Mitch
Alters
Prof.
Rinke
WRT 150
October
31, 2012
Reflection – Redesign of Advertisement Essay
When first discussing about this
essay in class. I was not really sure of where to start. After given it some
thought, I came to a conclusion that this essay could be rather interesting
because it gave me a chance to be creative and also it gave us and option of
what the topic we would have to write on. I find it easier to write a paper
when I can pick the topic. Since, we got to pick the advertisement we would
analyze this made the essay easier than what I thought. Overall, the paper
seemed overwhelming at first but after planning and preparing for the paper, it
seemed rather easy.
I was rather restricted to the ads I
had to choose from because I did not have any magazines in my room or had a car
to go find one. But I found an ad for Microsoft/Windows and I really liked it.
The main reason I ended up choosing the advertisement was because the intended
audience was college students. This ad appealed to me and I really liked that.
It would make it easier to discover what all the intended purposes were. I did
not think I would find any other ads that would appeal to my social class. That
was my main reason for choosing my particular ad.
It took my awhile to discover how I
wanted to redesign the advertisement. I first thought of the new intended
audience that I would want it to appeal too. I knew the complete opposite of
the original audience, college students, would be the older generation or
grandparents. That’s how I started my redesign. With the indented audience in
mind, I brainstormed the layout and plans of the redesign in my head. I can
usually picture things in my mind very easily so I did not need draw out my new
plan.
I actually did not have many
troubles with this essay. Once I started the essay everything seemed to flow
and it was a fun essay to write. Once I was done with my rough draft, I was
worried that I may have not included enough detail and I was not sure if it had
good flow. To overcome these problems I decided to take my essay to the writing
center. They helped me out a lot with my paper. They showed me where I needed
more detail and fixed the flow of my essay. After visiting them I felt my paper
was great and ready to be turned in.
I really liked the creativity we
could use in this assignment. It was not a traditional essay that had to be on
a certain topic. We could choose the advertisement and how we wanted to
redesign it. This worked greatly to my advantage because I seem to write better
papers when I have the option of choosing my topic. It’s easier to come up with
ideas when you are already interested in the topic and this essay let me do
that.
The main thing that I learned while
writing this essay is how to properly evaluate a advertisement. Before I did
this essay I would just read advertisements. But now I properly know how to
read and understand them. I feel I have gotten a better understanding of the
rhetorical appeals. When we first learned about these in class I had trouble
understanding them but now that I have used them in my essay, I feel like I
understand them much better.
I really don’t think I would change
a thing in this essay. I really liked the advertisement I picked and I liked
how my paper turned out. There wouldn’t be one thing that I would want to
differently. Really enjoyed this paper and I think I did pretty well with it.
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