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Week 4 Writing Notebook

Situation, Context, and Rhetorical Style Activity

Each week you will have an opportunity to practice different aspects of the writing process in a writing notebook. It consists of a template you will fill out and submit in Canvas. In addition to introducing and practicing targeted components of the writing process, these notebooks are meant to help you to determine your own strengths and to identify opportunities for growth.

This week, the writing notebook focuses on how to analyze the context and situation for your writing to ensure that you choose the best rhetorical style for your purpose.

STEP ONE: Considering Your Work in Class

Reflect on the Written Assignments you wrote in Week 2 and Week 3 of this course.

1. Which style of essay do your Week 2 and Week 3 assignments most closely align with? Are there aspects of the other essay types that you did, or could have, included in your final submissions?

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STEP TWO: Combining Different Styles

It’s common for one essay to embrace aspects of the multiple rhetorical styles in an effort to communicate effectively. Review the
Summary vs. Analysis
resource.

1. What are the strengths and uses of Summary, especially considering your particular field of study?

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2. What are the strengths and uses of Analysis, especially considering your particular field of study?

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STEP THREE: Audience Analysis in Practice

Let’s combine the work you’ve done so far to illustrate how situation and context help influence the rhetorical style used in writing.

Activity 1: Review the
Understanding Your Assignment
resource, including the
Aligning Your Paper with the Assignment Prompt
resource and video.

1. Which steps covered in these resources have been most helpful to you in your previous assignments? Which will you complete when working on future assignments?

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STEP FOUR: Review and Reflect

Review your work in this Writing Notebook. What challenges did you face? Which aspects of determining situation, analyzing context, or selecting rhetorical styles were new to you, or which aspects might you have already been familiar with? In no more than 150 words, please reflect on your work in this activity.

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ENG121 Week 4 Writing Notebook