Core Value I. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development.
I demonstrated my idea on Core Value I by going back editing my papers many time and taking advantage of the advice professor Hodges whether it was in person or feedback on a reply. I demonstrated this idea on my Causal Rewrite where I went back a few times to edit my paper and met face to face with professor during class to get advice and ideas on how to make my paper the best to my ability. He explained to me that I was missing the effects to my causes, as well as make separate paragraphs instead of a just a few giant bulky paragraphs and separate them by ideas. The information and advice that professor left me with I was able to use to my advantage and took his feedback as a helping tool. By editing revising and listening to feedback from professor Hodges I was able to demonstrate what Core Value I means to me.
Core Value II. My work demonstrates that I placed texts into conversation with one another to create meaning by synthesizing ideas from various discourse communities.
I demonstrated my idea of Core Value II by connecting two different ideas together that helped build up a strong claim. In my Rebuttal Rewrite I gathered information from different articles that had the same idea, but had different claims that I felt both helped me build a strong argument and was able to put them together. I was able to share my thought on other people’s comments such as Lt. Gen. Clarence E. McKnight and use their ideas and thoughts to my advantage by countering some of there arguments and sharing my own ideas. By understanding this Core Value II was able to find the right information and ideas that I needed from articles to help propose a strong rebuttal for my paper.
Core Value III. My work demonstrates that I rhetorically analyzed the purpose, audience, and contexts of my own writing and other texts and visual arguments.
I demonstrated my idea of Core Value III by understanding who my readers are and what kind of background knowledge they have on my topic so I know what ideas to give them and a background on what my idea is. In my work, Definition Rewrite I was able to target the citizens of America and a problem that they tend to hear much about in this past year. I focused on the American people to give them an idea of what is going on in our world and how actions of our government may or may not affect us. I never singled out an individual but maintained my focus on the people of America and a situation that we face. By knowing who my readers are I can turn their attention to the matters of terrorism and refugee problems that we face. By understanding what the Core Value III is I was able to demonstrate it in my work.
Core Value IV: 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 demonstrated my idea of Core Value IV by demonstrating it in my Visual Rewrite. I was able to prove my understanding of this Core Value by understanding what my video “Take Time to Be a Dad Today” was about. I was able to understand this videos message with no volume and just by the location of the house the type of mood the actors seem to be in as well as the movement. Such as the father seemed to have been playing with a child just by the looks from our first few glimpse because he was doing a little childish dance and looking down which in fact gave the the impression of looking to someone smaller then him due to not being visible through the window. By pausing it second by second getting a good glimpse of all the events going on in the video I was able to come up with an idea for what was going on and then was able to conclude to a conclusion, that the father was trying to spend time with his daughter and trying to make an impact on her life. After getting my final thought I went back and turned the volume up just to make sure my ideas matched the videos point which came out successful.
Core Value V. 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 my idea of Core Value V by understanding to give credit to when credit is due and by doing so I would always give credit to an author when using helpful there ideas as seen in my Bibliography I would give credit to the author and the name of the article to provide where I got my information from, as well as attach a link to my work cited to show exactly where I got my information from so it would bring you exactly to the website by just clicking the title. By doing so I was able to demonstrate my ethical beliefs in writing. As well as explain how I used their ideas to help my argument by giving a short statement of how I used it. By having good ethics I was able to show where my information came from so that they weren’t some idea that I thought of, but a credible source where I was able to use to build my claims up.
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