Activity 3 P. 94

I have probably written hundreds of papers through out my schooling on several topics. Almost all of them have taught one thing or another about myself and my writing ability. Each one helps to demonstrate how I have adapted and grown as a writer over time. The paper that I believe most closely relates to this course is one I wrote for my technical writing class last spring. This class was taught by the same professor and ironically was structured similar. I completed a technical description project which included a paper explaining a product. I chose to dissect a top of the line golf club. This assignment forced me to incorporate multiple aspects of writing. I had to both introduce this club to my audience while at the same time attempt to persuade them to use it. We are currently learning how to analyze several different people and how they go about writing in their everyday lives. The writers we are analyzing have been for the most part teachers or mentors of some kind who were conveying their craft to a group. When working on the technical description I needed to put myself in the mindset of my audience and begin to ponder what they would want to hear. It was essential to write with the audience in mind because I was trying to impress them with my product and explain why it is the best driver on the market today. I also used golf lingo at times which is similar to how the graffiti artist spoke in terms that only his students would understand. Every project from the technical writing class has help to provide a leg up when diving into the assignments for this course. They each introduced new skills as well as overlapped different forms of writing. Following my experiences to date in these type of classes I have been able to realize my natural talents and strengths when it comes to writing.