- The writing demonstrates substantial and successful revision.
- The writing responds to substantive issues raised by the instructor and peers.
- Errors of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics are proofread and edited so as not to interfere with reading and understanding the writing.
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Outcome #4
To develop flexible strategies for revising, editing, and proofreading writing.
The fourth and final outcome of this class requires me to show that I have "[developed] flexible strategies for revising, editing, and proofreading writing." Throughout each of my papers I did just this. After receiving feedback on a paper from either you or my peers, I immediately assessed the comments that were given and incorporated these into my revision process. I would often revise the same sentence countless times in order to address the comment that was given. I often struggled with making broad generalizations about a claim, or I did not discuss a particular piece of my claim in enough detail. I dedicated a majority of my revision process to addressing this issue. In revision, I often referred back to the text to better grasp of the idea I was trying to present. I believe, in the end, I was successful in this area. One of the papers I believe I improved the most in is one titled "A Combat Photo Album." In this paper, my comments were ones asking me to clarify my ideas, and take a firm stance on the topic of the truthfulness of combat photographs. I did a complete overhaul and made massive changes and even inserted entire paragraphs to strengthen my argument. In revision, I cited the text more often, further developed my claim and took a firm stance on the issue in order to make my argument more clear and more persuasive (see excerpt 10).
Another paper I made great improvements on is one titled "How Ads Are Busted." I recieved comments from you such as, "...while it does grapple with some of the concepts that Ramamurthy takes up, it could be explored further, and do so with fewer generalizations." I believe I addressed this issues as I cited Ramamurthy frequently in revision and also chose specific arguments to focus on, rather than making broad generalizations (see excerpt 11).
I also proofread all of my papers for punctuation, mechanical, and grammatical errors. I do not need anything detracting from my writing, and I believe I have fixed all of these problems through proofreading. I want the reader to be able to focus on my argument, rather than be distracted with small, simple mechanical errors.
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