Thlog 6

This week in class we reviewed a subject that was much needed. Because I missed the second class of last week, I was little thrown off by moves. However, the first class of this week was all about reviewing moves which helped me clarify some misconceptions. Knowing the difference between conventions and moves was also very helpful. I now understand that moves are an Author’s choice and conventions mostly focus on the genre of a writing piece. Something interested that was stated during class was that conventions could be used as moves, but moves could not be used as conventions. I thought that was a clever way of looking at the two. In addition, we also learned new writing tips to help improve our writing. One that really caught my attention was the hedge language and qualified claim. While writing, I never noticed how right I though my claims needed to be. As Zack stated, I did always think that my claim or argument had no room for error. If I uses words like most, the majority, or often I felt like I was doubting myself, thus losing credibility from my readers. Now I know that using these words provides more credibility in a paper, because of the available room for error.

            In the second class, we began to peer-review WP2’s from other students. This was extremely helpful because it showed me what my paper should look like. Before I thought, I was going to write an essay on the topic I chose using the different articles as evidence, but now I know that we are suppose compare and contrast the moves, conventions, and rhetorical styles of each article. Which kind of demolished my excitement for writing WP2.