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Estevan Padilla
Gail Richard
Composition II
07 April 2016
Logical Argument Reflection
While writing my Logical Argument I focused on the cons of the Affordable Healthcare
Act because I am against it. I did add some positive things, but not much due to the fact that Im
against the Affordable Healthcare Act. One thing that helped me when writing my logical
argument was the WPA outcome statements. The WPA outcome statements consist of Rhetorical
Knowledge, Critical Thinking, Reading, and Composing, Processes, and Knowledge of
Conventions.
When writing my Logical Argument one of the first things that I used from the WPA
outcomes was Rhetorical Knowledge. I did this by analyzing the sources that I used for my
annotated bibliography and put the information into my logical argument. Another thing that
rhetorical knowledge helped me with was taking the knowledge that I gained in Composition I,
and applying the correct way to organize and write a logical argument paper.
Critical thinking, reading, and composing helped me while writing my Logical Argument
paper because I was able to use the sources that I found in my annotated bibliography and use it
in my paper. The reason this helped me, is because I was able to take a source and break it down
and add it in my paper. When critically composing my logical argument I had to make sure that I
had a clear argument, so the audience knew what side I was on. Another thing that I did while
critically composing is making sure that I aimed this paper at a specific audience, which was my
classmates, and my professor.

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When using processes I was able to go through multiple drafts with my logical argument.
One of the big things that helped me write my final draft was the peer review we had during
class. The peer review helped because I was able to get an opinion on my paper. I was also able
to go through and make sure that there were no grammar issues. Another thing that also helped
me was using all the sources that I collected from my annotated bibliography. The last thing that
helped me while composing my logical argument was talking to one of my classmates outside of
class, and getting feedback on my paper.
The last thing from the WPA outcomes that I used was the Knowledge of Conventions.
While using the knowledge of conventions I made sure that my logical argument was
written properly. I made sure that I used the MLA format, and I corrected grammar throughout
the logical argument. I also made sure that all the information that I used was properly cited. One
of the last thing that I did was make sure that I had the correct tone for this paper.