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Homework Due Wed. Oct. 20thÂ
- Read “Backpacks vs. Briefcases” by Laura Bolin Carroll and write a response to the questions on OpenLab
- What did you think of this text? Explain! Be honest! Did you find any parts interesting? Did you learn something new?
- What is it mostly about? Write a 2-3 sentence summary. Be specific. Refer to the text itself. Use quotes even!Â
- What is the genre of the text? What is the tone?
- Who do you think is the intended audience of the piece? Who is meant to read this text?
- What do you think is the purpose of this text? Why do you think the author wrote it?
- What are some examples of rhetoric that you see or hear on a daily basis?
- Write bibliography entry for all 4 sources and complete the 5Ws and 1 H for EACH SOURCE to determine if the source is credible!
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I found this text to be somewhat interesting, I liked that the topic was good to focus on. This text is about rhetoric which is persuading a audience in a speech or in writing. It also focuses on rhetorical analysis which is analyzing the elements of the situation like phrases, images, text and more. In the text it says ” Rhetoric—the way we use language and images to persuade—is what makes media work. Think of all the media you see and hear every day: Twitter, television shows, web pages, billboards, text messages, podcasts. The genre of this text is a expository essay. The tone is informative and serious. I think the intended audience is college students or any students because it says “This essay is a chapter in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 1, a peer-reviewed open textbook series for the writing classroom…” I believe that the author wrote this to inform students on what is rhetoric analysis and how we use it every day sometimes without noticing that we do. I also believe the author wrote it to show how students can use rhetoric in their work to appeal more to their intended audience. A form of rhetoric that I see or hear is billboards, ads or tv commercials that try to convince us to believe something or most times to buy something. We use rhetoric when we try to persuade someone into thinking what we think and more.
1. I found this text interesting because of how it started by saying how we analyze people when we first see someone and make a quick and informed decision of how their personalities are.
2.This text is mostly about convincing people about rhetorical analysis and how we analyze everything in our lives based on what we observe. Social media has a big part in that because of the photos and the way we text to describe things now. We look at what is going on in front of us and make an informative note in our mind about we just analyzed. It can be anything we see in the internet or in person. For example in the text, “Media is one of the most important places where this kind of analysis needs to happen. Rhetoric—the way we use language and images to persuade—is what makes media work”.
3. The genre is an essay and the tone is informative.
4.I think it is for students in teachers because in the beginning it states, “This essay is a chapter in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 1, a peer-reviewed open textbook series for the writing classroom, and is published through Parlor Press”.
5.The author wrote this for the intended audience which is students or teacher to show that they can use rhetorical analysis to prove their point and make others understand what they are trying to say so they can be convinced.
6.Some examples of rhetorical I see or hear in a daily bases are things like twitter.
1. I found this text interesting because of how it started by saying how we analyze people when we first see someone and make a quick and informed decision of how their personalities are.
2.This text is mostly about convincing people about rhetorical analysis and how we analyze everything in our lives based on what we observe. Social media has a big part in that because of the photos and the way we text to describe things now. We look at what is going on in front of us and make an informative note in our mind about we just analyzed. It can be anything we see in the internet or in person. For example in the text, “Media is one of the most important places where this kind of analysis needs to happen. Rhetoric—the way we use language and images to persuade—is what makes media work”.
3. The genre is an essay and the tone is informative.
4.I think it is for students in teachers because in the beginning it states, “This essay is a chapter in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 1, a peer-reviewed open textbook series for the writing classroom, and is published through Parlor Press”.
5.The author wrote this for the intended audience which is students or teacher to show that they can use rhetorical analysis to prove their point and make others understand what they are trying to say so they can be convinced.
6.Some examples of rhetorical I see or hear in a daily bases is
the article was very new and informative to me, I enjoyed it very much. I hadn’t ever known about the small details about how advertising works and the way people can be influenced by otherwise unnoticeable words and changes in speech patterns.
The passage was about influence and the ways people in the society can be persuaded. Some can use information, others can use an appeal to emotion. Others can combine the two and make something that really makes them seem approachable and relatable. As a result, allowing people to consider their product or service as one they can support.
The genre of the text is nonfiction. The tone is informative and explanatory.
The people who will be interested in this piece are individuals who want to understand the minutia of advertising and the impact of relatability in influencing the masses to make meaningful change or simply to buy a product.
The reason why the author wrote this piece was to teach people about the intricacies of persuasion and how any person in society can be susceptible to having their disinterest swayed to become supportive of a cause, product, or belief.
Politicians who consistently try to explain away different vaccine requirements, advertisements on the television that are trying to sell a product, promotional videos in Fortnite that tell you to spend more money on their game.
This article wasn’t an easy read but was still had a good message behind it. the passage is mainly about how the media, internet advertising can persuade the visual perception of others. rhetoric is what persuades the audience that the media aims for. whether is from social media, web pages, reading, or even tv shows, we go through rhetorical analysis whether is form physical or emotional attraction. the genre of this article is a bibliography because at the end of the article they listed a bunch of sources. the tone of the article is very clear and direct as she getting explaining and getting straight to the point. the intended audience of this passage are the younger readers who are reading it cause they are the ones most influenced by social media. the main purpose of this text is to show readers how we use rhetoric analysis without even realizing when we look at the media. you see commercials on tv which leads to rhetoric like for example an animal shelter commercial would hit you emotionally to do something about it.
1) What I thought about this text is that it really helped me determine a Rhetorical Situation and see ways that I can determine if it’s appropriate for the current situation. What I found interesting was that this analysis can be used in basically every situation and could help out to know if you should do something or not. Such as “You thought that the dinner was just a casual get together with friends; it turned out to be a far more formal affair, and you felt very out of place.”(Page 12). This is an example of how reading the situation can help out in real life because this could happen if you’re unable to properly analyze the situation. I did learn something new, I learned that determining the rhetorical situation for a piece of discourse is very important because it can be determined whether or not the piece of writing is appropriate for the audience or situation
2) What the text is mostly about is how to determine if a piece is appropriate for the targeted audience and whether or not it is appropriate for the issue it is trying to address. “In an article called “The Rhetorical Situation,” Lloyd Bitzer argues that there are three parts to understanding the context of a rhetorical moment: exigence, audience and constraints.”(Page 5). This is showing how in order to understand the context behind a rhetorical moment, 3 things must be analyzed. How the purpose, audience, and the constraints could affect the context behind the discourse and to determine if it is appropriate for the situation.
3) The genre of this text is informative because the author is trying to show what the 3 components are to make sure that the discourse is appropriate and whether or not it answers the questions that are at hand. Such as “Since you want to understand more about what this ad means and what it wants you to believe or do, you begin to think about the rhetorical situation.”(Page 7). The author then talks about how you might ask some questions in order to understand what the ad is trying to say, such as why was the discourse made, or what problem is it trying to solve. The text is trying to show the reader what should be done in order to understand a piece of text better. The tone of this text is conversational because the author asks questions as if they were talking to the reader in real time. Such as, “Since you want to understand more about what this ad means and what it wants you to believe or do, you begin to think about the rhetorical situation.”(Page 7). The author is writing in a conversational tone to spark a conversation between the audience.
4) Who I think the intended audience is for this piece are those who want to understand the context of a piece better and be able to determine whether or not the discourse was used appropriately or not. The targeted audience of this piece was most likely college students who have trouble determining the appropriateness of a piece of a text.
5) I think the purpose of this text is to spread the information that in order to properly determine the best use of the text by seeing why was the text created, who it is meant to target and whether or not there was constraints while writing the piece. The author wrote this piece to help others better understand the way that it is important to learn how to determine these things because it will help out in the real world and help determine whether or not some actions are appropriate for the future situation.
6) Some examples of rhetoric that I see and hear on a daily basis are the commercials on tv that are trying to get more people to get vaccinated against covid. I see these commercials every day when watching tv or even on streaming services. These commercials are made in order to get unvaccinated people to get the vaccine in order to stay protected and to make sure that the majority of New Yorkers are vaccinated.
I liked the reading because the author brings up an interesting fact that when we meet someone new we may be analyzing them without us even knowing. The reading is about how learning the skill rhetorical analysis will help people make better judgements about other people or situations. In the text it states “Media is one of the most important places where this kind of analysis needs to happen. Rhetoric—the way we use language and images to persuade—is what makes media work” stating we can use this skill to persuade one another especially through social media. The genre is an essay and the tone is informative. I think the intended audience and who is meant to read this is students, teachers, and anyone who uses social media. I think the purpose of this text is to persuade readers to use rhetorical analysis when analyzing a situation or a person to have a better understanding. Some examples of rhetoric that I see on a daily basis are advertisements, commercials, and news stories.
I discovered this text fascinating, we as humans consistently pass judgment superficially, and with that when we break down individuals we first see and settle on a fast and educated choice regarding how their characters are.
This text is for the most part about persuading individuals about the explanatory examination and how we investigate everything in our lives dependent on what we notice. Social media has a big part in that because of the photos and the way we text to describe things now, seeing all these photos encourages a person to want those things. We look at what is going on in front of us and make an informative note in our minds about what we just analyzed. It can be anything we see on the internet or in person. I think this has the genre non-fiction and the tone is informative and formal. I think it is intended for a classroom environment in which it teaches the audience how advertisement and seeing/having the influence of an individual can lead you to do things in which can be bought and or persuaded to do something of such shorts, to show that they can use rhetorical analysis to prove their point and make others understand what they are trying to say so they can be convinced. Some examples of rhetorical I see or hear on a daily basis are things like commercials that get you emotionally or things such as video games.