Averie

Green
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
(505)***-****
December 15th, 2016
Elizabeth Benedict
English 219-023
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM

Dear Elizabeth Benedict,

At the beginning of the semester we were introduced to five core
objectives. These objectives were meant to give us specific areas of
focus to explore and perfect throughout the course and in each
individual major writing assignment. The objectives were to be
proficient in analyzing rhetorical situations, finding and evaluating
information, composing documents, presenting documents, and
composing in various modes.
We were either given a rhetorical situation or prompted to create
one for each individual assignment. These rhetorical situations tended
to be centered around local or University of New Mexico problems or
conditions. The assignments that required the most attention to
rhetorical situation were the proposal and the recommendation letter.
Both assignments required a specific subject, purpose, audience and
genre. Tending to a rhetorical situation taught me how to better relate
to a specific audience and create a piece of writing best equipped for
that genre. This objective also taught me how to come up with a
rhetorical situation myself and fully execute a paper aimed at that
genre.
Being proficient in research is one of the most important and
useful skills to obtain. The objective of finding and evaluating
information allowed me to discover valid sources for multiple

assignments. Both my proposal and my recommendation report

required a great amount of qualified research. Without efficient
sources, both documents would be invalid. The exploration of this
objective lead me to discover
different ways of scholarly research for future reference. This objective
will not only come in handy academically but for my future career as
well. Psychology has a high demand for professional, academic, and
government sources and these learned research techniques will surely
come in handy.
It is obvious that each assignment required both composition and
presentation of some sort. Though this is standard, none of them were
composed or presented in the same way. MWA 1 was presented in the
form of an electronic/online portfolio, MWA 2 was presented as a
document, and MWA 3 was presented as a visual/PowerPoint
presentation accompanied by an auditory component. Each of these
taught me how to exhibit my writing in a unique way. This objective
has encouraged me to make my writing more valuable, interesting, and
notable to its consumers as well as how to
work incorporate different technologies and mediums to do so.
The last objective related directly to the presentation of each
document
which I discussed above. It also focused on each type of
writing that we were challenged with. Rather than accomplishing each
objective by creating an essay for each one we incorporated a more
creative approach. By composing a portfolio, proposal, and a
recommendation report we could explore different modes of writing
and observe
their effects. This objective prepared me for the array of professional
documents I am bound to encounter in the future of my education and
professional career.
Ultimately, each one of these objectives contributed to an overall
better understanding of not only writing as a whole but my personal
writing process, style, and approach as well. Having this experience
under my belt will help me to apply for jobs, compose proposals and
recommendation letters, and present my ideas in an interesting,
proactive way.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Averie Green