Introduction

    Throughout this Spring semester in RWS200, I have learned a handful of useful topics and writing skills that I can apply in my future writing assignments. I have learned how to appeal to certain audiences, how to write for a specific genre, how to conduct my own research, and how to find resources through the SDSU online library. All of these writing skills I learned throughout this semester helped me to develop my writer’s voice and how to write in different tones in assignments like the discussion boards, the research paper, and the blogs. Three assignments from this class that transformed my writing and my understanding skills are: the interview transcript for data collection, the blog posts, and the discussion boards during class. From these assignments, I have learned important skills of how to break down my own primary research data, how to connect with different audiences through rhetoric, and the importance of having well thought out comments in peer review papers.