My Rhetorical Analysis Of My Writing Journey

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Analysis of My Writing Journey When we began ENG 150, we scheduled a time to speak with our instructor. I was very eager to meet with my instructor, Sister Kierra Burns, as we do not get to meet our instructors often on our online courses. When I met Sister Burns, I was pleasantly surprised. It was as if I was talking to a friend. I remember the conversation was something like, “So, how do you feel about writing, and what do you expect to gain from this course?” She asked. “I really like writing; it has always been a way to express myself and be creative,” I responded. Perhaps I should have also mentioned that I haven't been in formal education for almost twenty years, and my writing days have been reduced to writing medical letters at work. So, not surprisingly, I felt …show more content…
I would also tell her that I noticed how my writing has changed after taking this course and that I have learned many new things. Three of my favorite lessons were the formatting of dialogues in an essay, the rhetorical analysis, and the annotated bibliography for the explanatory synthesis essay. Before taking this course, I was unfamiliar with the structure and formatting of dialogues in writing. I did not know that I should use quotation marks to indicate the beginning and end of spoken dialogue, or that creating a new paragraph for each speaker was necessary. However, now I pay attention to the structure of dialogues whenever I see them, and I know how to use them. I realized that I like to use dialogue as a way to make writing feel more descriptive, and it presents a good opportunity to employ the rhetorical principle of “Show, don’t just tell.” (Reid, 2010). Additionally, during our lessons on rhetorical analysis, I was surprised to realize that I had not previously noticed the patterns and techniques used by skilled speakers. I used to believe that these individuals were naturally

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