Things I learned from ENGL 839

Generally, I learned how to write a proposal. I didn't expect there would be so many complicated items to consider before, such as the audience analysis, rhetorical situation, ethos, pathos and logos. From this class, I learned not only how to do, but also why to do.

Though we have a lot of work to do for this class, I barely noticed that. I think that's primarily because we are actually working on the final project throughout the semester, brainstorming on the topic selection, collecting literature and revising the draft as the textbook day by day. And at the end of the class, we are able to present the final version. It may need further revisions, but it has been much more than what I can do in a month by myself.

And for the first time, I made a video presentation for my proposal. I was a little worried in the beginning, but once I got started things went pretty well. And I was able to reconsider my proposal narrative when making the video. I tried to imagine what the viewers need to know first in order to understand the latter part. And I also tried to use shorter sentence and active voice in the video, which inspired me a lot when revising the text proposal.