From my
experience throughout the semester, I’ve come to learn how my writing will be
applied during my time in college through both my understanding of Aristotle’s
appeals on my writings and each week of assignments covering new writing styles.
From my writing
projects, I learned about how the different parts of Aristotle’s appeals work
in in comparison to different forms of writing. For example, when I wrote my
blog post for an argument, the main focus was on logos. The point of the
assignment was to create an argument that can be debated on from multiple
perspectives. Because of this, logos are the only part of Aristotle’s appeals
that was needed, since the main focus are facts and statistics rather than
pathos and ethos, which focus on emotion and the author’s tone.
In contrast
to that, when I wrote for a proposal, all three were utilized to create a
complete writing. For this assignment, I needed to cover a problem, find a
solution for it, and then provide the benefits towards fixing this problem.
Because of this, all three of Aristotle’s appeals were needed to fully create a
proposal for real world application. Between those two projects, I was able to
learn how to apply different forms of Aristotle’s appeals from one writing
project to another.
From my writing
projects as well, I learned how different writing formats are to be used in each
type of writing. This could be seen the most when it comes between writing for
a report and writing for a film review. In a report, one of the most important
parts is telling everything to the reader within the very first sentence, and grab
the person’s attention immediately, with details about the events following
suite for those willing to continue reading.
In a film
review, while you’re still trying to get the attention of the reader, the
information about the film isn't so upfront. You’re left to give a summary
about the film, without revealing any spoilers from the film, rather than tell
the person the entire story. Details are more important in a film review, as
they tell the reader what to weary of when they want to know about the film,
unlike in a report where the details only support what’s already been told in
the very beginning. It’s through these projects that I was able to learn how to
change up my style of writing for each week.
All in all,
from my writings projects this semester, both my understanding of Aristotle’s
appeals and each week featuring a new writing style helped preparing me for my
time in college and even for further application outside of school. I feel that
with what I’ve learned through the various writing projects, I’ll be prepared
for what’s to come in my future.