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The author introduces their final portfolio for Writing 2 which focuses on domestic violence. They discuss how their writing has evolved after learning about genres from their teacher Julie. Genres have typical patterns and conventions for accomplishing goals. It is important for writers to understand the rhetorical situation of a genre including exigence, audience, and constraints. For their first writing project, the author translated a journal article into a children's book and wrote an explication essay analyzing the application of conventions and rhetorical situation, which they improved based on feedback. For their second writing project, a literature review on domestic violence, the author strengthened the thesis, improved clarity, and removed unnecessary words based on revisions.

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Introduction Letter

The author introduces their final portfolio for Writing 2 which focuses on domestic violence. They discuss how their writing has evolved after learning about genres from their teacher Julie. Genres have typical patterns and conventions for accomplishing goals. It is important for writers to understand the rhetorical situation of a genre including exigence, audience, and constraints. For their first writing project, the author translated a journal article into a children's book and wrote an explication essay analyzing the application of conventions and rhetorical situation, which they improved based on feedback. For their second writing project, a literature review on domestic violence, the author strengthened the thesis, improved clarity, and removed unnecessary words based on revisions.

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Dear Reader.

Welcome to my final portfolio of Writing 2! As a second year college student,


picking domestic violence as my writing topic is one meaningful progress to achieve
my goal of making more people’s life better. So I really hope you enjoy my children’s
book and two essays involved in this final portfolio!
Thanks to Julie, my writing has evolved after she taught me the real application
of genre. She used a fun and entertaining crime scene activity to show us that genres
are used everywhere in our daily life. Lisa Bickmore describes a genre as “an act of
language—for our purposes here, mostly acts of writing, in particular—that behaves
in typical or characteristic ways, which we can observe in repeated or persistent
situations” in Genre in the Wild. 1 It was interesting to learn that there are patterns in
our daily communication and writings, and each genre has various conventions and
“is used for helping people to accomplish goals”.2 An interesting example of a written
genre is a social media text, because it is the one that I am familiar with without
knowing the fact that it is also a genre.
It is important for writers to learn about the corresponding rhetorical situation for
each genre. The rhetorical situation encompasses three parts: exigence, audience, and
constraints3. This course informed me the actual process of writing to help me convey
the idea hidden behind my writing projects, which includes choosing a genre that
“responds well in the situation”4 and following the corresponding rhetorical situation.
I am happy that I took this class because I will be able to maintain this in-depth
consideration and thinking pattern of writing throughout my whole life.
The important writing concepts Julie taught me helped me develop a deep
understanding about my WP1, which was a genre translation from a peer-reviewed
journal to a children’s book and an explication essay explaining the translation by
analyzing the application of conventions and rhetorical situation. Julie gave valuable
lessons and comprehensive feedbacks, so I am aware of my areas for potential growth
and identify actionable patterns in my writing. In my explication essay, I originally
used weak signal phrases such as “think” and “mention” to introduce the ideas of
authors. In revision, I replaced these signal phrases with stronger ones like “indicate”
and “highlight” to convey “valuable information about the tone, purpose, or intensity
of the original author” I was quoting.5 Another potential growth of my writing is
nuancing black and white discussion. Originally, I divided all the parents around the
world into two groups: parents who commit domestic abuse and parents who are
peaceful and gentle. After I reconsidering this idea in revision, I realize that the fact is
not so black and white. As a result, instead of defining parents, I change it into stating
how my genre translation can be beneficial for not only abusive parents, but also
parents who have not committed violent behavior, since this is my ultimate goal for
WP1.
1
Bickmore Lisa, "Genre in the Wild: Understanding Genre Within Rhetorical (Eco)systems." Pressbooks.
2
Kerry Dirk, “Navigating Genres,” in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 1, ed. Charles Lowe and
Pavel Zemliansky (Parlor Press, 2010), 253.
3
“Rhetorical Situation,” College Composition and Communication, National Council of Teachers of English,
2010,Gauchospace.
4
Bickmore Lisa, "Genre in the Wild: Understanding Genre Within Rhetorical (Eco)systems." Pressbooks.
5
Johnson, Julie. “Guide to Quote Integration and Signal Phrases.” Writing 2: Intro to Academic Writing (class
Lecture at University of California Santa Barbara, May 24, 2021)
I also made sophisticated and comprehensive revisions to my WP2, the literature
review. My revisions are focused on thesis statement, clarity, and eliminate
unnecessary words. First, I was informed that my thesis statement was too general and
lacked specific introduction to the conclusion I came to after doing the research and
writing. I realize that just like my title “Literature Review: A Holistic View of
Domestic Violence ” indicates, the specific holistic information about family abuse
involved in this literature review should be summarized and stated clearly in the
introduction. I then add several details about the key points to help the audience to
obtain a sense of the gist and content of this essay. Second, I fix the subjects of my
central arguments to clarify the information and connect each paragraph better. By
replacing “an issue” with “other sources’ issue of missing discussion about child
abuse”, I manage to helps the audience understand the central idea of the new
paragraph and relationship between different sources. In this way, my decision of
choosing these several sources to express my views about domestic violence will be
easier for the readers to see. Last but not least, I take out unnecessary words to avoid
repetition and makes my essay clearer for the audience to read. For example, I take
out “the fact that” from “despite the fact that” to make my point more straightforward.
By doing this, I can guarantee that every word in my overall paper is valuable and
necessary.
I am really excited to be able to share my ideas through my writing with all of
you on this website. I would like to keep my website simple while shows my
personality as an optimistic girl. So I choose soft and light colors as my homepage
background. I hope you enjoy my work and learn a bit about domestic violence!

Sincerely,
Yuxin Yan
Works Cited
Bickmore, Lisa. “Genre in the Wild: Understanding Genre Within Rhetorical
(Eco)systems.” Pressbooks.
Dirk, Kerry. “Navigating Genres.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, edited by
Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky, no.1 (2010): 249-62. Parlor Press.
National Council of Teachers of English. "Rhetorical Situation." College Composition
and Communication. 2010. Gauchospace.
Johnson, Julie. “Guide to Quote Integration and Signal Phrases.” Writing 2: Intro to
Academic Writing. Class Lecture at University of California Santa Barbara,
May 24, 2021.

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