Rhetorical Analysis : My Writing Skills

Flyers are perhaps the most commonly used form of media to let a community know about upcoming events. Even in this day and age of technology and online globalization, it’s nearly impossible to walk around the block without stumbling upon a flyer advertising guitar lessons, someone look for a lost cat, or a bright neon poster with “YARD SALE” written with poor penmanship. Flyers are popular because they can convey an adequate amount of information in a brief amount of time. The purpose of a flyer is to pique the audiences’ interest as well as encourage participation. With this in mind, how well does the flyer promoting a two-week writing challenge for Advance at UNM work in promoting its event?

Ronald Reagan 's Farewell Address was an amazing example of conveying the fundamentals for freedom through an emotional and visual lesson. It is no wonder that the president known as the "great communicator" was successful in painting for us a picture of who we were, past and present, and the improvements in the areas of strength, security, and stability that this great nation, or as Reagan referred to in his speech of John Winthrop 's vision of it as a "city upon a hill", had achieved over the past eight years. This amazing example has even been considered one of the

riting center may seemingly have no control over most university writing constraints, many rhetorical strategies can be and have been implemented to accommodate to a wider genre of writing and writers. One such method that can prove to be useful without much work on the writing center’s behalf is to have tutors utilize several specialized strategies that tend to be specific for different types of scenarios within consultations.

This year I got a chance to be on a team of four undergraduate students to represent UBC at Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Competition at Ohio State University. The competition is in November and we are raising funds to help us get there.

There are many rhetorical situations to think about when developing a piece of writing. Purpose is how a writer expresses themself. It is important to identify the main purpose of what you are writing about because the purpose helps with identifying the genre, audience and the way to write. While developing a piece of writing there are going to be many different purposes. Find the primary purpose by asking yourself why you are writing and what you are writing. The audience is important when it comes to developing a piece of writing because it can affect the way you write. It also affects the type of genre you use. When texting your mom you probably aren’t going to use formal language or correct punctuation because you know that your mom knows

When I first read through the sample piece, I didn’t know where to start or what was the most important to focus on. I had to read the sample piece again and take some time to differentiate the aspects of the paper. The strength that I chose was: the heading for each topic is a great way to inform the reader and organize your paper. The weakness I chose was: some of the paragraphs lacked enough detail. Both of my choices actually went hand and hand with the other teacher’s comments. They were most very similar, but my answers lacked the right evidence to why I thought what I did. The teacher’s responses always had questions embedded as well as a plan of action for the student to do. This is something that should always be implemented into

We all long to write like someone else, maybe it is like authors such as Mark Twain , J.R.R Tolkien, Ernest Hemingway or Shakespeare- although I think the last one is much more like a dream than an actual aspiration-but I desire to write like Stephen King and Stephen Krashen , and even attain to imitate the manner in which they seem to analyze information, and translate such material in a form of a well-developed argument. As a consequence, it seems that the purpose of this summer assignment was accomplished , as according to Ms. Olaerts the purpose was to “give you an introduction to the kinds of reading you will see throughout the course and types of analysis that will be required of that reading.”

The first paragraph in the essay takes a form of a vivid description. It starts with a quotation of a teacher giving instructions to start an exam. Then the following phrases in the paragraph take a negative voice tone. The writer was worry about the exam, and he was sur that he is going to fail the exam. All these details make the reader hook to the essay and want to know why the test is a source of struggle for the writer, and why he thinks he is going to fail the exam.

How I have missed you dearly. My life has been so changed by the loss of your presence. There is not a day that goes by where I do not miss your beautiful laugh. The pain of separation has been so severe, abstinence from writing you was necessary to quell the pain. But of course I focus on my own suffering, failing to realize the damage my absence has has done to you. My poor… child. I am so deeply sorry for what I have done to you. I only hope Anne was good to you these past 8 years, I am so disheartened to hear of her passing; she was such a wonderful mother to me. I can only imagine how old and pretty you must look. Surely your father has dressed you only in the prettiest of dresses; I have no doubt he has been kind to you, as he was to me. I am doubly sure you have become excellent in

This chapter is about five things everyone needs to consider when writing anything, they are purpose, audience, genre, stance and design. The chapter goes through each one of these rhetorical devices and explains there purpose step by step. The main point that’s being conveyed is to go over these concepts when beginning to write anything. I started off reading this chapter and about two pages in I grabbed my note book to start jotting down notes. There was no doubt in my mind that this would serve to me as a great tool for writing down my essays in the future. It could be argued that most of the rhetorical devices used in this chapter are common questions sense that everyone should just know before they write, but its still wise to go

As Citizens of modern era advance towards new horizon of development and prosperity, battling new yet its relic fiends, the demeanor of perceiving superheroes as liberators of the world is morphing towards the economists. Protecting us not from the vicious villains but plague like economic crisis and downfalls, diminishing every economy.

Hope this message finds you well. I wanted to share a bit on how the story sharing exercise in Writing and Rhetoric was a bit of a Catalytically moment for me and how it helped me better understand who I am as an individual and those around me.

A central part of Rhetoric and Composition classes is being able to understand an apply rhetorical knowledge, critical thinking and reading, the process of creating a paper, and being able to understand source formatting. Throughout this course, I’ve written new types of papers, expanded on my analytical abilities, and have gained valuable information on how to improve on papers that I’ve written in the past. My argumentation and organization have improved greatly by in-class workshops and critical, but well deserved, teacher comments. These skills are essential in writing I’ve learned and improved on many of the goals listed in the syllabus this semester, which will be necessary for my future schooling.

This semester I have been introduced to new concepts that, paper after paper, have helped me succeed in my classes. Professor Ulrich has done an adequate job of instructing me in this semester’s composition one class. Each one of my papers provides proof of my academic development as I acquired and applied new concepts. Additionally, across the span of my first daily writing to the last, although I admit to having ups and downs, there is evidence that I have retained what I have learned. Now, I have rhetorical knowledge, critical reading writing & thinking knowledge, a composing process, knowledge of conventions, and proper use of writing technologies; furthermore, each has cultivated me into a better student this fall semester.

When I first began taking this English course, I believed there was little left for me to learn in terms of writing. However, after examining an author’s purpose while writing my rhetorical analysis, grouping together evidence in support of my argument during the persuasive unit, and analyzing myself and my beliefs while reflecting on myself in my reflective analysis, I discovered that my writing evolves as I mature and develop new beliefs. Throughout the duration of this class, I uncovered new truths about myself through my writing and I have explored the realm of literature, and its relation to myself.