Peer Review of David Klebowsky

In this post I will be reviewing David Klebowsy's QRG

I will be doing the fourth activity, making a recommendation. First I want to advise you to change your title to something a bit more attention grabbing. The current title: A Quick Look into the Rhetorical Life of a Civil Engineer does not necessarily compel me to want to read your work. Maybe make it a bit more catchy to draw the reader in. Another thing I would like to see would be some pictures. I think it is important to include pictures in your QRG to liven up the page, so its not just white space and text. I think this could be a good addition to your QRG that would help the readability of it greatly. I did like how many links you included, because that is a big part of the genre.

Peer Review of Marvin Chaires

In this post I will be reviewing my classmate Marvin's QRG.

I will be doing the fourth activity, the re-design recommendation. When reading Marvin's QRG, I noticed a definite lack of pictures. I know that this is a rough draft but I would definitely like to see some pictures in the final product. I think that pictures a re a big part of a QRG so adding them could be the difference between the success or failure of your project. I did like the way that you structured your QRG, and I think that structure will be a successful one. I also liked the title: Chemical Writing in Some of its Shapes and Sizes

Reflection on Project 2

In this post, I will be answering the following questions:

1. What were some of the successes (or, things that went right) during this week’s process work? Explain, with evidence.
2. What were some of the challenges (or, things that went wrong) during this week’s process work? Explain, with evidence.
3. How do you think next week will go, based on your experiences this week?
4. How are you feeling about the project overall at this point?

1. I am glad that I decided to change from a podcast to a standard college essay. I did not have the right materials and I am much more comfortable with the college essay. That was the biggest success of the project.

2. The challenging thing was using my rough draft to create my final draft. This was difficult because they were not in the same genre. I worked through this by writing what I would have said and then tailoring that content to fit the genre of a standard college essay.

3. Next week is a whole new project, and I am pretty relieved but also nervous.

4. I am happy with my final product. I hope that it is as good as I think it is.

Editorial Report A and B

In this post I will be discussing the changes I made between my rough draft and my final draft.

9A:

The changes between my rough draft and final draft are huge. The reason for this is that in the course of this week I have decided to do a standard college essay instead of a podcast. This is a massive change in form, so a lot of what I did in the rough cut was changed. The reason I did this was I could not get the materials I wanted to make my podcast as good as it could be. I will be analyzing a few parts of my drafts below:

Rough Cut Introduction:

Begin Podcast, start by welcoming my audience to the podcast and introducing it by its title (TBD).
Build off of title by specifying my audience (business students). Explain that I am also a business student. Explain to my audience the importance of business in the modern world, and tell them how business is unable to function without proper communication. Now move on to introducing my interviewees, Julie Klewer, Ryan Williams, and Steven Reff. Tell my audience that I will be focusing on a unique genre for each interviewee. Tell my audience what I mean by genre. Julie Klewer will be the genre of a newsletter, Ryan Williams will be the genre of a research article, and Steven Reff will be the genre of a textbook. In each genre, I will be discussing one or two rhetorical strategies. Explain what I mean by rhetorical strategies. For Julie, I will be discussing her credibility. For Ryan Williams, I will be discussing his use of tone and logic in his research article. For Steven Reff, I will be discussing his purpose.

Final Draft Introduction:

In the modern world of globalization, communication is the most important aspect of any operation. In any business, organization, or government, it is imperative to maximize the efficiency of communication. In the business field, this holds true. Business is the collaboration of marketing, economics, finance, and accounting in a professional setting. There are business people in every part of the world. Business has evolved to define transactions, run governments, and measure and interpret economies. Wherever you look in the world, what you see has been influenced by business. This industry is one of the most important in the world, and without communication it is worthless. In this guide, I will be exploring a few different genres of communication. In order to better understand these genres, I interviewed three professionals about how they communicate in the field. The three were as follows: Julie Klewer, Ryan Williams, and Steven Reff. For each interviewee, I will be analyzing a specific work they have authored.

 Analysis:

The changes present between these two are dramatic. The biggest change is that it is no longer in a transcript form, it is instead a functioning introduction. The re-edited version is crisper, easier to read, and intended for a different audience. The intended audience of the rough cut version is me. The intended audience of the final draft is other business students. The final draft is better in so many ways, mostly because it is actually intended to be read by my audience.

9B:

Rough Cut Conclusion:

Revisit each of the genres of each main body section, to remind the audience of what I have talked about. After this talk about how each of my interviewees used email in their everyday life as another form of communication, and how that is one of the most important. Go more into detail on the effects of communication on a global scope, and reinforce its importance in the minds of the audience. Move on to explain that each of these genres are equally important in business life as a means of communication to the people they work with or work for. End with another sentiment about how business makes the world work, and thank my audience for tuning in.

Final Draft Conclusion:

When communicating in the world of business, I discovered one genre that all of my interviewees used: email. This was the main way that they would communicate directly with clients, students, or other professionals. This form of communication is a part of the daily lives of business people. The format for this genre can change drastically based off of who is communicating. A large majority of email correspondences stay pretty short, because anything longer than a few paragraphs would usually be said face to face. As I discovered in my interviews, communication is truly the cornerstone of the business world. Anything that is done is done with communication between people through many different genres. Be it a short, audience friendly newsletter or a longer research essay, all forms of communication are equally important. When communicating as professionals, it is important to determine your audience, establish your credibility, and know how to operate in your genre. Communication is everything in our modern world, and the way that people communicate will be the driving force of the industries of the future.

Analysis:

Once again, a huge difference in the two versions is that the final was made to be read by someone other than me. If I had gone through with the podcast, this is roughly what I would have said. The changes in this are much like they were in the introduction: the final draft is easier to read, ahs complete sentences, it is just better overall.

Open Post to Peer Reviewers

In this post, I will be talking about my rough draft.

When viewing my rough draft, it is important to know that I was unable to begin recording the audio for my podcast. That is not the biggest part of creating a podcast, however (at least in my opinion). I have done things like this before, and what really helps me the most is having a guideline to reference while creating the podcast and letting myself speak naturally.

The biggest weakness is that it is not in audio form. I wish that I had been able to do this, but I hope that my reviewers will be able to work with the rough transcript I have provided.

One strength I have in this project is my experience with speaking to an audience. I acted for three years in high school and have done many speeches to my peers and elders. I am very confident in my ability to put together a podcast that will flow naturally and easily.

Reflection on Production

In this post, I will be answering the following questions:

1. What were some of the successes (or, things that went right) during this week’s process work? Explain, with evidence.
2. What were some of the challenges (or, things that went wrong) during this week’s process work? Explain, with evidence.
3. How do you think next week will go, based on your experiences this week?
4. How are you feeling about the project overall at this point?

1. One thing that worked was that I had already created a content outline, which allowed me to create rough transcripts for my work with relative ease.

2. One challenge I faced was getting the equipment I needed to record my work.

3. Based on this, my final draft should come out pretty well.

4. I am feeling pretty optimistic about this project.

Production Report

In this post, I will be discussing one of my outline items and show my audience the raw material.

I will share the rough transcript of my podcast. This is a rough transcript that I will be elaborating on naturally in my podcast.

8a: Opening Section

Begin Podcast, start by welcoming my audience to the podcast and introducing it by its title (TBD).
Build off of title by specifying my audience (business students). Explain that I am also a business student. Explain to my audience the importance of business in the modern world, and tell them how business is unable to function without proper communication. Now move on to introducing my interviewees, Julie Klewer, Ryan Williams, and Steven Reff. Tell my audience that I will be focusing on a unique genre for each interviewee. Tell my audience what I mean by genre. Julie Klewer will be the genre of a newsletter, Ryan Williams will be the genre of a research article, and Steven Reff will be the genre of a textbook. In each genre, I will be discussing one or two rhetorical strategies. Explain what I mean by rhetorical strategies. For Julie, I will be discussing her credibility. For Ryan Williams, I will be discussing his use of tone and logic in his research article. For Steven Reff, I will be discussing his purpose.

I know this does not look like much but I will elaborate more on basically every part of it when I speak for the podcast.

8b: Closing Section

Revisit each of the genres of each main body section, to remind the audience of what I have talked about. After this talk about how each of my interviewees used email in their everyday life as another form of communication, and how that is one of the most important. Go more into detail on the effects of communication on a global scope, and reinforce its importance in the minds of the audience. Move on to explain that each of these genres are equally important in business life as a means of communication to the people they work with or work for. End with another sentiment about how business makes the world work, and thank my audience for tuning in.

Production Schedule

In this post, I will be answering the question: How are you going to manage your time and get everything done next week?

You can see my schedule here

Reflection on Project 2 Weeks 1-2

In this post, I will be reflecting on the first two weeks of project two.

This project has been more successful (so far) than project 1 because we got to talk to Sean and kind of tailor the schedule to fit our needs. The first week was the old way of doing it, with 8 blog posts. Those weren't particularly hard, as they were questions about the interviews, but were still tedious. The second week was much better with the new format, making us only do three blogs but still helping us plan and generate content.


This project was a daunting one at first, because we had to schedule interviews with professionals in our field. This is something that I had never done before. I would say that planning and executing these interviews was the most challenging thing that we did in the project. However, I would also say the interviews were a great success because of how great it was to meet the professionals and the content I was able to acquire from them.

If next week is as successful and intuitive as this week was, then everything should go well. The only difficulty is that it is spring break, so my time management skills will be put to the test. I have faith in the new system of doing our blogs though, so I am optimistic about next weeks proceedings.

Overall, I would say that I am much less stressed out than I was at this point in the last project. I really prefer the new system that we have come up with, and I also think that I just like this project more. I think that creating the outline and the plan for generating content is a good way to help me manage my time and focus on what I want to create.

Content Outline

In this post, I will be answering the question: How are you going to organize your project?

Opening Section:

Attention-grabber about the importance of business in everyday life, and how communication makes everything possible. Clearly define who my audience is (perhaps in the title of the podcast). Introduce each of my interviewers and the genres I will be covering for them. Explain the idea of genre and content to the audience.

Main Body Section 1:

Start with Julie Klewer, exploring the genre of a Newsletter. Explore the rhetorical situation, which will focus on the authors credibility. Go into the rhetorical strategies she uses in her work. She uses her website and her name to establish credibility. She uses a professional tone in her work, professional and applicable word choice, and references credible sources. The genre is short, formal, and audience friendly.

Main Body Section 2:

Next is Ryan Williams, exploring the genre of a research article. Explore the rhetorical situation, focusing on the audience of the research article. He uses word choice and reason to appeal to the logic of the reader. He uses a professional tone and advanced word choice to convey his message to the audience. He transitions clearly between sections of text, and includes comprehensive statistics in his work. The genre is longer (about 30 pages) and tailored to a specific audience.

Main Body Section 3:

Last is Steven Reff, where we will explore the genre of a textbook. In this genre I will focus mostly on purpose. I will delve into the rhetorical strategies of his work, and analyze the strategies he uses. I need to do more research into his textbook in order to accurately show what the genre is like.

Closing Section:

Summarize the strategies discussed in each genre. Include a brief note about email. Expand upon the idea of the importance of communication that was presented in the opening section. Apply the genres I have discussed to everyday life to show their importance.

From Academia to Social Media

In this blog post, I will be analyzing the social media presence of one of the authors of the Handbook of NASDAQ Stocks.

I will be researching John Pernadales, the Executive Managing Director. I found him on Linkedin and Twitter. He does not have a very big social media presence, with a short Linkedin profile and only four total tweets.

Because his social media presence is so limited, it is hard to really compare him to his writing in the journal. His Linkedin profile is quite professional, and he retweets professional business posts on twitter.

Academic Discourse and Genre

In this post, I will be analyzing the genres used in The Handbook of NASDAQ Stocks.

As far as I can tell from reading the journal, only two different genres are used in the journal. The journal moves between paragraphs of analysis into pictures of stock graphs. The Paragraphs are written with a formal tone, and are referring to the stock graphs. The stock graphs have captions to better the readers understanding of the context of the graph.

The first genre is just paragraphs of analysis like you would find in a standard essay. The second genre is the stock graphs, which give a visual representation of the stocks performance, and is accompanied by a caption to explain the context of the stock.

Rhetorical Analysis of Academic Journal

In this post, I will be analyzing the Handbook of NASDAQ Stocks.

The authors in this journal are Johnathan Warroll, John Pernadales, Thomas Wecera, Charlot Volny, Mohamed Hanif, Andrew Kalinski, and Wayne Arnold. The authors all work for the company that publishes this Journal, as the Publisher, Executive Managing Director, Managing Director of Print Products, Director of Print Products, Director of Equity Research Data, Editor, and Quality Assurance Editor, respectively. This is a journal discussing stocks and their behavior, which incorporates a lot of hard data. For this reason, the authors do not really employ much of a voice beyond simply stating the facts.

The intended audience for this journal would be people interested in stocks. I know this because the terminology used in this journal is not common for everyday vocabulary, and it analyzes numbers that only make sense if the reader understands the context of them.

This Journal works with the Third Quarter results of the 2015 year. This means it only analyzes the stocks' performance during this time. This affects the content by changing what they are writing about, and the authors write under the assumption that the people reading this journal know what happened in the preceding quarters and years.

The message is fairly simple, as it is about stock performance. The authors are not trying to persuade the audience in any way, they are reporting stocks and analyzing their performance. The authors purpose is to inform the reader about the performance of the NASDAQ stocks.