Reverse Outline WP1

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1-Sentence Summary of the

Main Focus of the Paragraph

How Does This Paragraph

Relate Back to the Writers
Argument
(Thesis Statement)?

Genre is an important tool which

readers can use to better
understand a writing piece, which
we can see through the movie
review genre.

This essentially is the thesis of

the paper, it outlines that main
purpose and direction of my
argument.

Paragraph 2 aims to show that the

authors of movie reviews establish
a strong connection to their
audience through an emotional
pathos appeal.

A critical convention of the movie

review genre involved the use of
rhetorical techniques such as
pathos in order to connect a
writer and their audience.

The main focus of this section is to

illustrate the authors purpose, and
show that movie review authors
seek to give quality, unbiased
feedback to their audience.

Relates back to the purpose

part of the thesis, which the
author aims to fulfill as the
primary objective of their work.

Consumers must understand the

motivations of the author, which is
to serve their best interests and
give quality critique on a films
quality.

Goes further into the authors

purpose, showing that they must
serve their target audience.

There are various constraints and

limitations on authors of this genre,
which direct their work.

Authors must fit their content

into the constraints of the genre
and work to frame their ideas in
an appropriate manner.

Sums up the main genre

conventions of movie reviews and
explains the value of identifying and
understanding these conventions
when we encounter them.

Basically restates the thesis and

goes deeper into the reasoning
behind genre analysis and its
inherent value as a skill.

Major Changes to WP1

Once I completed my reverse outline and laid out the revision matrix for my WP1 I
realized that there were a few key components of my paper which I could improve upon. These
mainly involved condensing down my paragraphs and omitting some unnecessary information in
order to more clearly express my main points, as well as some major restructuring. By removing
and editing my ideas in this way, I was able to cut down a lot of the fluff and make my piece
more concise. Through the comments and feedback on my paper and some self-reflection, I was
able to find some common strains of information unnecessary to my thesis and eliminate them.
Phrases such as The advent of internet connectivity and all that comes with it -- social media,
online forums, etc -- has fundamentally altered the way that the global community
communicates were taken out of the paper, freeing up space for better information. This helped
alleviate issues involving overly-extensive paragraphs and provide more clarity to my main
points in one fell swoop. Completing the reverse outline played a critical role in this process, as
it helped me to identify these concepts and determine which parts of my writing didnt help
achieve their expression.
Originally, my paper included a good deal of analysis about the exigence of movie-goers
and the potential bias of authors in the genre, but it came in the form of an after-thought and
didnt take much significance in my paper overall. De Piero suggested making this a central
theme of the paper, so I utilized the idea of a working thesis and revised it in order to facilitate
this change. Further, I moved some of my paragraphs around in order to establish the purpose of

the authors work first and frame my paper with the key concept of bias in mind from the start.
This definitely improved the flow of the piece and helped incorporate my thesis into the
paragraphs to follow in a more coherent way.