Rafael Antun

     Throughout the course of this class, I have not only learned many new things when it comes to composing, but I have also re-learned and in many cases learned more about things I had previously known about. I have learned not only how to compose writing works, but how to support them in more ways than one, such as sources, rhetorical strategies, or the use of different genres. Over the course of the three major projects, I was able to strengthen my use of genres to support my writing. I found that I best learned how to utilize genres in the Project three multigenre persuasive campaign. In this project, the goal was to use three separate genres in order to support your stance on an issue within your discourse community. Personally, I felt as if using 3 different genres allowed me to create a more effective and persuasive campaign, as it allowed me to show my viewpoint for different types of people, due to the fact that some people are better visual leaners than reading learners and vice-versa. Overall, this project to me was very impactful as it showed me the many benefits of displaying your argument for multiple audiences, and the accommodations you may have to make to spread your message effectively.

     In this class, the use of rhetorical strategies could be seen most prevalently in project two, which asked us to use ethos, pathos, and logos to support our research from project one. Despite it being taught to me in this class, I had already previously learned about the three main rhetorical strategies and what they were. However, I had never used them in writing prior to this class. In using them to support my research, I found them to be a very effective source of supporting evidence, as persuasion usually involves one of ethos, pathos, or logos. Besides using them in project 2, rhetorical strategies can be seen in my rhetorical rationale for project 3, which again uses many different rhetorical strategies to spread my stance on the issue of MLB salary limits.

     Overall, the courses three major projects have taught me multiple ways to improve my arguments and have allowed for me to improve my writing and composition. I believe that the most effective and impactful part of everything was the way that the projects would stack on top of each other, with project one leading into project two and so forth. This stacking of the projects and well as the feedback left on the rough drafts and final submissions has allowed for me to continually improve my writing skills through practice and constructive criticism. This class has allowed for me to take the next step with my writing skills, which should continue developing throughout my time at FSU. 

     In final, the information I gained about genres, composing, and rhetorical strategies throughout the duration of this semester has greatly positively impacted my writing skills, and will continue to do so throughout my college career.