Questions for essay #2

Holly Snider

Taking Stock of Your Writing:

 

I analyzed my text by using rhetoric methods and skills. I picked my ads and looked as deeply I could into them, by reading the quotes, gathering background information, and viewing the images. Following the rhetorical methods were definitely helpful for writing my essay and analyzing the ads.

For drafting my essay I chose the ads and looked at them multiple times before beginning any writing. Then I wrote summaries of each of the ads, continued with a basic analysis of each ad. Then I chose my thesis, I edited my analysis to include my thesis and put each paragraph into “essay form”. Lastly, I wrote my intro and conclusion based on the ideas and information included in my essay.

I believe I organized my essay well following a pattern of image, short summary, and analysis. But as always, there is room for improvement. I could have included more transitions and transition paragraphs.

There is evidence for my points in each paragraph and I think that is a sufficient amount. My thesis is referred to and supported through-out the analysis.

In my opinion, I think I included solid detail and explanation in all of the analysis, especially well.

Overall, I think my essay writing went well but I think transitions could use the most improvement.

Yes I did use visuals. I think they provide good reference points for the readers and give credibility to the paper. I think that words could have done something similar but including the actual pictures is important and useful.

I got good reviews and advice which made me feel more confident in my writing for this analysis. I followed most of the advice and suggestions I got from my peers.

Next time, I would probably choose three ads from three different companies rather than the same one so I could analyze different companies strategies and ads rather than similar ads.

For never writing an analysis paper I am pleased with how my turned out. I think I did rather well for it being my first analysis. I learned quite a bit about analyzing ads in general, but I learned much more about CoverGirl and their makeup. I would like to see some more ads by them and other companies and make a comparison.

Skills from this that could be used in other writing situations are reading between the lines and deciding on credibility, both of these are important in almost all types of writing.