Understanding Rhetoric:
Okay, the comic style reading was beyond cool. I was expecting the traditional format and this was a great surprise. I like how they used the layout of the book to show an example of rhetoric and to prove that writing can be in any kind of space or place. There's all different types of writing from something personal like a text message, or a paper that you might be assigned to write by a college professor. Whatever the writing situation maybe it has it's own demands. This specific section of the book stuck out to me the most because I didn't look at writing in that way before.
Everything's an Argument:
The style of this book might be less appealing but I thought the content was still very interesting.When you hear the word argument carries a negative affiliation along with it. I was pleased to discover the invitational arguments and the Rogerian arguments. Both of these types of arguments are actually a very positive and sophisticated ways to have a discussion.
Nikki,
ReplyDeleteMoved to SB on a whim, huh? Wow! That takes some serious “gumption.”
Reading about the big impact that Tina Kistler’s course had on you was awesome—it’s a reminder for me (a college instructor) to try to maintain my “A game” because there’s always the chance I could turn someone on (or off—yikes!) to the “writing world” like Tina did for you and communication.
I’m thrilled to hear that you’re really digging the readings so far—you don’t need to think/state that, fyi! For 310, specifically, try to keep a watchful eye out for the most interesting terms/ideas; you’re going to need to analyze their “real world application” in greater depth for our final course paper/project.
So far, so good, Nikki.
Z