To: Lilly Ingtong

CC: English 1110:35

From: Elijah Quintana
Date: 12 December 2019

Dear professor Ingtong,

I am writing to you to explain the process I took to write my repurposed MWA 1

(RMWA 1). To repurpose my MWA 1 I changed the genre, medium, and the purpose. Originally
the genre of MWA 1 was a profile. A profile is basically writing about something and explaining
it with sufficient information. In my RMWA 1 I changed the genre and purpose to a persuasive
essay, and finally I changed the medium of which I would do my project to article from website.
To make my RMWA1 I started with most of the information I had in my original MWA 1
because I still had to introduce Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to my new audience. Also, the part of my
original MWA 1 that is titled “Autobiography” describes how I got into Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and
why I chose Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Instead of a website I made my RMWA 1 an article, the idea
behind the article is that it's more like a flyer you would hand out during pep rallies or any public
event. Unlike my original MWA 1 I used videos that were not mine. This said video explained to
readers the story of how a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner won a tournament that was designed to
figure out which martial art is superior, this tournament was called UFC 1. I wanted to use this
video because it was videos like these that made me choose Brazilian Jiu Jitsu over other martial
arts. In my RMWA 1 I used images that I used in my original MWA 1 because they were mine
and provided a look at what I experience in my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu gym. The goal of repurposing
my MWA 1 was to demonstrate what I had learned about rhetorical situations, genre, purpose,
and medium. Another thing that I tried to demonstrate my understanding of each SLO.
Rhetorical Situation and Genre- In this assignment I changed the rhetorical situation
and genre. The rhetorical situation is basically the purpose and the target audience. The purpose
was changed and so was the target audience. In the original MWA 1 my target audience was
students whereas in my RMWA 1 it is literally to anyone because after all Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is
for everyone.
Writing as a Social Act- In my discourse community to compose a community you
would need to open a gym. In relation to my discourse community the local, national, and
international levels would basically be the competition aspect. Locally the competition is more
friendly but as you go larger to the national level things get competitive. Since Brazilian Jiu
Jitsu’s roots are in Brazil you will get Brazilians who are crazy about beating Americans.
Writing as a Process- My process during my RMWA 1 was to keep the basic idea of my
original MWA 1 but adding on to it that helped me create an argument as to why everyone
should at least try Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. When I started repurposing my MWA 1 I created a
document of all the evidence that I had from my original MWA 1 and deleted everything that
didn’t fit in with my new rhetoric and genre. Then I added the information that I felt was needed
to create a valid argument.
Grammar and Usage- The structure of my RMWA 1 is more on the lines of an article
but I also wanted it to be sort of like a flyer that you can hand out to people, which I thought I
did well.
Research- The research of my RMWA 1 was evidence that I already knew about. The
research of this assignment was easy and fun because I felt passionate to prove my claim that not
only is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu the best martial art in the world but also that you should try it.