Between the Drafts by Nancy Sommers, is a very interesting reflective piece. She first starts out by describing a situation where her past experiences helped her in deciding how to act. She describes a time when she was a kid and how her parents lived in the past and did not change their habits with the change of time. She used that situation and how she felt to help her deal with her daughter 30 years later when she wanted to learn Italian.

I think it is crucial for a writer to find his or her own, distinctive voice and use it in his or her writing. The writer must also use personal experiences to give evidence to his or her claim; this builds his or her personal credibility and relatability. However, the writer must also include sources of authority on the subject to back their claim in order to make it even more convincing and giving the paper more substance.

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I thought that her overall conclusion that only after we revise and find the voice of our own authority are we able to speak convincingly. I felt the examples she used thoroughly supported this and gave her a strong ethos. The way she used generations to depict her argument made it even clearer and interesting to read. Tommy Hilfiger and the herd.