After reading the assigned reading material I have greater understanding of what exactly goes into writing an email as opposed to a memo. I found it interesting when it was necessary for an attachment and when it wasn't. I use attachments quite often so I'm glad to have greater understanding on that topic.

The reading titled "The Rhetoric of Employment Documents" grabbed my attention fairly quickly. This is because the article discusses in quite simple terms how we get jobs. We either know someone who knows someone who can give us a job or we have to apply. The article then goes on to briefly discuss how critical employment documents, such as a resume, can be to our success in the professional realm. The article also touched on an interesting aspect of our rapidly changing technological world.

The rhetoric reading provided excellent insight into resumes, communication throughout companies, and reasons why and how to produce an effective writing piece. I specifically liked how it outlined the procedures of the resume and also learned the importance of collaborative work.

I found the purpose of professional writing interesting. The point of professional writing is to inform and persuade. It can also be used to earn or maintain good will such as writing a thank you note or praising a coworker. Since various types of professional writing are crucial for the work place, it is important that we are able to communicate effectively with cowokers and other people your company needs to interact wtih. I also found the point that writing is not just words, but it's also an action was interesting. Its goal is to promote positive change.

In reading the Rhetoric of Professional Writing, I believe that it is of great benefit to any company to produce projects using collaboration. With the exception of projects that may be easily completed, it may benefit any company to collaborate as much as often because the more people present the more they can think of. It is common sense that the more people you assemble, the more ideas you can gather. you will have the ability to form a more well-rounded project with more rather then less people.

After reading Rhetoric of Professional Writing I now realize how diverse professional writing is. I did not realize how learning buisness writing can serve me in the long term throughout my life. It also showed me some areas where I could improve my own writing.

The "Rhetoric of Professional Writing" helped me realize where the biggest gaps in my abilty are. Though all the reading were quite informative, I found this one especially helpful. I realized I have alot of skills to learn yet, and I hope to get them from this class.

After reading 'Rhetoric of Professional Writing', I became more interested to business writing. This articles helped me to understand what is about professional writing, what types of writing there are, how to be structured, what are the purposes for writing, how should be evaluaded, and how to collaborate with others. It is well informed and easy to understand. I think that this reading is a good introduction to business writing for everyone.

i read the article " Rhetoric of Professional Writing." One thing that I liked about this article was it gave me practical knowledge. I know I can use this knowledge in my every day life. Moreover, it was not boring at all as they gave usreal life situations. i liked the first chapter,' Understanding the Purpose.' This chapter lays importance on the importance of communication. Moreover, how do we make our written conversation according to our purpose. It actually helps me realize the importance of writing the various cover letters, resumes, informal letters,etc.