Chapter One Review

    In chapter One of the textbook their is not much to be stated about the overall text. Chapter one simply reviews and goes over the basics of writing examples being the first page the author goes over what a genre is and why we should acknowledge them and group different works into different genres. The chapter also covers many other basic and semi-basic topics for example it describes what logos, pathos and ethos are and how their used which like the other topics discussed in chapter one of the textbook is geared to the novices reader and writer. Overall because the chapter was looking to simply discusses the basics of writing in general and the target audience was one of not as solid foundation in their skills this made the text extremely boring and painful much like ripping of a bandaid. Due to the fact that the text was so cut and dry it made it very hard to find even a little enjoyment out of reading it and even harder to see the books points as interesting or innovative. When the book went even further into expiation and gave examples it did make the book more dynamic and interesting thankfully. I say this because if you refer to page sixteen of the book she analyzes one of the articles in which she breaks down the text while the context of the breakdown itself was still very dry what made it more interesting was the way she broke up the text it made it drastically different from other parts of the textbook instead of throwing walls of text at us the author broke their own writing apart to help us see and understand the topics. Overall what I'm getting at is that this chapter of the textbook was just that a chapter of a textbook reading it was much akin to taking medicine or shooting ones own foot. That being said it is a very helpful chapter because it does review the basics of writing and in some way gives us a fresh start like when they reviewed what logos,  pathos and ethos were it was a much needed refresher to get back into the groove of analyzing and breaking down a text.