For the analysis reflection, I chose the article “reACT gallery hopes to generate conversations in community” written by Parker Reed from The Iowa State Daily. This article intrigued me because it talks about campus life and brings attention to one of the many resources available to students. It also was easier for me to write about since it wasn’t too long and did not contain any vocabulary which I did not already know. To break down my writing, I started by going through the main points in an analysis paper. I identified the main theme, purpose, audience, organization, and expression. I also looked at the language Reed used and how he structured his article. To help me figure out the layout of my own paper, I wrote some notes as I read through the article a few times. The following images are my handwritten notes.

My thesis changed throughout my paper because I started out providing a summary of the article instead of analyzing it. For my conference, I realized that I was not thinking about how the information in the article was being presented. I think I did a good job switching to analysis from summary.