.                     Writing for the Sciences 21003

Hello students,

Welcome to English 21003: Writing for the Sciences. On this website, I am discussing 6-course learning outcomes, and how I achieved them along with 6 rhetorical elements and my 3 major assignments. This class was a hard journey and the homework load was a lot. However, if you stay on top of it, go to class and plan out your assignments accordingly you will pass the class with flying marks. Initially, when I joined the course and genre conventions and rhetorical elements–genre, stance, exigence, purpose, media were introduced I was confused. I never heard these terms before and had to search them multiple times on google to thoroughly understand.

As the semester progressed, I gained a better understanding of what these terms were and how to convey them in my writing. Initially, I thought writing was just to write and get the assignment done but now I know that you have to consider these rhetorical elements to ensure that you did the writing prompt effectively. When you write or read you have to consider your audience, to better tailor what terms you use and how you write. The purpose ensures that your writing stays on track because your purpose is why you write, when you deviate from that your writing will not make sense. 

We analyzed a variety of peer-reviewed journals, videos, and articles to discuss what genre is and how the rhetorical elements may look in these. After analyzing these articles, and doing annotations we then did a multitude of assignments to ensure that we grasped the idea or had a sense of it. My answers to both 7 & 9 from the letter of introduction at the beginning of the semester have drastically changed because after reviewing all these articles. For question 7, I stated that speaking loud and clear makes you an articulate speaker. However, now it’s knowing what you’re talking about, discussing a topic effectively in a way to help your audience understand, and talking with a purpose. For question 9, I agree with my initial answer in addition to saying that English is one of the world’s most spoken languages. 

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