Taking Stock Questions

1. When I first started to analyze my ads, I did research on the history of the ad and how it came to be, so I could develop my own stance on the subject. I then continued to use the Old Spice YouTube videos as a resource and began to write out the draft of my essay. I found that peer revision helped me and doing my own background research first to plan accordingly.
2. When I first started to draft my essay, I put all my thoughts down on paper into a chart to organize it, and then began to write. After my first draft was complete, I had two or three of my peers revise my essay and give me feedback while I did the same to their essays. I then took that feedback and incorporated what I thought was necessary in my essay and began my second draft. 
3. I organized my essay very nicely. I took the time to make sure all my thoughts were explained thoroughly and where it fits best in my essay. If I could do something to change my essay, I would of gone more in depth about the YouTube videos and what content was incorporated in it and for what persuasive reasons.
4. Yes, I provided evidence in my text pertains to my essay and I incorporated quotes.
5. I think i did well at explaining my stance on Old Spice advertising. I then went further in depth with examples and evidence that supports my thoughts and ideas.
6. I want to improve on more complex sentence structuring and focus on using more sensory words to spice up my work.
7. Yes, I used two pictures that contrasted persuasive advertising strategies. I believe that they added more clarity to what I was talking about, and was more engaging because of a visual.
8. When I peer reviewed others essays, I found out that I was liking and comparing their thesis and conclusion with my own and I was becoming more aware of what idea they were trying to portray in their essay. This influenced my writing because Im becoming more aware of not the physical words on the paper, but the emotion and stance behind that.
9. If I could go back and do something differently, I would have developed and incorporated my thesis sentence into the body of my essay more.
10. I am very pleased with my analysis. This taught me that the technique of advertising evolves alongside of society.
11. Some transferable skills that I learned that I can take with me into other writing situations are your all-around point of view, emotion and stance on whatever your topic is.