Month: September 2021

Carroll describes several ways we might already be using rhetoric in formal and informal ways throughout our lives. Choose one of the following prompts to write about this week:

1. How do you use rhetoric in your daily life? What messages do you try to communicate? To what audiences?

• In my daily life, I frequently utilize rhetoric when I’m having a conversation with my mother or sister about what we should have for dinner tonight, for example. Rhetoric is definitely employed in this situation because I generally know what I want to eat, but they don’t, and they normally want something completely different from what I want to eat. It does generate some contention since I am constantly encouraging and telling them that this is the greatest option and that this is what we should eat. They may disagree, but I believe that this is the best option and that it is also a healthy dinner. Messages I attempt to send are a method of trying not to start a discussion or a conflict, but rather to communicate in a calm, courteous manner. It all depends. My mother and sister would be the audience. They’re usually the two people with whom I have this conversation practically every night when we’re deciding what to eat.

1. Think of a time you had to write or compose in a new genre like Dirk describes.
   • What was the genre or format?
   • How did you feel about the new genre before writing it?
   • What features, affordances, or constraints does the genre have?
   • How did you learn those features?

I created a memoir about a point in my life when I had a really bad cut on my elbow in my sophomore year of high school. I was emotional before writing this memoir because I knew it would be difficult to get my words out, but I also felt empowered because I knew I needed to write about it right away because it had such a bad affect on my life and was the source of several issues and obstacles. The features of a memoir are really making the story feel alive and important to the readers, making it entertaining, which means making the audience understand where you’re coming from and also feeling alive. Having some relevancy is also a feature because it makes you think and relate to the writer. Another important feature of a memoir are transformations,  because you want to make sure there’s a logical flow to the story. Something the reader doesn’t expect or see coming. These are things I’ve learned by watching a lot of movies and reading a lot of books. When I write a memoir, it has taught me to employ the same features and to go deeper in thought from my own perspectives and experiences.

1)What I like about the document is that each part provides a brief explanation or additional facts about the types of writing abilities that are significant, as well as bullet pointed statements about what you should do or look for when writing, as well as some definitions. I’m curious if using these tools and gathering this information when doing college writing will have a substantial affect on me in the future, as I use it and am aware of it.

2)Yes, I agree that these habits and experiences are important because they can help us improve and broaden our thinking, as well as come up with fresh thoughts and responses when writing or reading a text or novel. It also allows us to be creative and think outside the box.

3)Yes, I was guided toward these habits during my entire academic career. When I read a passage or any other piece of text/writing, I tend to make text-to-text connections whenever something in the text reminds me of something I’ve read previously. This is something I do frequently. I also employ the openness technique, in which I listen to and reflect on my teachers and peers thoughts and reactions to their work.

4)I constantly put these mental habits into practice. It’s a wonderful tool, and I’ve seen that it helps you become wiser and more knowledgeable. When you engage yourself in writing, you become a better person.

5)I see these experiences manifesting in my education so far, more on a deeper level. My thinking will become more expansive and sophisticated.

Write about what seems challenging in the Literacy Narrative assignment. What strategies can you employ to tackle these challenges? What questions remain or things are still unknown about this assignment?

What seems to to be challenging in the Literacy Narrative assignment is having an idea about literacy and already knowing the goal of it, but really going in depth and bringing more ideas and information about the main factor of literacy, in other words, seeking to obtain more facts about literacy and its meaning. Using my expertise and awareness of what I already know about literacy, as well as thinking broadly and beyond the box, are two ways I might utilize to tackle these challenges. Considering how literacy can affect us as well as those in the outside world. In addition, I can do some literacy research to learn more. Question: Will it affect me in any way if I do a narrated power point that goes a bit over 10 minutes?