One of the most helpful pieces of advice for writing an introduction was to shape it in a way that will help me to achieve my goal or purpose of analysis. Throughout my writings, my introduction always seems to be somewhat disjunct and out of place because it isn't shaped in a way to aide my text. Another piece of advice that was extremely helpful for this project was the advice to focus on the text itself and not the issue it is discussing. The topic I have chosen is very opinionated and it can be easy to get lost in a sea of wanting to rebuttal against what some of the individuals were saying. However, the purpose of this project is to analyze HOW the author constructed their argument, not WHAT it was about. It is also important to not dwelve into too many different rhetorical strategies. Choosing a couple that really stick out and elaborating on them will keep the paper from going astray, and will also make it less stressful for the writer.
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A link to my detailed outline can be found here.
Reflection:
After reading through the posts of Andrea and Mira, I saw that we had very different approaches as to how to create our outline. They both formatted their outline with questions or goals that they wanted to tackle, while I tried to make mine more precise. I feel like their outlines are much more helpful in getting the creative juices flowing. I've identified some of the points from the documentary I wish to discuss, but I feel like I am lacking a lot of direction and clarity. My draft will likely need a lot of editing because at this moment everything seems to be scatter-brained.
Hi Chelsea! The primary thing I noticed about your outline is that it is very organized and thorough. You are very specific in all of your points, and I enjoy the fact that you have your draft planned out so well. You are on the right path, keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteI think you were really effective in mapping out the outline while still making sure you wrote out sentences of how you wanted the main ideas to be presented. Mainly by habit, I tend to keep my outlines rather general in order to avoid limiting myself in the analysis, but after writing my rough draft, this resulted in some crazy rambling I'm going to have to tackle in editing. Hopefully your outline worked out a little better than mine, it seems like it would do the trick!
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