Assignment: Reflection (GRADED) First of all, take a deep breath and pat yourself on the back—you worked through the writing and research process to develop a persuasive essay. This is no easy feat,...

Assignment: Reflection (GRADED)

First of all, take a deep breath and pat yourself on the back—you worked through the writing and research process to develop a persuasive essay. This is no easy feat, and you did it. Well done!

Now, there is just one more assignment that needs to be completed in the course, and it's an important one. Reflection is a key component of any major project, including writing essays. It gives you an opportunity to look back at your progress in the course, as well as look towards future degree-specific courses.

For this assignment, you will write a reflection that explores your experience of the writing process throughout the course. Consider feedback you received about your argument, your exploration of the issue, and your inclusion of sources. How did the resources you included support your claim?

Be sure to look over the assignment guidelines and rubric below to make sure you're fulfilling each aspect of the assignment.

Assignment Guidelines and Rubric

"Put the argument into a concrete shape, into an image, some hard phrase, round and solid as a ball, which they can see and handle and carry home with them, and the cause is half won."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Overview:In this assignment, you will write a reflection essay that explores how you chose to incorporate feedback on your argument, your exploration of the issue, and your source integration in the persuasive essay, as well as how your incorporation of resources supported your claim. Additionally, you will note any challenges you faced in incorporating resources and developing your argument throughout the writing process.

Prompt:Previously, you identified an issue in your current major, a major you are interested in pursuing, or your field of work. You then established an argument and supported that argument with research and relevant evidence. In this assignment, you will reflect on how you chose to incorporate feedback concerning your argument, your exploration of the issue, and your integration of sources. Additionally, you will note any challenges you faced in incorporating resources and developing your argument throughout the writing process.

Specifically, the followingcritical elementsmust be addressed:

1. Reflection:Each response should be one fully developed paragraph in length (5–8 sentences).




1. What peer-review feedback did you choose to incorporate concerning yourargumentand why?


2. Whatchallengesdid you face in developing your argument? What could you have done differently?


3. What peer-review feedback did you choose to incorporate concerning yourexploration of the issueand why?


4. What peer-review feedback did you choose to incorporate concerning youreffective source integrationand why?


5. Whatwriting strategieswere most effective in supporting your argument, given your audience, subject, and purpose?

Guidelines for Submission:Save your work in a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Then,check your writing for errors. Once you haveproofreadyour document,submit itvia theModule 8, 8-4 Reflection Assignmentlink inBrightspace.

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