Rhetorical Knowledge
- Focus on a purpose
Define: This means that I have a reason for writing and I can stick
with that reason throughout my essay.
Explain: It is evident
that I know how to focus on a purpose since in my narrative essay my purpose
was to entertain and I focused on that throughout the essay. In my first paragraph I wrote, “…………………..” This, I think, is entertaining, and that is
the reason I wrote the essay. Later, in
paragraph 2 I wrote, “……………..,” and that proves that I am sticking to my
goal. Finally, in my last paragraph I
wrote, “…………………,” and from all these examples, it is clear I can focus on a
purpose.
- Write in several genres:
Define: This means I can write different types of
essays like narrative, descriptive and others.
Explain:
Critical Thinking, Reading, and
Writing
- Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating
Define: This means to read and write to answer
questions, discover new things, and to share with others.
Explain:
- Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate primary and secondary sources
Define: I
know that writing is made up of steps like gathering, thinking about, and
combining information.
Explain:
Processes
- Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful text
Define: This means that essays take multiple tries to
be successful.
Explain:
- Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading
Define:
This means I have different ways to fix my own writing.
Explain:
Knowledge of Conventions
- Learn common formats for different kinds of texts
Define: This means that I know that different types
of writing look different from each other and I know how to complete them
correctly.
Explain:
- Control such surface features such as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Define: This means I don’t make mistakes.
Explain:
