Purposes for final exam
To evaluate how the concepts connected with rhetorical
situation have impacted your reading, writing, and critical thinking. This reflection will help you articulate your
own learning and will constitute your ENGL1201 final exam grade.
To help your instructor understand and learn from your
perspective on your experiences learning how to read, write, and think in CORE
English I.
Take-home final exam assignment
This semester, we structured our class around the
“rhetorical situation,” examining the following concepts:
Rhetor, purpose / exigence / need, audience (intended and
actual); contexts and constraints; medium and genre; ethos/pathos/logos, tone,
and rhetorical stance.
PROMPT:
How has learning these concepts made an impact on your
reading, writing, and critical thinking skills both in English and outside of
this class?
Rather than trying to show how these concepts have IMPROVED
your reading and writing, reflect on how they affected your thinking about your
reading and writing and how you make decisions as a writer and interpretations
a reader.
Write a 3-4 page formal academic essay that answers this
question referencing the boldfaced items in the above list that were most
useful or important to you.
Document your claims from the writing you have done this
term, which means that you must use past papers as examples in your essay and
quote yourself.
Make sure to follow MLA and include a Works Cited page.
How to write and submit the self-assessment
When you read over your writings, take notes on places where
you’ve developed as a writer or reader by understanding the rhetorical
situation. This preparatory work should
help you answer the question most effectively.
Your essay will be evaluated as an academic essay, that is, on your
ability to draw from a complex set of evidence (your writings and writing
experiences), your critical reflection on that evidence, the compelling nature
of your thesis, and a coherent organization.
You may draw upon the Outcomes Statements for First-Year
WritingLinks to an external site., a set of statements that express what we
expect you to have accomplished by the end of your first-year writing
experience. Also, you might find it
useful to examine a sample student self-assessmentLinks to an external site..
MY ESSAYS FROM THE SEMESTER ARE ATTACHED IN THE FILES BELOW
