Peer Review Reflection Blog Post

     When I first opened the blank word document, I was fairly confident in what my essay was going to be and that I was going to finish with plenty of time left. Unfortunately,  due to a number of factors, I found myself coming to class with an essay that was only about 20% complete. My confidence quickly drained, especially with a test in Abstract Algebra tomorrow. I felt bad for my group members since I can with a very incomplete essay. I was pleased to find that neither of my group members had a complete rough draft. My confidence had returned. One member Brooke actually broke down the word count for the rough draft which made me feel better.

    Both of them provided great feedback. The best being that I need to readjust my thesis. I am one of the people that was struggling to come up with a concrete argument for my essay. They both gave me suggestions that help to better incorporate the sonic rhetoric devices that I chose than what I already had. My original was pretty vague as I wanted to have one for class. 

   Taking the advice, I am going to rework my thesis as my short-term goal. My long-term goal is to take what I have and make it flow better. I opted to avoid transitions sentences as much as possible in this rough draft as I want to hit each of the major points of my essay. The smaller details are there but I felt that they were not as important to get done for this first draft. 

  

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