Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Angel Arevalo
Writing 39A
12 March 2020
Before winter quarter and general start of this class, I haven’t put in effect into my writing skills
since high school where I took english literature and AP english language, which taught the
regular basis of creating an essay structure of five paragraphs or more, creating a strong and
effective thesis statement, a claim that is the highlight of the paragraph as well as topic
sentences. In the first week of the quarter, we were taught how to be detailed into our writing by
structuring the beginning, middle, and end in analyzing novels and short stories, for example,
The Tricky Leak, being the first reading to describe what is the author’s intention in the story,
identifying academic vocabulary, and rhetorical and literary device that lead to creating the start
I used critical reading in varieties of novels and short stories we covered throughout the
course, but one, in particular, caught my attention that described multiple elements of the theme,
which was the Sphynx by Alicia Vanvoy Call. In the analysis assignment, I described the short
summary of the protagonist of a girl who is uptight, inconsiderate being that shows inhumane
and poor communication towards the mythical creature which is the sphinx that makes both
beings get at each other’s throat that implies negative communication of short syntax, dark
imagery of the girl choking the creature, and tone of aggression of the sphynx’s towards the girl
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for milk. I describe that not only me but the reader themselves engage more meaning in negative
When reflecting the term of critical reading during the assignment it applies is that a
reader itself learns the main idea and message, structure, evidence, and reflection that concludes
standard clarity and comprehension of the text. However, there is more to it, not essentially
meaning being critical of what text you read, which strategize each section for analyzing and
identifying the weak points. During the class when we were discussing the Sphynx, I thought of
three steps that interpreted a simple, yet effective that helped me become a critical reader as I
approached other readings in the course. Step one is having a clear mind to read and describe the
text. Step two is becoming the writer’s audience because their design in texts for a specific theme
and becoming a “part” of the theme makes the audience become the target while making it
difficult to read to “enforce” us to find the message of the text and theme elements. Step three
makes important notes about the text itself by writing down the plotline of the text, main
protagonist, selecting certain sentences that may have a connection to the text’s structure and the
balance my main ideas with new ideas the text of the source itself. Almost in the end of the
course, I used academic sources to support my game analysis through rules and scenarios that
build it into what it is, in which implying the message of decision making through bond and
communication, in which The Many Faces in Role-Playing by Hitchens and Drachen describes
how the “characters controlled by players can be defined in quantitative terms and are defined
individuals in the game world, but not identified only as roles or functions. Our characters can
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potentially develop, for example in terms of skills, abilities or personality, the form of this
development is at least partially under a player's control and the game is capable.” To clarify, it
describes the player's characters build through rules and restrictions that “enforces” decision
Using sources during the game analysis assignment has set foundations for each point in
my writing that lead my readers the intended goal or message in my role-playing game. In my
point of view, it helped me revise and expand my message, clarify the topic sentences and body
paragraphs, and lastly reflect what I have learned from it by stating that being decisive in
my ideas and from my sources; directs my readers to these sources, and allows me to establish
Understanding the writing process of making my game analysis through four stages:
collaboration, drafting, revision, and reflection are parts of a process to expand your thinking
skills that improves writing. When making my first draft for the game rhetorical analysis, I
started off with four paragraphs: Introduction, two bodies, and a conclusion. The introduction
describes a short summary about my game world, type of material that structures the
reception/main idea about it, the first body stating how the scenario implies the message of
decision making through communication and bonds, as well as the rules. Lastly, re-stating the
reception without repeating the same explanation again so that the audience/players can
understand it. The second draft was to expand that reception with two more paragraphs of
profession and genre, and feedback from a peer reviewer that strengthened my paper and
Each process into making an analytical essay demonstrated how I can strengthen each
expanding the key points in the body paragraphs and finalizing my analysis into seven
paragraphs, divided into an introduction, five body paragraphs, and a conclusion that professor
Mcclure states to make our analysis argumentative in a 4-6 page range and understanding to not
go beyond the limitation of the assignment itself. During the process, I also need to take an
account of giving a purpose in the reception that implies whether it’s intentional to describe me
through literary skills or lessons about life itself through decision making.
As I approach the end of the course and the quarter itself, I understood critical reading,
using sources, and effective writing process through collaboration, drafting, revising, and
finalizing my work gave an insight into giving a purpose into writing. An example is in making
my rpg world because my main intention and theme was to be decisive in your choices through
depending the current situation, feeling isolated from the world, expressing how I feel about my
choices if it is the right direction to my future. The game analysis is a stepping stone to express
myself through imagery of art and writing of being decisive, giving me confidence to decide art
as my major to pursue.