AREA OF REFLECTION
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QUESTIONS TO
PROMPT YOUR THINKING
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REQUIRED:
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1. Writing Habits
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You must reflect on your
writing habits. Where do you do your best work? What tools are helpful when
writing? What time of day or under what conditions (i.e. at home, in the
library, at a cafe) do you write best? Analyze what you think these
preferences say about you as a writer and a learner.
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CHOOSE TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:
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2. Writing Strategies
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Identify writing strategies
and practices you’ve learned in this course that work well for you and that
you will continue to use in your future writing. Illustrate with samples from
your semester’s writing.
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3. Feedback
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What advice did you receive
(from peer review, tutoring, workshop, instructor feedback) that was
particularly helpful when revising your work? Illustrate using at least two
examples from past assignments, including the comments. How can you apply
that advice to future writing?
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4. Revision
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Analyze how you revised a
specific paragraph. Include the paragraph in the paper. Describe the choices
you made and why.
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After enduring both the violent sinking of their ship and the ensuing
life-or-death drama at the mercy of hundreds of tiger sharks, the crew of the
USS Indianapolis eventually had to bear the court-martial of their captain, Charles
Butler McVay III. In what many have called one of the greatest
miscarriages of justice in the Navy's history, McVay was convicted of
"suffering a vessel to be hazarded through negligence" and "hazarding
his ship by failing to zigzag." But as Doug Stanton illustrates in In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors,
the captain's trial was less than fair and impartial. In fact, Navy
officials used the sinking of the cruiser to distance itself from the
incident and impugn the captain's reputation. In a concise editorial, mount a robust defense for the Indianapolis' Captain McVay against the Navy’s charge of negligence. Cite specific evidence from Stanton's In Harm's Way to support to clear the captain's reputation. 
