Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development.

When I was putting together my annotated bibliography, I had to search the internet for sources that would support my three short arguments. The recursive stages of exploration, discovery conceptualization, and development were always involved because I needed to read through each source and decide if it was worthy enough to utilize. Over time, I gathered 15 sources and decided to use 10 that were worthy and leave out the other 5. I explained the incorporation of what ones I used and also explained why I did not use the others. This research, and the articles I gathered, helped me develop a successful paper that contributes to my overall portfolio.

Core Value 2. My work demonstrates that I read critically, and that I placed texts into conversation with one another to create meaning by synthesizing ideas from various discourse communities. 

My purposeful summary task demonstrates that I read critically, and that I place texts into conversation with one another to create meaning by synthesizing ideas from various discourse communities. In this task it was important to read the article closely to see which side the author was on and then be able to define what the argument was. This assignment allowed me to engage in conversation with Professor Hodges and make necessary changes to my work. This assignment was important because it helped me learn how to locate an author’s rhetoric and summarize it for others to understand without having to fully read (later helping my annotated bibliography).

Core Value 3. My work demonstrates that I rhetorically analyzed the purpose, audience, and contexts of my own writing and other texts and visual arguments.

My Visual Rewrite best demonstrates that I rhetorically analyzed the purpose, audience, and contexts of my own writing and from the 30 second video I selected. This task allowed me to put my descriptive writing to the test to see if I could successfully interpret the argument from the video while it was muted. After some feedback from Professor Hodges, I made the necessary revisions to my work so it was the best it could be. This assignment allowed me to evaluate the videos rhetoric from my own perspective and then write to see if I had the correct audience perspective before listening to the audio version. I believe this was one of my most successful assignments in the semester.

Core Value 4: My work demonstrates that I have met the expectations of academic writing by locating, evaluating, and incorporating illustrations and evidence to support my own ideas and interpretations.

My rebuttal rewrite best demonstrated that I have met the expectations of academic writing by locating, evaluating, and incorporating illustrations and evidence to support my own ideas and interpretations. In this short argument I was able to find worthy opponents and debunk their argument to support my own ideas. I had a strong stance throughout my entire paper, and incorporating evidence that I could prove distrustful and wrong helped me build a better argument to persuade my audience. This is some of my best work because I evaluated what other authors said, but reassured in my paper that they were wrong with substantial rebuttal evidence.

Core Value 5. My work demonstrates that I respect my ethical responsibility to represent complex ideas fairly and to the sources of my information with appropriate citation. 

One of my final assignments of the semester, research position paper, my work demonstrates that I respect my ethical responsibility to represent complex ideas fairly and used the sources of my information with appropriate citation. It is important that the citations I used throughout my argument were represented ethically, or my paper would not be trustworthy to the audience. I mostly used direct quotations from other authors, so I did not misrepresent anything they said (making it fully effective to my own argument as well). Since I was encouraged to use the best articles that I found. I had no problem using the correct citations for the audience to look further into my research.