A Journey through Argument
Writing 150 was a class that I must admit I was a little anxious to take. With thoughts like "the class is rigged" and "the prompts are difficultly broad and worded" circulating through my head, I gre nervous of what to expect. However, to my surprise I began to recognize the importance of Writing and this class to the development of collegiate scholarship. I would learn lessons that can not only be used in the academic aspects of my life but the social and ethical areas as well.
The foundational takeaway from this course for me is the idea that as writers and members of our various communities, we are constantly creating arguments about who we are and the ideas we feel passionately for. This was especially true in the workshops where we focused on developing writing skills to best become masters of rhetoric. In every skill or tactic we use in our writing, we are saying something about ourselves and our point of view in writing. Learning how to center arguments through skill development, as seen through exercises like the Topic Sentence workshop, is key to mastering the art of persuasion. Another example of this was through this vary blog project. We constantly looked for key takeaways and arguments people made in their posts, and find ways to either stimulate them, or help them develop their arguments as well.
Besides learning the place and importance of argument in the world, I feel this class set me up for the future of my academic writing and place as a voice in society. Not only had I received a refresher on many tactics and strategies in writing, but I learned the importance of writing as constant communication with readers and the importance of clarity and precision. Further, the topics explored in this class connected me with the injustices present in today's society, as well as how to be ethically and morally correct in a system that often times calls for reform. The collaborative learning and peer feedback process allowed a dialogue between an outside perspective on my writing, as well as how to look at and improve the arguments of others. Finally, it is through the feedback given on my papers that I began to see my points of improvement as a writer.
Persuasion and Rhetoric are skills that are necessary to our development of effective arguments and can only be practiced through writing, revision and constant communication with our peers and superiors. As members of societies and as a generation with the ability to promote change to the injustices in the world, it is important to learn how to present arguments in effective, convincing ways. As I embark down the rest of the college journey and into my future career, I will always keep the lessons, exercises and projects of Writing 150 in my head.
Thank you so much for the amazing year and all you have taught me. Happy Holidays!
The foundational takeaway from this course for me is the idea that as writers and members of our various communities, we are constantly creating arguments about who we are and the ideas we feel passionately for. This was especially true in the workshops where we focused on developing writing skills to best become masters of rhetoric. In every skill or tactic we use in our writing, we are saying something about ourselves and our point of view in writing. Learning how to center arguments through skill development, as seen through exercises like the Topic Sentence workshop, is key to mastering the art of persuasion. Another example of this was through this vary blog project. We constantly looked for key takeaways and arguments people made in their posts, and find ways to either stimulate them, or help them develop their arguments as well.
Besides learning the place and importance of argument in the world, I feel this class set me up for the future of my academic writing and place as a voice in society. Not only had I received a refresher on many tactics and strategies in writing, but I learned the importance of writing as constant communication with readers and the importance of clarity and precision. Further, the topics explored in this class connected me with the injustices present in today's society, as well as how to be ethically and morally correct in a system that often times calls for reform. The collaborative learning and peer feedback process allowed a dialogue between an outside perspective on my writing, as well as how to look at and improve the arguments of others. Finally, it is through the feedback given on my papers that I began to see my points of improvement as a writer.
Persuasion and Rhetoric are skills that are necessary to our development of effective arguments and can only be practiced through writing, revision and constant communication with our peers and superiors. As members of societies and as a generation with the ability to promote change to the injustices in the world, it is important to learn how to present arguments in effective, convincing ways. As I embark down the rest of the college journey and into my future career, I will always keep the lessons, exercises and projects of Writing 150 in my head.
Thank you so much for the amazing year and all you have taught me. Happy Holidays!
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