Writ 2

I learned that writing in environmental studies articles has to appeal to a broader audience than in some other disciplines since the topics they cover involve people from different backgrounds. I felt confident about my article's structure. It was fairly difficult trying to identify specific conventions that were unique to environmental studies writing since it is an interdisciplinary field and gets influence from others. I also think I had a hard time figuring out how to appeal to a student audience, and a short comic was the best I could think of since that's what I think makes a textbook more interesting to me. I would define writing as the complex relationship between a writer and reader in which knowledge, ideas, and stories are exchanged for the sake of growth. The writer and reader are both a part of a community that holds certain values. The writer uses their knowledge of different communities and genres to contribute to their own which in turn leads to discovery and...

What I gathered from my classmates is that I need to clean up my organization by adding headers, use more examples, include a better conclusive paragraph, and focus on more of the unique aspects of my major and what they do for it. These tips sound helpful and I'll most likely end up making those changes. My strengths are my introduction and discussion of the interdisciplinary nature of environmental studies. My weaknesses are that I need to focus more on what makes these conventions unique and why they are important to my major, but chosing which ones are is difficult.

Hedges: "there is potential" "has the advantage" "our estimates are conservative" may, might, can, could "there are uncertainties" "may result" "may be likely" "to our knowledge" "is probably" "more data are needed" "further research" "it appears" These phrases are used to suggest that something is likely, but may not be absolutely true, so that the author(s) are not claiming something false with complete certainty. If the author(s) are not totally confident about something, they will use these words to leave open a chance for rebuttal, to be challenged and possibly proven wrong. This makes it so they are not accountable for whether the opposite is true because they never said it wasn't, but that it "may" be. This also makes the writing more professional and credible, as they are open to refuting arguments. self-mentions: "we analyzed" ...