Letter of Transmittal

When my course English 1010, was just starting, I learned was

informed about the Narrative essay we had to do for this course. I began
thinking of a personal story that I could write about, and I immediately
started reflecting on what had happened over the last two years. I thought
about leaving my mission in Cambodia, the people, and the woman Id fallen
in love with, Sophal. I knew that this was the story I would write about, so
much emotion, drama, pain, happiness, just a rainbow of feelings that were
stuck in-between my heart and my mind. When I started writing it, I knew
that my teacher and some of my fellow classmates would be the audience
for this Narrative but when I started thinking hard, I discovered that the
person who would be most affected by this essay, would me myself.
The target essay for my Narrative was definitely myself. I needed to
write, read, think and ponder my story. It had affected every inch of my body,
and each time Id go through to edit and revise it, I would get extremely
emotional and my feelings would show. So, I guess my purpose in writing this
Narrative, was to pick myself up, and hear my own story. I needed to pick up
the pieces and put them back together, and this was the first step. After I
had taken this first step, had met with my teacher and received reviews from
my fellow classmates, I decided that the only reviews that were necessary,
were those on a grammatical level. Other than that, my story was my story,
my feelings and my puzzle.

The second major piece I created in Unit 2, was my Rhetorical Analysis.

The title of my essay is, Is Information Worth Profanity and it is an analysis
of an article titled The Case for Profanity in Print. My intended target
audience for this essay would be the general American population, news
reporters, politicians, and editors. My intent and purpose in writing this
analysis, was to analyze Jessie Sheidlowers , The Case for Profanity in Print
article. Even though it is a decent written article, it lacks information and
logos to back up statements made throughout the article. Things I did to
revise this essay, was add a more interesting title, fix grammatical errors,
and add a different viewpoint. This different viewpoint consisted of an
argument towards the author not needing to add detailed information about
censoring crude language in the media.
My last revised piece was my Issue Exploration essay, which was on
gun/weapon control and policies on American college campuses. My
argument was that by allowing more responsible students and teachers to
carry concealed weapons on campus, mass shootings and homicide victims
on school campuses will decrease. My purpose in writing this issue
exploration essay on gun/weapon control on college campuses is to provide
four different viewpoints that are distributed among the American
population. So technically the targeted audience is the general American
population, college students, college staff and teachers, law enforcement
workers, parents and law makers.

Revisions I made to this final piece, mainly consisted of separating the

four different viewpoints into four visible sections. I did this, to make it easier
for my target audience to see the different viewpoints. In my first draft, here
and there I would mention the different viewpoints, but it was wrapped in
and mixed with my own personal viewpoint, which is to allow college
students, and teachers carry concealed weapons on campus. I also went
back through my essay, trying to make sure that every time I cited a source
that it was in MLA format. In this final revision, I added a little more
information on states that allow concealed carry by law, and states that
leave the decision and the dictation of weapon/gun policies up to the schools
by campus.
During this last semester, English 1010 has been my most favorite
online class that Ive taken at SLCC. My other three online classes arent very
interactive, but I have enjoyed of meeting my teacher at least once a week,
discussing my work, what I need to improve on, the writing process, and
what will be coming up. I have learned how to both write and recognize
rhetoric, and Ive grown as a writer. Learning about the revision and editing
process has also immensely helped my ability to write in detail, and make
my material more interesting for my target audience. Ive also learned what
to do when I get writers block and Ive learned what I need to do to not
procrastinate. Overall this class has been awesome and I greatly enjoyed
learning more about writing and English.