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.

I believe a the best example of how I have demonstrated the use of the first core value would be displayed in my research paper. Throughout the process of creating the research paper, we have had to take in account the viewpoints of multiple sources for each sub essay and take in account the corrective criticism given by the professor. When compiling the three essays into one, I was able to use the notes given to further improve and combine the essays and develop one complete paper.

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. 

I believe the best use of core value 2 was shown the purposeful summary task. Throughout this assignment, I chose various articles in which the subject was counterintuitive and observe the claims given in the article. Being able to look at the article with a writers eye and being able to distinguish facts from opinions helped in creating a clear summary of the article while not going against the wishes or claims of the author. Critically evaluating the article and summarizing what was claimed was what I believe was the most important part of this assignment.

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.

I believe the best use of this core value was displayed in the visual rhetoric assignment. Being able to closely observe the video frame by frame, it allowed us to analyze the meaning behind each scene. Closely watching the actions taken and the setting of the scenes, we could relate those to the purpose behind the message the video is trying to represent. By assessing the small details the director placed into the video be it an object in the foreground or the way someone is postured, having us closely observe these minute details will also allow us to assess the audience the video is directed towards and express why that is through the assignment.

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.

I believe my rebuttal argument best demonstrates this core value. This assignment made us find the strongest reasoning against our claim and then rebuke that with evidence. Throughout the paper, I had to evaluate every claim that went against mine and research that specific scenario. In some cases, I had to locate multiple sources that had backed my claim in the same manner through research, and in a specific case I was able to include an illustration that was a graph created due to a study done on a company that could further back my claim.

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. 

I believe the annotative bibliography is the best use of this core value. Other than specifically citing the sources in which all the research I have completed thus far, an unbiased summary of each site or article is also included within this assignment. Ethical responsibility is presented in this assignment by having the summaries of each article as an overview of the article and when stated how I plan to use them, I show that it is to use only the facts presented in the article as either a support to my research or something I plan to refute, without twisting the authors words or taking them out of context.