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Notes on Rhetorical Situations - English Composition I | ENGL 1101, Study notes of Grammar and Composition

Lit Notes Material Type: Notes; Class: English Composition I; Subject: English; University: College of Coastal Georgia; Term: Fall 2011;

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Rhetorical Situations
Rhetoric-The study of how language works and how to use it effectively.
Purpose- All writing must do something. It must have a reason for being/existing.
Exigence- Why we write; the reason or motivation for writing; stronger than purpose;
your story needs to be told. We write to express who we are.
Genre (what kind of story/writing will this be) + stance (how do we get started?)
Kenneth Burke- “Unending conversation”—Very few conversations ever actually end.
Therefore, our contribution/stand must be substantial. You must listen and figure out
how you can contribute to the conversation.
Stances:
Definition—what is it? Is it a pen or pencil; trying to define something.
Evaluation-Is it good or bad? Does it succeed?
Cause- how did it get that way?
Proposal-What should we do about it?
You are always trying to negotiate with your audience. All writing is an action and is
expressive of what/how you are as a person.
Audience- If you understand your audience, you may change your genre and/or stance.
Ethos- ethics or credibility as a writer/you
Logos- logic and arrangement/topic
Pathos- audience and their values/audience; you gotta remember your audience.
Kairos-appropriateness
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Rhetorical Situations

Rhetoric-The study of how language works and how to use it effectively. Purpose- All writing must do something. It must have a reason for being/existing. Exigence- Why we write; the reason or motivation for writing; stronger than purpose; your story needs to be told. We write to express who we are. Genre (what kind of story/writing will this be) + stance (how do we get started?) Kenneth Burke- “Unending conversation”—Very few conversations ever actually end. Therefore, our contribution/stand must be substantial. You must listen and figure out how you can contribute to the conversation. Stances:  Definition—what is it? Is it a pen or pencil; trying to define something.  Evaluation-Is it good or bad? Does it succeed?  Cause- how did it get that way?  Proposal-What should we do about it? You are always trying to negotiate with your audience. All writing is an action and is expressive of what/how you are as a person. Audience- If you understand your audience, you may change your genre and/or stance. Ethos- ethics or credibility as a writer/you Logos- logic and arrangement/topic Pathos- audience and their values/audience; you gotta remember your audience. Kairos-appropriateness

Bathos- Appeal to extreme emotion. *Take 15 minutes, sit and think. Tuesday, August 23, 2011

  1. Note takers
  2. Writing Literacy Narratives a. Pg. 29 i. Think about a time when you learned to read/understand something ii. Focus in on a single event or small sequence of events iii. Someone who taught you to read or write iv. A memento that represents an important in your literacy development v. Learning to write IMs, learning to write an email CORRECTLY, etc. vi. Remember a time when you could understand, comprehend, etc. “I get it!” What did that moment do for you and what is the audience supposed to take away from YOUR (my) experience. vii. “So what?” “Who cares?” are the 2 most important questions you should ask yourself. viii. Audience is about the package. ix. Literacy narratives are about telling a story. x. Don’t make the writing process more difficult that it has to be. xi. If you worry about whether your writing is perfect, you will stress yourself out. xii. Writing is never complete; you just find a stopping place. xiii. Paper must be 3-4 pages/700-1000 words

Rough Draft is due on Tuesday, Sept. 6 30 August 2011

  1. Schedule Changes – See below
  2. Audience a. Write to the most specific audience that you can think of.
  3. Beginning + Ending a. “Shitty First Drafts” b. Sometimes you have to begin again c. “Educated Imagination” d. Let other people do your work for you. Do not plagiarize but do use other people’s words. Use quotes and whatnot. e. Get your point across! f. Sept. 1
  4. Reading (802-
  1. For Thursday, Sept. 1. Additional rdg is on Blackboard.
  1. Rough draft is due on Sept. 6 Sept. 8
  2. Final draft is due Sept. 8
  3. Read pages 314- 9/13-
  4. Nicholas Carr A. Pg. 961 Sept. 1 2011
  1. David Sedaris + Bart Giamatti + The Rhetorical Situation a. Enthymeme
  2. Reading and Hearing
  3. HOMEWORK: Rough Draft of your literacy narrative September 6, 2011
  4. All writing can be improved a. It will never be finished but it will be sufficient for the time and place b. Someone will always disagree with you
  5. Editing and revision each take time a. Read the draft at least once b.
  6. Think holistically about your work
  7. When we engage in constructive criticism, we engage with new ideas a. New ideas challenge us to think
  8. All writers are vulnerable a. Do it to help them i. Use pgs. 34-36 as a reference September 8, 2011
  9. Cover notes a. What part of your paper are you proud of? b. What is your #1 concern?
  10. Defining + Describing a. Definition is with us everywhere, every day. b. We define everything c. The vast majority of the definitions we use do not come from a dictionary.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

  1. The Significance of definition
  2. Making your point
  3. HW: Proposal Due Tuesday Tuesday, September 20, 2011
  4. Dave Berry a. Stereotypes i. TV dads are portrayed as kind of stupid ii. b. Context i. It needs to be defined or else people might get confused ii. c. Definition by Category i. Characteristics ii. Example
  5. Notes About Judy Brady
  6. Proposals, Housekeeping + Other Details Thursday, September 22, 2011
  7. Wives + Husbands a. Classification is defined by others b.
  8. Coherence + Flow a. X caused Y b. The subject that performs an action.

c.

  1. Rhetorical Fallacies a. If John Smith does not serve in the military, he must not be patriotic. i. Nahhhhh b.
  2. HW: Hurston 916-921, Gates: 832- Tuesday, September 27, 2011
  3. Race in America a. Identity b. Race: America ; Class: England c.
  4. The Problem of Identity
  5. Nature vs. Nurture
  6. HW: H.L. Gates “A Giant Step” Thursday, September 29, 2011

1. Mid-Term Grades

2. Rough Draft

a. Due Tuesday, Oct. 4

b. Final draft due 10-

c. One of the best ways to become a better writer is to explain

something to someone.

d. Opinion vs. Argument

i. Who cares?

ii. If you don’t care, I (Rob) doesn’t care

S- Scope

T-Treatment (Is this scholarly.)

A-Authority (Who are these people?)

R- Relation to Similar Works (How do these pieces fit together?) The

more attention you pay to this, the easier it will be to write.

Let the research write the paper; provide the material in between to

write the paper.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Question #5: I always see people trying to text and pay attention during

class or even worse: talking during class and then attempting to pay

attention.

I know people who are always posting statuses on FB about how they

are trying to do their HW or study, which makes me wonder why they

even bother trying to that in the first place. People know they cannot

attempt to be productive on FB. Multitasking seems to be detrimental

to be efficient.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

1. Thoughts about the research paper

a. This paper focuses on issues, not fact

b. This paper is also about ideas

c. What is it? Is it good or bad? How did it get that way? What

should we do?

d. Your topic is a question to your subject.

2. “Multitasking can….”

3. Finding opportunities in other’s writing

4. HW: Writing an annotated bibliography, pp. 116-

Thursday, October 20, 2011

1. Writing Annotations

a. Why does this source matter?

b. Tell him if it is good, bad or indifferent

c. You will have to have read the source

d. You need to discuss the relationship between one source

and other.

e. TARP  STAR

f. Tell him what it covers

g. Scope:

i. what does it cover?

h. Treatment:

i. Is this a broad review? Does it discuss the topic in a

broad way?

i. Relation to similar works:

j. Definition: At least one source that defines what it is your

talking about.

i. What is Affirmative Action?

k. Causation:

i. how did we get to this point?

l. Evaluation:

i. Bring in those other voices