Taczak defines reflection as "a mode of inquiry: a deliberate way of systematically recalling writing experiences to reframe the current writing situation" (Taczak p. 78), while Yancey uses the works of Pianko and Harris to develop her definition of reflection as "the processes by which we know what we have accomplished and by which we articulate accomplishment and...the products of the processes" (Yancey p. 6). Reflection, therefore, enables the writer to look back on what they have worked on and analyze the strengths of it and revise its weaknesses. According to Taczak, it is a way that we can "helps writers begin to assess themselves as writers" and progress their knowledge on writing through analysis of their past projects (Taczak p. 78). As we write reflections, we are analyzing our knowledge of key terms like genre, audience, purpose and discourse community. We, as writers, can reflect on our use of the knowledge and how it can be further impacting in that specific work or on works in the future.
This visual demonstrates someone looking at their physical reflection. The mirror represents the reflection of not only the work of the writer, but the writer itself.
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