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Norberto Cardenas

Dr. Nelson

English 1301

November 11, 2022

Essay 3 reflection

My pursuit of knowledge via English 1301 has led to my development of writing talent.

Through class time, workshops, and peer reviews, my skill in writing rhetorical analysis papers

on various genres has improved. My recent essay (essay 3), "Rhetorical Analysis: Study of Kava

on cheerfulness and cognitive enhancement," is an excellent example of my improvements as an

English writer.

To finish my third essay, I implemented techniques I had previously utilized from essays

one and two of English 1301; these techniques helped my papers stay strong. I kept the methods

from papers one and two of telling the readers the audience that the analyzed texts have. For

example, "The community around the Herbal Academy are people who use plants daily in life

for medicinal and health purposes" is a sentence from my essay one that tells the reader who the

community is. Similarly, ". . .efficacy in persuading fellow scientists (the presumed

audience). . .," this sentence also states the audience. The only difference is my briefness. The

same applies to my essay two.

Some practices could not be transferable or were not transferred from essay to essay. For

instance, the genre was used in essay one to evaluate the rhetorical application. In my essay

three, genre was not applied. I believe the use of genre for the rhetorical analysis of my essay
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three would have been good. In my essay two, a visual text analysis, I could not apply the same

evidence since the evidence was visually based.

My essay three, the rhetorical analysis of a peer-reviewed article, has some aspects that

can apply to other endeavors. For example, I chose the organization of the research article as

evidence, and this type of analysis could aid me in my organizational standards. However, the

organization analysis was mentioned as being an appeal to ethos. This mention of ethos could not

be applied to other subjects.

`The review of a peer-reviewed essay aided me in developing my own set of standards

for writing. Because of the study of a scholarly article, my expectations have risen. I will now

approach writing projects with a more definitive strategy: using organizational skills and

providing precise information straight to the point.

Reviewing comments from peer review workshops has shown me my strengths and

weakness. Antonio Garcia Rojas says, "I know what you're talking about, but it sometimes gets

repetitive." This comment shows that I am clear but sometimes use unnecessary sentences. My

essays are also wordy. Peer review has shown me my strengths and weaknesses.

Challenges from this essay have helped my identity as a writer change. For instance, my

investigation into the four rhetorical appeals in my peer-reviewed analysis paper has built my

identity as a writer. Since essay three was challenging, I have become more analytical and

precise in studying a text.

All in all, essay three, was an excellent example of my improvements as a writer. The

aspects reviewed show how much I have improved.