Blog Week 14

The Writing Process Made Easy

A)     What is the writing process?

a.      How to write an esssay

B)     Brainstorming

a.      Getting all of the information that you can about a subject that you are interested in writing about.

C)     Body Paragraph

a.      Getting all of the information from the brainstorming process, and putting it in order.

b.      Different types of order.

                                                              i.      Classification and division

1.      Breaking it down to sections

                                                            ii.      Definitions

1.      Explaining words through out

                                                          iii.      Compare and Contrast

1.      The similarities and differences

                                                           iv.      Narrative

1.      A story that you are telling

                                                             v.      Cause and effect

1.      What lead to the main point and what was the effect of it

                                                           vi.      Rhetorical Gazes

1.      What type of gaze would you like your audience/reader to be part of

D)     Conclusion

a.      The last opportunity to tell your audience/Reader the main point of your essay.

b.      Restate the main points in your essay in one or two sentences.

c.       Call your audience/reader to action. Tell them what needs to be done next, or what you would like them to do.

E)      Introduction

a.      The introduction is used as a road map to tell you audience/reader what your paper will be about.

b.      Gives a background or brief history to what your paper will be about

c.       Has an attention grabber

F)      Rough Draft

a.      When all of this is complete you put it in order and have others reader it. That way they can catch what you were unable to catch.

Blog Week 12B

I have learned many things about the writing process while attending the English 1010 class.  The writing process is an important process while writing a paper. There are many different types of tools that can be used in order to enhance is paper. The step that I learned that was the most helpful element of writing is the way I should write their paper. I always got myself in a bind with the introduction and while attending this class I have learned that it is not the introduction which I must write first it is the body. After I write the body paragraph I can write the conclusion and then the introduction. By writing my papers in this way, not only saves time but it also allows me to brain storm all of the ideas or information that I have about a subject and organize it in a way that flows.

Another thing that I have learned while being in this class is that there are different types of tools that I could use that I did not know about to reach a desired audience. Before attending this class I knew that when I wrote papers the teacher would be the only one reading them. This class has taught me that if I would like to get through a desired audience I have to be at their level. I have to use description, compare and contrast, and cause and effect in a manner that my desired audience will understand. I now understand that when writing a paper I have to become more aware of whom I would like my audience to be, besides the teacher.

Blog Week 12A

As one writes an essay one can see that there are several steps to getting to the perfect essay. The first step to writing an essay is to brainstorm all of the ideas or interest one likes or would like to write about. After one is done brainstorming one should write down all of the information down on a piece of paper. All of this information will become the body of paragraphs. The information collected or written down has to get organized.  This means that from all of the information gathered, one has to choose what is important and what is not so important.  While choosing what is important and what is not so important one has to keep their audience in mind. One has to decide what type of theme and language to use to reach their audience.  After the body of paragraph is gathered and put in order, the conclusion can be added. The conclusion consists of a summary of all of the information gathered, in one or two sentences; a thesis that is restated in a clearer way, and a call to action. When the body of paragraph and conclusion is done, one can start on the introduction. The introduction is a road map to what the essay will be about. It has a thesis statement, an expansion of the title, and in the last sentence it has a hint that there will be a transition to the body of paragraph. After all of this is done one will have a rough draft of the essay. At this point one should look over it to make sure that it flows and is in logical order. After one fixes all of things that one found one should have someone else read it to see if they find anything that one did not catch. After all of the fixes are made, one finally has a final draft, which is the final step is done.

Blog Week 11A

Process Essay is a how to manual. It tells us, either by words or by pictures what needs to be done and how to do it. This type of essay is used to explain how something happens. It teaches us how something occurs in a chronological order. It is there to explain all of the whys.  While explaining all of the whys, in numerous ways, it always goes back to the same ending. When teaching someone about something we have to give enough detail for the desired audience to be reached. The more detail one is about what they would like to get across, the more the audience will understand.

The audience is a big part of a process essay. Depending on the audience of a process essay, we must choose the wording. We would not write the same thing to second graders as we would write them to a second grade teacher. The audience has to be able to understand what it is that we would like our audience to do or put together.  When writing a process essay we have to be attentive to who our audience is and how we will get what we need to across.

Blog Week 10B

An introduction is very important when writing any kind of paper. An introduction is usually one paragraph to two paragraphs long and is used to tell the reader what to expect throughout what they are about to read. An introduction has a thesis statement, a more broken down explanation of the title; the thesis statement is an expansion of the tile. In an introduction the goal is to get the readers focus on all of the main points and what the purpose of the writing was or is. The main points in an introduction are called road maps. The road map in an introduction must be clear, not confusing; it must be in order and organized.  After the road map is given, the last sentence of the introduction paragraph(s) will hint what next sentence will be about, and that is where the body begins.  This sentence is called a transition sentence.  

An introduction has a set up to grab the attention of the reader by giving a history or background to make it more relevant to the reader.

Introduction Outline

A)     Thesis statement

a.       A more broken down explanation of the title

B)      Focuses the reader

a.       Main points are given

b.      Why this piece was written

C)      Set up

a.       An attention grabber

b.      History/ background (needs to be relevant)

D)     Road Map

a.       Main points

b.      Must be clear and organized, not confusing; simple

E)      Transition to a body paragraph

a.       Last sentence will give a hint of what will happen next.

Blog Week 10A

Classification and division is something that we all do on a daily basis when we are planning out our day.  We first see our day as the whole, and then we classify what is important and what is not so important. We divide our day into sections of time that tell us what we have to do, in what order we have to do them in, and within what time frame we must complete the task. By classifying and dividing our day, we make what is called a priorities list. That means, we make a list with the stuff that is more important as a header and a time; within that header we see what it is that we must accomplish before the given time. As the list goes down the not so important things are there. Like what would be more important A) brushing your teeth before you go out of the house or B) eating breakfast? For some people A would come before B, but for others B would come before A. That is the way that classification and division works.

As we classify and divide, we break down the whole picture to make sense of what is that we already know and what we would like to know. As a writer it is important to classify and divide the whole topic so that way it can be in order. There are topics that are more important than others, just like our daily planning, and there are topics that are just not so important. Classification and division is an important tool that must be used when trying to reach an audience because it will let the reader understand what the writer is trying to tell them.

Blog Week 8B

The article that I choose is called: ANNE BAUER LOOKS BEYOND THE MIRROR by Anne Bauer

Bullying- Is when people use superior strength or influence to intimidate someone, typically to force him/herself to do what one they want.  It is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children and adults that involve a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, of has the potential to be repeated, over time. People that bully and those who are bullied have serious lasting problems.

Frantic- Is a way that we conduct ourselves in a hurried, excited, and chaotic manner, typically because of the need to act quickly.

Riveting- Is to wholly absorb or engross at one’s attention. It is kind of like being fascinated with something.

By expanding these definitions, I hope the reader will become more aware of the true meaning of this article.

Blog Week 8A

When reaching an audience it is important to use some patterns of Definitions. The reason why we use definitions in order to reach an audience is to get the audience on track. When we use definitions we have to make sure that we are using the definitions in context to what we want to say. We use definitions to tell what something means, show how something works, make what we want to define more clearly, and what its essential nature is. Definitions can be textual and individual; therefore, we have to make sure that we define the words to what we want them to mean.   

Definitions can be used in many different ways with different context. Exemplification is when we use examples to show behaviorism. Through description we show what we are talking about in images, ads, verbally, graphs and charts, any visuals that help us explain what it is that we want our audience to understand. Compare and contrast is when we tell our audience what is the same and what is different. The process is explaining to the audience how something is done or created, in order to understand what is there. Classification and division shows the authority of something.

In reaching an audience it is important to use some of these patterns because in doing so, it will bring the audience closer to the author. Slang is now used all over the world, so when reaching an audience it is important to use these patterns in some form to get the audience to understand what the author is trying to say.

Blog Week 7A

There are many different types of specific rhetorical tools that are important in the writing process. When a writer uses these specific important rhetorical tools in the writing process, their writings become clearer and they can make a connection with their reader. A writer can get that connection with their reader when using different types of rhetorical tools; such as the visual rhetoric tool or the descriptive tool or when using the Compare and contrast rhetoric tool.  There are many more tools that a writer can use to make their paper more understandable by a mass group, but I believe that these are the most important in the writing process.

When using the visual rhetoric tool there are powerful tools that can be used. These tools are very influential throughout the paper and should be the ones that a reader relates to the most. The most powerful tools when using the visual rhetoric tools are Narratives, propaganda, and ideologies. Narratives are used when telling a story. Everyone likes to tell a story and has a story to be told. When we tell our stories to others we are using visual rhetoric tools. Another tool is the Propaganda tool. Propagandas are used when trying to persuade the reader or audience to think a certain way. The one place that we see this a lot is the television. Commercials are famous for using this visual rhetoric tool. The last powerful tool in the visual rhetoric is Ideologies; Ideologies are a set of options or beliefs of a group or of an individual. An example of an Ideology would socialism. There are many other tools that we can use when using the visual rhetoric tool such as subjective, what you know about something, or objective, what you can see.

There are many other tools that one can use to enhance their paper. For instance one can use the descriptive rhetorical tool. The descriptive rhetorical tool is used to describe something. Or we can use the Compare and Contrast tool. When we compare something we see what makes two things the same. When we contrast, we see what makes two things different. We can compare and contrast using side by side, which is also subject by subject, or point by point. When using side by side we see the first thing as a whole and then we see the next, as a whole and then we make our decision. When we compare and contrast using point by point, we look at both arguments and look at them point by point, as we do this we see what they have the same or what they have different. All of these elements are what makes a good paper.

Blog Week 6A

Compare and contrast is the way we make sense of our everyday world. When comparing and contrasting, we have to be careful that the things that we are comparing and contrasting make sense; we cannot compare and contrast a tree with a person.  We have to have bases for comparison. We use compare when we find all of the similarities between two things; we also find all of the differences using contrast. And then when we are done comparing and contrasting, we make a choice/decision. We are more prone to choose the one that fits us better, or the one that that we find more idealistic. An example of this would be comparing and contrasting a vehicle. If we have a big family, then obviously, we are not going to buy a sports car. So we compare and contrast vehicles and then make a choice of which one is the best one for our situation.

When we compare and contrast we can also use analogies. Analogies are when we use information that we have on a particular subject and use it on another subject.  That is, when we know information about one subject and we use that information to help describe another subject. Analogies also refer to the relationship between the source, the thing that we know about, and the target (another subject). An example of an analogy would be if a teacher would tell their class to be as “Quiet as a mouse.”  We are simply implying that the mouse is quiet; therefore we must be quiet like that too. Comparing and contrasting make everything more interesting. I believe that by comparing and contrasting it adds life to what did not have life before.

Blog Week 5A

The three rhetorical gazes that are used in writing are the: Familial gaze, National gaze, and the Consumer gaze. The familial gaze reminds us that we are part of a small and immediate group. An example of this is belonging to a circle of friends or just being part of a family. The next type of gaze is the National gaze. The national gaze reminds us, when we see the logo that we belong to a greater group; for instance when we see a football team logo on another fans car, we are reminded that we are not that particular teams only fan. The last gaze in writing is the consumer gaze. The consumer gaze reminds us to buy certain things, or tells/shows us what we would like to buy. An example of this is commercials and magazines. Commercials and magazines often remind us of the things that we would like to buy. They want us to be interested in the product, so that we can buy it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The picture that you see is an example of the consumer gaze.  It is the Coca-Cola ad and it is telling the consumer that when you drink this product you are more colorful. The little pictures inside the big heart are also saying that when you drink this product, you will have a greater life and you can do more things.

Blog Week 4A

 

Cause and effect describes how something happens and analyzes what other things, or factors, were around it to make it happen. Cause and effect allows us to predict the outcome and predicts what is going to happen next. Throughout all of lives and any story that we read, cause and effect is something that is always going to happen or be in the stories.

There are several things that must take place for cause and effect to occur. All of these factors act together as a causal chain. If one thing happens then something will be the result but what had happened before the incident? For every action there is a reaction. For example, things that lead up to the main cause are called contributory causes. That is like the weather to a car accident, the stove being too hot so there for a child burns his hands, this leads to the main cause, which is the car accident, the speeding ticket, or the child burning their hand, which leads to the immediate cause, which is the burnt hand, the speeding ticket. In being able to be a great writer one must comprehend that cause and effect that occur within the stories that we read or papers that we write.

Blog Week 3B

As we all know when we do peer-reviews it is only a draft that the author is working on. It is important to do peer-reviews because I believe when you do them; they catch things that you might not, like punctuation and logic order. Your peers can tell whether your paper is clear and in logical order, or if it was just thrown together without making any sense.  They are the ones that can tell you if something works in your essay or if it does not. Peer-reviews are just another pair of eyes that can catch any mistake that you have made without realizing it.

When reviewing your peer’s papers it is important to write your critics in a way to benefit the writer. We do not want to offend the writer, or make them feel like their work has not value.  We simply want to catch the mistakes they have made without changing what they are trying to say.  Over all, we as critics, have the responsibility to tell the writer what she/he lacks and need work on as well as what they are doing right.

Blog Week 3A

The various rhetorical tools used in the Zambreno article are the Mutability or Plasticity, the Piecemeal, the Windows of opportunity, and the Open-ended closure.  These things are all important to the way people write narratives. The Mutability or Plasticity tool is used when an old story has been edited or omitted for new audiences to hear or read. The story is molded to fit the audience.  When using the Piecemeal tool one is gradually building onto a story that is already out there. It is a story, made up of different stories that have already been told.

                The Window of opportunity is slot holes in stories that may be filled in by old stories, new stories, or by the readers mind. These gaps usually impact human tendency to finish what is unfinished. When there are gaps in the story, it forces the reader to research the topic so they can fill in the gaps. This produces new stories from that specific reader’s point of view or imagination. When using the Open-ended closure tool is something like the Window of opportunity tool but it differs in that the open-ended closure is what happens in the end of the story, rather than in the middle. The open-ended closure tool is what happens when the author of the text does not warp things up. The reader is left wanting to know more about the story, which causes the reader to go out and research the topic. But in this case, if the reader wants to know more about the topic they are going to have to search. If they fail and cannot come up with anything, it is left to them to use their imagination to write a story themselves.

Blog Week 2B

The three the rhetorical tools that we use to help us write a narrative are the rhetor, the text, and the audience. While the rhetor, author or speaker, has to learn about his audience, it is also necessary for the audience to understand the rhetor.  When both factors understand each other, it is easier for a text to be build or written.  Once the rhetor understands the audience they are trying to reach, it is easier for the rhetor to write or build the text.  The same is for the audience. Once the audience understands the rhetor, it is also more likely that they will understand the text and the timeframe in which it was written.

The rhetorical elements found in narrative writing can also be described as beginning, middle, and end.  The beginning of a narrative starts off establishing the setting and where and when the story takes place. The beginning also introduces the characters and a conflict that is present. The middle of the story analyzes individual characters, as they are classified as major or minor characters. It focuses on the characters personalities and how the characters respond to the problem. In the end of the story there is an action taken by the characters to solve the problem, and there is also an outcome, what was the result of what the characters did to resolve the problem from the beginning of the story.

Blog 2A- Narrative

A narrative, also known as storytelling, is way to express things that we have learned or have experienced in the past. Narrative stories can be told in the past, present, and future, but has to follow logical sequence. When we tell stories, it is easier for us to follow and understand if it is logical order. Flash backs, or past tense, gives us a reason as to why a specific thing happened. A problem that might accrue while in this tense is coming back to the story that you began with.

 

While writing a narrative, there are three main Rhetorical tools that we can use to help us.  The first one is rhetor, that is the writer or speaker which is telling the story. The second one is the text. When the rhetor is writing the text it is important to know who they are speaking, writing, to in order to speak to that audience level. In the text, they have to be able to speak their language. And the last one is the audience. The audience understands a specific text if they first understand the author. Once the audience knows a little bit more of the author and that author’s time frame, the text will be much easier to read.

Blog Week 1A

The Writing Process and Basic Essay Structure

In the writing process, we start off with the body, which consist of brainstorming through some ideas we would like to write about, choose one topic and gather all the information we know about that specific topic. Then we write the conclusion. The conclusion consists of a summary, in one or two sentences of what was said in the body. It also consists of a call to action. The call to action is basically telling people what you want them to do or what needs/should to be done next. After we write the conclusion, we then write the introduction. The introduction consists of a thesis statement, road map- the main points in the essay, and a transition sentence to into the body paragraphs.

In the essay structure, there will be an introduction- telling the reader what they are about to read with a thesis statement, a body of paragraphs- an explanation of the main points, and a conclusion- restating the thesis statement, a summary of what was said in the bodies main points, and a call to action.