Writing has an abundant amount of shapes and forms for all types of people to serve into many distinctive categories. For me, I believe that writing is only unique to you, and only you, with the use of one’s point of view. The author’s perspective is subjective to all areas of thought within any given story. Because without the set perspective of first person, second person, or third person point of view, the story does not make sense, nor does it have a significant value.
After having learned the many aspects in composing writing pieces for this class and many other classes throughout the semester, I’ve realized that there are a lot of similarities to what I was taught in high school and there are plenty of new methods/techniques I’ve learned in this first semester. The central learning curve for me were the specific application of key terms like rhetorical situation, audience, author, tone, purpose, genre, medium, stance, and language. In my writings, I’ve realized that there was a lot more in – depth analysis completed after using these terms. These few terms not only enhanced the writing pieces I’ve submitted for this class, but also enhanced the way I write for all my other classwork’s analysis. For most of my Philosophy and U.S. History homework assignments, I have found myself including key terms like the author, the tone, and the stance to further enhance the writing itself and deepen the given prompt. After using these kinds of key terms, I’ve found myself receiving a grade letter higher with more positive feedback on how the writing includes a deep understanding of the prompt along with the proper understanding of the given prompt.
For the composition of two genres and the source-based essay, my theory of writing played a major role when composing these pieces. I had to give a grand display to my audience as to why electric cars are better than gas – powered cars. Given this, there was an extensive amount of research and analysis done to target the different age groups and the different point of views they each have. I had to take into consideration the wants and needs for the young drivers and the old drivers out there in the world whose perspective that needs to be altered. Using my source-based essay, I was able to dive in to the broad spectrum. From past experiences and others online blogs about their experiences with buying their own car at the age of 18, considering the perspective and where one is coming from is crucial. After using one’s point of view from both the good and bad side of this argument, the key terms naturally came about. Reading other authors’ articles brought out the tone they tried passing on to their intended audience. I picked up on the way those specific authors structured their writing and vocabulary to show that either gas – powered vehicles are better than electric vehicles, and vise versa. For example, using the gas – powered vehicles defects and speaking highly of these defects was a way to be sarcastic about that situation and show their targeted audience that such and such is both bad for you and the environment. Similarly, I used the strategy of emphasizing the nature of the future we’re approaching. When someone says, that looks so futuristic, it’s a 90% chance that the entity itself is sparkly, shiny, clean, and/or very advanced. However, by continuously using gas – powered vehicles, our future on this earth may never look like this. Yes, there will be tremendous amounts of advancements made to the current technology that is rapidly growing, but the environment itself will continue to decrease in quality. The atmosphere and all the other links to it like the weather and the polar ice caps melting will continue to be severely affected.
Being able to use my personal point of view in papers makes writing feel more natural to me. It doesn’t seem to me that I must write paper x in a certain amount of time anymore. Analyzing and writing about a certain topic using my theory of writing feels like I’m writing in my personal journal/diary after this semester. Using this in different classes like Philosophy and U.S. History, I was able to accomplish my goal and pin point where the author, the stance, the genre, the medium, the audience, and the language used in a much more natural form because I was able to use my own theory of writing in the given assignments throughout all my classes.
When I am writing, there are a couple of components that are most important to me. These components mainly consist of the clean-cut structure which I can distinguish each of the rhetorical terms. However, these terms all coincide with each other and sometimes fall under the same section. Like writing about the author and the tone fall under the same sub category because without the authors specific choice of diction, there would be no tone in play all throughout the piece of writing. During moments like this is where it is quite impossible to divide them like so, but I found out that integrating these kinds of terms has brought a new strength and light in my writing structure. In addition, I find it most crucial to write and cater to only the audience I intend on focusing on. Many authors make a broad statement for the subject matter to apply to the majority. However, by doing this, the people cannot analyze and go in depth like how I am when I am giving them my perspective on a scenario to aid them in the right direction. Writing in my own first-person point of view is crucial to me because it allows for me to have any say and do whatever I want to portray my message.
Within most of my situations I’ve been put in life, I had to use my personal examples and own perspective to empathize with others around me. For example, in my Jewish Studies class final, I used point of view to emphasize the importance of other’s views and thoughts on a situation. The given situation I created in my comic strip was a complex situation of opposing views in a different cultured marriage. Using the techniques from this English class, I was able to portray a serious, yet comical story line of a couple that are from different countries and practices, and with the use of point of view, I was able to show the endless amount of love the man had for the daughter through experiences that changed the parent’s perspective of him. Although this assignment was a comic book for my Jewish Studies course this semester, I found myself naturally integrating the stance of the author through dialogue and facial expressions of the character, along with the targeted audience, who were the young and naive to go and find their love, regardless of their background/ethnicity.
I can develop my theory of writing through my central focus being on point of view. However, to make the writing piece apt to the requirements given, the use of peer review, peer editing, and revision really bring everything I need together into a solid, concise piece. Having my fellow peers give their eyes and opinions on my paper brings out the many imperfections it consists and brings together a whole new piece ready for publication. Whether it be on blackboard or on my google doc, being able to view another person’s perspective on how to complete a story or analysis in their way is always a plus on top of the review you did yourself after finishing.
In summary, I write according to plan. Creating an idea in my mind and then writing down a script like how I did for the Jewish Studies class or writing down an essay outline of body paragraphs x,y, and z must contain this information. Writing creates. Writing gives.
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