The first thing I learned from this reading was that writing styles have genres. Until reading this article, I thought "genre" was a word used exclusivly for movie types. I am glad I got that misconception cleared up. I also learned that a composition may not be classified under only one genre. This is extremely good to know since in many of my papers, the feeling behind it sometimes changes throught the writing. The "Genre Notes on the Academic Essay" also looks very helpful. It's nice that they organized into a neat list that a student could just run down and check off while writing their paper. As for the sencond part of the reading, it was nice to get a little refresher on Ethos, Logos, and Pathos, since they are a very important part of writing. The description of the writing process was pretty clear to me before the reading, but it was still helpful to be reminded. I did get a better understanding of the difference between revising and editing are though. I also really like how the reading encouraged you to have a creative and playful attitude during the inventing stage. I totally agree with this comment. When I sit down and try to make my first go at a paper perfect, I usually don't get very far and get very frusterated.