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My first impressions from reading Yancey’s text is she’s very well thought out. Her focus is on reflection upon your writing. I didn’t have much problem reading this text, other than it was very lengthy. There was a lot to go through. I can use her model to revise assignment one because her text isContinue reading “Yancey”

Bitzer defines rhetorical situation as a natural context of persons, events, objects, relations, and exigence. An utterance which participates in a situation in a natural way, and in many cases important for the completion of an activity. . The main key terms he uses that stand out to me are rhetoric, person, social, activity, andContinue reading “Rhetorical Situation”

According to Bitzer, rhetoric is pragmatic because it comes into existence for the sake of something beyond just itself. The way it functions is it produces action or change in the world. Rhetoric produces action by persuading people to commit to certain actions based on the teachings of that rhetoric. This relates to his systemContinue reading “Bitzer Discussion”

Genre is a category of literature. The style or form that you are putting together, and can be sorted. Past assignments and readings have influenced my definition because I can accurately categorize each piece that I’ve read or written. They are vastly different and about different things completely. In his writing, Bazerman defines genre asContinue reading “Genre”

Locutionary Act: Speaking or writing an important point followed by a pause or change of speakers. Illocutionary Act: Asking a question or giving a statement that is asking for something but not phrased that way. Perlocutionary Act: Speech that is persuading, convincing, enlightening, or getting someone to do something. A speech exchange I made inContinue reading “Bazerman Discussion”

At the beginning of this unit, audience was a secondary concern for me. I saw them as the readers that would read my text, but I didn’t have a clear idea of how to get them to stay. My main goals were capture their attention, and get your story of message across. I am mostlyContinue reading “Post Discussion Reflection”

My definition of audience is that they are the people you are trying to capture with your writing, and get your story or point across in a way that they comprehend. Audience is important to your writing because if you cannot capture their attention you are writing for nothing. My understanding of Audience was changedContinue reading “Blog 2: Audience”

Genre – To me genre is the type of writing I am doing, what is the main point of what I am writing. This will play a big role because genre is one of the first things I have to figure out when writing. Audience – Audience is the readers who are reading my writing.Continue reading “Key Terms Reflection”

The reading I read written by Anzaluda changed my views on the audience a bit. It changed my views that you can actually write almost as if you are conversing with your reader. The way she writes, she asks questions, tells you to think, it is a much more engaging way of writing. On pageContinue reading “Anzaluda”

I define writing as the written expression of thoughts, feelings, actions, and memories of people. Sometimes it can be easier to write these things than speak them. I see successful writing as the ability to write in a way that the masses can read and understand what they are trying to convey. Many words thatContinue reading “Blog Entry 1”