1. My approach to revision process used to be like what Nancy Sommers described. when i used to attempt to rewrite my first drafts of essays i had written i used to just change some of the words to make it sound better. After learning what revising an essay truly entails i have put more effort into revising my essays and have changed the way that i revise my essays. I still go through my essays and change up some of the words to make it sound better, but i also go through and check to see if my quotes work with my analysis and what i am writing about. In my significant writing project i went through my essay to check if the flow of the essay sounded right, i then went through and made sure that my quotes supported my arguments and that i had a sufficient analysis of my quotes.  i also made sure that i cited the sources in my texts and referenced them when talking about. i decided what to change based on what my peers said i needed to improve on and areas that i felt needed to be improved.
  2. in the final draft of my significant writing project i referenced John Armstrong’s “La Bella Vita”, The Book of Life’s “What is Art For?”, and a classmates “Let’s Talk About Art” project. I used John Armstrong’s views on beauty in my essay and i compared them to what my definition of beauty is, as well as what societies definition of beauty is.  I used a quote from The Book of Life to make a quote sandwich to help support my argument that society has shaped our perceptions of beauty through social media and advertising. And i used a classmates Let’s Talk About Art project as an example that no two people have the same idea of what beauty is. This project worked because it was similar yet different for what i used for my project. The quotes that i used for each of these sources helped support my argument that beauty is different for everyone because each of these sources were similar to my argument, i was able to find quotes that supported my argument and did not disrupt the flow of my essay.
  3. My chosen significant writing topic shows my ability to cite sources in MLA format. After every quote that i used i made sure to cite the author and the name of the source that i got the quote from. this essay also showed my ability to cite images that were used in my essay. it also showed my ability to create a works cited.
  4. I believe that my feedback on the chosen marked first draft of one of my peers was helpful to the author. I first went through and commented on everything that i thought wasn’t right and what they need to fix before they turn in there essay. I then went through it again and commented on the things that they did right, i did this because positive reinforcement is a good tool to use when trying to help someone. there is no help in just tearing somebodies essay apart without giving any good feedback because it will lead to the author questioning everything about there essay and if there is anything good in it. some specific examples of this are my first comment on the paper, i tell the author that they have a well written first sentence and that it really hooks the reader into what they are saying. An example of me being negative on the comments is when i commented that the example that was used in the essay might not work for there argument because it can be seen multiple ways whereas other quotes that were used clearly support the authors argument. This shows that i am able to critique my  own and others works to help them improve their writing.