During this project, I used some of the WPA outcomes. My lack of experience in this type of writing affected my output within project 1. Being exposed to new writing styles has opened my eyes to a new way of writing which included the observation in the gym for project 1.
Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing
For this project, I had to learn how to be a competent writer. Taking a writing project and breaking it down into stages made the project seem less overwhelming. By doing this, I had a better grasp of what I wanted to discuss and how I was going to convey my project.
Locating different sources for project 1 was something that I haven’t been exposed to since high school. When I started writing, I knew little about citing various …show more content…
Writing a proposal, a rough draft first and integrating the feedback from my classmates and my professor helped me with the final one assisted me to fine-tune my writing through giving me a chance to do editing on my project.
I gained experience in negotiating variations in genre conventions by first understanding that it was crucial to choose the right type of my writing so that it can reach the intended audience appropriately. During the process of writing, I was able to structure my draft in a manner that will make the audience understand my reasoning and my opinion. Selecting the correct genre for a piece is necessary when writing an argumentative kind of work.
I learned about the standard formats and the design features for different types of texts through reading the ASU resources that were provided while researching various kinds of topics. I heard about on how to correctly format my project using APA, MLA, Chicago, and Harvard referencing. Before this study, I had no idea about the formatting.