Thlog #8

Finals are steadily approaching and with that our WP3. Everything has really come down to this, with each writing tip and project going towards making this great. That being said, WP3 has been a difficult start. I struggled with finding a transformation I was satisfied with, but have finally decided upon creating a info-graphic for the youth and an advertisement for the older. The transformations have been tedious to work through, but all the assignments we did over analyzing genre and visual literacy helped me together.

            Class covered visual literacy, the importance of paraphrasing, and summary. Visual literacy from the McCloud reading was the most helpful to me as I wanted to use images in my WP3. His points of framing and flow helped me understand the intricacies of images when used in genre. This understanding was focused on comics, but I feel that it helped me better conceptualize how I wanted to form my info-graphic. Paraphrasing and summary taught us how to pick out what was important in readings instead of just listing words. This reflection was important to me as I feel like the activity influenced my decision to transform Bazerman’s conversational model—as it covered the importance of summary.

            As I finish WP3 I can’t help but look back at my last writing projects. I feel that I have improved over the period of the course and am confident that I can convey my transformations well. The openness of the prompt was intimidating at first, but it’s been a lot of fun to work through.