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.

Proposal+5—EricCartman

I used my Proposal +5 assignment to be able to demonstrate my researching abilities, through this I was able to uncover good quality sources that all satisfied a different aspect of my paper. I utilized the tactics of research and using Rowan’s resources and databases to uncover professional and well developed content. I was then able to apply these ideas towards different sections of my paper. 

I used different databases, and everything my school provided for me, as rowan pays for a-lot of research databases. I got really good at using filters, through this process they became my best friend as I used them to narrow down every single source and topic I was looking into.

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 rebuttal rewrite showed my skills of being able to take on a new perspective and allow myself to alternate viewpoints. I was able to create meaning to support my idea by using a dissenting opinion rather than tearing my argument down through using this. I was able to analyze different stories, experiments, and outcomes, and use my ideas to be able to tie them all back into my thesis. 

Here is an example of how I was able to appropriately express a transition for a rebuttal, while respecting both sides of the debate:

“We have seen a vast majority of studies point towards art therapy being beneficial in aiding the mental health issues seen in youth. Art therapy is not solely used as the main form of therapy most of the time, but rather as an additional practice towards one’s ongoing treatment. But not everybody is equipped to gain a positive experience from this practice; as with any other form of therapy, some are more widely applicable to certain conditions than others.”

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. https://rowancomp2.com/2023/11/15/visual-rhetoric-ericcartman/

Keeping an audience in mind and their interpretations will help guide your writing to hold mre appeal towards the reader rather than writer. Using the visual rhetoric assignment, we were made to focus on our descriptions mainly. Being able to tell a story or explain components that formulate a perfect image for the audience is difficult, hence why analyzing and going into detail for the audience’s purpose is important. I was never good with visual descriptions, but through this excersise, I was able to be able to create an entire image in my head all through using words.

Heres an example from my visual rhetoric:

0:02-0:04- They continue their brisk walk with their hands full, parents side by side and the older toddler coming waking up in between, they all hold content looking smiles on their face. The father began to look up fixating on the distance while the mother scans the neighborhood after closing their front door. They look confident and proud they all made it out of the house in time with two kids and all of the things they will need for their outing, the family displayed a look of pride as they strolled down the small path from the front door to driveway.

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 I was most fond of my ability to find evidence in the causal rewrite portion of my paper. Through researching, I was able to locate factors that applied to the causation of how art therapy works and is applied. Through doing this I was able to build a strong foundation that played into the bigger picture of proving my point. I believe the causal argument helped support my definition argument with the use of the examples I provided giving the essay some order when It came time to converge all three papers. An example of a puiece of evidence I used in my causal argument, was very appropriate towards that paragraph, and transitioning the topic into how art therapy can be helpful.

“For example, the tolerable access of traumatic memories via art processes is encouraged by the trusting, empathic relationship with the therapist and the reward derived from the sensorially pleasurable creative process. Further, by safely re-encoding terrorizing memories through art therapy, the child can construct new options for safety through mirroring from the art therapist and reap the rewards of feeling validated.”

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. 

Final research paper was the example I decided to use referring to how I apply the core value 5. I was able to construct a credible reference page at the end of the paper. I was able to divide my sources to 2 per argument or 1,000 words to divide up my time between providing evidence and reasoning in order to not overwhelm the audience. I was learning how to even organize and rearrange my arguments individually after putting them all together because it helped me see a new angle for areas of improvement. When i wrote all of my arguments separately, I was unsure how I could make them all flow together, thought analyzing my ideas and information, I was able to use my evidence to help transition and glue certain pieces of my work together. This in the end helped my ideas be organized and make more sense.