This week, I learned about the importance of rhetorical analysis. Rhetoric is using the power of persuasion through the way we use language and images. In the reading Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis by Laura Bolin Carroll, it is stated that context is the first place to start in understanding rhetoric. The three parts of context include exigence, audience, and constraints. Exigence is what causes a response, audience is who the message is intended for, and constraints are the limitations of it. Another form of analysis can come from the rhetorical triangle, which consists of writer, reader, and the purpose of the rhetorical message.
PB1B was a fun assignment. I was able to understand the importance of conventions within genres much better. After cycling through the genre generator websites that showed different comic strips, memes, and scientific research articles, I was able to pick out more characteristics and conventions out of each genre. In the comic strip, I was able to point out what was consistent in every page. For example, the two boys were in the same position each time, they both made comical jokes, there was a lot of violence and blood, and the colors were the same.
In class, I learned the difference between hyphens and dashes. Hyphens are used to connect two words, while a dash is like a thought break to make a pause in a sentence. Also, I learned about the difference between a thesis and a working thesis. A thesis statement shows the main idea and the argument of the essay, while a working thesis statement is one that can be changed while writing the essay. After going through several exercises, I found out it is best to pick out every single detail out of the text to find patterns within the genre and to understand what it is made up of.
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