Blog 13B
Allie Winter
English 1010
Professor Marchant
November 28, 2015

Blog 13B

 

 

            For this blog post I am going to talk about the tools that have impacted me the most while looking at the writing process. However there are a lot of them so I might talk about more than one.

The ones that stand out the most to me are the Ethos, Logos and pathos. These I think are the cornerstones of the writing process because it brings in different emotions and perspective into writing and helps the audience connect on a personal level. I also like the idea of the Rhetorical Triangle that we talked about in class because it allows you to have a balance of different things. You don't always want to focus on one thing because you always want a balance of different perspectives.

        The most important tool for me though is just knowing who your audience is. When you know who your audience is it is so much easier to connect with them and it helps you know what they need to hear. This allows the process of the actual essay so much easier and helps it flow better. 

Blog 13A

Allie Winter

English 1010

Professor Marchant

Blog 13A

                In looking back at my recent blog posts for this assignments I have found it really helpful for this blog post. This post is about the methodology of the writing process. In class we talked about how we are supposed to start the writing process out with the information dump, then move onto the conclusion paragraph. After the conclusion paragraph, you end the process with the introduction paragraph. We do this process because it is the most effective way to get your point across and it takes the least amount of time and brain power.

                The other reasons why we do this process is so that we can get all the information out first and not have to worry about getting stuck on the introduction.  The information dump is usually about 3 pages and then you make an introduction paragraph and conclusion paragraph to make it about 4 pages.

Blog 12A
Allie Winter
English 1010
Professor Marchant
November 17, 2015

Blog 12A

 

 

               The process that I'm planning to use for my essay is that I'm going to introduce the process that you use to make the writing process easier in the long run. I will start by saying that you start writing an essay with the information dump. This is very important because it helps the author be able to get the fresh information out first instead of trying to come up with the introduction to the essay. Next, they should make a conclusion to the information that they have just dumped out. Finally they will come up with an introduction paragraph to introduce it to the audience in a way that will make it intriguing to them. Another thing to tell your audience is the rhetorical tools that you use to get the idea to your desired audience. These tools are very important and they help get the point across more clearly and also help you get more out of it as an author too.

Blog 11A
Allie Winter
English 1010
Professor Marchant
November 10, 2015

Blog 11A

 

          The importance of an introduction to an essay is crucial in the whole writing process. It allows the audience to know what the whole essay will be about. It gets them hooked on the essay and gives them some back ground information to the topic. The introduction is also very important because it makes the transition to the actual research or topic study more smooth and helps get the audience interested in the material.

           The perfect outline for an introduction paragraph is that it starts with a hook, then introduction material for the topic, and depending on if it is an argumentative essay, you would put a counterclaim in. You would end with your thesis statement which is a map of what the rest of the essay will outline. The thesis statement points will also be broken up into paragraphs later in the essay and those will be your body paragraphs.





Blog 10A
Allie Winter
English 1010
Professor Marchant
November 2, 2015

Blog 10A

 

 

       The extended definition of classification and division is the strategy that most authors use to get the point across and to push an argument forward. The author talks about a more broad subject, then classifies them into more narrow pathways. They focus on a big subject like for instance sustainability, then narrow it down into around three categories. From those three categories, they also have around 3 branches that come off of those categories, but they all relate back to the general idea of sustainability. Authors use this to have more evidence to back up their main point and to also push an argument forward if it is an argumentative essay. So the first step is the subject, then the second part is classifications, then divisions to tie it up and get to the really narrow subjects that tie into the big subject. This can help push arguments across because it is hard for the opposing side to argue against if you have the whole side of your argument and there are is no room for the opposing side to attack your side. 

Blog 9A
Allie Winter
English 1010
Professor Marchant
October 27, 2015

Blog 9A

 

1.) Failure:

 In this article it talks a lot about failure and how it makes you a better person. The article is about Australian football players and how they decided to come over to America to play American football. In the transition, there were a lot of people who experienced struggles and failures, but it only made them have more of a desire to work harder to perform to the best of their abilities.

 

2.) Success: Along with failure comes success and that is super important too. Success is when you achieve something that you put your mind to. And like I my previous statement, that goes hand in hand with failure. Success cannot be obtained without failure and with the article that is exactly what happened with the Australian players.

 

3.) Growing number of players: The number of players going from Australian football to American football is drastically changing in numbers because of the desires to change the ways of playing the game they love. The statistics show that many players have converted. The idea of segregation is now more open to change in sports as well too! 

Allie Winter
English 1010
Professor Marchant
October 22, 2015

Blog 8A

 

 

           While writing papers it is very important to use definitions as you go throughout your paper. This allows the audience to stay on the same page as you and helps them connect to a bigger idea. It would be hard to read a paper that you don't even really know what the word is meaning. There are 2 specific types of definitions that authors use, classical and extended. Classical definitions are the brief "dictionary" definitions of the word and they really just tell you what the word is and maybe what it does. Then there is extended definitions, which is way more in depth than classical. This just helps the audience connect more with a deeper meaning of the words and maybe by some examples and more in depth understanding.

 

             In the recent article I read about a football player from Australia it talks about how this man from Australia and how he came over to play football in the united states. He came to play for the University of Utah and he has now changed the whole face of college football. He made it possible for people from other countries to come and play and make a difference in American football. This relates to sustainability because it is also promoting the equality that comes with the politics of football.


URL for Article:  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/sports/ncaafootball/australian-football-becomes-a-punting-pipeline-for-the-american-game.html?ref=sports&_r=0

Blog 7A
Allie Winter
English 1010
Professor Marchant
October 12, 2015

Blog 7A

 

 

             When using subject specific rhetorical terms it really allows the audience to connect more with your paper. They use both persuasion and direct emphasis to get the image or point across. The author can use different tools to electrify the readers brains so they can make inferences about the writing rather than just giving it to them straight up. This process is called cognitive process because it allows advertisers to make us use our brains. These tools also help in the comparing and contrasting of different points of view by showing similarities and differences throughout the different styles of writing. Openness is part of this process too because it helps connect the image to the actual writing. It helps with understanding and putting things together.

 

5 Rhetorical Terms:

1. Visual Structure:  When the author pieces little bits of information for us to gather, usually information that is familiar to us. This allows the audience to get the most out of an image.

2. Openness: This is when an image is "left open" for more interpretation, rather that trying to find the meaning behind it.

3. Indirect Persuasion: This is visual and textual information being put together. It is when you are trying to get a point across, but you don't do it in a direct way, you leave it up to the audience to interpret the information, but you do it in a persuasive manner.

4. Explicit: This is when an author/ advertiser uses direct force to get a point across. They are straight forward with the audience and are trying to get the point across as quickly and bluntly as possible.

5: Implicit: This is the opposite of explicit because it is when the author/ advertiser uses inferences and hints to get the point across. They want their audience to work for the information and be able to come up with the knowledge on their own rather than just giving it to them straight up.  



Allie Winter
English 1010
Professor Marchant
October 10, 2015

Blog 6B

 

 

 

           The persons blog that I decided to look at was Katie Smith's blog. (http://katie54smith.blogspot.com/)   The blog post that I decided to compare with was the 2B blog post. It was the one that had to do with the rhetorical tools that we looked at during the beginning of the year. We talked about plot, setting, characters and theme. With Katie's blog post she focused more on the flashbacks with the plot and how the author can use them to connect with the audience and I focused more on the theme and setting and how they connect with the audience. We both focused on different aspects from the lessons, but both put all of it into our blog posts. We also both focused a lot on how important it is to connect with the audience as an author.

Allie Winter
English 1010
Professor Marchant
October 5, 2015

 

 

Blog 6A

Compare and Contrast

 

           When looking at compare and contrast within a paper it is when you are comparing two different subjects. You look for differences and similarities within those two subjects like view points or different information. In class we did a worksheet on the itsy bitsy spider and we compared 2 different remixes of the song. When comparing and contrasting them we looked at the tempo and rhythm of the songs and found similarities and differences in them to compare. We use this method in our everyday lives because we are constantly comparing things so we can determine which one to use. We use it more than we think! Comparing and contrasting is when you pay attention to the details of two different subjects and find similarities and differences.

 

           When writing a paper there are two different types of ways to present your compare and contrast ideas. There is subject by subject or side by side. When looking at a subject by subject paper, one whole idea is presented in its entirety and then a whole other idea is presented right after that. But with side by side, they talk about a little part of both ideas and kind of go back and forth so you get a little bit of both sides at the same time going back and forth. Both ideas are effective, but it is really up to your own preference on which method you are going to use.



Here is the image I will be using for my Essay.

Blog 5A

Allie Winter
English 1010
Professor Marchant
September 28, 2015

        Some of the rhetorical gazes used for imagery in a paper are: familial, consumer, scholastic, national image, and sustainability. The familial views are ones that make the audience connect with a certain memory or time in their life. This could be flashbacks of a child being born or maybe a certain family vacation that sticks out. This helps the audience connect personally with the text from memories they had in their own lives. With this image below it appeals with emotion and it allows someone to have flashbacks to memories in their own lives.

          Another gaze I talked about earlier is a consumer gaze. This can appeal to people with buying stuff. With consumer stuff being about money, the images portrayed in society are most likely sales and good deals going on. When a person sees a sign with a sale on it they are automatically intrigued and want to know more details about it.

           Another gaze is the scholastic gaze which is the appeal to school related subjects. This could also kind of be related to familial views because it can take you back to a memory that you had in school. When I think of school I think of pencils and calculators. So that is an image that automatically takes me back to school when I see it.

 


         Another gaze is the national gaze. This one has a big appeal to emotions because a lot of the times it is portrayed in pictures of stuff that has gone wrong in the world. It can also be an appeal to patriotism though and can really influence a nation. The image below is an image of the American flag and when people see it they automatically think of the freedoms in which we have in the great land of America.
 

           The images that we see on a daily basis all have importance to us and when we see them they can take us back to memories we have had in our lives and they often can make us have emotional ties with the images. When you look at an image you automatically sense something and that is what these gazes are. They are the initial feelings we get when we see an image.

Blog 4A

Allie Winter
English 1010
Professor Marchant
September 21, 2015

         When using cause and effect in a paper it is really effective for connecting with your audience. It is a process in which you can see direct consequences from actions in a story. Many essays have multiple cause and effects in it. Also many of the effects might have multiple causes and many causes might have multiple effects. It describes the story and the consequences and what's happening. In these cause and effect situations there are initial causes, initial consequences, and ripple effects too. Many situations have the same patterns but just different story lines.
           When a writer analyzes a cause and effect text they want it to have the order of the situations from least importance to greatest importance to the story. This allows build up in the writing and it makes it more interesting for the audience to read.  Also, with cause and effect it allows the reader to come up with a resolution to the problems and help them relate the to real life, so it goes hand and hand with the theme of the paper.

Blog 3B

Allie Winter
English 1010
Professor Marchant
September 18, 2015

        The process of peer-review is the process in which people in your classes review your paper before you submit it for the final time. The process includes constructive criticism and feedback from someone other than yourself. When writing and reviewing a paper on your own you sometimes look over the mistakes you may have made, but this is where peer-review plays a big part in your paper. It allows the reader to get a new set of eyes on their paper so they can make it the best paper it can be and so that will hopefully give them a good grade on the paper.
       When peer-reviews happen, the person reviewing has a chance to tell the writer what works with their paper and what doesn't work with their paper. This allows the writer to change things and make them better so that when they give it to the teacher for their final grade, it will most likely be their best work.
         This is a vital process because without it your paper will probably not be your best work and the teacher will probably give you a bad grade on it. It allows the writer to get more eyes on the paper before the final submission. It also helps the person reviewing the paper because they might find stuff that is wrong in your paper, and go back and look at their paper and have the same thing wrong. It is basically a win-win situation when you look at it!

Blog 3A

Allie Winter
English 1010
September 14, 2015

           In Zambrano's essay on the history of King Arthur, she uses many rhetorical tools to connect with her audience. One of those tools she uses is called plasticity, which is the ability to change and reshape your essay in order to accommodate a new audience. She uses these when she transitions into different opinions of the King Arthur stories. Another tool she uses is called piecemeal, which is the term when you piece different sources or parts of a story together to get a new and better story. This has happened a lot over the years because the story of King Arthur has been changed many times. But the author uses this as a tool to piece together all the different parts of the story told over time to make one bigger story that the audience can connect with.
      
            Some of the other tools she uses in this essay are the window of opportunity and open- ended closure. The window of opportunity means its a short amount of time in which a story can be told, which connects and goes together with the tool of open-minded closure which is when the author leaves the story without an ending so the reader can research or make up their own end to the story. These two tools go hand in hand because they allow the reader to connect with the text on their own. They can make inferences and grow a more emotional bond to the text. With the window of opportunity, they can kind of make up the story as they go, especially with this story of King Arthur because there are so many different parts. This is also helpful for the tool of open-ended closure because the reader is allowed to make conclusions on a story that does not have an ending and so it makes them either make up their own end of the story, or research the real ending and it helps them connect with the text more!

Blog 2B

Allie Winter
English 1010
September 11, 2015

         Some other rhetorical tools you can use while writing a paper are connecting with your audience, and using transition sentences to smooth your paper out. As a writer you should be aware of who your audience is and what the best way to connect with them is. You want them to get the most out of your paper and to take things out of it so they can use them in their lives. Which brings me to theme. All papers should have a theme in which the audience can learn from. Its something they can take away from the paper and hopefully apply it to their daily lives. But in order to have the audience connect with your paper you need it to be smooth and well organized.
       
            When writing a paper you want the reader to be able to follow the prompt that you are given. You want them to be able to read the paper without getting confused. With narratives especially, you want to have solid transition sentences that allow the reader to go from one situation to the next in a smooth manner. Transition sentences are typically only a couple sentences long but are vital in the creation of a narrative. It makes it easy to read and makes the paper have a good flow. This will allow them to get the most out of their experience with your paper. Writers can also use tools called flashbacks and foreshadows to help the reader stay connected with the text, they can also tie some of the situations together and make the reader have predictions of what will happen later on in the paper.

Blog 2A  Narration

Allie Winter
English 1010
September 9, 2015
          
          In class we read an article about the importance of narratives and it shows that narratives, if done properly, allow the audience to connect with the text better. They are a series of events in chronological order that are put together by transition sentences. They are stories in which the audience can connect with the writer and gain lessons from them. They are also important because you can use a narrative to connect to a bigger idea or theme of your paper. People can use stories to kind of help get the point across or to help find the meaning of a bigger subject.
          
           The rhetorical tools that a writer can use are things like setting, theme, characters, and plot lines. All of these tools set a better stage for the paper and it allows the audience to connect with it without being confused the whole time. Setting can allow the audience to imagine where the story is taking place, characters can be there for the audience to connect with and gain lessons from, and the theme can also be a lesson to the readers and it also helps them to connect with the characters more. The plot can have many different tools within it too like foreshadowing and flashbacks that can help the readers connect with the story as a whole.

   Blog 1A


     For the basic writing structure of an essay, it consists of a introduction paragraph, 3 to 5 body paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph. Some essays can be longer upon the teachers request. The introduction paragraph consists of the beginning information on what your whole paper is going to talk about. It will have a claim and will talk about the key points in your essay. The body paragraphs will be the main points you are trying to get your audience to learn. They will have a topic sentence somewhere within your paragraphs. Also, each paragraph in your essay should be around 5-8 sentences. The conclusion paragraph should have a wrap up of everything that has been said throughout the essay, and will most likely have a "call to action" or kind of a conclusion on how you can apply it into your (the reader's) life.
      Most people like to start the writing process by just writing everything they know about the topic on a page and later those will most likely become their body paragraphs. A lot of people spend at least an hour trying to figure out how to start their paper and what they are going to talk about and it could save them a lot of time if they just got everything they know about the topic out first. Then you can sort it out into paragraphs and make your conclusion next. The conclusion should be easy now because it is just summarizing what you just talked about at the beginning of the writing process in your body paragraphs. Last of all, you will do your introduction paragraph, this will also be easier because you already know what you will be talking about throughout your essay, so you just have to put your main points into your paragraph so the reader can get interested in your essay right off the bat.
      In writing an essay you want to be as connected to your audience as possible. You want to know what their interests are so you can allow them to have a positive experience with your paper. By connecting with them, they will most likely give you a good report on your paper and it will allow them to understand it more and get more out of it. You want to make them think about your text in a deeper level and allow them to reach out and discover more about the topic of your essay.