English Composition Course Analysis

I am writing to explain how I have reached one of the learning outcomes for English Composition I. The course has been a great help in becoming a better critical thinker. After completing the course, I can successfully analyze rhetorical situations and make effective choices based on audience, context, purpose, and genre.
I have reached the task of audience analysis with the help of Workshops, Peer-reviews, and discussions. For example, in Workshops #4: Car accident in The Wal-Mart Parking Lot I had to write two distinct versions of the same events for two selected audiences. After completing this task, I was able to create a profile of my selected audience based upon many factors such as, cultural background, belief, physical and social characteristics.

In addition, at the end of the workshop, I was able to design my story around a specific audience. Each discussion, workshop, , cover letter, and peer review offered guided questions such as “who is making the argument” and “who is the argument for” which made the task of assessing and defining a specific audience easy to achieve. In addition to all the foregoing, with the Rhetorical Analysis I, II I have reached the task to choose my argumentative tools only after having considered the audience of my argument and its authority, ethos, and values.
In answering the question of M4 Discussion, I have reached the task of assessing and understanding the context of rhetorical situations. In M4 Discussion, I was able to define the meaning of the word “context” as “the most important element related to performing a rhetorical analysis.” While working on M5 Workshop I had to research the context of various arguments. From this research context can be cultural, academic, historical, social and much more. After learning about these categories, I was able to successfully place each of my writing topic in its context.
With the help of Peer reviews and cover letters I was able to analyses the purpose of a rhetorical argument. In my peer reviews, I have successfully identified the writer’s purpose the thesis of an argument, topic sentences, and focus and unity of body paragraphs. For example in my Peer Review to Krystle Presnell, I was able to successfully identify a direct thesis and to identify the topic sentences of each paragraph. In addition,
Thought out the course I have also learned to use a variety of writing genres. I learned to write business letters in which I had to use a clear, informal, and concise style. I also learned to write persuasive essays, a personal narrative, and expository essays.
I would like to conclude my letter expressing how much I enjoyed being in your class this year. Everything from this course helped me to grow so much as a writer, and I really saw a difference in the quality of my writing from the beginning of this course to the end.