- Audience and Purpose- I wanted to persuade someone instead of teaching them about the position on the issue of educational success. The purpose was to convince the reader on who was responsible for you or another’s educational success. You can see this in my rough draft. We learned about turning our paragraphs into the TBEIR so that the audience was able to follow our paragraphs and know what we were talking about. My audience was parents, because I believe that parents are the biggest influence on a child’s success. I had to evaluate or think about how to use my words and thoughts to accommodate my audience in a respectable way to help enlighten them on my thoughts.
- Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing- For the this is my position essay, I had to think critically about my position and the reasons that backed up my stance on the issue. I wanted to persuade them to think the same way I did. I also had to think about a counter argument that showed respect to all of my audience. I had to come up with a thesis that gave the reader insight on what would show up in my following paragraphs. I used quotes from president Obama to back up my thought on the responsibility parents have on their children. We did peer editing and got feedback from the teacher. Strengths on my paper was the evidence to back my thoughts up, like the story I had about my friend and his parents.
- Processes- I had to fix a lot from my rough draft to my final draft, because I had many problems with being able to convince my reader that my issue is correct. So revision and editing was a major part of this essay for me because of how poorly my rough draft was on explaining my position. I struggled with correctly constructing the TBEIR paragraphs, because I was never able to think of the correct way of organizing my paragraph’s sentences.
- Knowledge of Conventions- For this paper, I had a hard time with organizing my paragraphs, but I gained control over it as I worked through this paper.
- Values Exploration- My values were written out telling how my parents have been an important influence on my life. It allows others to see how my experiences can bring about success. Hopefully that would help others who read my paper. My own thoughts and opinions were expressed thoroughly and respectably throughout this paper.
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