Rhetorical Knowledge - Purpose: I feel that I successfully fulfilled the purpose of my paper which was to write about the impact of a teacher. I was able select three reasons that this teacher had an impact on me and create supporting details. Also in my opinion the paper all the requirement that were in the writing prompt.
Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing - Reading and research: For this paper I relied on the memories i had of being in Mr. Bolts classroom. I my happiest memories of the classroom to help myself describe what he was like as a teacher.
Writing Processes for Sharing Experiences - Organizing your ideas and details: I used a topical outline to organize my original thought about what to put in the essay. From this I
Lukianoff and Haidt use ethos and logos to describe the schools morality and question their decisions. They back it up with a lot of logical opinions and facts. However, they should of visited these schools or the board of education and asked these faculties and students on how they feel on the subject. This way the
I start this rhetorical analyses asking a simple question, is creative content everything? Netflix (on-demand internet streaming media service), an innovative service that allows people to watch movies, TV shows and cartoons in your TV at home or in your smartphone while you are in a bus or train for example, can quickly answer this question with a no. The article that bring these concerns and here in analysis is “Why Content Isn 't King: How Netflix became America 's biggest video service” written by Jonathan A. Knee. Addressing this issue the author brings up details on a topic that has affected directly good part of the population. My objective in this analysis is determine if the article influence and captive the attention of the
Journal Response The chapter “A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers” by Erika Lindemann describes how people use rhetoric unconsciously on their daily lives through writing or speaking. The term rhetoric is explained as being influential; teachers in particular are described to make use of rhetoric means to encourage their students into learning. Nevertheless, the rhetoric term has been under discussion over the years. The initials connotations given to this term were on the negative side; Lindemann describes how thinkers from old times expressed that the term rhetorical was mostly inclined towards the usage of appealing language leaving the importance of the message itself aside.
James Baldwin wrote “A Talk to Teachers” in the early 1960s for the purpose of publicizing the “current”, “very dangerous…menace” that plagues our country - our educational system. As Baldwin develops his argument, he utilizes various historical prejudices that have been criminally ignored in the classroom and the effects that these lies have had on our society as a whole. To him, hiding our country’s scars threatens our nation as the majority of that generation grows up ignorant and complacent - a generation that “will simply obey the rules of society”. History has shown that if people fail to fight for the truth and fail to fight for change, then our “society [will] perish.” Through various examples, Baldwin illustrates that the only way
Rhetorical Appeals The three elements of rhetorical appeals were analyzed in Po Bronson’s article “Learning to Lie,” published February 10, 2008. In the article, Po Bronson uses rhetorical devices to persuade the reader that a reasonable one-third of teens lie to their parents. Bronson discusses about young kids learning to lie and what their causes may be. To better convey his points to the reader, Bronson uses the rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is trying to convincing the audience and a persuader by trying to achieve credibility.
Rhetorically Analyzing A Talk to Teachers A talk to teachers, written by James Baldwin, criticises the education system in the mid-1900s by directly sending a message to teachers about the flaws in the system. He argues that race should not hinder equality or the quality of education a child receives. Baldwin uses tone and diction that highlights the importance of his message. In addition, he uses several persuasion tactics to convince his audience of his ideas.
The piece of writing which I felt was unsuccessful for me was the Rhetorical Analysis of an article relating to a topic from our course book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander. This piece of writing was difficult for me to organize my ideas around. The article that I decided to use for my rhetorical analysis highlighted mass incarceration among African American and the effect of civil liberties being are taken away from these individuals. I had a lot of repetition because many of the examples I used demonstrated more than one type of appeal. I found myself repeating what the purpose of the example was and how it demonstrated proper use of ethos, pathos, and logos.
The most worrisome problem in Fahrenheit 451 is the paucity of literature and critical thinking. Without critical thinking and literature, people in the society cannot think for themselves, or find new points of view or ideas. In Fahrenheit 451 everyone conforms to one idea. Nobody thinks for themselves, especially critically, and no one has different points of view, due to not reading books. In Fahrenheit critical thinking and literature is so bad you are thrown in jail and considered an outsider for doing these things.
Rhetoric is a Unique Language A discourse, any speech, and a persuasion, convincing someone of something, together often forms what is called rhetoric. Rhetorical situations involves a speaker who is trying to persuade and an audience who is the key role for how the rhetorical elements are comprehended. Rhetoric is the use of language in an effective and persuasive manner, communicated to the audience through words or actions (The Essential Guide to Rhetoric, 1). Rhetoric always consists of two characteristics to make it different from communication, contingent and strategic, which means that the speaker should use a style that grabs the attention of the audience and deliver it in a way that receives positive reaction from the audience.
To get the most out of an essay and ensure the best grade, following a five paragraph essay format was necessary. Writing essays became more about creating work that was palatable and easily graded for teachers rather than creating work that challenges ourselves mentally and creatively. Wesley observed a similar phenomenon with her students, and says, “In my student’s mind, the only kind of writing considered ‘good,’ the only kind of essay that would earn an ‘A’ from the teacher, must have a thesis with exactly three points, no more, no less” (Wesley 57). Instead of writing being an exploration of creativity and ideas, the Five Paragraph Theme “actually dissuades students from practicing the rhetorical analysis necessary for them to become critical thinkers” (Wesley 58). I experienced this myself, when in elementary school, English teachers started to prepare us for the standardized test in Massachusetts called MCAS.
Over the course of the semester, my main goal was to become a more precise writer and develop my identity as a writer. According too, the Portfolio Letter assignment sheet, becoming a better writer consists of precise planning, draft and revising. It also includes understanding a variety of academic genres by examining the basic characteristics that defines each type. In order too efficiently meet my goal of becoming a better writer, it was very important to have my work evaluated by others and myself as well. The use of rhetorical knowledge, critical thinking, reading and writing all are the important aspects in this course.
There are many habits of mind that are important in thinking rhetorically. It all starts with listening. You need to listen in order to understand what is being said in a situation. If I do not hear what is being said then I will not be able to respond to the situation, and I might jump to conclusions without knowing the full story. Leading me to obtain the wrong information.
Importance of Rhetoric Rhetoric, the art of persuasion, is not an ability possessed only by politician and salesmen, but also an important skill people can use in their daily life to entertain, inspire and influence others. According to Plato, “rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.” One who is skilled in the art of rhetoric has the power to control and influence the audience 's’ thinking process and convince the audiences to believed and support the speaker’s idea. Besides convincing others, the speaker who possess a good rhetoric skill can also defend him or herself on the aspect of religion, political view, or controversial issues.
The writing process I went through in my is still fresh in my memory. Back then, I was a budding writer, with zero skills in prose styles and knowledge in literary devices. In writing prompts, I was always empty handed. So when the culminating activity
The educational system offers a multitude of subjects and topics that may or may not benefit a student later in life. However, to be specific, a topic that can have a strong benefit, but has also seemed to decline in the level of importance is rhetoric. Rhetoric acts as the backbone to a well formulated persuasive argument, which emphasizes rhetorics true value. Rhetoric should be highly valued by being taught more in today’s high schools because rhetoric is an ancient tool and because rhetoric is everywhere, there is no way to escape the concept. One of the most unique qualities in which rhetoric has become familiar with is that rhetoric has been around and has been constantly used for hundreds of years.