Analyze the rhetorical situation of your Product Review essay.

One of my biggest goals in this class is to write clearly and descriptively and expand my toolkit as a writer. I believe self-reflection plays a key role in becoming a better writer. The purpose of this essay is to evaluate the quality of my product review essay. My product review essay is about the DreamSky Digital Alarm Clock. My essay includes a detailed product description and visualization for the reader to effectively understand the product in review. It judges the product through three criteria: accessibility, durability, and portability, all of which are very crucial to creating a well-designed and functioning digital alarm clock.

I will evaluate my writing based on Gibbs’ reflective cycle and analyze the strengths and potential weaknesses of my essay. From a reader’s perspective, the review essay had diction that conveyed trust. With the frequent use of second and third-person POV, I have addressed the reader’s daily necessities that the alarm clock fulfills. In my first criterion, I mentioned the placement and specific functions of each button on the alarm clock and how they make the alarm clock more accessible. The paragraph also emphasizes on efficient placement of the snooze button which is unique to the clock. I also included the minor problems I faced with the buttons as a daily user, further proving the credibility of my writing.

In my second criterion, I described the durability of the product. I used descriptive words for the outer material like “laminating wood panel”, “sleek” and “aesthetic” to give the reader a visualization of the product. I went over all the materials used in the product and described their durability. I also mentioned how the fragility of the material can hinder everyday use of the product which gives a critical insight to the readers. One detail I could have included in this paragraph is how the product could be made so it becomes more durable. However, with my limited knowledge of materials and the manufacturing process of alarm clocks, I did not include this detail.

In my third and final criterion, I mentioned the exact dimensions of the product found in the store description to give the viewer an accurate representation of how portable the product is. I also mentioned that this product can “slip into the corner of your travel bag or pockets of your water bottle carrier”, creating imagery and using descriptive language to give the reader accurate measurements. I mentioned a built-in memory storage function that saves the last recorded time when the clock is out of power. My writing lacked further research and details on this unique function of the product.

In conclusion, my essay uses detailed language and creative writing to make it easy for the readers to judge the product’s viability as an alarm clock. In the future, I should include insights on what the manufacturers could have done to avoid the flaws or better alternatives for the readers. I should research further into the unique technical functions of a product, so the reader understands that aspect better. Overall, my product review essay was well-organized and written to give the users the necessary information for their purchasing decisions.