Choosing A Topic For Rhetorical Analysis

I had some trouble trying to find a good topic for my Rhetorical Analysis paper. I eventually came up with about 3 ideas and thought about which would be difficult to write about. Some were too vague and some were just to simple to write about. There was just too much information. I ended up narrowing it down to two things. One has to do with my major which would be Women in teaching and the other has to do with women and writing. For this one I choose women and Sports journalism. I choose this one because many people say that women shouldn't be able to write about sports or even commentate on it. I thought this might be a good subject to look into and write about. Both are very interesting to me. I know they need to be narrowed down a bit to a specific thing, but I think once I do that I'll have a really good topic.

Rhetorical Analysis Questions

Recently we had to write a rhetorical analysis on two pictures. One was a picture from Iwo Jima one was from 9/11. Both were of men lifting the american flag. Our assingment was to write about these pictures. Mine was on whether or not these pictures should have been made into stamps. Also we had to answer some questions on these pictures. When I looked at these two photos my eyes immediatley went to the American Flag. After looking at that I noticed the men and then the background. I think the most important part of this picture was the flag and what it represents. When these pictures were made into stamps both had the writing USA on them. Only one, though, said heros. I think both should have said something about heros or freedom or somethign to that nature. The purpose of my paper was to question whether or not they should be made into stamps and if they did it the right way. I'm not actually sure if I"m going in the right direction or have the right kind of topic for this specific paper, but I think it's a good topic.

Reflecting on Paper one-autobiography

Now that I am done with my first paper I feel a little bit more comfortable about this class. I had some trouble starting my first paper and getting some ideas, but after I started to write and got feedback from a classmate, I felt better about writing this paper. I think that writing this paper also helped me as a writer. I realized why I write like I do and after looking at past events in my life I saw that my personal life really did affect my writing. I was pretty satisfied with my final draft. Although it was a little scary writing my first college essay, it wasn't as different from writing in my high school AP English class. I hope that after writing this first essay I will be more comfortable and relaxed when I write future papers for this class and any other class I am taking. One thing I did realize when I was writing was that I had to switch from writing about just my life to why my life affects my writing. This was difficult for me only because when I think of writing and autobiography I think of writing about life. I did have a little bit of trouble when I first started writing because I didn't put too much about my writing in the essay. Other than that this paper taught me a lot and helped me feel more comfortable about future writing.