to me was looked at and fixed. Interacting with Professor Hodges throughout the course allowed me as a writer to reflect on and fix what I wrote and I am grateful for that. I felt as if through the feedback given for my research paper I was able to experience my writing from a different perspective which also helped me through the process of revising my work.

Research – Ilovemydog

Core Value 2. My work demonstrates that I read critically, and that I placed texts into conversation with one another to create meaning by synthesizing ideas from various discourse communities. 

This core value can be demonstrated through my causal rewrite. A lot of my writing included evidence from articles, but this one really stands out as the evidence flows from one part of the essay to the next. Especially, in the middle sections when I spoke about Sinéad O’Connor and Ed Sheeran. I used evidence throughout the middle sections to prove the points I wanted to make in this essay. For example, the evidence was used to support the effects of the music industry in modern times. While both may be completely different articles talking about different occasions, they supported what I wanted to say. I managed to synthesize the ideas that people had from these communities online and attribute them to my own writing.

Causal Rewrite – Ilovemydog

Core Value 3. My work demonstrates that I rhetorically analyzed the purpose, audience, and contexts of my own writing and other texts and visual arguments.

A lot of what is said for this core value was experienced with the visual rhetoric assignment. I analyzed the video I chose to find the purpose of the video itself as well as study the different approaches to help the viewer understand the meaning. I was shown certain scenes and from there I was to interpret what was happening in the video. The surroundings helped me figure out what was going on as well. If I was just watching this video to watch it and not for an assignment, I probably wouldn’t have put as much thought into it. For example, in the beginning of the video, I talked about the house and the decorations surrounding it. The assignment aspect made me focus more on the video and what visuals could really mean.

Visual Rewrite – Ilovemydog

Core Value 4: My work demonstrates that I have met the expectations of academic writing by locating, evaluating, and incorporating illustrations and evidence to support my own ideas and interpretations.

Core value 4 was seen in my definition/definition rewrite argument. While I may not have used as many sources for this argument I did the most research for it. I utilized online PDF texts that I wouldn’t have ever looked for if I hadn’t been encouraged by Professor Hodges to look for outside materials on our school’s database. Having the different sources between the books and articles I used for this argument, I don’t think I would have been able to support the ideas and conclusions I was making. For example, I was talking about how music from the 60s and 70s had more meaning and influence than the music now, and I used the PDF text version of, Pete Seeger, Musical Revolutionary, to support my thought. The evidence I pulled was one of Seeger’s songs about the Vietnam War. I was able to gain more of an understanding from researching these outside sources.

Definition Rewrite – Ilovemydog

Core Value 5. My work demonstrates that I respect my ethical responsibility to represent complex ideas fairly and to the sources of my information with appropriate citation. 

I demonstrated this core value in my rebuttal rewrite argument. I had a lot of quotes in this argument and I presented my ethical responsibility pretty well considering that I did my citations correctly. I gave credit where credit was due and my references were written correctly as well. I also did everything according to the APA format that we are using for this course. I also believe that I did my best to create a fair and respectful argument. For example, I am arguing that activism in music is performative today rather than how it used to be in the 60s and 70s. I kept my peace throughout my writing but fought for my idea. However, I still presented the other side clearly and thoughtfully.

Rebuttal Rewrite – Ilovemydog
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Reflective— Snowman

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Snowman10

Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development.

There was multiple study involved in writing about solar-powered transportation. I had a hard time at first forming my ideas, but talks with my cousin and my professor, as well as their feedback, helped me make sense of them. During my research, I came across fresh data that rejected what I knew, particularly regarding developments in solar and battery technology. In my research paper, I developed a thorough argument by combining these concepts. My thorough argument focused on the future challenges, behind technologies, and possible benefits of solar-powered transportation. By means of thorough examination and synthesis of data, I have lit the exciting possibilities of solar-powered cars.

Core Value 2. My work demonstrates that I read critically, and that I placed texts into conversation with one another to create meaning by synthesizing ideas from various discourse communities. 

To be able to bring together theories from many different perspectives, I thoroughly reviewed a variety of sources during my look into solar-powered vehicles. Parts such as Sarah Wells’ “Where Are All the Solar-Powered Cars?” and Kevin Clemens’ “The Reality of Solar-Powered Cars” offered views on barriers and possible solutions. According to Clemens, further advancements might make solar-powered cars a reality, and the growing number of EV owners installing solar rooftops indicates that people are beginning to accept solar energy as a source of transportation energy. According to my research, solar-powered vehicles have a lot of potential benefits despite certain challenges. I added to the discussion about solar energy’s potential to shape future mobility and sustainable transportation by logically examining and synthesizing available data. Rebuttal

Core Value 3. My work demonstrates that I rhetorically analyzed the purpose, audience, and contexts of my own writing and other texts and visual arguments.

Studying the diaries of Hans, Lacivita, Brigham, and Hedi greatly enhanced my understanding of sustainable transportation and the potential of solar energy in the automotive industry as I studied solar electric vehicles (SEVs). SEVs apply solar panels into their vehicle designs in an attempt to decrease their impact on the environment and promote energy independence. Knowing the barriers, like the limited surface area of solar panels, allowed me to recognize the complexities involved in combining solar technology into cars. Also, finding out about creative fixes like body panels and solar roofs showed to me the continuous improvements in the industry. These discoveries caught my interests about clean energy solutions in addition to adding to my knowledge. definition.

Core Value 4: My work demonstrates that I have met the expectations of academic writing by locating, evaluating, and incorporating illustrations and evidence to support my own ideas and interpretations.

I had a look carefully at several kinds of economic theories and past events to back up my claims as I examined the general concept of money. References to Joffe-Walt’s NPR piece “How Fake Money Saved Brazil” and Friedman’s “The Island of Stone Money” provide information about various monetary systems and their effects on societies. I established Weidenhammer’s analysis of Graham’s research on German high inflation to highlight the value of a stable currency. Renaut’s study of the Bitcoin bubble burst was another resource I used to underline the difficulties with decentralized currencies. These varied sources showed a commitment to deeply research and research engagement, as well as supplying support for my claims and adding to the conversation.

Core Value 5. My work demonstrates that I respect my ethical responsibility to represent complex ideas fairly and to the sources of my information with appropriate citation. 

My ability to analyze videos has greatly increased, particularly in the area of emotional narrative knowledge. I developed my ability to identify and examine character dynamics and feelings by carefully examining every scene. I improved my ability to recognize nonverbal signals by recognizing, for instance, the daughter’s hidden reactions and the grandmother’s calm expressions of worries. Through this visual story, I also gained a deeper understanding of family ties and the complexity of relationships. My critical thinking skills have improved as a result of this process, and I can now evaluate themes and messages more skillfully. All in all, breaking down the video has improved my analysis abilities and given me insightful knowledge about narrative depth and emotional storytelling. Visual

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Reflective — Holistic25

Posted on April 21, 2024 by holistic25

Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development.

Writing requires an open mind willing to discover the unknown. By no means can a writer stand alone in the pursuit of great persuasive works. I accredit my progress to the in-semester conferences and the feedback I received on my final drafts, specifically my rebuttal argument. Professor Hodges properly noted I needed a ‘worthy opponent’ to target my rebuttal argument toward, and that allowed me the opportunity to find a mainstream media source to attack because of the class action lawsuit against Zinus. Class lectures emphasized the job of my rebuttal argument, to tease out problems with my adversaries’ counterarguments, rather than provide solace to a worthy opponent. These examples denote my progress in the art of collaboration. It starts with being open to feedback, never believing I have it all figured out.

Rebuttal Rewrite — Holistic25

Core Value 2. My work demonstrates that I read critically, and that I placed texts into conversation with one another to create meaning by synthesizing ideas from various discourse communities.

Look no further than the visual rhetoric assignment to see how I demonstrated the ability to attribute meaning to information frame by frame. Indeed, an exhilarating assignment, I leaned on several rhetorical strategies to explain why I drew upon the conclusions I did. Interpreting the thirty second promotion without sound challenged my abilities to synthesize information in the context of the video. Above all, the assignment allowed me to notice images and processes I would never have if I just relied on my ability to watch a thirty second video without pausing to see what I noticed. Before, I could not have possibly believed so many observations and conclusions could come from a thirty second advertisement. For instance, I remember the focal figure of my video, a woman, wearing a sort of cast around her wrist. Also, the advertisement showed the mother drawing, and stopping to hone in on the drawing allowed me to see subtle details, such as her valuing faith when she lightly drew angel wings and a cross presumably around her two sons she embraced.

Visual Rewrite — Holistic25

CORE VALUE 3
Writing is shaped by audience, purpose, and context.

My entire research paper embodied this sentiment because targeting an ideal reader gave me direction and recourse. I learned several valuable lessons in lectures regarding the ideal reader. Keeping the ideal reader in my mind, class lectures taught me that the ideal reader consists of either someone who appears on the fence regarding the subject matter or simply ill-informed on the subject. Writing a persuasive work would not serve a purpose if I wrote to appease what I already know and believe. A valuable life lesson in general, not many people will latch on to my thought process when I tell them what to do. Speaking in this context would be disparaging. More appropriate, a persuasive work speaks to the ideal reader, empowering them to draw their own conclusions. I, as a writer, simply act as a guide.

Research — Holistic25

CORE VALUE 4:
Information literacy is essential to the practice of writing.

Perhaps the aspect that excited me most, finding sources to speak upon the subject matter I embarked upon, provided me information literacy. Invaluable to my definition argument, the source Toxic Bedrooms by Walter Bader produced joy upon finding and citing this work. The reason behind this being that the topic of toxic mattresses seldomly exists, and this source served as an entire book expanding my understanding and knowledge around the subject. This source encouraged me to take on a difficult subject in talking about petrochemicals with long and confusing names and attributing these concepts to ill health effects such as multiple chemical sensitivity. Before embarking on my research paper, I understood the argument internally, but explaining it to others served as the ultimate roadblock. Particularly, this source by Walter Bader allowed me the ability to not only explain but persuade my audience that petrochemicals in commercial products such as mattresses, cause ill health effects. I needed that guide, and Toxic Bedrooms provided that.

Definition / Categorical Rewrite

CORE VALUE 5:
Writing has power and comes with ethical responsibilities.

This concept comes with a specific nonverbal agreement to not mislead readers in a deceitful manner. Although some deceitful writings in history demonstrate effectiveness by mainly pulling on emotional chords, rather than logic, these works get exposed in the near future. A recent example, COVID-19, the initial response shut down the world, advocating for strategies such as standing six feet apart. Odd guidelines such as standing six feet apart, not visiting loved ones because of the upper limit of people concentrated in one particular area, proved to be largely fraudulent. Regardless, pertaining to my own work, my causal argument did not steer toward chaos and confusion. Rather, I relied on logic and examples, letting the ideal reader decide for themselves how they would proceed after learning about the toxic world we live in. I understand I shall never write to desire egotistical outcomes, such as power.

Causal Argument — Holistic25

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