While writing my Wikipedia article I wasn’t consciously thinking about Tierney and Pearson’s five functions of writing and how to apply them to my article. After reading “Toward a Composing Model of Reading” I now realize that I did use all of the functions stated and that I use these same functions repeatedly every time I write something. To begin any paper I do use the function of planning. I set goals, evaluate my knowledge about my topic, and decide whether or not I should begin writing or do more research before composing my paper. Secondly, I look for a starting point or how to begin my paper. Tierney and Pearson refer to this starting point as a “lead”. Once finding the lead I start to formulate my words and the structure of my paper constantly monitoring and adjusting as I see fit. A monumental item that jumped out at me from this article was alignment. While writing this Wikipedia page I kept focusing on trying to stay third person and neutral, trying to think of what audience I was presenting my paper too and how to adjust to them properly. Finally, the function of revising is something that I accounted for when writing my paper because I knew that the people reading my article would be going over it with a fine tooth comb revising as they read. With this in mind my perspective change and I had to be more aware of my audience and be more in alignment with them.
I did just about the same thing when writing my article. i mostly tried to stay 3rd person and make sure that the article would read well. i never really thought about the alignment part and the whole time i was writing i never thought about the reading assignment. if someone is conscious of aligning im not sure how much it would actually change a piece of writing. but it is definitely something to think about.
ReplyDeleteI agree with how you began your post in saying that while creating your article you were not consciously thinking about Tierney and Pearson's five functions, but after reading their article they are all obvious things that you do every time you write. This was the same idea I used in my post. What I thought to be most difficult to understand was alignment and I see that it seemed to be the opposite in your case. I think you did a great job of explaining your writing process during your Wikipedia creation.
ReplyDeleteWhenI edited your article I noticed the alignment. You were neutral, but beyond products offered the knowledge of Mossy Oak wasn't given, and as I found out, it was very hard to come by. The fact you got the message across without a lot of facts is amazing.
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