Yancey defines reflection as the processes by which we know what we have accomplished and by which we articulate accomplishment and by the products of those processes. The website I found and decided to use to understand reflection was ascd.org and it has the definition as follows; “to think seriously; contemplate; ponder”. Yancey states that reflection enables writers to help us understand how something looks after its finished and the difference between the finished product and the beginning stages. She also states it helps us see if our writing meets criteria. Reflection connects with rhetorical situation, genre and audience because they are all important pieces of writing. We reflect on our writing to make sure we’ve addressed these key terms if they were required, or we can even reflect to identify what the genre, audience, or the rhetorical situation are.  I think that the definition I found on ascd.org for reflection does support what Yancey says about reflection, because you are literally pondering about your writing.

Although this is a simple and kind of goofy representation of reflection, I think it’ll be easy for the readers to understand what point I’m trying to make with it. I’m pondering about how my breakfast was, and that is a way to reflect.