9.9: Portfolio- How Thinking Critically about Rhetoric Affects Intellectual Growth
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate, through writing, the discovery and reconsideration of ideas.
- Reflect on the development of composing practices and how those practices influence your work.
In this reflection, think about your participation in the chapter as you learned about and completed a rhetorical analysis assignment. Participation includes thoughtful completion of work, working with other students in peer review, interacting with your instructor, and raising questions or concerns.
Summing Up and Looking Ahead
An effective way to reflect productively is to compose a “Sum Up” entry for yourself that you can share with your instructor or peers. Your “Reflection on Analysis” may include what you knew of the genre before working on this chapter and what your initial reactions were to reading about Jamil Smith as this chapter’s Trailblazer. Will you look forward to reading more of his work?
You also may note your writing of the rhetorical analysis and articulate any remaining questions about language use. Might the experience lead you to express yourself in a similar public forum? Which issues interest you the most?
While working through the sections of the chapter, did you find any well suited to your pace and style of writing? As you reflect, discuss in your own terms and in any format you choose what you learned from the material and what, specifically, you believe will be most useful for you in your education.
Further Reading
Losh, Elizabeth, et al. Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing . 3rd ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2020.
Lunsford, Andrea A., and John J. Ruszkiewicz. Everything’s an Argument . 9th ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2021.
Smith, Jamil. “After the NAACP.” New Republic , 7 Nov. 2017, newrepublic.com/article/145430/naacp-ben-jealous-running-governor-maryland-campaign-say-civil-rights-organization-led
Works Cited
Bullock, Richard H. The Norton Field Guide to Writing . W. W. Norton, 2006.
Connor, Jackson. “ New Republic Editor Jamil Smith Asks for Time before Critics Declare Magazine Dead.” HuffPost , 6 Feb. 2015, www.huffpost.com/entry/new-republic-jamil-smith-huffpost-live_n_6632458.
Lunsford, Andrea A. The Everyday Writer . 3rd ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004.
Smith, Jamil. “Cleveland Native and Senior Editor at the New Republic Jamil Smith Talks about His New Job, the New New Republic , and How the Media Should Be Covering Race.” Interview by Vince Grzegorek. Cleveland Scene , 29 Apr. 2015, www.clevescene.com/cleveland/cleveland-native-and-senior-editor-at-thenew-republic-jamil-smith-talks-about-race-his-new-job-the-new-new-republic-and-how-the-media-shou/ Content?oid=4568641.
Smith, Jamil. “March 2018 Newsletter: Journalist Jamil Smith (’93) Returns to SHHS to Discuss His Career and His Time Magazine Cover Story on Black Panther .” Interview. Shaker Heights Schools, Mar. 2018, www.shaker.org/protected/ArticleView.aspx?iid=6GUIAI0&dasi=2YB.
Smith, Jamil. “The Revolutionary Power of Black Panther .” Time , 8 Feb. 2018, time.com/black-panther/.
Wydick, Richard C. Plain English for Lawyers . 3rd ed. Carolina Academic Press, 1994.