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What challenges did you face during the Quick Reference Guide project and how did you deal with them?
- One of the challenges I faced during this process is that I did not know what a Quick Reference Guide was when I began this project. I dealt with this by reviewing various examples of Quick References Guide.
- I also struggled with finding scholarly sources because I had never reviewed scholarly sources. I used google scholar to help me find these sources.
What successes did you experience on the project and how did they happen?
- I felt that once I found out how to make a Quick Reference Guide I was very successful in making it. I was able to utilize the subtitles effectively and keep my explanations from becoming summaries.
What kinds of arguments, rhetorical strategies, design choices and writing practices did you find the most effective for your project? Why?
- I felt that it was very easy to find arguments for both sides as this is a very current topic. It was very helpful to have a large variety of sources. I was able to use images to show off statistics and to give images relating to the topic.
What kinds of arguments, rhetorical strategies, design choices and writing practices did you find were not effective for your project? Why?
- I did not find the use of the book to be very helpful. Especially for clarity I felt that I did not have many issues in the categories that I used.
How was the writing process for this project similar to other school writing experiences you’ve had in the past?
- The writing process was nearly identical to those I've had in the past. Starting with a brainstorming period, moving to drafts and having peer editing, and then a final draft with a reflection.
How was the writing process for this project different from other school writing experiences you’ve had in the past?
- The only part of this writing process that was different was that we did not have time to work on the project in class.
Would any of the skills you practiced for this project be useful in your other coursework? Why or why not?
- Brainstorming and the rest of the drafting process are definitely skills that would be useful in other coursework. They are always good to make sure a final draft is as good as it can possible be. I would also use the skill of researching in the future.
Reflection
I read the reflection blog posts of Jenny and Annelise and what I discovered is that we thought very similar things. We all agreed that it was difficult in the beginning because we were not familiar with the QRG genre. This could be solved by looking at the given examples of QRG's. We also all agreed that the scholarly sources did not go well with our topics and we did not use them in our finals.
I also had no idea what a QRG was when I first started. I also agree that some parts of the book weren't very helpful when I was writing. However, for my topic it was sort of difficult to find both sides of my argument...it was very one-sided at times!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed both the concision and detail of your post. I agree with you about the lack of effort it took to represent both sides of the debate, because my controversy is so widespread. Although, one thing that I would have differing thoughts about is your feeling that this project was similar to any other assignment that we have done in school. I can see what you mean about the general steps to complete the project being similar to those of assignments of the past, but I feel that the freedom of expression that this project gave me differed from any other writing that I have done.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed both the concision and detail of your post. I agree with you about the lack of effort it took to represent both sides of the debate, because my controversy is so widespread. Although, one thing that I would have differing thoughts about is your feeling that this project was similar to any other assignment that we have done in school. I can see what you mean about the general steps to complete the project being similar to those of assignments of the past, but I feel that the freedom of expression that this project gave me differed from any other writing that I have done.
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