- What do you feel like you learned about this unit that you didn’t know before? I definitely learned more about how rhetorical devices are used in social movements and how different rhetorical devices can be used to connect different perspectives of different people to create one big message.
- What did you already know , but now understand better or learned more about? I already understood a little more about how rhetorical devices play an important role in society and also I learned much more about how Aristotle’s 3 appeals can help play a role during the discussions with the social movements as well as applying this knowledge to the 2nd paper.
- What are the strengths of the writing you did for this unit? What are you most proud of? The strengths of the writing I did this unit improved on the level that I became more aware of what I write. For example, if a sentence was to not make sense for any reason like grammar, punctuation,etc then I would right away be able to notice and make some corrections to it.
- If you were to revise the writing you did for this unit, what would you want to do differently? For the 2nd paper, I did notice that I do sound a little formal in the paper, so perhaps I would have changed the way I wrote in terms of writing in my “own” language.
- How would you describe or rate your participation/engagement in this unit? I think my participation/engagement was sufficient. There is room for improvement, but overall I believe it was sufficient enough.
- What did you do in this unit that helped make you successful? The improvement in critical thinking for the freewrites in class led to me gaining ideas for my second paper which was a helpful improvement from my perspective.
- What additional things (resources, support, information, etc.) do you wish you had had for this unit? If anything I’d say some additional tips on how to improve writing in terms of figuring out would be something I wish I had for this unit.
- Is there anything you would like me to change (in the structure of our course, in how I’m presenting information, etc.) going forward? In my opinion I don’t have any problems with the structure of the course.
- What were your favorite readings/activities, and which readings/activities didn’t feel effective for you? I think the recent “Beyond Vietnam” readings was not effective for me because even though it was interesting, I didn’t feel the connection with this reading in terms of being engaging in my opinion. The Kent university social movement captured my attention to be my favorite reading because the pictures of the brutality that occurred to the students captured my attention.
