Cover letter
To begin, when my professor talked about how we will be doing a rhetorical analysis essay, I was kind of uncomfortable with it. I didn’t have any ideas in my mind. The process for completing this rhetorical analysis for this assignment seems challenging. It was like I was completely overwhelmed and didn’t know where to start. But thanks to the professor, step by step, I was able to prepare and brainstorm what to write with each assignment assigned to me.
Also, I kind of forgot what Rhetorical Analysis is until I heard the Ethos, Logos, and Pathos. It has been a while since I heard these terms. To be honest, I didn’t like these appeals. I wasn’t able to fully understand them and get them over with it back then. Right now I was faced with these rhetorical choices again, and let’s get it done better this time. So readers, I decided to use all emotional appeals: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos when writing this essay. Because I wanted to explore in detail the use of language, organization, and the audience. I set out the goal of doing each rhetorical appeal in its own body paragraph.
During the process of finding examples for my emotional appeals, I encountered much difficulty since there weren’t exactly many ethos and logos in Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue. That’s right, I tried to find examples tied to my emotional appeals that could support my argument. Surprisingly, even though I had the “outline” in my head, I actually wrote the essay backward as unintended. Well actually, I never do outlines for any essay I wrote. I just go ahead and tackle them. Because of this, sometimes I would be stuck on my introduction for hours since I had no idea what I should write.
Moving on, I had certain things which were good as well as things in which I could improve on. I still feel as if my arguments could still be further expanded upon but it seems nothing comes to my mind when trying. I put in a lot of hours into the essay but it wasn’t easy at all. I wanted my audience to have a better understanding of my arguments through my rhetorical situation and analysis.
Not gonna lie, I learn a lot when I read about Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”. I had read it before back in high school but failed to notice the significance of language perpetuated throughout the story and now I came back to this story with a more focused understanding. This phase’s assignments helped me develop strategies for reading, drafting, collaborating, revising, and editing as well as recognize and practice key rhetorical terms and strategies when engaged in writing situations, from brainstorming and drafting to writing this rhetorical analysis essay. So readers, enough of my blabbering and continue to read my essay.
