Rhetorical Analysis Reflection

My work on Rhetorical Analysis shows my development of the skill recognizing rhetorical aspects in a text. My comfort level with recognizing rhetorical aspects in a text before the assignment was super low due to I am not used to looking closely at the recognizing rhetorical aspects in a text but instead the content of the text. That was clearly shown with the change in direction of my paper from the first draft to my second draft. I moved from looking at the content of the text to recognizing rhetorical aspects in the text. “With the adaptation of analepsis in a non-fiction/memoirs, Sestero wanted to show the readers that you don’t have to follow what is known to be the traditional way of doing things.” I look closely at the text and found out that Sestero is using analepsis to communicate a message to the reader. While in my first draft, I look at how Tommy and Sestero are both inspire by James Dean which is not a rhetorical aspect in the text. The skill totally changes my way of looking at text. Now when I look at a text, I see the rhetorical choices that the author makes to express their message to the audience.
I have missed a few due dates but I always make up for them so I won’t miss the chance to improve my skill on rhetorical analysis. I have visited office hours twice. I mainly work on the Rhetorical Analysis. I have learned a lot from both sessions. The first time I brought my first draft with me and I was totally unsure about the direction of my paper. However, after the visit, I have a very clear direction that what I should look for and what I should work on. It helped a lot and I have more confident on the topic that I chose. Overall, my goals in this class is to improve my writing skill and my tendency to meet the benchmarks has allowed me to learned new writing skills to help me in achieving my goal of improving my writing