Chapter 1 Response
This first chapter served as a great support for what I expect to come
from the rest of this course. And while there are many familiar concepts
that I had learned throughout high school, I found it helpful to have
this as a review of pertinent topics. Specifically organizing the
concepts under classified subheadings allowed for easy organization for
me as the reader. When first discussing rhetorical situations, it was
interesting to me to see this all laid out, as details such as genre and
modes of communication are ideas that are more intuitive to me. I
hardly ever stop to think, "what would be the best way to go about
expressing this story I want to tell"; rather I just do it. Thinking of
it now, careful consideration of your audience and medium of
communication can be very effective, reminiscent of how a presidential
candidate could successfully run a campaign.
The second discussion of conventions were also all ideas that were rather natural to how I write, rather than things I pondered in detail. However, I can easily recognize that I do write with a certain style and tone in my own writing, which makes it distinguishable from others. Especially when thinking of famed writers that we analyze now such as Poe and Shakespeare; each of these people had unique styles and conventions with which they told their stories. Shakespeare alone was able to convey different tones in each of his pieces, which matched the intent of the work, be it a tragedy or a comedy. Audiences will pick up on these tools to decide whether they like a person's work or not, which makes them all the more important.
Overall, while there wasn't too much new information here, it was great to have these concepts freshly explained and presented in a clear manor. I will definitely consider each of these items in my future writings, this semester and beyond.
The second discussion of conventions were also all ideas that were rather natural to how I write, rather than things I pondered in detail. However, I can easily recognize that I do write with a certain style and tone in my own writing, which makes it distinguishable from others. Especially when thinking of famed writers that we analyze now such as Poe and Shakespeare; each of these people had unique styles and conventions with which they told their stories. Shakespeare alone was able to convey different tones in each of his pieces, which matched the intent of the work, be it a tragedy or a comedy. Audiences will pick up on these tools to decide whether they like a person's work or not, which makes them all the more important.
Overall, while there wasn't too much new information here, it was great to have these concepts freshly explained and presented in a clear manor. I will definitely consider each of these items in my future writings, this semester and beyond.
I would like a deeper explanation on the relationship and difference between tone and genres. I think different genres allow certain tones to be more appropriate however a whimsical tone is not exclusive to comedies just as a passionate tone is not exclusive to speeches. I agree that this chapter was a good review of the material I learned in high school. It is interesting that the organization and subtitles in books are also present in different modes such as websites. Software designers as well as authors must take consideration of levels, sizes, and colors so the reader is aware of how to best understand the material.
ReplyDeleteHi Tyler
ReplyDeleteIt is great to see that the text showed you different ideas on genres and audience and other elements of the text. It is nice to see that it made you more aware of your own writing. Hope the course keeps on teaching you much more on this topic.