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 * Connor Saum** graduated from the University of South Florida, with a Masters in Rhetorical analysis, at the early age of 22. With three published pieces of work including; //Will I Remember what i Just Read?, English for Hillbillies,// and //Read Until your Red.// In Connor's spare time he enjoys publishing poetry, playing sports, and hanging with college friends. He now resides in San Diego, California where its always sunny.


 * Connor Saum** a three time national lightning bug catching champion, has recently released a new best seller titled, //You and Me Go Fishin.// In his off time when he isn't outdoors he enjoys playing catch with his dog in the living room, and tackle football with the kids. You could say hes #winning


 * __Connor Saum Reflective Portfolio__**


 * __Connor Saum Final Cover Letter__** [[file:ConnorSaumFinalCoverLetter.docx]]

**Memoir – Moments That Define you**

 I had been previously introduced to doing memoirs in high school, but when I heard we would have the opportunity to write one this semester I saw this as an opportunity to use what I knew about memoirs. I was really connected with this piece emotionally, hence maybe why I feel it was potentially one of my best writings. I feel like a memoir is meant to put you in the moment, and through this writing I feel I put you right there in the seat beside me, going through one of the best nights of my life. I felt like I really had developed since high school and my structure and organization was much better.

**Research Journal- Unfamiliar Genre**  I chose this the journal because aside from brainstorming I had never been asked to track my thoughts through a project. I found it actually extremely helpful. It helped me to see the pattern of how I think, and when I found the most inspiration. Also tracks the highs and lows of my writing experience with my unfamiliar genre. I feel in the end my research journal helped me keep focused on the goal, and also hone in my topic of writing. It may seem basic, but was vital in my completion of the project.

**Unfamiliar Genre: Book Review**  This writing I felt was top two, if not the best piece I was able to come up with. I loved what I wrote more than the genre. I found a book that I truly loved and that made it a joy to review it. I saw a lot of growth in my writing through doing an unfamiliar genre. I looked over other examples and was able to collect valuable things from each piece, and combine that into my book review. Overall this book review really showed my peak as a writer in the English 103 Class.

**Multigenre: Family Vacation**  This writing gave me the most troubles, but I found very rewarding. I decided to do my writings on how to prepare a family for a vacation. Initially I was not excited about combining genres of writing and trying to make them flow as well. Then along with that I had some trouble when I tried to publish my website, so I was forced to mesh my writings into a different format. Overall I feel I am most proud of this writing just because of all the technical difficulties that hindered the true time I put into this writing. When I put the multigenre into a paper format, I was actually very impressed with how well I was able to create a flow of time leading up until the family trip. Overall the toughest, yet most rewarding because my family has seen the paper, and feels like I portrayed exactly how it lead up to the Saum Family Cruise!