Reflection 1.1

Upon analyzing Megan Weintraut's essay "Government should create stricter gun laws", writing my first draft of my thoughts was both simple and very challenging. With a limit of 750 words, it was difficult to incorporate aspects of all terms we have discussed in class, such as occasion and purpose. It was also challenging to combine the information about the article I read with the formulaic broad -> specific nature of an introduction as I have learned it. Because the paper is essentially about how to present an argument, not the specific article itself, it was difficult to incorporate both aspects and lead to a lengthy introduction. Everything afterwords was pretty simple; I plugged in quotes based on each control and then provided analysis. It was very formulaic. I think my second draft will allow me to provide diversified reasoning and a opening quote that will rlate more to my topic.