Reflection on Project 3 Draft

In this post I will answer the four provided questions so that I can reflect on the direction that my draft appears to be heading right now.

Plas, Danny, "Reflections." 7/30/2011 via Flickr. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic

 For the peer revision portion of this deadline I analyzed the drafts of Jenny and Charles.

1. Who reviewed your project 3 draft?

• Jenny, Lauren, and Rachel all took the time to review my project 3 draft.

2. What did you think or feel about the feedback you received? Be explicit and clear. Tell me what helped or what confused you about the feedback you got.

• To be honest, the feedback that I got from my peers kind of made me a little concerned about the direction that my project is heading in. Rachel and Lauren definitely sensed where I want my argument to go, but it was clear that Jenny didn't really see the true purpose of my argument. Jenny clearly didn't understand the refutation argument type that I was trying to employ, which made me wonder if everyone else would feel this same way. However, Rachel and Lauren commented on my draft after Jenny and they seemed to definitely see what I was trying to accomplish. I don't think that I should let one reader make me question my argument as a whole, thus I will try to clarify some of the things that Jenny clearly didn't understand, but I like the overall essence of my piece and don't want to change the overall purpose that I am trying to achieve too much.

3.What aspects of Project 3 need to most work going forward [Audience, Purpose, Argumentation, or Genre]? How do you plan on addressing these areas?

• I think that the aspects of my project that need the most work are genre and argument. I feel that minor changes to the way my project is formatted to fit my genre would improve it greatly. For instance, I could make my subheadings in bold and bigger font to make them stand out, and I could incorporate an image (maybe a table or graph) to limit the amount of wordy statistics my work contains. As for the argument aspect of my project, I think that appealing to my audience's emotions more would be a smart decision. For example, I could incorporate a personal narrative that could make my audience relate to my argument more and make it seem like I have more credibility on the topic.

4. How are you feeling overall about the direction of your project after peer review and/or instructor conferences this week?

• Despite some questionably harsh critique from one of my peers, I still like the direction of my project so far. My meeting with you a few days ago reassured me that I was definitely on the right track. Therefore, I will make the revisions that we discussed at our meeting and a few additional ones, in order to hopefully clarify any concerns that Jenny, Rachel, or Lauren had with my draft. Overall, I am pretty confident in the direction of my public argument thus far.