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I need an Introduction for my mid ePortfolio and Supporting Evidence (See the first file for details).

The first file is the guideline for the ePortfolio. It is about what you need to write in the ePortfolio. It is very specific, please read it carefully and then write it.

The second file is all of my previous work. I need you analysis every essay in the second file. At least one paragraph for every essay. As much as you can. I bolded the title of each article.

Totally, I need 4 pages for whole ePortfolio.

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Reading: Midterm ePortfolio Submission Guidelines Reflective Context: The midterm portfolio is your chance as a student to write and reflect on what you've done in WR39B so far in terms of your reading, research, and writing. Assignment: Your midterm ePortfolio should be organized into the following sections: Portfolio Introduction This introductory essay makes an argument about your work in WR39B so far--especially regarding the RA essay. The essay should include the following: • Arguments about specific writing skills developed (or not) through class participation and engagement, reading and writing homework, paper drafts and the revision process in all its stages, including peer review. • Supportive analysis of specific evidence taken from your own writing and the feedback you have received. Evidence should include quotations, screenshots and other images of your writing, and/or hyperlinks to your work presented elsewhere in the portfolio. • Your reasons for making the choices you made, and what you may have done differently; what you think you accomplished and what you're struggling with. • Your responses to any class texts that informed your own work and ideas. • Note: Your introduction does not need a thesis statement. However, each paragraph should make a cohesive, specific claim-evidence-warrant argument about some aspect of your reading, research, and composing processes in this class. You may break your essay into subsections if that's helpful. Remember that your arguments must be supported by specific evidence from your own work. Final Draft of Rhetorical Analysis • Your portfolio will include your RA, as this is your most important assignment thus far and shows a culmination of your work up to this point. You should reference and comment upon this assignment in your portfolio introduction. Supporting Evidence (a.k.a. Process Work) • You should also include 3-5 pieces of supporting evidence of your own choosing that show important elements of your writing process. Be selective—this isn’t about including all of your process work, but drawing attention to a few key moments that indicate significant changes in your habits, reading and writing process, and/or learning moments. • Each piece of evidence should be analyzed and connected to your arguments in the portfolio introduction. • Each piece of evidence must also be accompanied by a 1-2 sentence analytical caption, in which you explain why you've selected the evidence, building on the arguments you made in the portfolio introduction. Captions should be positioned at the top of the page, and perhaps distinguished with a different font color. • Eligible process work includes in-class writing, critical reading exercises and RIP exercises, essay drafts, peer and instructor feedback, and/or other writing or notes relevant to our class. Your selections should offer compelling supporting examples for the points you make in your Portfolio Introduction. • All process work should be consistently formatted and clearly organized and labeled. Suggestions: • Read through all of your previous work and look for places where you experienced notable success, failure, or change--from short assignments to longer ones, or from early drafts to later ones. • Think carefully about how you can use concrete evidence to illustrate the claims you’re making about your work. Midterm Portfolio Additional Notes, Guiding Questions, and Grading Info Additional notes on writing the Portfolio Introduction: • Your arguments should focus on your writing skills in the context of academic writing. Put another way, have you learned and adapted to the conventions of academic discourse throughout your writing process in WR39B (and if so, how)? You may choose to write about anything related to your learning in WR39B, so long as you make arguable claims about your work in class so far, logically supported by specific evidence. • Your selection of process work functions as supporting evidence for your claims in the essay--quote or integrate your writing directly using screenshots or photos so that you can analyze it properly. • Cultivate your personal voice. Feel free to write in the first person; use “we” when referring to your group’s activities. However, a personal tone should not lead to informality or vague ideas; remember to maintain conventions of good writing as you describe your personal experiences and individual learning. • The Portfolio Introduction is a formal essay and as such, you should revise carefully and make sure to proofread for any lingering errors or typos. • As much as possible, explain the relationships between the different assignments you completed this quarter. For example, how did particular CR or RIP exercises help you to develop and/or revise your essays? Your introductory essay should not be a mere laundry list of things you did over the past five weeks—I already know what you were assigned to do. What I want to know from this document is how you made these tasks meaningful for yourself as a writer. • Don’t be afraid to discuss the negative aspects of your learning process as well as the positive. If you've experienced frustration, confusion, or failure, reflect on what caused the trouble and explain how you learned from it. And after only five weeks in this class, you probably still have some things to continue working on—be honest about what skills you need to keep practicing. • Be as specific as possible! Quote your own work directly and consider including multi-modal elements—hyperlinks, screenshots, camera pics, and/or paper excerpts to illustrate your writing process. Before-and-after images work particularly well. _________________________________________________________________________ Below are some guiding questions you might use to jumpstart your self-assessment. I recommend you use a few of these questions (around one per category) for focused free writing before writing your first draft, so that you can plan what you want to say. On your rhetorical awareness: • How do you understand the significance of rhetorical situation to a writer's message? • How do you meet the expectations of different, specific audiences (your instructor, your peers, yourself, the larger academic community)? • How do you craft different personas to achieve different rhetorical goals? • How does context dictate your other rhetorical choices? • How do different rhetorical strategies influence one another in your writing? On your understanding of genre conventions, especially travel writing conventions: • How has your understanding of travel writing changed since the beginning of the class? • How do you understand the rhetorical significance of travel writing conventions? • How have you applied your newly-gained knowledge of travel writing to your life and experience outside WR39B? On your drafting process: • How do you understand the importance of writing as a process? • How has your drafting process changed since the beginning of this class? • Have you changed the way you take notes on your reading, in order to better prepare for later writing? How? • What prewriting methods do you prefer, and why? • What types of drafting techniques and writing habits work well for you, and why? On your revision process: • How do you understand the importance of revision? • How has your revision process evolved since the beginning of this class? • How do you attend to broad conceptual revisions dealing with argument and analysis-that is, refining your ideas? • How do you attend to organizational issues, like paragraphs and transitions? • How do you respond to feedback, both from me and your peers? • What kind of advice do you tend to give to other writers during peer review? • How does giving feedback shape your own revision process? On your use of secondary sources: • How do you understand the usefulness of popular and scholarly sources? • How do you select sources to respond to in your writing? Describe your process. • How do outside sources shape your ideas and writing process? On your experience as a college-level academic writer (so far): • Have you experienced moments when the light bulb suddenly illuminated? Can you explain why and how this happened? • Have you experienced moments of productive frustration or failure? Can you explain why this happened and how you learned from it? • What would you revise further in the RA, if you had the opportunity? Why aren't you satisfied with that element of the project and what specific changes would you make? ____________________________ How Will I Be Graded? The RA essay will set the "base" grade for your midterm ePortfolio. The quality of the portfolio, especially the introductory essay, will either raise or lower that RA base grade. Your work will be evaluated based on what you’ve written, not simply the time and effort you’ve put into this class. I’ll be looking for quality of execution throughout: complex, thoughtful ideas, detailed and careful analysis and interpretation, clear organization, and overall polish. A non-passing grade is automatic if you fail to submit your RA (including working drafts), or regularly fail to complete and/or submit process work on time (including peer review). Evidence of plagiarism is also grounds for failure. Portfolio Scavenger Hunt This is an optional, but strongly recommended, prewriting exercise for the Midterm ePortfolio. You do not need to submit any work; rather, you should use this scavenger hunt to gather relevant evidence you can use to write your portfolio introduction. Look back through all the writing you’ve done in WR39B so far. For each item below, choose a piece of writing that you can analyze as an example in your portfolio introduction. As you work your way through the list, you should find that you can use a few pieces of writing to discuss multiple aspects of your writing process. These examples of your writing will be most useful for your portfolio introduction. Your understanding of rhetorical situation (choose at least one): • A piece of writing that illustrates your understanding of how to write to achieve a specific purpose • A piece of writing that illustrates your understanding of how to address a specific audience • A piece of writing that illustrates your understanding of how to write to address a specific cultural or social context • A piece of writing that illustrates your understanding of how to construct a purposeful and effective persona (ethos) Your understanding of genre (choose at least one): • A piece of writing that illustrates how you follow a specific convention of travel writing to achieve a specific purpose • A piece of writing that illustrates how you subvert a specific convention of travel writing to achieve a specific purpose • A piece of writing that illustrates how you adopt the conventions of any genre (not travel writing) to achieve a specific purpose • A piece of writing that illustrates your understanding of academic writing conventions Your (ongoing) mastery of specific writing skills (choose at least one): • A piece of writing that illustrates your ability to generate insightful claims • A piece of writing that illustrates your ability to analyze a text • A piece of writing that illustrates your ability to organize an argument effectively • A piece of writing that illustrates your ability to introduce and integrate sources effectively • A piece of writing that illustrates your ability to develop a paragraph effectively, or transition effectively between paragraphs • A piece of writing that illustrates your ability to craft an effective sentence or choose precise, appropriate words • A piece of writing that illustrates your struggle with a specific writing skill Your writing process (choose at least one): • A piece of writing that illustrates your unique voice as a writer • A piece of writing that illustrates your note-taking strategies • A piece of writing that illustrates your prewriting strategies • A piece of writing that illustrates your drafting strategies Your revision process (choose at least one): • Two pieces of writing that illustrate a specific aspect of your writing before and after revision • Feedback from a peer + a piece of writing that illustrates how you revised afterward • Feedback from me (or Writing Center tutor) + a piece of writing that illustrates how you revised afterward • Feedback you have given to one of your peers + a piece of writing that shows how you take your own advice My Favorite Place to Visit I want to tell you about a place that is visited by over 10 million people every year. It has been one of the wonders of the world for a long time. Such a fantastic place that the people believed it could be seen from space with naked eyes. Built as early as 221-207BC, the area is now is threatened by erosion as well as human contact that something needs to be done by the government to prevent it from disappearing forever. It is my favorite place which I visit whenever I go back to China; it is seasonal scenery where you can visit almost throughout the year. The site offers magnificent views and timeless charm to anyone who visits. During spring everything looks so green while trees are flourishing. During autumn, it's the most beautiful time with the clear blue sky, colorful leaves, and comfortable sunshine. The weather is gorgeous at this time. The Forest Mountains are blanketed by red, yellow, brown and golden leaves that create magnificent views. At the top of this majestic structure, you can have the ultimate sights in the world. You can enjoy the stunning night views too at a beautiful water town known as the Simatai that is a section of the structure. This is a small town, but you can enjoy some delicious Chinese cuisines here. Night accommodation can be done at Beijing a city not very far from the destination, but for a more entertaining night, I would recommend camping at the site for the night which would let you have more time and fun. The place I have been talking of is the Great Wall of China which is already a UNESCO’s world heritage site. It's one of the most visited places in the world and my favorite place to visit in China. I would urge anyone who visits my country to see this place has it is a cultural as well as a historical site. It is the pride of the Chinese people. Why we Travel Summary Pico Iyer is talking of ways we experience traveling. We can be either be a tourist or a traveler. A tourist will complain, and a traveler will grumble. They are doing the same thing, visiting new places yet they will have different reactions. Pico talks about traveling being like a dream, just like imagination, we tend to carry with us the wonders. This makes traveling interesting for as we meet other people, they too will wonder of the places we have come from. He also talks about the reason we travel is to lose as much as we are to find ourselves. When we're traveling, it’s like we're children again for we experience things differently from culture to the languages spoken. And through asking questions, we’re like fools yet like children who know nothing but to learn. Traveling is like falling in love for one is free, free from all titles, identities and worry even if for a moment. Answers to questions The reason that Salon made this argument is that he wants people to go out into the world and feel like children again. Through travel, they get to forget who we were and discover a new us for we dare to try new adventurous things that we wouldn’t when at home. For them to fall in love, to be teachers to others whom they meet in their travels. To free their mind and learn to question rather than be closed minded so that they can learn to live again. Every one of us is an audience for we either travel or use our imaginations to travel. Salon in his statements when talking about traveling says "we travel to open our hearts and eyes," "we travel to bring what little we can.'. The main concern is that we complain and grumble no matter the circumstances. When we should be opening ourselves up, so we can learn, we tend always have to complain about something. The audience beliefs and values are that what we perceive to be right based on their environment is what they expect from other places, and that is why not matter where people go, they will always complain. There is a feeling of freedom realized just for a moment before all past worries fill us again for when we travel it is like we are born again. The kind of response Salon is trying to evoke self-reflection where people have to look within themselves and their past’s experiences and reflect on those experiences so that they can begin to view the world differently. I agree with Salon when he says that we carry values and beliefs, and news to wherever we go. He gives the example of going to a place like North Korea where every single day of their life, people are subjected to propaganda and the only way they can get to learn the truth is through you. You can tell them that what they think of the place you're from isn't true because then you would be taking away the only hope they have. However, I disagree with him where he says people cannot put a tag or a name to us. I find the statement incorrect for wherever you go people will always brand you. You are either American or British or something else. For that, you cannot escape. In conclusion, I think we should follow Salon’s example and go out into the world with an open mind and eyes. This will help us to be good students of the world. To allow ourselves to live a meaningful life by being free of all our limitations, therefore, unburdening ourselves of the things we don't need in life. Traveler's Persona For my trip, I decided to visit Rome, the capital city of Italy. I have always wanted to visit the place due to its rich reputation, history wise as well as its beauty and serenity. In this paper, I will discuss three different travel accounts for this journey. First Account: I took a JFK flight from New York to Rome. On reaching Rome, I signed in one of the budget hotels known as Hotel Parlamento and rested for the night. On the next day, I visited two particular places: the Vatican City and the Roman Ruins. In Vatican City, I witnessed the great artworks of Michelangelo, a world-famous artist. I was explained to about his works and inspired them. I also saw a very beautiful sculpture of the Pieta, which was kept in the Sistine Chapel and his architectural expertise from the dome he had made in Saint Peter’s Basilica. All his works are magnificent. My next destination was the Roman Ruins. I was informed by a resident that Rome itself is considered a World Heritage site by UNESCO. The ruins were symbols of the city’s rich history and great artistry of its predecessors. The Pantheon was my most intriguing. It is just in the center of Rome, and 2000 years of age (Bramblett & Kennedy, 2016). I was shocked at how intact it has remained over the years, and just how much architectural talent the founders of Rome had. It was mindblowing. Second Account: On the next day, I woke up in a light mood and decided to do crazy stuff. I thus visited three places: The Villa Farnesina and the Capitoline Museums. In the Villa Farnesina, I was intrigued at the mythological history in the place. I thus spent the whole time learning about the Roman gods, imagining and imitating how they supposedly walked, talked and went about their day to day activities. I left the place even having had a crush on one of the Roman goddesses. My next stop was the Capitoline Museums. There, I decided not to listen to all the histories that the guides were giving. I just stayed within the building, imagining that I was lost in a labyrinth. My last destination was the Cinecitta. This is a large field television and film studio the people still use. I went in there and pretended to be a huge film producer from New York, who wanted to present to the producers at the place a multi-million-dollar deal. When the conversation was catching up and plans being made, I excused myself as if headed to the washroom and left the place for good. Third Account: My tour in Rome was coming to an end, and so I decided to spend this last day having fun, without a care in the world. I had read from the internet that Rome had amazing fountains. I thus decided to visit the Trevi Fountain, one of the most known fountains in the world. I was dumbfounded by the beauty, cleanliness, and artistry associated with the fountain. I thus took very many pictures of the fountain. I then asked another tourist at the place to take pictures of me near the fountain. I decided to loosen up a bit and therefore made all kinds of poses for the pictures. I then threw a coin in the fountain and made a wish. On leaving the fountain, I decided to go and eat myself silly with the Roman foods. Some family friends of ours who had visited Rome earlier had sworn that there was no pizza more delicious than the Roman pizza. I tried all sorts of food; pizza, Roman artichokes, and the most expertly cooked and delicious spaghetti ever, the spaghetti alla carbonara. By the time I was getting back to my hotel, I was one full and happy tourist. In my essay, I chose to include the beautiful experiences I had in Rome and not the bad ones. This is because I decided to focus on only the good memorable stuff that happened to me in Rome. In the first account, I used a serious, focused tone as it was the account where I did educative tours that enlightened me on Rome’s history. In both the second and third narratives I used a light tone as in both accounts I was having fun, nothing too serious. My language in every account is different as I experienced different emotions and did different things in each account. In each step, I appealed to logic, emotions and my credibility from the language and tone I used in each account, as well as the specific experience given in each account. How to Break Down a Scholarly Argument Topic request This week, our goals are to understand and analyze academic writing conventions, and practice reading and note-taking for argument. Cotten Seiler's essay "African-American Automobility and Cold War Liberalism" is a real-world example of rhetorical analysis, and a useful model you can (ahem, should) refer to as you work on the RA. As you read, notice how the emphasis of Seiler's argument is not just on the meaning of the guidebooks, but how these guidebooks help us understand something about America in the 1940s and 1950s. Notice also how Seiler integrates different kinds of sources to serve different purposes in his argument. -----------------------This exercise will help you learn how to break down an academic article. Please follow the directions carefully. 1) For each paragraph in the assigned portions of Seiler's essay--pp. 1091-1092 (stop at "Driving While Black"), 1099-1109--write a ONE-SENTENCE paraphrase of the main idea. (Note: every paragraph in the essay except the first is demarcated by an indention. If there is a line break to include evidence, but no indention, you're still working with the same paragraph.) Number your list—there should be 11 sentences total. 2) Below EACH main idea, briefly describe what kind (or kinds) of evidence the paragraph includes. For example: • Historical description • Explanation/definition of key concept • Quotation/summary from primary source • Argument from a secondary source • Visual evidence 3) Next, describe how EACH paragraph contributes to the essay as a whole. For example: • Introducing, defining, or explaining an important concept • Providing background information (historical, cultural, intellectual context) • Articulating a claim (thesis or supporting idea) • Qualifying a claim (setting or conceding limits to the main idea) • Analyzing or interpreting examples (from primary source or historical record) • Citing an authority (argument from secondary source) • Responding to an authority (counter-argument, rebuttal) • Making a comparison (analysis) • Making a generalization (analysis) • Making an inference (X signals or implies Y--analysis) • Establishing cause/effect (analysis) • Transitioning to a new idea • Explaining the argument’s significance ("the stakes" or "so what?") 4) Choose the passage that you think best expresses Seiler's main thesis and summarize it in your own words here. 5) Seiler's article belongs to the genre of academic essay, which is written by a scholar for an audience of fellow scholars (in this case, American Studies). List at least five rhetorical strategies (or conventions of academic writing) that Seiler uses to establish his credibility/authority as an expert and persuade his audience of fellow experts. *Hint: Scholars not only care about the quality of a writer's ideas, but also the quality of the evidence supporting those ideas, and how that evidence is gathered, presented, and treated. My Answer Question One, Two and Three Paragraph One: Main Idea: Coalhouse Walker would become involved in a long, deadly battle with the state after being racially profiled for driving an expensive vehicle. Evidence: Historical Description: The paragraphs serves to provide some background about the issue that will be covered by the essay. Contributions: Providing Background Information: This paragraph serves to indirectly introduce the problem. It offers a drastic, yet not unusual example, about what it is like to be black Paragraph Two: Main Idea: For the Black community, access to automobiles and roads often present a potential safety-hazard, due to the institutionalization of racism. Evidence: Explanation of Key Concept: Though it does not actively mention a specific concept, this paragraph serves to explain the key ideas that are the motivating factor for the writing of this essay. Contributions: Articulating a Claim: This paragraph makes explicit the purpose of the essay, which is to cover the issues of racism, as it is manifested in the interactions of Black people with travel and movement. Paragraph Three: Main Idea: Despite the increased access to automobiles that became available for Black people, following World War II, this did not thwart the effects of racism on Black individuals. Evidence: Articulating a Claim: This article introduces the idea of racism extending into all interactions of all Black people, including driving. Despite the sight of progress, the undeniable reality of racism cannot be hidden. Contributions: Paragraph Four: Main Idea:The mediatic narrative that was presented about access to automobiles and movement was divided into two camps: those who presented this new possibility as a bright future for the Black community and those who presented the problems that came with this access. Evidence: Quotation Summary from a Primary Source: The essay will evoke the messages that were present in magazines, books and travel guidebooks at the time to illustrate the dichotomous nature of the reporting. Contributions: Provides historical background: This paragraph provides more information about the way in which Black inclusion in automobile travel would drastically differ. Articulating a claim: It provides an interpretation about the main claim. Paragraph Five: Main Idea: Travel guidebooks, which appealed to consumerism, would try to portray the immersion into automobiles as a positive thing. Evidence: Argument from a Primary Source: It takes data from the guidebooks to build its analysis. Contributions: Qualifying the claim: It provides more information to support the previous main idea. Establishing Cause/Effect: It explains the take that was taken by these magazines, by presenting the factors that would have led to this approach. Paragraph Six: Main Idea: Guidebooks and travel guides that would cater to Black Americans and encourage their participation in the automobile industry would cater to the “black bourgeoisie” that had begun to form, in some areas of the United States. Evidence Argument from a Primary Source: It provides more data about the magazines and the ideasz they were promoting directly. Contributions Establishing Cause and Effect: It again draws on the relationship between wealth and the content of the magazines, as well as the underlying culture that would come with wealth. Qualifying the Claim: It provides more information about the claim made in the previous character. Making an Inference: The relationship between the wealthy black class and the travel books is inferred. Paragraph Seven: Main Idea Magazines would often depict imagery of wealth in their pages so as to symbolize the climb of the Black community into the middle class. Evidence Argument from a Primary Source: It analyzes the images and text that was present in primary sources. Contributions Making an Inference: It makes a relationship between the imagery in the magazines with a social reality. Paragraph Eight: Main Idea Other publications would challenge the idea that through the liberal ideas of achieving equality, through the accumulation of wealth, for example, would not be enough to thwart the effects of systemic racism. Evidence Argument from a primary source: As other paragraphs in the essay, this paragraph relies on the most Contributions Question Four Personally, I think that the paragraph that best exemplifies the author’s point is the third paragraph from the selection – the first one in page 1109. In this paragraph, the author contrasts the difference in perception that some individuals would foster towards the growth of the middle class. While some believe that access to automobiles – and the free movement that was associated with it – was a sign of racism ending, this access would serve to prove that racism was still alive and prospering, despite the financial improvements of the black middle class. Question Five The author uses the appeal to emotion on various occasions, for example: • When he introduces the story of the pianist, in the first paragraph, and how quickly his life was destroyed by the interference of representatives of a racist institution. • When he mentions the story of another man who was beaten to death in Georgia for appearing to be of an upper class. The author uses the appeal to logic on other occasions, for example: • When he speaks about the specific ways in which the transition of the black community towards the Middle Class would be represented through the imagery of magazines. The author uses the appeal to credibility, too, for example: • Through using sources that were published at that time, so as to show the most accurate depiction of the social perspectives that were held towards the issue. Regarding other conventions, the author will use: • Narration, as he describes some of the stories that are included within it. • Description, as he describes the imagery that was included in these magazines. Travel Ad Venice I have decided on Venice as the target location for the travel ad considering that it is one of the most appealing cities to US citizens. In this sense, Venice, together with Pompeii, Rome, and Florence is probably the most visited cities in Italy by US tourists. Among these cities, I decided for Venice since I believe it is the fascinating one. Often regarded as the "City of Love," Venice represents a must for many new couples, who perceive a ride in the gondola to be amongst the most romantic things they will ever manage to do. As such, the proposed travel ad focuses on new couples as its primary intended audience. Some of the genre conventions used in the designed travel ad refer to both the juxtaposition of objects and the symbolism. In this sense, the slogan appears juxtaposed on the sea. The city skyline with San Marco’s Basilica is one of the most known images of Venice. Moreover, as stated previously, Venice itself has a strong symbolism, as most American citizens perceive the city as the City of Love. The rhetorical strategy used in the advertisement, on the other hand, refers to the idea of Pathos. In this sense, the ad appeals to the audience's emotions by profiting from the potent symbolism of the city of Venice. Additionally, the fact of using a photograph of the city's skyline as seen from the sea highlights the close relationship existing between the sea and the city of Venice. As in the city of Venice, the sea is thus an essential part of the image. The use of nature in the picture also poses a highly compelling character in the advertisement. Taking these ideas in mind, the selected images and slogan build on the previously described genre conventions and rhetorical strategies . In this regard, the selected image represents a skyline of the San Marco's Basilica as seen by somebody that arrives at the city in the dawn. This image is characteristic, as it resembles the first sight that any tourist has of the city as he reaches it. On the other hand, the selected slogan "Passionate for you!" highlights the symbolic relationship between the city and love, hence appealing to the audience's emotions. Lastly, it is important to note how the image respects the genre conventions applicable to images. For example, the color selected to present the slogan combines with the lights on the street and the yellowish color of the sky in the dawn. Moreover, placing the motto in the bottom of the image captures the attention of the audience and ensures that they will remind the slogan, and hence, the advertisement, for a longer time. Mini RA In "Born to Travel," Freda Moon narrates about her passion and purpose for travel. Having been born to parents who love to travel and explore new places, she had become accustomed to the lifestyle that she travels even when pregnant as her mother did. Moon travels to Panama to reconnect with her parents, at the same time she uses her travel as an escape from the restrictions of motherhood. The narrator confirms that the society holds that having children translates to mothers putting aside their need for travel and settled own to look after their children and families (Moon, 2015). The author, Freda Moon manipulates her language, style, tone and other literary devices to challenge the restriction against traveling after children by portraying her reasons and need to travel. Moon's main idea revolves around travel to reconnect with oneself and family. When Moon is traveling, she recalls her mother's love for travel. When her mother got pregnant with her and her father had not yet come to terms with the idea, her mother traveled around Central and South American as a way to reconnect with herself and prepare for single motherhood. Now pregnant and traveling to the same location as her mother, Moon feels their mother-daughter bond growing even stronger despite her absence. Most described her relationship with her mother as "one of her challenges of her life," but the travel makes her find a common bond as "mother who loves to travel" which reconnects and makes her appreciate her mother more. Moreover, Moon’s tone in the narration is a blend of rebellious and contented tone. She indicates that pregnant mother like her who may go into labor at any moment is not advised to travel. However, she narrates about the thrill of traveling despite this knowledge. Again, when the security personnel checks her before boarding a plane, she feels irritated by the “female assist” random questions about her pregnancy wardrobe. She intentionally stops mid-sentence explaining to the reader that she should not justify her wardrobe to strangers. The incidence reflects an empowered woman who does not feel the urge to conform to the societal expectations about personal issues like dress codes when pregnant. More so, Moon uses a contented tone to portray how she is enjoying her travel despite her glaring risks. For example, she comments humorously about her pregnancy makes her body buoyous on water, she enjoys swimming and basking. Furthermore, Moon is keen on commenting on gender issues to portray a strong and independent woman and pick on the existing male chauvinism. For instance, she explains that when her father could not come to terms with her mother's unexpected pregnancy, her mother bought plane tickets to New York, Panama, and Ecuador to travel. Moon indicates that the trips helped her escape her worries, reconnect and prepare for single motherhood as well as show her father that she did not need him. These perspectives portray a strong woman in the society who can face life challenges and bounce back from difficulties on their own. Moreover, Moon makes a statement that indicates her contempt for male chauvinistic societal predispositions "men should not receive special praise for being parents to their children." Moon compares how women are told that having children means the end of their love for travel while father do not have similar restrictions, yet they receive special credit for being good parents. Moon insinuates that if mothers are cut off certain privileges like traveling, in the name of looking after children, they ought to be compensated with higher respect and more accreditation as better parents than the men. However, Moon cites her father as an extraordinary parent for taking her for travels as a child and making time to indulge in their passion, like old times establishing a reconnection between the two Conclusively, Moon's argument suggests that travel is a needed activity for all despite their circumstances. She cites travel as a mean for reconnection with oneself, exploring different adventures as well as a family reconnecting activity. Moon strives to point out that having children should not be a restriction for any woman to enjoy traveling. References Moon, F. (2015, October 14). Do You Really Have to Stop Travelling When You Have Kids. Retrieved from www.afar.com: https://www.afar.com Audience and Genre Topic Request This week’s readings explore two contrasting experiences of travelers going to places that creep them out. David Foster Wallace in "Shipping Out" contemplates the deadening pleasures of a luxury cruise, while Tim Neville in "The Great Pleasure Project" (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. finds unexpected fun in a place haunted by suffering. My Paper This paper explores two contrasting experiences of travelers that went to places that creped them out. It begins by assessing the accounts of David Foster Wallace in "Shipping Out" where he contemplates the deadening pleasures of a luxury cruise and Tim Neville's account in "The Great Pleasure Project" where he finds unpredicted amusement in a place troubled by suffering. The main reason for assessment is to know the impact both experiences had on the audiences. For that reason, the paper is going to give an in-depth understanding of the two accounts. Originally, Wallace’s essay “Shipping Out” was published by Harper’s Magazine, a monthly magazine that publishes literature, finance, arts, culture, and politics (harpers.org, 2018). I believe that Harper's intended audiences are liberals since the magazine upheld a largely liberal radical philosophy. Moreover, the readers of the magazine are a highly educated affluent group. With this regard, most of them have graduate degrees, are managers and professionals, and are financially established individuals. Notably, most of them are civically and politically engaged audience, who are interested in what is happening to the world both politically and economically. However, the audiences also have concerns on whether or not the magazine publishes genuine material that tries to sway the viewers by using emotional or conventional appeals to favor liberal foundations. In 1995 March, Wallace David boarded a cruise ship for a one week’s vacation and did not have a good time (Garber, 2018). Wallace’s ‘Shipping Out’, begins with listing which goes on throughout the essay. One, he begins by saying that he had now grasped sucrose shores and a very bright blue sea. The author mentions the now suggesting that a week in a Caribbean voyage emanate responsibilities. He continues by saying that he has seen an “all-red relaxation outfit with wide collars, smelled sunburn creams applied over warm skin” (Garber, 2018). Also, he explains that he had eaten elegant dishes than he has ever bothered to and did this in a span of seven days. Moreover, sailing in cruise ship made him learn the differences between pitching and rolling in heavy seas. He also uses nouns without verbs approach which is often wrong which in other words means a narrative without a narrative. Wallace is appealing and plunging the audience convincingly into the domain of the Nadir. The way Wallace uses nouns without verbs approach and a narrative without a narrative create confusion to the readers since they cannot piece together the pieces of the information. Moreover, people assume that a trip or a vacation on a luxury cruise ship to be fun, however, Wallace tends to give the audience the idea that it is not fun at all. He explains that the cruise brochure is not an invitation rather it is an exhortation since one is relieved off the effort of creating imaginations since the ad has it all planned out for the sailors (Garber, 2018). This, in other words, means that the people in the ship have no choice in making any decision for their enjoyment eliciting a response from the audience that a vacation in a cruise ship is not that fun and should not be overrated. I believe that Wallace's message is that cruise ship is not that fun. Moreover, his sole purpose for writing is to know more about the said maritime holiday on a cruise ship. Moreover, the intended response from the audience aligns with his purpose since he aims at showing that a holiday on a cruise ship is overrated. Ski magazine is the most acknowledged magazine in the world that is ardently devoted to assisting readers to choose on what to ski, where to ski and how to ski. I believe that ski magazines intended audience is the active families with children and single ladies and gentlemen between ages 8 to 64. Moreover, the number of tourists continues to grow yearly due to the enormous growth of snow sports. The audience concerns are related to the weather and the periods of skating. Moreover, the interest of the audience is the safety of trying new things. Besides, the people skiing need to be financially well-off. It is important to note the eventful experiences of Tim Neville in North Korea. He gives us the audience an emotional rollercoaster on the fun he experienced and the misery the people of North Korea experience under the reign of Kim and his family (Neville, 2017). He explains that, when riding a rollercoaster, one must come down when he or she is up. Successfully, he manages to pull the emotions of the readers low when he induces the creepiness and grief within the culture of North Korea. However, he also brings the emotions of the readers up when he shows carefree and fun emotions when describing skiing on the top of the mountain. Tim Neville creates the tides and ebbs by interlocking his pleasurable skiing tour in North Korea contrast the dreadful political setting conferred on the people for years by Kim and his family. He speaks descriptively about, the winter wonderland ski resort in North Korea that nestles with Taedong River, views of the brown valleys below (Neville, 2017). The conventions elicit sadness from the audience towards the people of North Korea. Neville's message about skiing in North Korea is that visitors who go skiing there are treated well as compared to the citizens and that the whole situation is disgusting. The purpose for Neville’s writing is so that people familiarize with the horrific and unacceptable North Korean politics and the human rights abuse that occur in the country. References Garber, M., (2018). “Why’s this so good?” No.16: David Foster Wallace on The Vagaries of Cruising. Retrieved From: https://niemanstoryboard.org/stories/whys-this-sogood-no-16-david-foster-wallace-megan-garber-shipping-out/ harper’s.org, (2018). About Harper’s Magazine. Retrieved From: https://harpers.org/history/ Neville, T., (2017). The Great Pleasure Project. Retrieved From: https://www.skimag.com/ski-resort-life/great-pleasure-project RA short draft (I chose the commented one, because it was easier for you to find improvements you’ve made. ) Rhetorical Analysis Short Draft Pregnant in Panama is an article written by a traveler, Freda Moon who follows the footsteps of her parents in exploring the world. Moon utilizes rhetoric and literary devices to tell about her experience of the journey that would be probably her last as a loner for a very long time. She writes about her anxieties as a pregnant traveler, her challenges and achievements. Some masterful utilization of rhetoric and literally devices include the purposeful visual and logistic description of the places she visited as well as her feelings towards the places. The author also describes the history of her parents, which makes the reader understand her love for travel. Travelogues are usually written in the perceived consciousness of the traveler (Thompson 63). Moon specifically writes her travelogue from the angle of a pregnant traveler seeking a one last time experience as a lonely traveler. Freda Moon explores traveling while pregnant just like her mother did when she was pregnant with her (Moon) ‘…and imagine my mother here, in this water, on this island, 35 years ago," writes moon. This shows that the author takes her traveling habit from her mother. She tries to understand her mother's experience when she was in her belly. Moon is expecting a daughter as well. This makes it even more possible to what her mother felt traveling while pregnant with her. By letting the audience know that she is doing what her mother had done so many years ago, the writer creates confidence in the rest of the story. After all, her mother kept talking about the greatness of the experience. Traveling the last time as a loner is a special experience for both mother and daughter. Moon is obviously someone who attaches a lot of importance to family. Through the quote that informs the audience about the repetition of family history, Moon shows the importance of parenting and its effects on children. From the way she portrays her close ties to her parents, the audience gets to understand the impacts her parents made on her life. At the San Francisco airport, Moon met a female assist who had much to question about her pregnancy and how she was handling it. "How did I end up here, I thought, justifying my wardrobe to a stranger as she gropes my crotch?" is a quote that shows the treatment she was receiving while she was pregnant away from home. The psassistant began by suggesting that she must have been expecting a boy, she then went on to scrutinize her dressing. Moon is tolerating at this point. She patiently replies to all of the assistant's questions and comments. Through that, the audience understands how one's social interactions changes during pregnancy. People around including strangers often ask questions, present suggestions and even assistance to pregnant women. The message that Moon passed through this quote is that pregnancy easily attracts attention that other people will not. Through her patience and toleration towards the assistant at the airport, Moon gets the audience to understand people's behavior toward pregnant women. She also paints a picture of how pregnant women have to adjust their interactions because of the particular behaviors of people towards them. "Taboga's only town San Pedro, is patterned with a web of paved footpaths, and only a few are wide enough for these comically compact vehicles," explains Moon. From this quote, the audience gets a picture of the place the writer is visiting. Moons use details to enhance her audience's understanding of the place she is visiting. This is obviously a place with many differences compared to where the writer comes from. She later explains how she strolls through the footpaths and registers the details of the place. Through providing the visual analysis, the writer gets the audience to have a better following as she narrates the rest of her stay and activities in the town she is visiting. The traveler, despite being pregnant, is exploring her destination and not letting her situation stop her. From this, she passes the message that pregnancy did not obscure her from doing what she feels she was born to do. While pregnant, Moon explores her destination even with more passion. This is because this time she does not think of just how she will write about it, but also about how she might pass it down to her unborn daughter just like her mother passed it to her. "I felt vulnerable, what if I go into early labor?" worried Moon. The writer got to a Villa with not communication means and no one to answer her call for help in case she experienced early labor. From this quote, the writer explains the challenges that a pregnant woman can come across while traveling by herself. It can be scary for any pregnant woman to find herself in a situation whereby she has access to no help in case of an emergency. This quote gets the reader to understand more details about the pregnant traveler's experience. Although she chooses a path not many pregnant women would, her motherly instincts are still present. She worries about her child's safety but she does not let that prevent her from touring the world and bearing her child in the same, just as she was born. The message the write sends through this quote how the situation of the traveler affects the rhetoric. She, however, survives the risky situation and achieves her goal. It would be unrealistic if the travel did not pose any challenge to the pregnant traveler. Moon, therefore, talks about the challenges but also about overcoming them. "Bocas Marina is separated from the town by mangroves and saltwater channels and accessible only by boat" explain Moon in another quote. In this quote, the writer explains a visual as well as a logistical understanding how far she was able to go. From the vivid description, the reader gets to understand the kind of environment the pregnant traveler was able to visit. The way she describes the highland and the means of its access is obvious that it was not easy for her to get there. She further explains how the visit was made more difficult by the timing of the journey, which was during Good Friday, as well as the people and numerous activities around the island. Despite all that, Moon manages to achieve her goal of spending more time with her father and probably the last travel for just the two of them. The vivid description of the Island she goes to visit her father also emphasizes the love for nature that she mentions makes her father travel through difficult journeys even in his old age. This draft reads clearly and begins to offer claims and evidence in support of your reading of Moon’s narrative. You’re much more on-task here than in the previous draft—good work! That said, there is still much to do as you revise. First, go back to the prompt and think some more about your research question. What are the aspects of the rhetorical situation mentioned there? Make sure your thesis statement discusses those aspects and their relationship to one another as specifically as possible (What’s Moon’s message, exactly? Which early women’s travel writing conventions does she fulfill, alter, reject? How does her use or rejection of those conventions help shape or deliver the message to her audience?) Then, do your best to ensure each body paragraph begins with a claim (statement of opinion) that relates to and helps support your thesis. Also be sure to gather more evidence—at least a couple quotes from Moon in each paragraph (each followed up with a warrant), and secondary source evidence when it’s helpful. Thompson should be particularly useful here, and you can find more sources on women’s travel writing in the Travel Writing Bibliography on our Canvas site. Good luck with your revisions! Works Cited Moon, Freda. Do You Really Have to Stop Traveling When You Have Kids? 2015. https://www.afar.com/magazine/pregnant-in-panama Thompson, Carl. Travel Writing. 2011. Abingdon: Routledge. RA Final Draft Pregnant in Panama: A Rhetorical Analysis “Pregnant in Panama” is an article written by a traveler, Freda Moon who follows the footsteps of her parents in exploring the world. Moon utilizes rhetoric and literary devices to tell about her experience of the journey that would be probably her last as a loner for a very long time. She writes about her anxieties as a pregnant traveler, her reunion with her father, her challenges and achievements as she manages to visit even places that are difficult to access. Some masterful utilization of rhetoric devices includes the purposeful visual and logistic description of the places she visited as well as her feelings towards the places. She uses ethos, logos, pathos, irony, story-withinstory, and metaphors as tools to make her message well passed. The author also describes the history of her parents, which makes the reader understand her love for travel. Travelogues are usually written in the perceived consciousness of the traveler (Thompson 63). Moon specifically writes her travelogue from the angle of a pregnant traveler seeking a one last time experience as a lonely traveler. She, however, discovers that traveling pregnant does not feel as alone as it felt when she traveled before her pregnancy. She understands why her mother used to include her in the stories of her travels when she was pregnant with her. Moon attaches a lot of significance to her traveling pregnant. First, she attaches it to her history because she was traveling when she was in her mother's belly as well. She also takes the time to experience her last time as the traveler she has been before. Moon also takes the time to prepare for motherhood as she goes to bond with her father and to close the gap that has been created by the distance between her and the traveling grandfather-to-be. Moon's travel writing rejects the traditional view of women travelers. Traditionally, women's proper and preferred location was home (Thompson 169). Women on travel were normally associated with undesirable characters and aims such as prostitution or witchcraft. Moon, however, writes in a new and civilized world whereby women have the freedom to travel and explore the world even during pregnancy; a time when they are considered most vulnerable. Women travelogues commonly handle topics that are sensitive to the female gender. Moon does not go far away from this because she chooses to write about the traveling experience of pregnant women in which she talks about herself and her mother. Freda Moon explores traveling while pregnant. She does what her mother did when she was pregnant with her (Moon) ‘…and imagine my mother here, in this water, on this island, 35 years ago," writes moon. In this quote, Moon uses repetition to emphasize the word "this." The emphasis is used to make sure that the audience understands that history is repeating itself. Moon is at the same place her mother was when she was pregnant with her. This shows that the author takes her traveling habit from her mother. She tries to understand her mother's experience when she was in her belly. Moon is expecting a daughter as well. This makes it even more possible for her to relate to what her mother felt traveling while pregnant with her. By letting the audience know that she is doing what her mother had done so many years ago, the writer creates confidence in the rest of the story. After all, her mother kept talking about the greatness of the experience. Traveling the last time as a loner is an exceptional experience for both mother and daughter. Moon is without a doubt someone who attaches a lot of importance to family. Through the quote that informs the audience about the repetition of family history, Moon shows the importance of parenting and its effects on children. From the way she portrays her close ties to her parents, the audience gets to understand the impacts her parents made on her life. Her tone also shows that she is happy to be able to travel during her pregnancy. Although she has some anxiety, Moon is with no doubts enjoying her travel. Moon uses the story-within-a-story device to inform her audience about her mother's life. She explains how her mother and father did not get along during the time they were pregnant with her. She writes about how her mother traveled to escape the reality of her life. Moon uses the story of her mother to explain to the audience the different reasons for the traveling pregnant women. Her mother traveled alone during pregnancy as a way of preparing herself for single motherhood. "…to show my dad that she did not need him," (Pregnant in Panama) writes moon. From her mother's story, the reader is able to tell that women use travel as a source of power. Women travelers prove to the world that they are able to survive on themselves and not just through the support of men. For Moon, however, she travels to recreate her mother's experience as well as to be with her father who is also usually on travels. Her father's reason for traveling she says is to enjoy nature. Moon uses the stories of her parents to explain to the audience about their different reasons for travel. Moon writes about how people handle a traveling pregnant woman. At the San Francisco airport, Moon met a female assist who had much to question about her pregnancy and how she was handling it. "How did I end up here, I thought, justifying my wardrobe to a stranger as she gropes my crotch?" (Pregnant in Panama) is a quote that shows the treatment she was receiving while she was pregnant away from home. The assistant began by suggesting that she must have been expecting a boy because her belly was too big. she then went on to scrutinize her dressing. Moon is tolerating at this point. She patiently replies to all of the assistant's questions and comments. Through that, the audience understands how one's social interactions changes during pregnancy. People around including strangers often ask questions, present suggestions and even assistance to pregnant women. The message that Moon passed through this quote is that pregnant women easily attracts attention that other people will not. Through her patience and toleration towards the assistant at the airport, Moon gets the audience to understand people's behavior toward pregnant women. She also paints a picture of how pregnant women have to adjust their interactions because of the particular views of people towards them. Moon paints a picture of the place she is visiting. She uses vivid descriptions to do so. "Taboga's only town San Pedro is patterned with a web of paved footpaths, and only a few are wide enough for these comically compact vehicles,"( Pregnant in Panama) explains Moon. From this quote, the audience gets a picture of the place the writer is visiting. Moon uses details to enhance her audience's understanding of the place she is visiting. This is a place with many differences compared to where the writer comes from. She later explains how she strolls through the footpaths and registers the details of the place. Through providing the visual analysis, the writer gets the audience to have a better following as she narrates the rest of her stay and activities in the town she is visiting. The traveler, despite being pregnant is exploring her destination and not letting her situation stop her. From this, she passes the message that pregnancy did not obscure her from doing what she feels she was born to do. While pregnant, Moon explores her destination even with more passion. This is because this time she does not think of just how she will write about it, but also about how she might pass it down to her unborn daughter just like her mother passed it to her. The author also writes about the worries of traveling pregnant. "I felt vulnerable, what if I go into early labor?"( Pregnant in Panama) worried Moon. The writer got to a Villa with not communication means and no one to answer her call for help in case she experienced early labor. From this quote, the writer explains the challenges that a pregnant woman can come across while traveling by herself. It can be scary for any pregnant woman to find herself in a situation whereby she has access to no help in case of an emergency. This quote gets the reader to understand more details about the pregnant traveler's experience. Although she chooses a path not many pregnant women would, her motherly instincts are still present. She worries about her child's safety but she does not let that prevent her from touring the world and bearing her child in the same, just as she was born. The message the write sends through this quote how the situation of the traveler affects the rhetoric. She, however, survives the risky situation and achieves her goal. It would be unrealistic if the travel did not pose any challenge to the pregnant traveler. Moon, therefore, talks about the challenges but also about overcoming them. Moon visits quite difficult places considering her situation of being pregnant. "Bocas Marina is separated from the town by mangroves and saltwater channels and accessible only by boat,"(Pregnant in Panama) explains Moon in another quote. Through her descriptions of the places she and her father visited, one can easily come up with reasons why a pregnant woman or just any other person would be scared to go there. The seasickness, the congestion, the drinking sailor among other factors are just unfavorable, especially for a pregnant woman. Ironically, Moon seems to be enjoying it all. She describes her time with her father in Bocas as sweet and memorable. In this quote, the writer explains a visual as well as a logistical understanding how far she was able to go. From the vivid description, the reader gets to understand the kind of environment the pregnant traveler was able to visit. The way she describes the highland and the means of its access is obvious that it was not easy for her to get there. She further explains how the visit was made more difficult by the timing of the journey, which was during Good Friday, as well as the people and numerous activities around the island. Despite all that, Moon manages to achieve her goal of spending more time with her father and probably the last travel for just the two of them. The vivid description of the Island she goes to visit her father also emphasizes the love for nature that she mentions makes her father travel through difficult journeys even in his old age. Moon evokes the emotions of the audience through explaining her time with her father and his view of grandfatherhood. Although he and her mother were never a couple, Moon terms her father as being special. She explains how he took single fatherhood in the 70's "…during a time that it was not cool…"( Pregnant in Panama) She also mentioned of times that he used to take care of her single-handedly when she was still a toddler. This makes the audience understand why Moon needed to reunite with her father as she prepared to be a parent. Her father was clearly an exemplary parent. She also talks about his view of grandparenthood. "He's not a religious man, and when he talks about having a grandchild, he seems more at ease with aging…," (Pregnant in Panama) writes Moon. This shows that the man values grandparenthood and takes it as a fulfillment of his life's purpose. Moon successfully communicates her experience of traveling while pregnant with a rhetoric tool. With the use of ethos, logos, pathos, vivid description, repetition among others, the reader is able to understand that Moon writes during a time women are freer than before to travel around the world on their own, despite being pregnant. Her travelogue reflects the advantages of modernization to the women travelers. Advances healthcare and technology can enable pregnant women to travel without worries. Moon mentions that her midwife had approved that she was healthy enough to travel in spite of being pregnant. Besides that, she also talks of using an application in her smartphone to keep track of her pregnancy. She received warm welcoming at the places she visits and is able to enjoy her time even in the most difficult destinations. With the rhetoric tools, Moon successfully paints a picture of the places she visits as well as her purpose and experience of traveling pregnant in Panama. Works Cited Moon, Freda. Do You Really Have to Stop Traveling When You Have Kids? 2015. https://www.afar.com/magazine/pregnant-in-panama Thompson, Carl. Travel Writing. 2011. Abingdon: Routledge.
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