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 demonstrated my understanding of the first core value in my Definition Rewrite. I asked Professor Hodges for some help coming up with stuff for the initial draft and did some searching for possible sources I could use in it to aid me in defining “fanfiction”. I then then posted it for feedback which after receiving feedback I did some thinking and reflecting about how to best answer the questions raised by Professor Hodges before proceeding to make revisions to my draft, correcting some grammar errors I found in it and asking for more feedback from Professor Hodges. After receiving the feedback from Professor Hodges I made more revisions.

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 demonstrated my understanding of the second core value in my Definition Rewrite. In this I took excerpts from The Sea of Monsters and The Odyssey to analyze and compare the different versions of the cave of Polyphemus.

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 demonstrated my understanding of the third core value in my Visual Rhetoric Argument. I found a PSA to view without sound and analyze. During the analysis I examined the scenes for clues for what was going on. While doing so I attempted to identify the purpose of the video which was to encourage people to get vaccinated. After analyzing it without sound I watched it with sound and added a portion on how the sound effected the video.

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 demonstrated my understanding of the fourth core value in my Causal Rewrite. For this I tracked down information on Greek mythology to support my argument that convenience was the cause for why Riordan used elements of Greek mythology in his series. Examples of this include Medusa and the Nemean lion.

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 demonstrated my understanding of the fifth core value in my Rebuttal Rewrite. In this I disproved Gokli’s arguments by using logical counterarguments and I cited my sources at the bottom.