The textual analysis was an interesting approach to writing that I had never really experienced before. When deciding the article, I wanted to find something that was prevalent in today’s news, and nothing fit the bill more than Hurricane Harvey. More specifically, I wanted to try and right something that was outside of my comfort zone. My end goal is to work somewhere within sports media, but I also realize that I may not be involved with sports writing right away so I like to use opportunities such as this to strengthen my skills writing about other topics. The persuasive strategies that I decided to write about were not ones that I had to search for, but rather ones that I casually noticed as the reader the first time I read the article. Because of that, my thesis remained the same throughout most of the process. I enjoyed the article and admired how well it was written, which made it easier to make points within my analysis. I read the article a few times, just refresh on ideas that I wanted to include within my analysis.
After my peer review, a few things were brought to my attention about how I could take my analysis to the next step. One thing that I struggled with in the previous writing assignment and wanting to get better at was my transitions between body paragraphs. When writing my rough draft, I felt like I was getting a little better but still needed a grasp as to what makes a good transition. After meeting with the professor and my peers, I made changes and now feel that my transitions were the most improved part of my analysis and writing as a whole.