English 101 - taking stock in your writing

1.      What was your main point (thesis)?  “The Moral of the Story”?

The main point of my story was my mother's impact on my life in the area of literacy. She taught me poetry which has helped me massively throughout my schooling. 

2.      Who was your audience?  What did you assume about them?  What “audience needs” did you have to consider in writing the paper?  How did you tailor your writing to them?

My audience is my professor and my class mates. I assumed that they would be able to relate to experiences I included in my story, for they are very relative to life. In my paper I thought my audience would need clear explanations of my experience so that they would be able to fully understand and not have questions on my story. How I tailored my writing for my audience would be that I took time to keep my point clear, and understood that they would not know the details, and that I must supply them. 

3.      What feedback or reactions did you get at various times while composing this paper, and how was this helpful?  What other kinds of input or support did you get from classmates, teacher, tutors, others?  Were you able to make use of it?  How, or why not?

Much of the reaction I got from my paper was positive, but I did have some helpful tips for improvement from my classmates and my mother. One classmate pointed out some grammatical errors which was very useful, and another saw that I was not clear on some points. Other input was to focus on my setting more, and that I had a very good voice in my writing. The advice and critiques that were given came in much use, because through them my eyes were open to my mistakes, where otherwise I would've skimmed them over. 

4.      What did you find interesting about the process you went through in writing this paper, and what did you learn from it?

The process I went through for writing this paper was unique, for I had never done it in the rhetorical process taught in "Everyone's an Author". It was interesting because it lit up certain aspects that you don't usually consider. I learned much from this process, like how to keep your audience in mind, and how to keep your point of view throughout the paper. 

5.      What questions do you have for me about the paper?  (What part(s) of the paper would you like me to focus on?  What do you see as the paper’s strengths, and what areas are you unsure of?)

I do not have many questions about my narrative essay. I would like you to focus on my mother throughout reading it, and an area I am unsure of is including my very first poem I learned at the end, is that appropriate for the paper? I do think I did well on telling the impact poetry had on me and the process of loving it. Thanks!