Did you know that there are different ways that you can communicate things not just textually, but in visual terms? When the memoir is expressed in a textual way it does not hold an emotion the same way it does in a picture. According to rhetoricians Cheryl Glenn and Loretta Gray in the chapter Writing Arguments, people 's actions and attitudes do not depend on logical reasoning: “Human beings do not form their beliefs or act on the basis of facts or logic alone; if we did, we would all agree and would act accordingly. Scientific findings would stop us from indulging in unhealthy eating, drinking, or smoking. … Our actions and attitudes would change as soon as we learned the facts. But logical reasoning alone is never enough to get anybody to change” (107). Instead, people’s actions depend on their attitude and is a result of their actions. I chose to revise my memoir and turn it into a piece of found art because I am re-purposing it for my own uses. I will first explain why I converted my memoir into a painting, then I will talk about why I used dark colors and different shapes in my …show more content…
Lastly, the audience will be changing from whoever reads my memoir to anyone who sees the found art. According to Glenn and Gray, the rhetorical situation can be understood from the purpose of the writer and the audience they are addressing it to: “Writers (or speakers) enter a rhetorical situation when they identify an opportunity to propose a change (in behavior or attitude) through the effective use of language. Once writers have identified a rhetorical opportunity, they prepare a message (using words and sometimes images) for a specific audience” (2). When changing my memoir into a visual way of found art, the audience will change along with it. The audience use to be for anyone that read my memoir, now it is more limited to anyone that sees in the art museum. The painting gives it message right away to the audience by showing a lady drowning and getting suffocated in an
Rhetorical Analysis For Fail Safe The essay “Fail Safe” by Millman Debbie reinforces the idea that at times she regrets taking the safe path in life, ensuring her financial security at the cost of losing her artistic creativity. The author develops her claim by creating images in the reader's mind to describe her life experiences, the use of climatic writing to relate to the reader who probably has dealt with situations where he or she does not feel adequate for the things that they desire, and by using the antithesis writing strategy to appeal to the reader's emotion. The use of emotional strategies is effective because Millman is able to relate with
He stresses the need for writers to use vivid language, sensory details, and dialogue to mostly essentially bring their stories to life and definitely kind of engage the reader, which generally for the most part is fairly significant, demonstrating that he emphasizes that a memoir really generally is not a chronological account of one\'\'s life but rather a particularly kind of personal reflection on significant events, experiences, and people that definitely generally have shaped one\\\'s identity, pretty basically contrary to popular belief in a subtle
The audience can have a monumental effect on the rhetor and the discourse. The audience is whom the rhetor works with in order to achieve a solution or conclusion (Grant-Davie 270). The purpose of discourse is the “discussion of a single subject by multiple rhetor and audiences” (Grant-Davie 265). Clearly, the audience is a vital factor in rhetorical situations. Not only do the readers play an essential part, they can also play many parts.
Reflection In my observations and thoughts of reading the “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie, I found the passage to be quite interesting but informative. In the beginning, I connected with the author’s experiences. For example, when the author conveys his drive for literature and texts; it made me reflect on my own passions and inspirations. My mother is an artist and she loves creating art so much that she shared her love of creativity though me with me at an exceptionally young age, she would teach me how to draw whenever she had free time. She would also give me bundles and bundles of different and unique kinds of art supplies and her enormously vintage art history books.
.Grunts moved on patrol, being watched by jackals that would occasional whack a grunt on the head if they weren't in proper formation. A grunt that had just been whacked shook his head in annoyance but scurried to his proper position. Grumbling to himself and glaring at the higher ranking alien, the grunt continued to look around for anything suspicious. The grunt himself found this completely worthless, who could possibly enter the atmosphere undetected, get passed all the crazy beasts that lived in the forests of the planet, get in the structure, and all the way in this place undetected?
(Anderson, 121). Mr. Freeman sees something that Melinda doesn’t see within herself. “Don’t be so hard on yourself. Art is about making mistakes and learning from them” (Anderson, 122). During this car ride Mr. Freeman gives Melinda advice about her artwork.
All the way to London! Unbelievable! Oh dear God why have you allowed such disgrace? Elopement? This is most intolerable!
A third convention of the memoir genre is the use of reflection and introspection to explore the author's thoughts and feelings. Do uses this convention throughout The Happiest Refugee, reflecting on his experiences and considering how they have shaped him as a person. For example, he reflects on the sacrifices that his parents made in order to provide for their family, and how this has influenced his own values and priorities. He also considers how his own experiences as a refugee have shaped his identity, and how he has struggled to reconcile his Vietnamese heritage with his Australian upbringing. By reflecting on these issues, Do invites readers to consider their own experiences of identity and belonging, and to explore how their own backgrounds have shaped their
It was a typical snowy day in 4th grade at Kaneland John Stewart. I was in the classroom, listening to my teacher, Mrs.Scardamaglia read the novel, Wonder. I was having my snack. I had my hand raised because I had to go to the bathroom, but the teacher didn 't notice! It was the end of the read aloud and my teacher finally saw my hand.
Gus hears his phone buzz on the kitchen counter next to him and goes to pick it up. He is sitting in the kitchen’s island at his stark white very clean house in Indianapolis. He sees that it is from Memorial Hospital as he put his phone in his hand. “Hello,” he says as he rubs his prosthetic leg and walks over to sit on his living room couch. “Hello, is this Augustus Waters?” said a nice lady on the line.
In The Looking Glass Walking into The Cleveland Museum of Art made you feel like you were in an entire new world. There were windows every which way you looked. The ceiling was so high up that it practically touched the clouds. You had a wide open floor to your left and to the right there were small tables with four seats around each table.
Every writer and speaker has a goal, that has been created by something they have gone through, and wish to share with others. They wish to share with others their life story and experiences because of the positive impact it’s had in them. They believe that by sharing they will be able to find others who are struggling or going through the same thing; By sharing they will be able to help and inspire those who are struggling or are in need of help. Writers and speakers earn the right to be heard by their audience by expressing their feelings and talking about their experiences which others can relate to and be influenced by.
My first writing experience I can remember is from elementary school. I was in the 3rd grade and my librarian asked me to write her a short book because she used to hear me tell my friends stories. At first, I wondered why would she assigned me this hard task. I didn’t know what to write about. I went home and began looking for inspiration for my story.
I believe that there are many things that words can’t describe such as our individual feelings, the vibe of the environment that we are in, and the rush of emotion at that given moment. I believe that this is where the “magic” of art comes into play. The various media can provide a way for individuals to express sentiments, relay experiences and narrate stories that are otherwise hard to communicate through words. For this assignment I chose two art works that embodied great cultural narrative characteristics: “Virgin/Vessel” by the Chinese artist, Hung Liu (Sayre 72) and “The Fickle Type” from the series “Ten Physiognomies of Women” by the famous Japanese artist, Kitagawa Utamaro (Sayre 204).
Literacy Narrative For as far back as I can remember, I have had a passion for the arts. However, I have not always had my love or admiration for writing. I honestly couldn 't have cared less for reading or writing, and yet every day, one dreaded English class stood between me and my love for the arts. I often found myself intensely watching the clocks, waiting for the period to be over.